| June 1831 |
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Go to Missouri |
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Having received, by an heavenly vision, a commandment,
in June following [1831], to take my journey to the western boundaries of
the State of Missouri, and there designate the very spot … for the
commencement of the gathering … |
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Written October 2,
1835 in Diary-2 by Oliver (Papers 2:41). Messenger
and Advocate 1, no. 12 (Sept. 1835): 174. |
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| February 26, 1832 |
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The Vision |
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Three degrees of glory, etc. Joseph and Sidney
see the vision, others in the room do not. |
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D&C
76; Joseph Remembered: Philo Dibble
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| July 31, 1832 |
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God present before me |
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God, who sees him naked and does not forsake him |
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my only hope and confidence
is in that God who gave me being in whom there is all power who now is present
before me & my heart is naked before his eyes continually he is my comfeter
& he forsaketh me not in the seventh trouble |
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Joseph to W. W. Phelps,
July 31, 1832 in [SHOWREF=personal], 2nd ed., 269–270.
What does Joseph mean by God now is present before me ? |
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| June 3, 1834 |
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Zelph |
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While on our way we felt anxious to know who the person was
who had been killed by that arrow. It was made known to Joseph that be had
been an officer who fell in battle, in the last destruction among the Lamanites,
and his name was Zelph. This caused us to rejoice much, to think that God
was so mindful of us as to show these things to his servant. Brother Joseph
had enquired of the Lord and it was made known in a vision. |
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Heber's Accounts of Zion's Camp (1) |
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Order of the Seventy |
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And it is
according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy, that they should
have seven presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number
of the seventy; |
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¶ D&C
107:93 |
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| January 21, 1836 |
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Father and Son, Adam, Abraham, parents, Alvin |
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In the House of the Lord, Joseph has a vision of the Father
and the Son, Adam, Abraham, his parents and his brother Alvin, in the celestial
kingdom. Children who die before 8 years, and all others who would have
received the gospel had they heard it before they died, inherit the celestial
kingdom. |
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D&C 137 |
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| January 22, 1836 |
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Visions through the night |
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I then observed to the brethren, that it was time to retire. We accordingly
closed our interview and returned home about two o'clock in the morning,
and the Spirit and visions of god attended me through the night. |
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| Early 1838 |
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Enemies pursue William Marks |
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[January 12-March
14], 1838
Joseph
Angel saves William Marks from enemies |
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… I would just say to Br. [William] Marks that I saw
in a vision while on the road [from Kirtland to Far West] that whereas he
was closely persued by an innumberable concource of enimies and as they
pressed upon him hard as if they were about to devour him, & had seemingly
attained some degre of advantag over him But about this time a chariot of
fire came and near the place and the Angel of the Lord put forth his hand
unto Br. Marks & said unto him thou art my son come here, and immediately
he was caught up in the Chariot and rode away triumphantly out of their
midst and again the Lord said I will raise th[ee] up for a blessing unto
many people Now the particulars of this whole matter cannot be written
at this time but the vision was evidently given to me that I might know
that the hand of the Lord would be on his behalf
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Joseph to the presidency of the
church in Kirtland, March 29, 1838 in in JS personal,
223–224. |
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Joseph Smith's First Vision
Visions
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