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SECTION 136The word and will of the Lord, given through President Brigham Young at the Winter Quarters of the Camp of Israel, Omaha Nation, West Bank of the Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Journal History of the Church, January 14, 1847. |
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17—27, The saints are commanded to live by numerous gospel standards; 28—33, The saints should sing, dance, pray, and learn wisdom; 34—42, Prophets are slain that they might be honored and the wicked condemned. | ||
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D&C 136:1 THE Word and aWill of
the Lord concerning the Camp of bIsrael in their
journeyings to the West:
D&C 136:2 Let all the people of the aChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and those who journey with them, be organized into companies, with a covenant and promise to bkeep all the commandments and statutes of the Lord our God. D&C 136:3 Let the companies be organized with captains of ahundreds, captains of fifties, and captains of tens, with a president and his two counselors at their head, under the direction of the Twelve bApostles. D&C 136:4 And this shall be our acovenant—that we will bwalk in all the cordinances of the Lord.
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D&C 136:5 Let each company provide themselves with all the teams, wagons,
provisions, clothing, and other necessaries for the journey, that they can.
D&C 136:6 When the companies are organized let them go with their amight, to prepare for those who are to tarry. D&C 136:7 Let each company, with their captains and presidents, decide how many can go next spring; then choose out a sufficient number of able-bodied and expert men, to take teams, seeds, and farming utensils, to go as pioneers to prepare for putting in spring crops.
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D&C 136:8 Let each company abear an equal proportion,
according to the dividend of their property, in taking the poor, the
bwidows, the cfatherless, and the
families of those who have gone into the army, that the cries of the widow
and the dfatherless come not up into the ears of the Lord
against this people.
D&C 136:9 Let each company prepare houses, and fields for raising agrain, for those who are to remain behind this season; and this is the will of the Lord concerning this people. D&C 136:10 Let every man use all his influence and property to remove this people to the place where the Lord shall locate a astake of Zion.
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D&C 136:11 And if ye do this with a pure heart, in all faithfulness, ye shall
be blessed; you shall be ablessed in your flocks, and in
your herds, and in your fields, and in your houses, and in your families.
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D&C 136:12 Let my servants Ezra T. Benson and Erastus Snow organize a company.
D&C 136:13 And let my servants Orson Pratt and Wilford Woodruff organize a company. D&C 136:14 Also, let my servants Amasa Lyman and George A. Smith organize a company. D&C 136:15 And appoint presidents, and acaptains of hundreds, and of fifties and of tens.
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D&C 136:16 And let my servants that have been appointed go and
ateach this, my will, to the saints, that they may be ready
to go to a land of peace.
D&C 136:17 Go thy way and do as I have told you, and afear not thine enemies; for they shall not have power to stop my work. D&C 136:18 Zion shall be aredeemed in mine own due time.
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D&C 136:19 And if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my
acounsel, he shall have no power, and his
bfolly shall be made manifest.
D&C 136:20 aSeek ye; and keep all your bpledges one with another; and ccovet not that which is thy brother's. D&C 136:21 aKeep yourselves from evil to take the name of the Lord your God, even the bGod of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.
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D&C 136:22 I am he who aled the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt; and my arm is stretched out in the last days, to
bsave my people Israel.
D&C 136:23 Cease to acontend one with another; cease to speak bevil one of another. D&C 136:24 Cease adrunkenness; and let your words tend to bedifying one another.
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D&C 136:25 If thou aborrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt
brestore that which thou has borrowed; and if thou canst
not repay then go straightway and tell thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee.
D&C 136:26 If thou shalt find that which thy neighbor has alost, thou shalt make diligent search till thou shalt bdeliver it to him again. D&C 136:27 Thou shalt be adiligent in bpreserving what thou hast, that thou mayest be a wise csteward; for it is the free gift of the Lord thy God, and thou art his steward.
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D&C 136:28 If thou art amerry, bpraise
the Lord with singing, with music, with cdancing, and with
a dprayer of praise and ethanksgiving.
D&C 136:29 If thou art asorrowful, call on the Lord thy God with supplication, that your souls may be bjoyful. D&C 136:30 Fear not thine aenemies, for they are in mine hand and I will do my pleasure with them.
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D&C 136:31 My people must be atried in all things, that
they may be prepared to receive the bglory that I have for
them, even the glory of Zion; and he that will not cbear
chastisement is not worthy of my kingdom.
D&C 136:32 Let him that is aignorant blearn cwisdom by dhumbling himself and calling upon the Lord his God, that his eeyes may be opened that he may see, and his ears opened that he may hear; D&C 136:33 For my aSpirit is sent forth into the world to enlighten the bhumble and contrite, and to the ccondemnation of the ungodly.
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D&C 136:34 Thy brethren have rejected you and your testimony, even the nation
that has adriven you out;
D&C 136:35 And now cometh the day of their calamity, even the days of sorrow, like a woman that is taken in travail; and their asorrow shall be great unless they speedily repent, yea, very speedily. D&C 136:36 For they akilled the prophets and them that were sent unto them; and they have bshed innocent blood, which crieth from the ground against them.
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D&C 136:37 Therefore, marvel not at these things, for ye are not yet
apure; ye can not yet bear my glory; but ye shall behold it
if ye are faithful in keeping all my words that I have
agiven you, from the days of Adam to Abraham, from Abraham
to Moses, from Moses to Jesus and his apostles, and from Jesus and his
apostles to Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon by mine
cangels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out
of the heavens, to bring forth my work;
D&C 136:38 Which afoundation he did lay, and was faithful; and I took him to myself. D&C 136:39 Many have marveled because of his death; but it was needfula that he should aseal his btestimony with his cblood, that he might be dhonored and the wicked might be condemned.
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39a Many have marveled because of his death; but it was needful As the head of this last dispensation of the fulness of times, the restoring Prophet of the kingdom of God to the earth, did seal his testimony of the truth of this work with his own blood. The Lord has stated plainly and clearly that is was needful. The righteous suffer death and persecution in order that the Lord might have cause against the wicked. We often wounder why the Lord allows such suffering at the hands of wicked men. In this Second Estate of proving and testing, it is but a temporal temporary matter that each man be tried and proven and if found lacking and wicked to be so punished and rewarded accordingly. And if righteous and worthy to be blessed in the eternities forever more. Thus the righteous suffer at the hands of the wicked that the Lord will have that which he might judge between the wicked and the righteous unto their eternal glories or the lack thereof. Just martyrs receive their glorious rewards by the hand of the Lord's glory and they are allowed to so suffer that the judgements of God may stand witness against the wicked at the last day. (See Alma 14:10-11) | |
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D&C 136:40 Have I not delivered you from your aenemies,
only in that I have left a witness of my name?
D&C 136:41 Now, therefore, hearken, O ye people of my achurch; and ye elders listen together; you have received my bkingdom. D&C 136:42 Be adiligent in keeping all my commandments, lest judgments come upon you, and your faith fail you, and your enemies triumph over you. So no more at present. Amen and Amen.
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