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SECTION 69Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Hiram, Ohio, November 1831. HC 1:234-235. The compilation of revelations intended for early publication had been passed upon at the special conference of November 1. On November 3, the revelation herein appearing as Section 133 was added and called the Appendix. By action of the conference, Oliver Cowdery was appointed to carry the manuscript of the compiled revelations and commandments to Independence Missouri, for printing. He was also to take with him moneys that had been contributed for the building up of the Church in Missouri. As the course of travel would lead him through a sparsely settled country to the frontier, a traveling companion was desirable. |
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1-2, John Whitmer is to accompany Oliver Cowdery to Missouri; 3-8, He is also to preach and to collect, record, and write historical data. | ||
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1 HEARKEN unto me, saith the Lord your
God, for my servant Oliver Cowdery's sake. It is not wisdom in me that he
should be entrusted with the commandments and the moneys which he shall
acarry unto the land of Zion, except one go with him who
will be btrue and faithful.
2 Wherefore, I, the Lord, will that my servant, John Whitmer, should go with my servant Oliver Cowdery;
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3 And also that he shall continue in awriting
and making a bhistory of all the important things which he
shall observe and know concerning my church;
4 And also that he receive acounsel and assistance from my servant Oliver Cowdery and others. 5 And also, my servants who are abroad in the earth should send forth the accounts of their astewardships to the land of Zion;
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6 For the land of Zion shall be a aseat and a
place to receive and do all these things.
7 Nevertheless, let my servant John Whitmer travel many times from place to place, and from church to churcha, that he may the more easily obtain knowledge— 8 Preaching and expounding, writing, copying, selecting, and obtaining all things which shall be for the good of the church, and for the rising generations that shall grow up on the land of Zion, to apossess it from generation to generation, forever and ever. Amen.
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7a from place to place, and from church to church Not only was the early restored church divied into the region of Kirtland, Ohio and Independence, Missouri; as may be found in a study of the march and gathering to Zion's camp, there were small congregations of members in various localities other than just those two main sights which as of yet had not been called to gather themselves to 'Zion' or one united land, but still remained where they were converted and lived in a number of various places round about. That such is the case is illustrated by the fact that Hyrum Smith's Division of Zion's Camp began at the 'Pontiac Branch' of the church in Michigan., | |