Revelation, , Portage Co., OH, 3 Nov. 1831. Version copied [ca. Nov. 1831]; handwriting of and an unknown number of unidentified scribes in both original inscription and later redactions; six pages; inserted into Revelation Book 1; CHL. Includes redactions and archival marking.
This document consists of three leaves measuring 12⅝ × 7⅞ inches (32 × 20 cm). One foolscap sheet was folded in half to make two leaves and then stitched to a foolscap sheet that had previously been cut in half. Various notations and equations are written in black ink on the recto of the third leaf, including an endorsement in unidentified handwriting that reads “s | Nov 2 1831”. This endorsement possibly identifies either the location where the document was copied or the intended owner of this document. A further endorsement on the verso of this leaf, written in graphite by , reads “An appendix to Revelation”. The lower portions of the second and third leaves contain a large ink spot.
Note: The transcript of the revelation on this website includes only the original inscription, not the later redactions made to the manuscript. Readers will notice discrepancies between the images and the transcript. For a transcript that includes the redactions, consult the facsimile images available by clicking on the book icon to the left of the images; see also Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books, facsimile ed. (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009) or Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
Historical Introduction
Dated 3 November 1831, this revelation is a loose document that was inserted into Revelation Book 1 at an unknown time, thereby becoming associated with the manuscript book though not physically part of it. The paper used to record this revelation does not match the paper in the manuscript book, eliminating the possibility that missing pages from Revelation Book 1 were used to copy this document.
Textual comparison of this document with other copies of the same revelation confirms that although this document is an early copy, it does not appear to be an earlier version than the one copied into Revelation Book 1 . This revelation was first printed in the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants.
Note: The transcript of the revelation on this website includes only the original inscription, not the later redactions made to the manuscript. Readers will notice discrepancies between the images and the transcript. For a transcript that includes the redactions, consult the facsimile images available by clicking on the book icon to the left of the images; see also Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books, facsimile ed. (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009) or Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
* I make the rivers a willderness their fish stinketh and dieth for thirst I cloth the heavens with blacknes[s] and make sackloth their covering and this shall ye have of my hand ye shall be lay <down> in sorrow Behold and lo there are none to deliver you for ye obayed not my voice when I called to you out of the heavens ye believed not my servents and when they were sent unto you ye received them not wherefore they sealed up the testimony and bound up the law and ye were delivered over unto darkness these shall go away into outter darkness where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth behold the Lord your god hath spoken it Amen