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Blessing to Ezra Strong Jr., 7 October 1840

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Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co., by...

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, Blessing, to Ezra Strong Jr.,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 7 Oct. 1840. Version copied [ca. 1882] in Ezra Strong Jr., Notebook, ca. 1882–1884, [78]–[85]; handwriting of Ezra Strong Jr.; CHL.

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but let thy mind be solemn, and stedfast in the great Work restitution. for in a day when Iseral shall need Her watchman, when darkness will becloud the minds of many, and when the hole Earth shall mourn for want of rightous Judges, “Then” as one of the watchmen upon The walls of
zion

A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...

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shall Thy voice be lifted-up, for thy gift shall be given thee when Thou Standeth before the world. When thou forth in thy youth, to Sowe the words of life; Depend not on what others may teach or Say, nor on books, but on that Spirit which hath thus farr ben thy guide. Store up knolledge from evry good book. [p. [82]]
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