Blessing to Hyrum Smith, 1 March 1835
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Blessing to Hyrum Smith, 1 March 1835
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JS and others, Blessing, to , , Geauga Co., OH, 1 Mar. 1835. Featured version copied [not before 25 Feb. 1836] in Minute Book 1, p. 186; handwriting of ; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minute Book 1.
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See Historical Introduction to Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835.
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Blessing to Hyrum Smith, 1 March 1835
Minute Book 1
Page 186
If thou desirest to go to the ends of the earth, thou mayest Thy heart shall be enlarged. Thou shalt escape all the calamities which are coming on the earth. and if thou desirest thou mayest bring many souls to Jesus. Thou shalt be able to comprehend all things concerning this Kingdom. Great shall be thy blessing. Thou shalt be able to speak and no man shall gainsay. Thou shalt have power to escape the hand of thine enemies. Thy life shall be sought with untiring zeal, but thou shalt escape; If it please thee, and thou desirest thou shalt have the power voluntarily to lay down thy life to glorify God. Thou shalt be spared to preside over one of the of , which shall hereafter be appointed. and thou shalt be unto it like one of the seven Angels who were appointed over the seven Churches. Amen [p. 186]
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Footnotes
Footnotes
- [1]
See Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 510 [3 Nephi 28:9]; Account of John, Apr. 1829–C [D&C 7:4].
- [2]
See Luke 21:15.
- [3]
An April 1832 revelation designated Kirtland as a “stake to Zion,” using imagery expressed in Isaiah 54:2–3. (Revelation, 26 Apr. 1832 [D&C 82:13].)
- [4]
See Revelation 1:20.