Mormon History
Joe Smith: I am the Lord and you are my Dupes - 1831
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 38
Date: January 2, 1831
Place: Fayette, New York
To: Church
1 THUS saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great I AM,
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon
the wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven,
before the world was made;
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 39
Date: January 5, 1831
Place: Fayette, New York
To: James Covill
1 HEARKEN and listen to the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity, the Great I AM, even Jesus Christ
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 41
Date: February 4, 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Church
1 HEARKEN and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye
whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that
hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my
name, with the heaviest of all cursings.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 42
Date: February 9, 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Twelve Elders
1 Hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have assembled yourselves
together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the
Savior of the world; inasmuch as ye believe on my name and keep my
commandments.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 43
Date: February 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Elders of the Church
34 Hearken ye to these words. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of
the world. Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the
solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 49
Date: March 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: P. Pratt, Sidney Rigdon, Leman Copley
28 Behold, I am Jesus Christ, and I come quickly. Even so. Amen.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 50
Date: May 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Elders of the Church
4 Behold, I, the Lord, have looked upon you, and have seen abominations in the church that profess my name.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 51
Date: May 1831
Place: Thompson, Ohio
To: Edward Partridge
1 HEARKEN unto me, saith the Lord your God, and I will speak unto my
servant Edward Partridge, and give unto him directions; for it must
needs be that he receive directions how to organize this people.
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 52
Date: June 7, 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Elders of the Church
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders whom he hath called and chosen in these last days, by the voice of his Spirit
DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS Section 53
Date: June 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Algernon Sidney Gilbert
1 Behold, I say unto you, my servant Sidney Gilbert, that I have heard
your prayers; and you have called upon me that it should be made known
unto you, of the Lord your God, concerning your calling and election in
the church, which I, the Lord, have raised up in these last days.
2 Behold, I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world,
give unto you a commandment that you shall forsake the world.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 54
Date: June 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Newel Knight
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, even he who was crucified for the sins of the world
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 55
Date: June 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: William W. Phelps
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant William, yea, even
the Lord of the whole earth, thou art called and chosen; and after thou
hast been baptized by water, which if you do with an eye single to my
glory, you shall have a remission of your sins and a reception of the
Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands;
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 56
Date:June 1831
Place:Kirtland, Ohio
1 Hearken, O ye people who profess my name, saith the Lord your God;
for behold, mine anger is kindled against the rebellious, and they
shall know mine arm and mine indignation, in the day of visitation and
of wrath upon the nations.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 57
Date: July 20, 1831
Place: Zion, Jackson County, Missouri
To: Elders of the Church
1 Hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have
assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this
land, which is the land of Missouri, which is the land which I have
appointed and consecrated for the gathering of the saints.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 59
Date: August 7, 1831
Place: Zion, Jackson County, Missouri
To: Saints in Zion
1 Behold, blessed, saith the Lord, are they who have come up unto this
land with an eye single to my glory, according to my commandments.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 60
Date: August 8, 1831
Place: Jackson County, Missouri
To: Elders of the Church
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto the elders of his church, who are to
return speedily to the land from whence they came: Behold, it pleaseth
me, that you have come up hither;
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 61
Date: August 12, 1831
Place: McIlwaine's Bend, Missouri
To: Ten Elders
1 Behold, and hearken unto the voice of him who has all power, who is
from everlasting to everlasting, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end.
2 Behold, verily thus saith the Lord unto you, O ye elders of my
church, who are assembled upon this spot, whose sins are now forgiven
you, for I, the Lord, forgive sins, and am merciful unto those who
confess their sins with humble hearts;
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 62
Date: August 13, 1831
Place: Bank of the Missouri River
To: Several Elders
1 Behold, and hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your
God, even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man
and how to succor them who are tempted.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - 63
Date: August 1831 (late in)
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
1 Hearken, O ye people, and open your hearts and give ear from afar;
and listen, you that call yourselves the people of the Lord, and hear
the word of the Lord and his will concerning you.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 64
Date: September 11, 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Elders of the Church
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord your God unto you, O ye elders of my
church, hearken ye and hear, and receive my will concerning you.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 66
Date: October 25, 1831
Place: Orange, Ohio
To: William E. Mclellin
1 Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant William E.
McLellin--Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have turned away from your
iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer,
the Savior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 67
Date: November 1831
Place: Hiram, Ohio
To: Elders of the church
4 And now I, the Lord, give unto you a testimony of the truth of these commandments which are lying before you.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 68
Date: November 1831
Place: Hiram, Ohio
To: William E. Mclellin, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, Orson Hyde
6 Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with
you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus
Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and
that I am to come.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 69
Date: November 1831
Place: Hiram, Ohio
To: Oliver Cowdery
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 carry unto the land of
Zion, except one go with him who will be true and faithful.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 1
Date: November 1, 1831
Place: Hiram, Ohio
To: Elders of the Church
1 Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who dwells
on high, and whose eyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say: Hearken ye
people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea, listen
together.
2 For verily the voice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none
to escape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither ear that
shall not hear, neither heart that shall not be penetrated.
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS Section 72
Date: December 4, 1831
Place: Kirtland, Ohio
To: Several Members and Elders
1 Hearken, and listen to the voice of the Lord, O ye who have assembled
yourselves together, who are the high priests of my church, to whom the
kingdom and power have been given.