Joseph receives a revelation (early 1830) concerning the selling a copyright of the Book of Mormon in Canada; contingencies are attached to its fulfillment.

Date
1830
Type
Manuscript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Revelation, circa Early 1830, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed July 23, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
John Whitmer
People
Joseph Knight, Sr., Josiah Stowell, Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery, Hiram Page
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Behold I say unto you that I have covenanted & it Pleaseth me that Oliver Cowderey Joseph Knight Hyram Page & Josiah Stowel shall do my work in this thing yea even in securing the <Copy> right & they shall do it with an eye single to my Glory that it may be the means of bringing souls unto me Salvation through mine only Begotten Behold I am God I have spoken it & it is expedient in me Wherefor I say unto you that ye shall go to Kingston seeking me continually through mine only Begotten & if ye do this ye shall have my spirit to go with you & ye shall have an addition of all things which is expedient in me & I grant unto my servent a privelige that he may sell <a copyright> through you speaking after the manner of men for the four Provinces if the People harden not their hearts against the enticeings of my spirit & my word for Behold it lieth in themselves to their condemnation & or to their salvation

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