Joseph says North and South America is Zion.

Date
Apr 8, 1844
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Joseph Smith, Speech, April 8, 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, Joseph Smith Papers

Scribe/Publisher
Thomas Bullock
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

I want a few words to the Elders you know very well that the L[or]d. has led this Church by rev[elatio]n I have an[othe]r. revn. a great grand & glorious revn. & this is what I am going to declare— you kno there has been great discus[sio]n. where Zion is & when the gath[erin]g. of the D is & which I am ea[g]er to— the whole America is the Land itself N[orth] & S[outh] itself & is desc[ribe]d. by the Prophets that it sho[ul]d. be in the centre of the land. the declar[ation] is that as soon as the temple & B[aptismal] font is prep[are]d. & so as we can wash & anoint the El[ders] of Israel there must be a place prepd for that purpose

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