Joseph teaches his hope for the dedication of the Nauvoo temple so ordinances for the living and dead can happen.

Date
Apr 8, 1844
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed February 13, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

soon as the Temple is finis[h]ed.— Lord hath

ordaind where these last & mo[s]t impotnt [important]

ordinance must be in a house.— provided

for the purpose— where we can get a house

built first there is the place.—

Bap[tized]. washd. ano[in]ted. seald. &c for the dead

the same as for themselves.—

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