Joseph teaches his hope for the dedication of the Nauvoo temple so baptisms for the dead and members being anointed as Kings and Priests of the Most High can take place.

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

Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed January 31, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
Thomas Bullock
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

it is just as impossible for me to continue the subject as to raise the dead— my lungs are worn out— I will do so ano[the]r. day— 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 //— There are provi[sio]ns made until the work is comp[lete]d.— to be as K[ings] & P[riests] of the mos[t] H[igh] God but as all to do with the ho[use] of God— but there must be an express place built for that purpose & for men to be B[aptized] for their d[ea]d for every man who wishes to save th[eir] F[ather] & M[other]— B[rothers] S[isters] & F[riends] must go thru the same— B[aptism]— A[nointing] W[ashing] & all the protect[io]n. of the powers of the Priesthood sam[e] as for themselves

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