Joseph Smith Biography

(Grace) #1

Without Disclosing My True Identity


(^73) D&C, 124:20–22.
(^74) D&C, 124:23.
(^75) D&C, 124:25–8.
(^76) D&C, 124:39.
(^77) Isaiah 1:16.
(^78) D&C, 124:48.
(^79) D&C, 124:46–53; Matthew 5:24; BOM, 3 Nephi 12:24; D&C, 64:10.
(^80) D&C, 124:123.
(^81) D&C, 127:5–6, 10; 128:1, 12, 16–18.
(^82) “In due time thou shalt go to Jerusalem, the land of thy fathers, and be a watchman unto
the house of Israel and by thy hand shall the Most High do a work, which shall prepare the way and
greatly facilitate the gathering together of that people.” (CHC, 2:45)
“In October of 1841, Elder Hyde reached the top of the Mount of Olives and gave a prayer for
the gathering of the Jews to that land, and dedicated Jerusalem for that purpose, and to be rebuilt and
become a Holy City.” (See DHC, 4:454–9 for information on his Dedicatory Prayer.)
(^83) D&C, section 119.
(^84) BOM, Mosiah 11:6.
(^85) “Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of
sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his
coming.” D&C, 64:23; see also Marion G. Romney, “Concerning Tithing,” Ensign, Jun. 1980: 2–3:
“Protection Against the Burning. The payment of tithing is also worthwhile as fire insurance.”
(^86) “While absent; in the absence of the person or persons concerned.” ("in absentia," MSN Encarta
U.S. English Dictionary, 2011, Mimidex, 31 Jan 2012 http://www.memidex.com/in-absentia.)
(^87) In absence. “Ex parte” means “on one side only.” “A judicial proceeding, order, injunction,
etc., is said to be ex parte when it is taken for granted at the instance and for the benefit of one party
only, and without notice to, or contestation by, any person adversely affected.” (“Ex parte,” Black’s
Law Dictionary, Abridged 6th ed., 1990.)
(^88) DHC, 4:594–5.
(^89) DHC, 4:593 (590–3).
(^90) E. g., Calvin A. Warren, Esq., a lawyer from Quincy, Illinois. DHC, 4:594–5.
(^91) DHC, 4:594–5.
(^92) DHC, 4:364–5.
(^93) Writ ordering detained person into court: a writ issued in order to bring somebody who
has been detained into court, usually for a decision on whether the detention is lawful; Encarta online
dictionary. DHC, 4:370–1 (364–71).
(^94) DHC, 4:369.
(^95) DHC, 4:369–70.
(^96) Compare BOM, 2 Nephi 26:22–4; TSP, 64:18.
(^97) PGP, Moses 5:51; BOM, 3 Nephi 7:6; Mormon 8:27; Ether 8:18–19, 22, 24; 11:15. “The secret
of masonry is to keep a secret. It is good economy to entertain strangers—to entertain sectarians. Come up
to Nauvoo, ye sectarian priests of the everlasting Gospel, as they call it, and you shall have my pulpit all
day.” (Joseph Smith, DHC, 6:59.)
(^98) BOM, 1 Nephi 14:10.
(^99) Compare BOM, Jacob 4:14.
(^100) DHC, 4:136–7.
(^101) DHC, 4:136–7.
(^102) Compare BOM, 1 Nephi 13:6; 14:3, 9–10, 17.
(^103) Compare D&C, 124:26–7.
(^104) DHC, 4:402
(^105) DHC, 4:418.

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