I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Selah J. Griffin and Newel Knight, in consequence of the stiffneckedness of my people which are in Thompson, and their rebellions. 56:6
Trivia: What is the time period between now and the coming of Jesus called in the Doctrine and Covenants?
104:1-181 Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel, and a commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the order which I commanded to be organized and established, to be a united order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and for the salvation of men until I come—
I give you a commandment about the property of the united order -
the everlasting order that I commanded to be established until I come.
2 With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings;
3But inasmuch as they were not faithful they were nigh unto cursing.
I have cursed those who were not faithful with a very sore and grievous curse.
4 Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse.
5 For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will;
I will curse anyone who belongs to the order and breaks its covenant.
They will be trampled on by whomever I want.
6 For I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things—
Don't mock me on these things.
7 And all this that the innocent among you may not be condemned with the unjust; and that the guilty among you may not escape; because I, the Lord, have promised unto you a crown of glory at my right hand.
8 Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, you cannot escape my wrath in your lives.
If you're guilty, you can't escape my wrath in your lives.
9 Inasmuch as ye are cut off for transgression, ye cannot escape the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.
You can't escape Satan either.
10 And I now give unto you power from this very hour, that if any man among you, of the order, is found a transgressor and repenteth not of the evil, that ye shall deliver him over unto the buffetings of Satan; and he shall not have power to bring evil upon you.
Anyone member of the order who transgresses will be delivered to Satan.
11 It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall organize yourselves and appoint every man his stewardship;
It is wisdom that you appoint every man his stewardship.
12 That every man may give an account unto me of the stewardship which is appointed unto him.
He is accountable to me for his stewardship.
13 For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man accountable, as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures.
14 I, the Lord, stretched out the heavens, and built the earth, my very handiwork; and all things therein are mine.
15 And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine.
Everything belongs to me.
16 But it must needs be done in mine own away; and beholdthis is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.
This is the way I've decided to do things.
The rich will be humbled and the poor will be exalted.
17 For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto themselves.
18 Therefore,if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.
Whoever doesn't share with the poor will be be tormented in hell with the wicked.
104:19-4619 And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the properties of the order—
And now, about the properties of the order -
20 Let my servant Sidney Rigdon have appointed unto him the place where he now resides, and the lot of the tannery for his stewardship, for his support while he is laboring in my vineyard, even as I will, when I shall command him.
Let Sidney Rigdon [1] live where he is now living, and let him be in charge of the tannery.
21 And let all things be done according to the counsel of the order, and united consent or voice of the order, which dwell in the land of Kirtland.
Everything must be done according to the counsel of the order, whose headquarter is in Kirtland.
22 And this stewardship and blessing,I, the Lord, confer upon my servant Sidney Rigdon for a blessing upon him, and his seed after him;
I bless Sidney Rigdon and his seed.
23 And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he will be humble before me.
I'll multipy the blessings on him if he humbles himself before me.
24 And again, let my servantMartin Harris have appointed unto him, for his stewardship, the lot of land which my servant John Johnson obtained in exchange for his former inheritance, for him and his seed after him;
Let Martin Harris (and his seed) have the land that John Johnson gave from his former inheritance. [2]
25 And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him.
If he's faithful, I'll multiply blessings on him and his seed.
26 And let my servant Martin Harris devote his moneys for the proclaiming of my words, according as my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., shall direct.
Martin Harris must give his money to spend as Joseph Smith, Jun. [3] directs.
27 And again,let my servant Frederick G. Williams have the place upon which he now dwells.
Let Frederick G. Williams [4] live where he's currently living.
28 And let my servant Oliver Cowdery have the lot which is set off joining the house, which is to be for the printing office, which is lot number one, and also the lot upon which his father resides.
Let Oliver Cowdery [5] have the lot next to the printing office, which is lot #1, and also the lot where his father is living.
29 And let my servants Frederick G. Williams and Oliver Cowdery have the printing office and all things that pertain unto it.
Let Frederick G. Williams and Oliver Cowdery have the printing office and everything that pertains to it.
30 And this shall be their stewardship which shall be appointed unto them.
31 And inasmuch as they are faithful, behold I will bless, and multiply blessings upon them.
If they are faithful, I'll multiply blessings on them and their seed.
32 And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed them, for them and their seed after them.
33 And, inasmuch as they are faithful, I will multiply blessings upon them and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of blessings.
34 And again, let my servant John Johnson have the house in which he lives, and the inheritance, all save the ground which has been reserved for the abuilding of my houses, which pertains to that inheritance, and those lots which have been named for my servant Oliver Cowdery.
Let John Johnson have the house he's living in, except for the ground which is reserved for my houses.
35 And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him.
36 And it is my will that he should sell the lots that are laid off for the building up of the city of my saints, inasmuch as it shall be made known to him by the voice of the Spirit, and according to the counsel of the order, and by the voice of the order.
But sell the lots for building the city of my saints, as made known by the Sprit and the voice of the order.
37 And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed unto him, for a blessing unto him and his seed after him.
38 And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity of blessings upon him.
39 And again, let my servant Newel K. Whitney have appointed unto him the houses and lot where he now resides, and the lot and building on which the mercantile establishment stands, and also the lot which is on the corner south of the mercantile establishment, and also the lot on which the ashery is situated.
Let Newel K. Whitney have the lot and houses where he currently resides, along with the lots where the store and ashery is located. [6]
40 And all this I have appointed unto my servant Newel K. Whitney for his stewardship, for a blessing upon him and his seed after him, for the benefit of the mercantile establishment of my order which I have established for my stake in the land of Kirtland.
41 Yea, verily, this is the stewardship which I have appointed unto my servant N. K. Whitney, even this whole mercantile establishment, him and his agent, and his seed after him.
42 And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments, which I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings.
43 And again,let my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have appointed unto him the lot which is laid off for the building of my house, which is forty rods long and twelve wide, and also the inheritance upon which his father now resides;
I've given Joseph Smith, Jun. the lot for my house, which is 660 feet long and 198 feet long.
This is also where his father lives.
44 And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have appointed unto him, for a blessing upon him, and upon his father.
45 For behold, I have reserved an inheritance for his father, for his support; therefore he shall be reckoned in the house of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.
46 And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., inasmuch as he is faithful, even a multiplicity of blessings.
I'll multiply blessing on Joseph Smith, Jun. if his is faithful.
104:47-5947 And now, a commandment I give unto you concerning Zion, that you shall no longer be bound as a united order to your brethren of Zion, only on this wise—
And now I give you a commandment about Zion: You're no longer bound as a united order to Zion.
48 After you are organized, you shall be called the United Order of the Stake of Zion, the City of Kirtland. And your brethren, after they are organized, shall be called the United Order of the City of Zion.
You now will be called the United Order of the Stake of Zion, the city of Kirtland. [7]
And the others will be called the United Order of the City of Zion.
49 And they shall be organized in their own names, and in their own name; and they shall do their business in their own name, and in their own names;
50 And you shall do your business in your own name, and in your own names.
51 And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and also for their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out and that which is to come.
52 The covenants being broken through transgression, by covetousness and feigned words—
53 Therefore, you are dissolved as a united order with your brethren, that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them, only on this wise, as I said, by loan as shall be agreed by this order in council, as your circumstances will admit and the voice of the council direct.
You are dissolved as a united order.
54 And again, a commandment I give unto you concerning your stewardship which I have appointed unto you.
55 Behold, all these properties are mine, or else your faith is vain, and ye are found hypocrites, and the covenants which ye have made unto me are broken;
All of the properties are mine.
56 And if the properties are mine, then ye are stewards; otherwise ye are no stewards.
You are the stewards of my property.
57 But, verily I say unto you, I have appointed unto you to be stewards over mine house, even stewards indeed.
58 And for this purpose I have commanded you to organize yourselves, even to print my words, the fulness of my scriptures, the revelations which I have given unto you, and which I shall, hereafter, from time to time give unto you—
59 For the purpose of building up my church and kingdom on the earth, and to prepare my people for the time when I shall dwell with them, which is nigh at hand.
104:60-7760 And ye shall prepare for yourselves a place for a treasury, and consecrate it unto my name.
61 And ye shall appoint one among you to keep the treasury, and he shall be ordained unto this blessing.
Appoint a treasurer.
62 And there shall be a seal upon the treasury, and all the sacred things shall be delivered into the treasury; and no man among you shall call it his own, or any part of it, for it shall belong to you all with one accord.
There will be a seal on the treasury, which belongs to all of you collectively.
63 AndI give it unto you from this very hour; and now see to it, that ye go to and make use of the stewardship which I have appointed unto you, exclusive of the sacred things, for the purpose of printing these sacred things as I have said.
I give it to you this very hour for the purpose of printing these sacred things. [8]
64 And the avails of the sacred things shall be had in the treasury, and a seal shall be upon it; and it shall not be used or taken out of the treasury by any one, neither shall the seal be loosed which shall be placed upon it, only by the voice of the order, or by commandment.
65 And thus shall ye preserve the avails of the sacred things in the treasury, for sacred and holy purposes.
66 And this shall be called the sacred treasury of the Lord; and a seal shall be kept upon it that it may be holy and consecrated unto the Lord.
It will be called the sacred treasury of the Lord.
67 And again, there shall be another treasury prepared, and a treasurer appointed to keep the treasury, and a seal shall be placed upon it;
68 And all moneys that you receive in your stewardships, by improving upon the properties which I have appointed unto you, in houses, or in lands, or in cattle, or in all things save it be the holy and sacred writings, which I have reserved unto myself for holy and sacred purposes, shall be cast into the treasury as fast as you receive moneys, by hundreds, or by fifties, or by twenties, or by tens, or by fives.
Money will go into the Lord's treasury by hundreds, fifties, twenties, tens, or by fives.
69 Or in other words, if any man among you obtain five dollars let him cast them into the treasury; or if he obtain ten, or twenty, or fifty, or an hundred, let him do likewise;
Or in other words, if you obtain five dollars [9], put it in the treasury.
Or if you obtain, ten, twenty, fifty, or a hundred dollars, do likewise.
70 And let not any among you say that it is his own; for it shall not be called his, nor any part of it.
Don't say it's your own money. It's not yours, not even part of it.
71 Andthere shall not any part of it be used, or taken out of the treasury, only by the voice and common consent of the order.
Money may only be withdrawn from the treasury by common consent of the order
72 And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order—that any man among you say to the treasurer: I have need of this to help me in my stewardship—
This is the voice of common consent - that a man say, I need it for my stewwardship.
73 If it be five dollars, or if it be ten dollars, or twenty, or fifty, or a hundred, the treasurer shall give unto him the sum which he requires to help him in his stewardship—
74 Until he be found a transgressor, and it is manifest before the council of the order plainly that he is an unfaithful and an unwise steward.
Until the man is found to be an unfaithful and unwise steward.
75 But so long as he is in full fellowship, and is faithful and wise in his stewardship, this shall be his token unto the treasurer that the treasurer shall not withhold.
76 But in case of transgression, the treasurer shall be subject unto the council and voice of the order.
77 And in case the treasurer is found an unfaithful and an unwise steward, he shall be subject to the council and voice of the order, and shall be removed out of his place, and another shall be appointed in his stead.
If the treasurer is found to be an unfaithful and unwise steward, he shall be removed and replaced by the order.
104:78-8678 And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts—behold it is my will that you shall pay all your debts.
It's my will that you pay your debts.
79 And it is my will that you shall humble yourselves before me, and obtain this blessing by your diligence and humility and the prayer of faith.
80 And inasmuch as you are diligent and humble, and exercise the prayer of faith, behold,I will soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt, until I shall send means unto you for your deliverance.
If you humble yourselves before me, I'll soften th hearts of those who loaned you the money.
81 Therefore write speedily to New York and write according to that which shall be dictated by my Spirit; and I will soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt, that it shall be taken away out of their minds to bring affliction upon you.
So write to New York [10] that will be dictated by my Spirit.
I'll soften the hearts of those to whom you owe money.
82 Andinasmuch as ye are humble and faithful and call upon my name, behold, I will give you the victory.
I'll give you victory if you humbly call on my name.
83 I give unto you a promise, that you shall be delivered this once out of your bondage.
I promise you'll be delivered from your bondage.
84 Inasmuch as you obtain a chance to loan money by hundreds, or thousands, even until you shall loan enough to deliver yourself from bondage, it is your privilege.
You'll obtain loans of hundreds or thousands - it's your priviledge.
85 And pledge the properties which I have put into your hands, this once, by giving your names by common consent or otherwise, as it shall seem good unto you.
86I give unto you this privilege, this once; and behold, if you proceed to do the things which I have laid before you, according to my commandments, all these things are mine, and ye are my stewards, and the master will not suffer his house to be broken up. Even so.Amen.
Amen.
The original 1835 edition used the codename "Pelagoram" for Sidney Rigdon.
Code names in the original 1835 edtion: Mahemson and Zombre, respectively.
Code name for Joseph Smith: Gazelam
Code name: Shederlaomach
Code names: Olihah, Laneshine
Code names: Ahahdah, Ozondah, Shule
Code name: Shienehah
There was even a code name for printing: shinelane
The original edition used the code name "talents" for "dollars."
The code name for New York was Cainhannoch.
