1 Behold, it is expedient in me that my servant John should write and keep a regular history, and assist you, my servant Joseph, in transcribing all things which shall be given you, until he is called to further duties.
Go forth, crying with a loud voice, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 39:19
Trivia: Who was filled with ther Holy Ghost in his mother's womb, was ordained by an angel when he was eight years old, and baptized when he was a child?
47:1-4 1 Behold, it is expedient in me that my servant John should write and keep a regular history, and assist you, my servant Joseph, in transcribing all things which shall be given you, until he is called to further duties.
I [God] would like John [Whitmer] to write history.
2 Again, verily I say unto you that he can also lift up his voice in meetings, whenever it shall be expedient.
He can also talk at meetings.
3 And again, I say unto you that it shall be appointed unto him to keep the church record and history continually; for Oliver Cowdery I have appointed to another office.
Oliver Cowdery used to write the history,
but I've given him other duties.
4 Wherefore, it shall be given him, inasmuch as he is faithful, by the Comforter, to write these things. Even so. Amen.
Amen.
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