David Journal

Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

  • Joseph Knight Sr.

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    Joseph Knight is another example of someone who gave early assistance to the work of the restoration. His assistance was of the same kind as Martin Harris – providing material support to allow Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon – but he didn’t receive the same degree of recognition by historians as Martin…

  • Hyrum Smith

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    Unlike any of the three witnesses, Hyrum never faltered in his faithfulness to the restored church. His is the remarkably rare example of unwavering devotion. He is often overlooked because while he held significant positions (patriarch of the church, counselor in the presidency, one of the eight witnesses) he never did any dissenting and he…

  • Oliver Cowdery

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    Oliver Cowdery was much like Martin Harris in many ways. He made great sacrifices to bring the Book of Mormon to the world and move the work of the Lord forward. Later he left the church because no degree or number of spiritual experiences can keep someone from falling if they allow pride to have…

  • Martin Harris

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    Martin Harris reminds us that men who live generally righteous lives can falter. Martin did so publicly a few times as he list the 116 pages of manuscript and later let the church. The key is that he also did great things like supporting Joseph during the translation, mortgaging his farm to pay for publication,…

  • Joseph Smith Sr.

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    I had never before realized that Section 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants was a revelation given to Joseph Smith Sr. When I consider that this was given to the man who raised the property of the restoration and who served as the first patriarch of the church some of the counsel takes on a…

  • Ezekiel

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    Ezekiel was asking the captives of Nebuchadnezzar. He prophesied of the final restoration in end times of his then broken people and he saw the vision of the end of the world although I’ve never thought of him when listing those who have seen that glorious vision.

  • Doctrine and Covenants 109:24 – 80

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    As they prayed for protection against any who should fight against them, I wonder if any of the leaders of the church at that day were considering the possibility of having members if the church fight against them. I never took note of the fact that they prayed for a day like the day of…

  • Doctrine and Covenants 109:1 – 23

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    At the time that the Kurland temple was dedicated the people may have expected that it was the only temple they would need to build. In fact, they had little idea of what temples were all about. They expected that they were building a very special meetinghouse. The feeling of this page is much like…

  • Doctrine and Covenants 84:109 – 120

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    Verses 109 and 110 are the essence of “lift where you stand.” Not only should we each lift where we are called to stand but we should each reach out to share the gospel with others as our circumstances permit regardless of where we have been called to stand.

  • Doctrine and Covenants 84:43 – 108

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    Within 2½ years of the formation of the church the Lord is chastising the church for having forgotten the significance of the Book of Mormon. Perhaps they put to much emphasis on the fact that there was a living prophet on the earth and became as so many Christians who go to church and listen…