Revelation given
through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Harmony, Pennsylvania, March 1829, at the
request of Martin Harris.
1-10, This generation
will receive the Lord’s word through Joseph Smith; 11-18, Three witnesses will
testify of the Book of Mormon; 19-20, The word of the Lord will be verified as
in previous times; 21-35, Martin Harris may repent and be one of the witnesses.
1. Behold, I say unto you, that as my servant Martin Harris
has desired a witness at my hand, that you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., have
got the plates of which you have testified and borne record that you have
received of me;
2. And now, behold, this shall you say unto him—he who spake
unto you, said unto you: I, the Lord, am God, and have given these things unto
you, my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and have commanded you that you should
stand as a witness of these things;
3. And I have caused you that you should enter into a
covenant with me, that you should not show them except to those persons to whom
I commanded you; and you have no power over them except I grant it unto you.
4. And you have a gift to translate the plates; and this is
the first gift that I bestowed upon you; and I have commanded that you should
pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will
grant unto you no other gift until it is finished.
5. Verily, I say unto you, that woe shall come unto the
inhabitants of the earth if they will not hearken unto my words;
6. For hereafter you shall be ordained and go forth and
deliver my words unto the children of men.
7. Behold, if they will not believe my words, they would not
believe you, my servant Joseph, if it were possible that you should show them
all these things which I have committed unto you.
8. Oh, this unbelieving and stiffnecked generation—mine anger
is kindled against them.
9. Behold, verily I say unto you, I have reserved those
things which I have entrusted unto you, my servant Joseph, for a wise purpose
in me, and it shall be made known unto future generations.
10. But this generation shall have my word through you;
11. And in addition to testimony, the testimony of there of
my servants, whom I shall call and ordain, unto whom I will show these things,
and they shall go forth with my words that are given through you.
12. Yea, they shall know of a surety that these things are
true, for from heaven will I declare it unto them.
13. I will give them power that they may behold and view
these things as they are;
14. And to none else will I grant this power, to receive
this same testimony among this generation, in this the beginning of the rising
up and the coming forth of my church out of the wilderness—clear as the moon,
and fair as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.
15. And the testimony of three witnesses will I send forth
of my word.
16. And behold, whosoever believeth on my words, them will I
visit with the manifestation of my Spirit; and they shall be born of me, even
of water and of the Spirit—
17. And you must wait yet a little while, for ye are not yet
ordained—
18. And their testimony shall also go forth unto the
condemnation of this generation if they harden their hearts against them;
19. For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the
inhabitants of the earth, ad shall continue to be poured out from time to time,
if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are
consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.
20. Behold, I tell you these things, even as I also told the
people of the destruction of Jerusalem; and my word shall be verified at this
time as it hath hitherto been verified.
21. And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to repent and
walk more uprightly before me, and to yield to the persuasions of men no more;
22. And that you be firm in keeping the commandments
wherewith I have commanded you; and if you do this, behold I grant unto you
eternal life, even if you should be slain.
23. And now, again, I speak unto you, my servant Joseph,
concerning the man that desires the witness—
24. Behold, I say unto him, he exalts himself and does not humble
himself sufficiently before me; but if he will bow down before me, and humble
himself in mighty prayer and faith, in the sincerity of his heat, then will I grant
unto him a view of the things which he desires to see.
25. And then he shall say unto the people of this
generation: Behold, I have seen the things which the Lord hat shown unto Joseph
Smith, Jun., and I know of a surety that they are true, for I have seen them,
for they have been shown unto me by the power of God and not of man.
26. And I the Lord command him, my servant Martin Harris
that he shall say no more unto them concerning these things, except he shall
say: I have seen them, and they have been shown unto me by the power of God;
and these are the words which he shall say.
27. But if he deny this he will break the covenant which he
has before covenanted with me, and behold, he is condemned.
28. And now, except he humble himself and acknowledge unto
me the things that he has done which are wrong, and covenant with me that he
will keep my commandments, and exercise faith in me, behold, I say unto him, he
shall have no such views, for I will grant unto him no views of the things of
which I have spoken.
29. And if this be the case, I command you, my servant Joseph
that you shall say unto him, that he shall do no more, nor trouble me any more
concerning this matter.
30. And if this be the case, behold, I say unto thee Joseph,
when thou hast translated a few more pages thou shalt stop for a season, even
until I command thee again; then thou mayest translate again.
31. And except thou do this, behold, thou shalt have no more
gift, and I will take away the things which I have entrusted with thee.
32. And now, because I foresee the lying in wait to destroy
thee yea, I foresee that if my servant Martin Harris humbleth not himself and receive
a witness from my hand, that he will fall into transgression;
33. And there are many that lie in wait to destroy thee from
off the face of the earth and for this cause, that thy days may be prolonged, I
have given unto thee these commandments.
34. Yea, for this cause I have said: Stop, and stand still
until I command thee, and I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish
the thing which I have commanded thee.
35. And if thou art faithful in keeping my commandments thou
shalt be lifted up at the last day. Amen.
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