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Background
7 June 1831: The next conference [of the Church]shall be held in Missouri, upon the land which I will consecrate unto my people (D&C 52:2). Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and 28 others to leave immediately. Missouri as the land of Zion: D&C 28:9; 45:64; 54:8. Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, and company already in Missouri since January 1831.
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D&C 57
20 July 1831 (arrival + 3 days). 57:12. Missouriis the land which I have appointed and consecrated. 57:34. Independence is the center place.
Line running between Jew and Gentile (57:4).
D&C 57
57:610. Sidney Gilbert to buy properties for the Church; Edward Partridge to divide them among the Saints.
Gilbert called as agent unto this church (53:4).
D&C 58
1 August 1831 (arrival + 15 days). 58:15. The glory which shall follow after much tribulation. 58:67. For this cause have I sent you. 58:812. First, the rich and then the poor.
The parable of the Marriage of the Kings Son (Matthew 22:114).
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D&C 58
58:2629. Men should be anxiously engaged. They are agents unto themselves. 58:3033. I command andI revoke.
Compare 56:34.
Independence is the center place; and a spot for the temple is lying westward, upon a lot which is not far from the courthouse (D&C 57:3).
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D&C 59
7 August 1831 (arrival + 21 days). Polly Peck Knight (17741831). 59:813. Thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day.
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D&C 60
8 August 1831 (arrival + 22 days). 60:13. With some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them.
Talent: 46:1314.
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D&C 61
11 August 1831 (departure + 3 days). McIlwaines Bend on the Missouri River.
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D&C 61
Creation: Land and water blessed (Genesis 1:1012, 2022). Fall: Land cursed, but not water (Genesis 3:17). Water used for cleaning & purification:
The Great Flood. Baptism, temple washings. Jesus = the Living Water. The sacrament.
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D&C 61
61:1416. In the last days, by the mouth of my servant John, I cursed the waters.
Revelation 8:811; 16:26 (cf. Moses 7:66). Days to come.
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