Section 58: Selected Verses

1. Hearken ... give ear ... and learn of me. 57:1
2. Edward Partridge ... if he repent not of his sins, which are unbelief and blindness of heart.... 57:14-15
3. the laws which ye have received from my hand are the laws of the church, and in this light ye shall hold them forth. Behold, here is wisdom. 57:23
4. I command and men obey not; I revoke ... Then they say in their hearts: This is not the work of the Lord, for his promises are not fulfilled. But wo unto such, for their reward lurketh beneath, and not from above.. 57:32-33
5. It is wisdom in me that my servant Martin Harris should be an example unto the church, in laying his moneys before the bishop of the church ... every man that cometh unto this land to receive an inheritance; and he shall do with his moneys. 57:35-36
6. it is wisdom also that there should be lands purchased in Independence, for the place of the storehouse, and also for the house of the printing. 57:37
7. Other directions concerning my servant Martin Harris shall be given him of the Spirit. 57:38
8. I, the Lord, am not well pleased with him [William W. Phelps ], for he seeketh to excel, and he is not sufficiently meek before me. 57:41
9. Let there be an agent appointed by the voice of the church, unto the church in Ohio, to receive moneys to purchase lands in Zion. 57:49
10. I give unto my servant Sidney Rigdon a commandment, that he shall write a description of the land of Zion, and a statement of the will of God, as it shall be made known by the Spirit. 57:50
11. the Lord willeth that the disciples and the children of men should open their hearts, even to purchase this whole region of country, as soon as time will permit. 57:52
12. Here is wisdom. Let them do this lest they receive none inheritance, save it be by the shedding of blood. 57:53
13. He Son of Man cometh. Amen. 57:65