1835 First Presidency explains significance of content in Doctrine & Covenants.

Date: 1835
Type: Book
Source: First Presidency
LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Reference: Preface, in Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God, and Compiled by Joseph Smith Junior. Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams (Kirtland: Frederick G. Williams, 1835), iv, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021
Scribe/Publisher: Frederick G. Williams
People: First Presidency, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery, Frederick G. Williams
Audience: Reading Public
Transcription: We do not present this little volume with any other expectation than that we are to be called to answer to every principle advanced, in that day when the secrets of all hearts will be revealed, and the reward of every man's labor be given him.
Source Link: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/12#source-note
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