Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
Joseph Smith, attributed revelator; John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, manuscript copyists
This early manuscript revelation gives instructions to four Latter-day Saint elders about preaching, baptism and teaching children. It also speaks of signs preceding the coming of the Son of Man. The text later became part of Doctrine and Covenants 68.
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Edition and location
Revelation Book 1, pp. 113–114, copied circa November 1831 by John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery. Joseph Smith Papers historical transcription. Complete two-page document. Insertions in angle brackets, deletions in ⟦…⟧, supplied readings in square brackets. Modern apparatus and page labels omitted; visual line-break spans removed without inserting spaces. Page continuation “due time” joined. Web transcription checked; not independently image-collated.
Revelation Book 1, pp. 113–114