SECTION
31
[Kirtland
D&C 54, LDS D&C 32]
Revelation
to Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson, given through Joseph Smith,
Jr., prophet and seer to the church, October 1830 at Fayette, New
York. The appointment of Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer to take the
message of the Restoration to the Lamanites aroused considerable
interest and enthusiasm among the ministry. This mission to the West
was most important. Men were anxious to go.
1a.
And now concerning my servant Parley P. Pratt, behold, I say unto
him, that as I live I will that he shall declare my gospel and learn
of me, and be meek and lowly of heart;
1b.
and that which I have appointed unto him, is that he shall go with my
servants Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jr., into the wilderness,
among the Lamanites;
1c.
and Ziba Peterson, also, shall go with them, and I myself will go
with them and be in their midst; and I am their Advocate with the
Father, and nothing shall prevail.
1d.
And they shall give heed to that which is written and pretend to no
other revelation, and they shall pray always that I may unfold them
to their understanding;
1e.
and they shall give heed unto these words and trifle not, and I will
bless them. Amen.
