SECTION
82
[Kirtland
D&C 88, LDS D&C 83]
Revelation
given through Joseph Smith, Jr., April 30, 1832, at Independence,
Missouri. It was received following council discussion concerning the
security of widows and orphans under the stewardship arrangements
being worked out.
1a.
Verily thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the church
concerning women and children, those who belong to the church, who
have lost their husbands or fathers:
1b.
Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance until their
husbands are taken; and if they are not found transgressors they
shall have fellowship in the church;
1c.
and if they are not faithful, they shall not have fellowship in the
church; yet they may remain upon their inheritances according to the
laws of the land.
2a.
All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance
until they are of age; and after that, they have claim upon the
church; or, in other words, upon the Lord’s storehouse, if their
parents have not wherewith to give them inheritances.
2b.
And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church,
that widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor.
Amen.
