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[8], 1832, Hiram, Ohio. |
| Bishops
judge, administer surplus property. All to be equal, accountable. The presidency
of the High Priesthood presides over entire church, has keys of the kingdom
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Sidney and Joseph: duty of bishops |
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Verily thus saith the
Lord unto you my servent Sidney and Joseph I reveal unto you for your own
prophet and instruction concerning the Bishops of my church what is their
duty in the church |
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Whitney Papers, Box 1, fd. 19. |
Judgment
Administer surplus property |
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behold it is their duty
to stand in the office of their Bishoprick and to fill the judgement seat
which I have appointed unto them to and to administer the benefits of the church
or the overpluss of all who are in their stewardships according to the commandments
as they are severly appointed |
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| Property
is the Lord's, not the bishop's |
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and the property or
ben that which they receive of the church is not their own but belongeth to
the church wherefore it is the property of the Lord and it is for the poor
of the church to be administered according to the law
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| All
to be equal |
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for it is the will of
the Lord that the church should be made equal in all things |
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| All
are accountable |
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wherefore the bishops
are accountable before the Lord for their stewardships to administer of
their stewardship in the which they are appointed by commandment jointly
with you my servents under unto the Lord as well as you my servents or the rest
of church that the benefits of all may be dedicated unto the Lord that the
Lords storehouse may be filled always that ye may all grow in temporal as
well as spiritual things
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| Bishops
to seperate personal business from church's, but not from counsel |
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and now verily I say
unto you the bishops must needs be seperated unto their bishoppricks and
judgement seats from care of business but not from claim neither from council |
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| Covenant
together |
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wherefore I have given
unto you commandment that you should be joined together by covenent and
bond wherefore see that ye do even as I have commanded |
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| Presidency
to preside over church |
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and
unto the office of the presidency of the high Priest hood I have given authority
to preside with the assistance of his councillers over all the concerns
of the church
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Be
firm but meek.
Keys of the kingdom |
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wherefore stand ye fast
claim your Priest hood in authority yet in meekness and I am able to make
you abound and be fruitfull and you shall never fall for unto you I have
given the keys of the kingdom and if you transgress not they shall never
be taken from you wherefore feed my sheep even so amen
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D&C 79
D&C 78
Ohio Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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