Revelation received at Kirtland, Ohio, on 14 November 1835

for Warren Parrish(1)

Saturday morning 14th Thus came the word of the Lord unto me saying:

verily thus saith the Lord unto my servant Joseph [Smith, Jr.] concerning my servant Warren [Parrish] behold his sins are forgiven him because of his desires to do the works of righteousness therefore in as much as he will continue to hearken unto my voice he shall be blessed with wisdom and with a sound mind even above his fellows,

behold it shall come to pass in his day that he shall see great things shew forth themselves unto my people, he shall see much of my ancient records, and shall know of hid[d]en things, and shall be endowed with a knowledge of hid[d]en languages, and if he desires and shall seek it at my hand, he shall be privileged with writing much of my word, as a scribe unto me for the benefit of my people, therefore this shall be his calling until I shall order it otherwise in my wisdom and it shall be said of him in a time to come, behold Warren [Parrish] the Lord[']s Scribe, for the Lord[']s Seer whom he hath appointed in Israel: Therefore if he will keep my commandments he shall be lifted up at the last day, even so Amen

(Joseph Smith Journal, 35-36, entry for 14 November 1835, LDS archives. See H. Michael Marquardt, The Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary [Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999], 276)

NOTE
1 Warren Parrish commenced writing for Joseph Smith on 29 October 1835. This revelation called Parrish to serve as a scribe for work on "my ancient records" (i.e. the Book of Abraham).


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