[80]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. li: 3.
[81]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. civ: 15-17.
[82]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. cxix.
[83]. For a detailed account of this event and the causes leading up to it, see the author's work on the "Missouri Persecutions."
[84]. Doc. and Cov., sec. ciii.
[85]. Daniel Dunklin, governor of Missouri, agreed to call out the militia of the state and re-instate the exiles on their lands; but he claimed that he had no authority to keep a force under arms to protect them after they were restored. Hence the coming of Zion's camp to so strengthen the brethren that they could hold their own against the mob when once placed back in their homes.
[86]. Missouri Persecutions.
[87]. Doc. and Cov., sec. cv. The revelation was given on Fishing river, Missouri.
[88]. The corner stones of the Kirtland temple were laid on the 23rd of July, 1833.
[89]. Doc. and Cov., sec. cii:22.