[D&C 61]Commandment given Aug 12th. 1831 on the Bank of the River Distruction (or Missorie) unfolding some mysteries &c &c Behold & hearken unto [DEL:him] the voice of him who hath all power ... Behold there are many dangers upon the waters & more especially hereafter for I the Lord have decreed in mine anger many distructions upon the waters yea & especially upon these waters ... I would not suffer that ye should part untill [DEL:ye] you are chastened for all your sins that you might be one that you might not perish in wickedness ... I the Lord in the begining belessed the waters but in the last days by the mouth of my servent John I cursed the waters wherefore the days will come that no flesh shall be safe upon the waters & it shall be said in days to come that none is able to go up to the land of Zion upon the waters but he that is upright in heart & as I the Lord in the begining cursed the land even so in the last days have I blessed it in its time for the use of my saints that they may partake the fatness thereof & now I give unto you a commandment & what I say unto one I say unto all that you shall forewarn your brethren concerning these waters that they come not in Journeying [DEL:on] upon them lest their faith fail & they are caught in her snares I the Lord hath decreed & the destroyer rideth upon the face thereof & I revoke not the decree I the Lord was angery with you yesterday but to day mine anger is turned away ... & now concerning my servents Sidney [Rigdon] Joseph & Oliver [Cowdery] let them come not again upon the waters save it be upon the canal ... unto whom it is given power to command the waters unto him it is given by the spirit to know all his ways ... be sober looking forth for the coming of the Son of man in an hour you think not pray always that you enter not into temptation that you may abide the day of his coming whether in life or in death even So Amen
[Book of Commandments and Revelations (Revelation Book 1) http://bit.ly/manuscript-revelations]
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