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Doctrine and Covenants 125 Build a city unto my name
In March 1841, Joseph Smith received direction for Latter-day Saints living in the Territory of Iowa. The Lord told them to gather in places appointed through Joseph and build cities in preparation for the future. One city was to stand opposite Nauvoo and bear the name Zarahemla. The revelation also welcomed people who wished to settle in Zarahemla, Nashville, Nauvoo, or the other appointed stakes.
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Doctrine and Covenants 125
- What is the will of the Lord concerning the saints in the Territory of Iowa?
- Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who call themselves by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph, and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that which is in store for a time to come.
- Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it.
- And let all those who come from the east, and the west, and the north, and the south, that have desires to dwell therein, take up their inheritance in the same, as well as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord.
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