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Doctrine and Covenants

Doctrine and Covenants. Sections 51-56. Doctrine and Covenants 51-56 Law of Consecration : Celestial Law Provides economic prosperity among all men! The curse of idleness is to be abolished. The key to make it work? D&C 51:9 = (honesty!). How the Law of Consecration was to work:

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Doctrine and Covenants

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants Sections 51-56

  2. Doctrine and Covenants 51-56 Law of Consecration: • Celestial Law • Provides economic prosperity among all men! • The curse of idleness is to be abolished. • The key to make it work? D&C 51:9 = (honesty!)

  3. How the Law of Consecration was to work: • The earth is the Lords. • Men can become stewards of the Lord’s property. • You give all you have to the Bishop as the Lord’s representative on earth. • You are given back what you need. • You then operate that which you have been given. • At the end of the year all surplus is given to the Bishop’s storehouse for use of building schools, public roads, etc. • At the year’s end a re-evaluation is again made.

  4. President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., explained: “The fundamental principle of this system was the private ownership of property. Each man owned his portion, or inheritance, or stewardship, with an absolute title, which he could….treat as his own. The Church did not own all of the property” (C.R., Oct. 1942, 57).

  5. Definition of Consecration: To make or declare something sacred and to set it aside for God’s purpose! Doctrine and Covenants 51:3 “Equal?” This is not a case of dead level equality, it will vary as much as the man’s circumstances. His wants and needs may vary (C.R., Oct., 1942, J. Reuben Clark).

  6. Doctrine and Covenants 51:17 “Let them act upon this land for years” People who locate in a home or apartment knowing that they will move to another in a short time may have tendency to neglect Church attendance and responsibilities.

  7. Doctrine and Covenants 51:19 “A faithful, a wise, and a just steward” Doctrine and Covenants 52:4 The Lord will lead you on your mission if you’re faithful! Doctrine and Covenants 52:9-10 “Teach the scriptures and the prophets!

  8. Elder Bruce R. McConkie bore the following testimony: “The truth of all things is measured by the scriptures. That which harmonizes with them should be accepted; that which is contrary to their teachings should, however plausible it may seem for the moment, will not endure and should be rejected” (Mormon Doctrine, 765).

  9. Doctrine and Covenants 52:23 Ezra Booth Doctrine and Covenants 52:30 Reynolds Cahoon - true and faithful Doctrine and Covenants 52:37 Symonds Ryder

  10. Zebedee Coltrin’s tombstone at the Spanish Fork Cemetery. He was born on September 7, 1804 and died on July 2, 1887

  11. Doctrine and Covenants 53 “Algernon Sidney Gilbert” He was devoted and faithful. He lacked ability or confidence in his ability to preach. He said that he would rather die than go preach. He later died when he contracted cholera from men on Zion’s Camp who he was nursing back to health.

  12. Doctrine and Covenants 55:4 Little Children to receive instruction! Doctrine and Covenants 56:14-17 Reasons why we don’t live the Law of Consecration!

  13. Doctrine and Covenants 51:3 The Prophet explained in a letter to Bishop Partridge: “To condescend to particulars, I will tell you that every man must be his own judge how much he should receive and how much he should suffer to remain in the hands of the Bishop. I speak of those who consecrate more than they need for the support of themselves and their families.

  14. “The matter of consecration must be done by the mutual consent of both parties; for to give the Bishop power to say how much every man shall have, and he obliged to comply with the Bishop’s judgment, is giving the Bishop more power than a king has; and upon the other hand, to let every man say how much he needs, and the Bishop be obliged to comply with his judgment is to throw Zion into confusion, and make a slave of the Bishop. The fact is, there must be a balance or equilibrium of power, between the Bishop and the people, and thus harmony and good will may be preserved among you.

  15. In case the two parties cannot come to a mutual agreement, the Bishop is to have nothing to do about receiving such consecrations; and the case must be laid before a council of twelve High Priests, the Bishop not being one of the counsel, but he is to lay the case before them” (Smith, HC, 1:364-65).

  16. At first, the member leased the land and material goods as an individual stewardship, recognizing that the Church retained ownership of the property. Therefore, should an individual leave the Church, the Church held right to the leased land and loaned property. Bishop Partridge held title to the land for the Church, but members received the leased land and loaned property.

  17. It was determined, however, that this practice did not accord with the law because individuals could not be deprived of property by a religious organization.

  18. Doctrine and Covenants 55 William Wine Phelps Introduced to the gospel by Parley Parker Pratt. He sat up all night to compare the Book of Mormon to the Bible. The following morning he said that he was going to join the church and that he was convinced that it was true. He was baptized on the 10th of June, 1831 and ordained an Elder by Joseph Smith.

  19. He was not a member when the revelation was given to him. Excluding Sidney Rigdon, W.W. Phelps was the most publicly well-known convert to the early Church. No one was better educated and more articulate than he was in the early days of the Church” (By That Book,” 2004).

  20. One of the most famous publications printed on his press was the Book of Commandments. He also printed the first newspaper of the Church. The Evening and Morning Star. Excommunicated in 1838 and 1847. He was among the most bitter enemies of the Prophet. By 1840 he had repented and wrote to Joseph Smith: “I am as the prodigal son, though I never doubted or disbelieve the fullness of the Gospel.

  21. I have been greatly humbled…I have done wrong and I am sorry. The beam is in my own eye. I have not walked along with my friends according to my holy anointing. The Prophet responded, “It is true, that we have suffered much in consequence of your behavior—the cup of gall, already full enough for mortals to drink, was indeed filled to overflowing when you turned against us… ‘Had it been an enemy, we would have borne it.’ … ‘Come on dear brother, since that was in the past, for friends at first, are friends again at last.’”

  22. In 1834 he was appointed to the Nauvoo City Council. He was with the Prophet as he rode to Carthage on 24 June 1844. In civil affairs William was a prominent figure in Utah. He died in 1872 at the age of 80. He was an ordinance worker in the Endowment House.

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