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Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 60. Revelation through Joseph Smith, in Jackson County, Missouri, August 8, 1831.

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This is a short Latter-day Saint (Mormon) scriptural text — a canonized revelation purportedly delivered through Joseph Smith in August 1831 in Jackson County, Missouri, recorded in the *History of the Church*. It belongs to the tradition of Restoration-era prophetic revelations, similar in form and authority to sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. The content consists of practical travel directives for LDS church elders returning east from Missouri, specifying routes through St. Louis and Cincinnati and assigning preaching duties along the way. A notable theological thread runs through the practical instructions: God expresses displeasure with elders who fail to preach out of fear, invoking the parable of the talents as a warning that unused gifts will be taken away. The text also prescribes specific conduct norms — preaching "without wrath or doubting," avoiding haste, and performing the ritual of shaking dust from one's feet *privately* against those who reject the message, to avoid provoking conflict. It closes by deferring further information about Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery to a future revelation through Joseph Smith.

Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 60. Revelation through Joseph Smith, in Jackson County, Missouri, August 8, 1831.

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