Understanding history is all in the stories of the people who lived it. This week’s Come, Follow Me study of Doctrine and Covenants 89–92 features the Word of Wisdom. But today, we’ll learn from a historian about Emma Smith, the School of the Prophets, the translation of the Bible, and the attitudes at the time toward alcohol and tobacco that colored the world when this revelation took place. We’ll also discuss a woman who lived a whole life of service around this one event in scripture.
Segment 1
Scriptures:
D&C 90:24 (Search and pray)
Segment 2
Scriptures:
D&C 89 (Word of Wisdom)
D&C 88:77-80, 127-128 (School of the Prophets)
2 Kings 4:1 (Sons of the Prophets)
Segment 3
Scriptures:
D&C 89:3 (A principle with a promise)
D&C 89:18-21 (Run and not be weary)
Words of the General Authorities:
There is no excuse for any man to drink and get drunk in the church of Christ, or gratify any appetite, or lust, contrary to the principles of righteousness. (Joseph Smith, Discourse, 3 May 1844, josephsmithpapers.com)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
D&C 90:1-3 (Keys of the kingdom)
D&C 90:4-5 (Respect divine revelation)
D&C 81:1-3 (Counselors in the First Presidency)
D&C 90:1,6 (Sins are forgiven)
D&C 84:54-57 (Treating covenants lightly)
D&C 90:11 (The gospel spread in many tongues)
D&C 90:13-14 (Translation and mysteries of the kingdom)
D&C 91 (Apocrypha is not canon)
Words of the General Authorities:
The Priesthood is an everlasting principle and existed with God from Eternity and will to Eternity, without beginning of days or end of years. The Keys have to be brought from heaven whenever the Gospel is sent. (Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Willard Richards, also recorded in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Chapter 8: The Everlasting Priesthood)
You know no more concerning the destinies of this Church and kingdom than a babe upon its mother’s lap. You don’t comprehend it. It is only a little handful of Priesthood you see here tonight, but this Church will fill North and South America—it will fill the world. (Joseph Smith, as relayed by Wilford Woodruff in April 1898 General Conference page 57, also recorded in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Chapter 11: The Organization and Destiny of the True and Living Church)
Segment 5
Scriptures:
D&C 90:28 (Vienna Jaques name)
D&C 90:30 (Vienna’s inheritance)
Segment 6
Scriptures:
D&C 90:31 (Be faithful and not idle)
Books:
The Lord Spoke Her Name by Brent M. Rogers
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