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The Words of Joseph Smith

The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, Editors
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24 April 1842 (Sunday). Near Temple

Manuscript History of the Church

Preached {on the hill, near the Temple concerning the building of the temple, and pronounced a curse on the Merchants and the rich, who would not assist in building it}. [2]

—24 April 1842

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[1] See History of the Church, 4:601. Not in Teachings. The original source for the following report is the "Book of the Law of the Lord," p. 94.

[2] The words enclosed in braces are from the "Book of the Law of the Lord."