Section 33

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Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Ezra Thayre and Northrop Sweet, at Fayette, New York, October 1830 (see History of the Church, 1:126–27). In recording this revelation, the Prophet affirmed that “the ... Lord is ever ready to instruct such as diligently seek in faith” (History of the Church, 1:126).

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Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Orson Pratt, at Fayette, New York, 4 November 1830 (see History of the Church, 1:127–28). Brother Pratt was nineteen years old at the time. He had been converted and baptized when he first heard the preaching of the restored gospel by his older brother, Parley P. Pratt, six weeks before. This revelation was received in the Peter Whitmer, Sr., home.

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Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson, October 1830 (see History of the Church, 1:118–20). Great interest and desires were felt by the elders respecting the Lamanites, of whose predicted blessings the Church had learned from the Book of Mormon. In consequence, supplication was made that the Lord would indicate his will as to whether elders should be sent at that time to the Indian tribes in the West. The revelation followed.