The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 34

Revelation through Joseph Smith to Orson Pratt, Fayette, New York, November 4, 1830. History of the Church 1:127-28.

¹ My son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall say unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer;

² The light and the life of the world, a light which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not;

³ Who so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe might become the sons of God. Wherefore you are my son;

⁴ And blessed are you because you have believed;

⁵ And more blessed are you because you are called of me to preach my gospel

⁶ To lift up your voice as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way of the Lord for his second coming.

⁷ For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, the time is soon at hand that I shall come in a cloud with power and great glory.

⁸ And it shall be a great day at the time of my coming, for all nations shall tremble.

⁹ But before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood; and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked.

¹⁰ Wherefore, lift up your voice and spare not, for the Lord God hath spoken; therefore prophesy, and it shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹¹ And if you are faithful, behold, I am with you until I come

¹² And verily, verily, I say unto you, I come quickly. I am your Lord and your Redeemer. Even so. Amen.