401034000SECTION 34 Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Orson Pratt, at Fayette, New York, November 4, 1830. HC 1: 127-128. 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, Sen., home.
4010340001-4, The faithful become the sons of God through the atonement; 5-9, Preaching of the gospel prepares the way for the Second Coming; 10-12, Prophecy comes by the power of the Holy Ghost.
401034001My son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall say unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer;
401034002The light and the life of the world, a light which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not;
401034003Who 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;
401034004And blessed are you because you have believed;
401034005And more blessed are you because you are called of me to preach my gospel--
401034006To 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.
401034007For 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.
401034008And it shall be a great day at the time of my coming, for all nations shall tremble.
401034009But 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.
401034010Wherefore, 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.
401034011And if you are faithful, behold, I am with you until I come--
401034012And verily, verily, I say unto you, I come quickly. I am your Lord and your Redeemer. Even so. Amen.