Doctrine and Covenants 1: 17

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 1

17 Wherefore, I the Lord, ^aknowing the calamity which should come upon the ^binhabitants of the earth, ^ccalled upon my ^dservant Joseph Smith, Jun., and ^espake unto him from heaven, and gave him ^fcommandments;

Footnotes

17a	TG God, Foreknowledge of.
b	Isa. 24: 6 (1-6). 6 Therefore hath the ^acurse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the ^binhabitants of the earth are ^cburned, and ^dfew men left.
c	TG Called of God.
d	TG Servant.
e	TG Revelation.
f	D&C 1: 30 (23-28, 30). 30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have ^apower to lay the foundation of this ^bchurch, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of ^cdarkness, the only true and living ^dchurch upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well ^epleased, ^fspeaking unto the church collectively and not individually—