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

SECTION 24

3 ^aMagnify thine office; and after thou hast ^bsowed thy fields and secured them, go speedily unto the church which is in ^cColesville, Fayette, and Manchester, and they shall ^dsupport thee; and I will bless them both spiritually and ^etemporally;

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3a	Rom. 11: 13. 13 For I speak to you ^aGentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I ^bmagnify mine office: Jacob 1: 19. 19 And we did ^amagnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the ^bresponsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not ^cteach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their ^dblood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day. Jacob 2: 2. 2 Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the ^aresponsibility which I am under to God, to ^bmagnify mine office with ^csoberness, and that I might ^drid my garments of your sins, I come up into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.
b	TG Industry. TG Labor.
c	D&C 26: 1. 1 Behold, I say unto you that you shall let your ^atime be devoted to the ^bstudying of the scriptures, and to preaching, and to confirming the church at ^cColesville, and to performing your ^dlabors on the land, such as is required, until after you shall go to the west to hold the next conference; and then it shall be made ^eknown what you shall do. D&C 37: 2. 2 And again, I say unto you that ye shall not go until ye have preached my gospel in those parts, and have ^astrengthened up the church whithersoever it is found, and more especially in ^bColesville; for, behold, they pray unto me in much faith.
d	D&C 42: 71 (70-73) 71 And the elders or high priests who are appointed to assist the bishop as counselors in all things, are to have their families ^asupported out of the property which is ^bconsecrated to the bishop, for the good of the poor, and for other purposes, as before mentioned; D&C 70: 12. 12 He who is appointed to administer spiritual things, the same is ^aworthy of his hire, even as those who are appointed to a stewardship to administer in temporal things;
e	Deut. 28: 8. 8 The Lord shall ^acommand the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in ^ball that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the ^cland which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Luke 12: 31. 31 ¶ ^aBut rather seek ye the ^bkingdom of God; and ^call these things shall be added unto you.