Doctrine and Covenants 59: 15

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

SECTION 59

15 And inasmuch as ye do these things with ^athanksgiving, with ^bcheerful ^chearts and countenances, not with ^dmuch ^elaughter, for this is sin, but with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance—

Footnotes

15a	TG Thanksgiving.
b	Ex. 25: 2 (1-7). 2 ^aSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it ^bwillingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. Ex. 35: 5. 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a ^awilling heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass, D&C 64: 22 (22, 34). 22 And after that day, I, the Lord, will not hold any ^aguilty that shall go with an open heart up to the land of Zion; for I, the Lord, require the ^bhearts of the children of men. D&C 97: 8. 8 Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are ^ahonest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are ^bwilling to observe their covenants by ^csacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are ^daccepted of me. TG Cheerfulness.
c	Prov. 17: 22. 22 A ^amerry ^bheart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
d	1 Pet. 4: 3. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, ^aexcess of wine, ^brevellings, banquetings, and ^cabominable ^didolatries: D&C 88: 69. 69 Remember the great and last promise which I have made unto you; cast away your ^aidle thoughts and your ^bexcess of ^claughter far from you.
e	TG Laughter.