Doctrine and Covenants 59: 9

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

SECTION 59

9 And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself ^aunspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of ^bprayer and offer up thy ^csacraments upon my ^dholy day;

Footnotes

9a	James 1: 27. 27 Pure ^areligion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To ^bvisit the ^cfatherless and ^dwidows in their ^eaffliction, and to keep himself ^funspotted from ^gthe ^hworld. TG Abstinence. TG Self-mastery.
b	TG Assembly for Worship. TG Prayer.
c	D&C 62: 4. 4 And now continue your journey. Assemble yourselves upon the land of ^aZion; and hold a meeting and rejoice together, and offer a ^bsacrament unto the Most High. TG Sacrament.
d	Lev. 19: 3. 3 ¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my ^asabbaths: I am the ^bLord your God. Lev. 23: 3. 3 Six days shall work be done: but the ^aseventh day is the ^bsabbath of rest, an holy ^cconvocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the ^dsabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. Alma 1: 26 (26-27) 26 And when the priests left their ^alabor to impart the word of God unto the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word of God. And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they all returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man ^baccording to his strength. D&C 68: 29. 29 And the inhabitants of Zion shall also observe the ^aSabbath day to keep it holy. TG Sabbath.