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

SECTION 86

11 Therefore, blessed are ye if ye continue in my ^agoodness, a ^blight unto the Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a ^csavior unto my people ^dIsrael. The Lord hath said it. Amen.

Footnotes

11a	Ex. 34: 6 (5-7). 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, ^amerciful and ^bgracious, ^clongsuffering, and abundant in ^dgoodness and truth, 2 Ne. 4: 17. 17 Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great ^agoodness of the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart exclaimeth: O ^bwretched man that I am! Yea, my heart ^csorroweth because of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities. 2 Ne. 9: 10. 10 O how great the ^agoodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our ^bescape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, ^cdeath and ^dhell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
b	Isa. 49: 6. 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a ^alight to the ^bGentiles, that thou mayest be my ^csalvation unto the end of the earth. TG Mission of Latter-day Saints. TG Peculiar People.
c	Obad. 1: 21. 21 And ^asaviours shall come up on ^bmount Zion to ^cjudge the mount of Esau; and the ^dkingdom shall be the Lord’s.
d	Neh. 1: 10. 10 Now these are thy servants and thy ^apeople, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. D&C 109: 59 (59-67). 59 We ask thee to appoint unto Zion other ^astakes besides this one which thou hast appointed, that the gathering of thy ^bpeople may roll on in great power and majesty, that thy work may be cut ^cshort in righteousness.