“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 49–50,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 49–50,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 49–50
The farm of Isaac and Lucy Morley, Kirtland, Ohio, USA. The Morleys’ property served as Church headquarters for six months in 1831, when Joseph and Emma Smith lived there. (The house in the photo was built after the Morleys lived on the property.)
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 11
Volume 1, Chapter 12
At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women
People
Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
Events
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Sources
Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog
Revelation, 7 May 1831 [D&C 49]
Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
For Church members in the 1830s, building Zion was a temporal endeavor as well as a spiritual one. This figure heaves as he struggles to keep the horses pulling straight. Mabel Frazer, The Furrow, 1929, oil on canvas, Church History Museum.