“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 60–63,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 60–63,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 60–63
The Missouri River in Chariton, Missouri, USA, where Joseph Smith received a revelation about spreading the gospel and gathering to Zion in August 1831. Church History Library, PH 9809.
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
D&C 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 73
The Isaac and Lucy Morley farm, Ohio, USA.
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 12
Volume 1, Chapter 13
Volume 1, Chapter 14
Volume 1, Chapter 15
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, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
Hopi artist Thomas Polacca illustrates the importance of the gathering of Israel by depicting the story of his grandfather, who was baptized in the 1880s before losing contact with the Church. He told his family to look for missionaries bringing a book. Thomas Polacca, Pottery, 1990, metal and mineral, Church History Museum.