“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 137–138,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 137–138,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 137–138
The Beehive House, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was the home of three Church Presidents and the site of President Joseph F. Smith’s vision of the spirit world in October 1918. Photograph by Charles R. Savage, Church History Library, PH 1986.
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
D&C 88, 94, 95, 96, 97, 109, 110, 137
Susa Young Gates and the Vision of the Redemption of the Dead
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 21
Volume 1, Chapter 35
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
Visions, 21 January 1836 [D&C 137]
Revelation regarding the Spirit World, 1918 October 3 [D&C 138]