Revelation to Joseph Smith on building Nauvoo Temple; place for baptisms and endowment. Doctrine and Covenants 124:28-42
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Journal Entry
November 27, 1840 ~ Friday
27th
I wrote a letter to Br John Taylor at Hanly
I spent several hours in looking over the London
papers of 27th from which I glean the following
Items, The River Seine risen to five metres, in France
A Law is voted by the Chambers of France to
Appropriate 1000000 frances for the reestablishme-
ntment of the communications destroyed by th[e]
late flood & also 5000000 to be divided among the
Sufferers of the Indundations of the Saone and
Rhone, the country around Paris is flooded & th[e]
lower parts of the city inundated." The floods
& indundations of France of late has been dreadful
& loss of property immense. I was informed
one River was turned entirely out of its cours[e] &
a stone found in the beb of the River bearing
the following inscription (He that findeth me shall
weep)" Several Earthquakes of late in the
Ionian Islands many persons have perished.
The Jews & Christians iIn Jerrusalen have not
the Privilege of gathering there own taxes. A ma[n]
that lately visited Jerrusalem says there is
7000 Jews there but much persecuted
6 m[iles]
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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
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