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While they were still in session in this meeting of organization a revelation (Doc. and Cov. Sec. 21) was given to the Church in which they were instructed to keep a record. In this record, Joseph Smith was to be called “a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and elder of the Church through the will of God the Father, and the grace of your Lord Jesus Christ.” The Church was also commanded to give heed unto all his words and commandments, “as he receiveth them, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith,” said the Lord. By doing this “the gates of hell” should not prevail against them, for the Lord would dispel the powers of darkness. The Prophet would no longer have to mourn for Zion, for he should have inspiration to move the cause of Zion in mighty power, for the days of her rejoicing were at hand. Oliver Cowdery was appointed “the first preacher of the Church, unto the Church, and before the world, yea, before the Gentiles and … to the Jews also.”