Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock

it is just as impossible for me to continue the subject as to raise the dead— my lungs are worn out— I will do so ano[the]r. day— I want a few words to the Elders you know very well that the L[or]d. has led this Church by rev[elatio]n I have an[othe]r. revn. a great grand & glorious revn. & this is what I am going to declare— you kno there has been great discus[sio]n. where Zion is & when the gath[erin]g. of the D is & which I am ea[g]er to— the whole America is the Land itself N[orth] & S[outh] itself & is desc[ribe]d. by the Prophets that it sho[ul]d. be in the centre of the land. the declar[ation] is that as soon as the & B[aptismal] font is prep[are]d. & so as we can wash & anoint the El[ders] of Israel there must be a place prepd for that purpose //— There are provi[sio]ns made until the work is comp[lete]d.— to be as K[ings] & P[riests] of the mos[t] H[igh] God but as all to do with the — but there must be an express place built for that purpose & for men to be B[aptized] for their d[ea]d for every man who wishes to save th[eir] F[ather] & M[other]— B[rothers] S[isters] & F[riends] must go thru the same— B[aptism]— A[nointing] W[ashing] & all the protect[io]n. of the powers of the Priesthood sam[e] as for themselves— the Elders of Israel shall build Churches unto the Ld. & there shall they build Churches unto the Lr. [Lord]— there shall be a Stake of Zion— it is a glorious procl[amatio]n. & I reserved it to the last & des[ig]n. it to be undestd. [understood] that it shall be after the washd. & anointg. here— the place that the Ld. has est[ablishe]d. for the S[alvatio]n. of the dead— there must be a par[ticu]lar place— I verily believe this to be the place— & men who wish to save their dead must come here to be B for their dead— & then may go back ag[ai]n.— & I shall leave m[y] Bre[thre]n to enlarge— it is my duty to teach those who err in doctrine— the Sp[irit] is will[in]g. but the flesh is weak— it God made Aaron to be their mouthpiece & made me to be their K. & their God— & if you dont like it you must lump it— I have given instr[ucti]on to in some principles— if he makes a mistake I will tell it [p. 23]