I wrote a few words of Revelation to you, concerning a Recorder, I have had a few additional views in relation to this matter which I now Certify i.e. It was declared in my former letter that there should be a Recorder who should be Eye Witness, & also to hear with his Ears, that he might make a Record of a truth before the Lord. Now in relation to this matter, it would be very difficult for one Recorder to be present at all times & to do all the business. To obviate this difficulty there can be a Recorder appointed in each Ward of the , who is well qualified for taking accurate minutes & let him be very particular & precise in making his record in taking the whole proceeding, Certifying in his Record that he saw with his Eyes, & heard with his Ears, giving the date, and names &c. & the History of the whole Transaction, naming also some three individuals that are present, if there be any present, who can at any time when called upon, certify to the same, that in the Mouth of two or three Witnesses every Word may be established, then let there be a general Recorder to whom these other records can be handed being attended with Certificates over their own Signatures, Certifying that the Record which they have made is true, Then the general Church Recorder can enter the Records on the general Church Book with the Certificates & all the attending Witnesses, with his own Statement that he verily believes the above Statement and records to be true from his knowledge of the general Character and appointment of those Men by the , and when this is done on the general Church Book the record shall be just as Holy and shall answer just as well the just the same as if he had seen with his Eyes & heard with his Ears & made a record of the same on the general Book.— come in another place it says “that in all your recordings it may be recorded in Heaven” Now the nature of this ordinance consists in the power of the by the revln of Jesus Christ wherein it is granted that whatsoever you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whosoever you loose on Earth shall be loosed in Heaven: or in other Words, taking on different view of the Translation; whatsoever you record on Earth shall be recorded in Heaven; and whatsoever you do not record on Earth, shall not be recorded in Heaven. for out of the Books shall your [p. [1]]