Thanks be to thy name, O Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant and shewest mercy unto thy servants who walk uprightly before thee with all their hearts; thou who hast commanded thy servants to build an to thy name in this place. (.) And now thou beholdest O Lord, that so thy servants have done according to thy . And now we ask thee Holy Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of thy bosom, in whose name alone salvation can be administered to the children of men; we ask thee O Lord to accept of this the workmanship of the hands of us, thy servants, which thou didst command us to build; for thou knowest that we have done this work thro’ great tribulations; and out of our poverty we have given of our substance to build a house to thy name that the Son of Man might have a place to manifest himself to his people.

And as thou hast said in a revelation given unto us, calling us thy friends, saying— “Call your , as I have commanded you; and as all have not faith, seek ye diligently, and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom: Seek learning, even by study and also by faith. Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a [p. 25]