Harken Oh ye Elders of my , who have assembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the son of the living God, the Saviour of the world, inasmuch as they believe on my name and keep my commandments, again I say unto you hearken, and hear and obey the Laws which I shall give unto you, for verily I say, as ye have assembled yourselves together according to the commandment where with I commanded you, and are agreed as touching this one thing, and have asked me in my name, even so ye shall receive.— Behold verily I say unto you, I give unto you this first commandment, that ye shall go forth in my name, every one of you except my servants Joseph, and , and I give unto them a commandment, that they shall go forth for a little season, and it shall be given by the power of my spirit when they shall return. And ye shall go forth in the power of my spirit, preaching my Gospel, two by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the voice of a Trump, declaring my word like unto of God; and ye shall go forth with water saying repent ye! repent ye! for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand, and from this pl[a]ce ye shall go forth into the regions westward, inasmuch as ye shall find my disciples, ye shall, build up my church in every region, until the time shall come when it shall be revealed unto you from on high, and the city of the shall be prepared, that ye may be in one, that ye may be my people, and I will be your God. And again I say unto you that my Servant , shall stand in the where with I have appointed him, and it shall come to pass, that if he transgress, another shall be appointed in his stead even so Amen.

The Laws.— Again I say unto you, that it shall not be given unto any one to go forth to preach my Gospel, or to build up my church, except they be by some one that hath authority, and it is known to the church that he hath authority, and have been regularly ordained, by the Leaders of the church; and again the Elders, and of this church, shall teach the scriptures which are in the Bible, & the Book of Mormon, in the which is the fulness of the gospel, and thou shalt observe the , to do them, & this shall be thy trusting, and thou shalt be directed by the Spirit, it shall be given thee by the prayer of faith, and if ye receive not the spirit, ye shall not teach, and all this ye shall observe to do, as I have commanded concerning your teaching, until the fulness of my scripture be given. And as ye shall lift up your voices by the comforter, ye shall speak and prophecy as so seemeth me good, for behold the comforter knoweth all things, and bearith record of the Father and the Son, and now behold I speak unto the Church.

Thou shalt not kill, and he that killeth shall not have forgivness, neither in this world neither in the world to come.

And again thou shalt not kill, he that killeth shall die.

Thou shalt not steal, and he that stealeth and will not repent, shall be cast out.

Thou shalt not lie, he that lieth and will not repent, shall be cast out.

Thou shalt love thy wife, with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her, and none else, and he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, shall deny the faith and shall not have the spirit, and if he repent not, he shall be cast out.

Thou shalt not commit adultery, and he that committeth adultery, and repenteth not, shall be cast out, and he that committeth adultery and repenteth with all his heart, and forsaketh and doeth it no more, thou shalt forgive him; but if he doeth it again, he shall not be forgiven but shall be cast out.

Thou shalt not speak evil of thy neighbour, or do him any harm, thou knowest my Laws; they are given in my scriptures, he that sineth and repenteth not, shall be cast out—if thou lovest me, thou shalt serve, and keep all my commandments. And Behold thou shall all thy properties, that which thou hast, unto me, with a and Deed which cannot be broken, and they shall be laid before the of my church, and two of the Elders, such as he shall appoint and set apart for that purpose, and it shall come to pass that the Bishop of my church, after that he has received the properties of my church, that it cannot be taken from you, he shall appoint every man a over his own property, or that which he hath received, inasmuch as shall be sufficient for himself and family, and the residue shall be kept to administer to him that hath not, that every man may receive according as he stands in need, and the residue shall be kept in my to administer to the Poor & needy as shall be appointed by the Elders of the church, & the Bishop, and for the purpose of purchasing Land and building up the New Jeruselem, which is hereafter to be revealed that my covenant people, may be gathered in one, in the day that I shall come to my Temple, and this I do for the salvation of my people, and it shall come to pass that he that sinneth and repenteth not shall be cast out and shall not recevie again that which he hath consecrated unto me for it shall come to pass that which I spoke by the mouth of my Prophets shall be fulfilled, for I will consecrate the riches of the unto my people, which are of the house of Israel. And again, thou shalt not be proud in thy heart, let all thy garments be plain and their beauty, the beauty of the work of thine own hands, and let all things be done in cleanliness before me.

Thon [thou] shalt not be idle, for he that is idle, shall not eat the bread, nor wear the garment of the labourer; and whosoever among you that is sick and hath not faith to be healed, but believeth shall be nourished in all tenderness with herbs and mild food, and that not of the world, and the Elders of the church two or more shall be called, and shall pray for, and lay their hands upon them in my name, and if they die, they shall die unto me, and if they shall live, t[h]ey shall live unto me

Thou shall live together in love, in as much, that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die, and more especially for those that have not hope of a glorious resurrection.

And it shall come to pass, that they that die in me shall not taste of death, for it shall be sweet unto them; and they that die not in me, wo is them for their death is bitter; and again it shall come to pass that he that hath faith in me to be healed, and is not appointed unto death, shall be healed; he that hath faith to see, shall see; he that hath faith to hear, shall hear; the lame that have faith to leap, shall leap; and they that have not faith to do these things, but believe in me, hath power to become my sons, inasmuch as they break not my laws, thou shalt bear their infirmities, thou shalt stand in the place of thy stewardship.— Thou shalt not take thy brothers garment. Thou shalt pay for that which thou shalt receive of thy Brother, and if thou obtain more than that which would be for thy support, thou shalt give it unto my store house, that it may be done according to that which I have spoken. Thou shalt ask, and my Scriptures shall be given as I have appointed, and for thy salvation, thou shalt hold thy peace concerning them, until ye have received them, and then I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall teach them unto all men, and they also shall be taught unto all nations, kindred, tongue and people; thou shalt take the things which thou hast received, which thou knowest to have been my Law, to be my Law, to govern my church, and he that doth according to these things, shall be saved, & he that doth them not shall be damned if he continue, if thou shalt ask thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and the peacible things of the kingdom, that which bringeth joy, that which life eternal.

Thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time, where the New Jerusalem shall be built. Thou shalt ask and it shall be revealed in mine own due time, and Behold it shall come to pass, that my servants shall be sent both to the east, and to the west, the north and the south, and even now let him that goes to the east, teach them that are converted to flee to the west, and this because of that which is to come, and secret combinations.— Behold thou shalt observe all these things, and great shall be thy reward. Thou shalt observe to keep the mysteries of the kingdom unto thyself, for it is not given unto the world to know the mysteries, and these Laws which ye have received are sufficient for both here and in the New Jerusalem, but he that lacketh knowledge let him ask of me, and I will give him liberally and upbraid him not. Lift up your hearts and rejoice, for unto you the kingdom is given, even so—Amen. [p. [1]]