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The promise is express, that if they will obey they shall not be removed,



And if they will not obey they shall be cursed.

823.

They were removed, and bitterly have they been cursed,

For they are plundered, exiled, scattered,

And vast numbers of them have perished of exposure and want.

824.

The only conclusion to that anyone can arrive who believes in Joseph,

Is that they have not followed the leaders whom God appointed,

yet only such as are appointed by men.

825.

Brethren, will you run the same race?

826.

Will you drag the same curses on your heads which have fallen so heavily on them?

827.

Will you expose not only yourself yet your wives and children

To all the perils of wicked men in a waste, desolate wilderness

A thousand miles from the utmost verge of civilization,

For the sake of having your trust in an arm of flesh or in a man-made priesthood,

828.

Departing from the Lord and dwelling in the heart of the desert,

And inhabiting the parched places of the wilderness, in a salt land, and not inhabited?

Jer.emiah 17: 5-6

829.

Rather see good for it has come,

and flee from the evil while there is refuge.

830.

James J. Strang


Voree, Wisconsin 5-1-1848

 

A revelation concerning the Church and the Order of Enoch             CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

Divisons 831-860

the revelation of James Strang

given on 1-7-1849


SECTION 16 (20)

831.

1 Hearken, O ye saints, and give ear;

for the time to favor Zion is at hand, and the day of her redemption draweth near.

832.

Draw near unto me and learn,

for the ways of man are foolishness before me.

833.

Behold, ye shall be one congregation;

834.

and if ye are not one, ye are none of mine,

and ye shall all speak the same thing.

 

835.

Ye are cursed;

836.

ye are confounded,

because ye have many tongues, like unto Mystery Babylon,

and many are running to and fro, speaking in their own wisdom, that is folly before me.

837.

By their speech gross darkness filleth the minds of the people.

838.

Those whom I have called to preach the gospel to the nations,

have left serving me to contend against mine anointed,

and I have not strengthened them, neither has their work prospered.

839.

They have only accomplished to scatter,

and their evil ways follow them.

 

840.

2 Yet I have a few names left in Voree who have not denied my word,

nor rebelled against mine authority,

nor done despite to mine anointed.

841.

And they shall be mine when I come to be glorified on earth.

842.

And there are a few in the Isles of the North who have not denied my name.

843.

When dominion is given to the saints, I will remember their works.

 

844.

Nevertheless, as a people, ye have been slack in serving me.

845.

Ye have broken my commandments,

and despised mine authority,

and my precepts have been to you a vain thing.

846.

Ye are a stiff necked and rebellious people,

who delight in your own vanities,

and prefer your lusts to the chief of the things that God giveth.

847.

Yet such of you as draw near unto me,

I will draw near unto them, and will save them.

848.

I have given you good gifts,

and you have consumed them upon your lusts;

849.

I have chastised you,

and ye have taken my name in vain;

850.

I have called you together to enjoy the blessings of my people,

and ye have not heeded my call;

851.

I have revealed my authority to those that gathered,

and they have spurned it;

852.

I have appointed shepherds unto you,

and ye have despised them,

and have walked in your own ways, where they did not lead you;

853.

and because of your rebellious hearts are you blind and deaf,

that seeing you perceive not, and hearing you understand not.

 

854.

3 Ye have robbed me in tithes and in offerings,

and have been slothful in building a house unto my name, that I may dwell in it,

and in building a tower of strength for the defense and the dwelling of Zion.

855.

Come now, therefore, and bring in your tithes,

and build a house unto me, that I may reveal most precious things unto you.

856.

And make unto me a freewill offering, for a stronghold upon the Hill of Promise,

according to the pattern that I have shown unto my servant James,

and of which he has begun to lay the foundation,

and I will show all things unto him in their time.

857.

And if ye do these things,

I will give you strength that your enemies shall not prevail over you,

and this shall be your possession.

 

858.

Moreover, I have given you the Islands in the Great Lakes for a possession.

859.

There shall you dwell apart from the Gentiles,

and none shall make you afraid.

860.

For my law shall be kept there,

and judgment shall be rendered against those that despise it.

 

 

A revelation concerning the Church and the Order of Enoch          CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Divisons 861-895

 

 

SECTION 16 (20)

861.

4 If ye will therefore possess these things, remember my law, to keep it.

862.

Forget not the precepts which I have given you,

yet act wisely, according to the wisdom that I have revealed unto you;

and despise not my word, for it is not a vain thing.

863.

I have given you wisdom, with promise.

If ye will not live by it, the promise is not unto you.

864.

It is a vain thing for you to witness my word,

if ye will not regard it, that is, to live by it.

 

865.

5 At Voree shall your possessions be purchased with money,

and you shall make speed to redeem that which you have purchased.

866.

To that end have I blessed you,

and you have consumed the blessings on things which are not good for you;

867.

yea, even the Order that I have commanded you to establish

according to the Order of the church of the first born,

have done this.

 

868.

Yet because the chief among them have sought unto me,

and have admonished covenant breakers unto faithfulness,

and have kept my words,

869.

I will yet bless them,

and will give them the kingdom, if they abide in well doing.

 

870.

6 Once more I command all my saints to bring in their tithes,

according to the law I have given them, and build a house unto me.

871.

Whosoever will not do it, shall not enter into the house of the Lord.

872.

Let mine Apostles call on all the saints, both by word and proclamation,

to do this thing.

873.

And let faithful and chosen ones be sent unto them,

to receive of their tithes for this work,

and let the work progress from this time forward.

 

874.

7 And send faithful ones unto the saints,

and call on them to make a freewill offering

for the tower that I have commanded you to build on the Hill of Promise;

875.

and let the same be built,

that it may be a habitation and a defense for the saints that shall gather together

and keep the Order of Enoch,

that I have revealed unto my servants;

876.

and let a subscription be circulated,

that those who have not sold their possessions

and cannot yet gather up their goods to the places appointed,

may assist in building the towers of Zion,

and may obtain an inheritance among the faithful.

 

877.

8 And ye shall establish this Order at the stake that I have appointed among the Lamanites,

and there shall ye keep it in all your habitations.

878.

And I will multiply you, and increase you exceedingly.

879.

And those that are strong in my ways,

will I make patriarchs and rulers in their tribes, and princes in their houses.

880.

Their inheritances shall be appointed unto them,

and to their houses, and their posterity after them for a perpetual possession.

881.

Let many gather to the Islands which I have appointed for your gathering,

that this Order may be kept more perfectly;

for there will I give you much possession for an inheritance, if ye will go up and possess it.

882.

And such as shall be appointed of the Order of Enoch, by the voice of the Order,

shall go up and possess the land,

yet they shall retain a strong hold at Voree,

for it must needs be that they keep a possession there, and my work requires it.

883.

And if they do not redeem and preserve it,

they must be afflicted with sore affliction.

884.

If they are faithful unto me,

my strength shall shield them and prosper them.

 

885.

9 And let this Order be an example unto all,

both to the believing and to the unbelieving;

886.

for if they do not walk in my ways more perfectly,

I will yet cast them off.

887.

For the properties of this Order are all mine.

888.

He that draws back from this Order,

and takes away that that he has consecrated,

he robbeth me, saith the Lord.

889.

Nevertheless, now, ye shall not withhold;

for he shall be trodden down by whom I will, in my own time.

 

890.

And ye have polluted your bodies through your excess of flesh that ye have eaten,

and through the unclean things and the toxic drugs that ye have consumed upon your lusts.

890.

Behold, ye say ye need these things,

yet I say they are not good for you.

892.

Who is man, that he should prefer his being to God?

893.

And for these are ye in debt to your enemies.

894.

Except that I deliver you,

they shall oppress you.

895.

Yet the righteous will I establish,

and the wicked will I cast off.

 

 

A revelation concerning the Church and the Order of Enoch            CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

Divisons 896-930

 

 

SECTION 16 (20)

896.

10 Put away covetousness.

897.

Remember that all that ye possess is mine.

898.

Cast all idlers out of this Order.

899.

Let no man call aught his own,

nor buy nor sell as though it were his.

900

Yet let all be the common property of all, as I have given unto you;

901.

and let those buy and sell, who are appointed by common consent.

902.

And this shall be your inheritance,

and the inheritance of your children forever.

903.

He that is faithful in this little,

shall be made prince of a village, or ruler of a tower;

904.

and he that is faithful therein,

shall be made patriarch of a tribe, or ruler of many cities in my kingdom.

 

905.

11 And ye shall not provoke one another.

906.

Yet ye shall console and strengthen one another.

907.

Ye shall strengthen the weak;

for with kindness and much charity will I give you to prevail,

and ye shall save them.

908.

And ye shall not contend against one another.

 

909.

12 Rebel not against my servant James;

910.

for I am with him,

and I have given unto him the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

911.

Whosoever receiveth me, receiveth him.

912.

Whosoever receiveth him, receiveth those whom I have sent.

913.

Whosoever heareth not his words, heareth not mine.

914.

Whosoever heareth not his words,

hearkeneth not to the words of those whom I have sent.

915.

For I have made him the chief shepherd of the whole flock on earth.

916.

They that are of the flock hear his voice.

917.

If not, they go astray to destruction.

 

918.

13 Behold, I am his friend;

for he has been faithful unto me.

919.

And the keys which I have given to him shall not be taken from him in this world,

neither in the world to come.

920.

They that speak evil of him are enemies unto me, saith the Lord.

921.

They have given themselves unto lies, and their hearts to wickedness.

922.

For he is meeker than Moses, more patient than Job,

and has kept his heart unpolluted in the midst of the lustful and ungodly

until they have departed from him.

 

923.

14 Ye know not his patience, nor his faith, nor his trials and sufferings.

924.

How have ye cast your toil on him?

925.

Ye have required him to bring redemption to Zion,

and prosperity to you, when ye lifted not your hands.

926.

Because he has not done it, many have reviled him and denied my name.

927.

Yet to as many as are faithful,

will I give power to become heirs of the kingdom of heaven.

928.

And I have a great work for him to do, and with speed shall he do it,

if ye uphold him in faith and confidence and prayer.

929.

For my hidden word shall be translated,

and given to those that will receive it.

930.

And I have called him to this work.

 

A revelation concerning the Church and the Order of Enoch                CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE

Divisons 931-950

 

 

SECTION 16 (20)

931.

15 And if my servant George J. Adams will be his Counsellor,

let him come and dwell near unto my servant James,

and assist him in presiding, and in the school of the prophets,

and in carrying my word to the saints, and to the nations, and to far countries.

932.

Yet let his dwelling be in the inheritance of the saints.

933.

If he do this, I will sustain him and will make him a host, and the head of nations.

 

934.

16 Behold, my servant William Marks has gone far astray in departing from me,

yet I give unto him a little space that he may return and receive my word,

and stand in his place;

935.

for I remember his work that he has done in the time that is past.

936.

If he will return and abide faithful,

I will make him great,

937.

and his possessions shall be great,

and he shall possess a city, and his children shall dwell therein;

a nation shall call him blessed.

 

938.

17 And my servants the Apostles have not filled their mission

of preaching my gospel to the nations of the earth,

yet have betaken themselves to their own work.

939.

If they had obeyed me,

I would have given them a host as the fruit of their labor,

and added to them their food, raiment and possessions also.

940.

Do I not possess all?

941.

And am I impoverished that I cannot reward the faithful?

940.

I will provide for him that obeys me,

and will array him that regards my words.

 

943.

18 I have protected you from all your enemies;

944.

I have turned men's hearts that they should do good unto you, and not persecute you;

945.

I have given you a home in a bountiful land;

946.

and ye have not done good according to my abundant mercies,

nor regarded me according to my loving kindness.

947.

Yet ye have made yourselves like the Gentiles,

and have sought your own ways, and not mine.

948.

And now turn unto me, all ye my people,

lest the disobedient and the rebellious be cut off, and cast out of his possession,

949.

and persecution and wrath come on those who are slack in serving me,

and I give you chastisement and much sorrow.

950.

For your enemies shall be upon you, and ye shall flee before them,

if ye turn not to me to be faithful.

 

A revelation concerning Baptism for the Dead                                      CHAPTER THIRTY SIX

Divisons 951-975

the Revelation of James Strang

given on 8-9-1849

SECTION 17 (21)

951.

1 A revelation from Jesus Christ,

according to the power that God appointed unto him;

952.

and he sent Elijah the prophet unto his servant James,

to make it known unto him,

and to command him to cause the living and the dead to hear the word,

953.

and to give him power to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,

and the hearts of the children to their fathers.

954.

Hearken unto me, all ye ends of the earth,

saith the Lord God,

and give ear and hear, ye depths of the pit,

and ye shall live;

955.

for I have committed the gospel of the resurrection and of everlasting life

to my servants who hold the keys of the dispensation of the last times.

956.

Therefore, hearken unto them and obey them, ye that live;

that you may obtain honor, and glory, and power, and everlasting life.

 

957.

2 Behold, I have tried my saints with a great trial,

and some have been found faithful;

958.

for they have not denied my name,

yet have remembered my word, and kept my commandments.

959.

And because my servants have put away contentions from among them,

and have united with one heart and one mind to do the work that I have committed unto them,

and with their whole hearts have drawn near unto me to serve me;

960.

therefore I appoint unto the saints that there shall be baptisms for the dead at Voree,

during their poverty,

and until a sufficient time to build a temple unto my name, as I have commanded them.

961.

And I sanctify White River unto them, and make it holy for this ordinance,

even from the bathing pool unto the water wheel.

 

962.

3 And I command you, ye saints, saith the Lord,

that a record shall be kept among you of all baptisms for the dead;

and witnesses shall record their testimonies of all your administrations therein.

963.

And the recorder shall be present, and shall be an eye witness of your baptisms;

and shall hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth;

964.

that in all your recordings, it may be recorded in heaven;

that whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven;

and whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven.

965.

And if more than one recorder be necessary, there shall be merely one record,

to whom all the recorders shall bring their testimonies to be recorded.

 

966.

4 And whosoever acts as recorder, shall be called and ordained to that authority,

that what he records may be valid,

and may be recorded in the archives of heaven.

 

 

967.

And let all your records be had in order,

that they may be put in the archives of my holy temple, saith the Lord,

to be had in remembrance from generation to generation.

968.

And no one shall administer baptism for the dead,

yet he who is appointed thereunto.

969.

And all who are called, shall be anointed and ordained to this calling.

 

970.

5 And these shall be baptized for the dead:

971.

all the faithful saints who keep and abide in the Order of Enoch;

972.

all who have paid tithing according to my law,

for the building of a house unto my name in Voree,

and for the upbuilding of my Church worldwide;

973.

all who from this time forward will and do come up and do these things,

striving faithfully to redeem the time,

that a house may be speedily built unto my name,

974.

wherein I may reveal mysteries,

and institute among the saints the ordinances

for the endowment of Zion and all her municipals;

975.

and all who, standing in the priesthood,

have labored faithfully in their several ministries

from the time the commandment went forth

to build a house unto my name in Voree.

 

 

A revelation concerning Baptism for the Dead                                CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN

Divisons 976-995

 

 

SECTION 17 (21)

976.

6 And for these shall ye be baptized:

977.

every saint according to his right, and in his order,

shall be baptized for any deceased husband, wife, posterity, or progenitor,

to the third and fourth generation;

978.

any brother, or sister,

whom he in faith believes has received the gospel in the spirit.

979.

Every saint shall be baptized for any relative unto the third and fourth generation;

980.

for any person betrothed to him in marriage;

981.

for any foster father, mother, brother, sister, or child,

who shall be signified to him by tongue, or dream, or vision, or spirit

ministering through fire, or angel, or voice from God.

982.

And if I will that any of my faithful servants of the Aaronic Priesthood

be baptized for any other,

I will send my angels to signify it unto them.

983.

Yet unto my servants of the Melchizedek Priesthood

will I speak by mine own voice, or minister through fire.

 

984.

7 And, behold, every Apostle shall be baptized for

whosoever shall be committed to him for redemption from death, by my word, saith the Lord,

as I reveal my will severally unto them, that they may be saviors of the dead,

985.

and may get honor, and glory, and majesty, and dominion

unto themselves forevermore;

986.

and by their voices will I appoint redemption, and honor, and glory

unto whomsoever I will.

 

987.

8. Behold, my servants Joseph, and Hyrum,

and David, and Moses,

and many of their fellow laborers in this dispensation,

who have gone with them to the pit to preach redemption to the prisoners,

have prevailed;

988.

and waiting hosts cry unto you that live, continually, saying,

989.

How long do ye forget our prison house of darkness,

and regard not us who perish continually?

990.

Therefore, I have remembered the little flock who have not denied my name,

to make them great in my everlasting kingdom,

and to give dominion over the dead unto them, saith the Lord.

 

991.

9 And now let all who are scattered abroad,

and all who have robbed me through covetousness,

and in tithes and offerings,

and all who have neglected to administer in the gospel as I have called them, come,

992.

and from this time forward assist my servants who are building a house unto my name,

and who are proclaiming my word unto the nations,

that they may enjoy this blessing with them;

99.

for only they who labor shall receive the reward;

994.

and those who labor to build my house,

and to proclaim my word, and to establish my kingdom, will I make saviors;

995.

and upon mount Zion shall they stand with crowns on their heads.

 

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