In times that are past I have called upon my people by the voice of my Spirit and warned them to be faithful; yea, to be very faithful, and the reason of this warning is manifest, that you may have strength to endure the temptations without yielding, and best the trials that come to you without murmuring, and that you may not lose the integrity of your faith, but will be steadfast in the confidence that the gospel has inspired, that you may have a right to the tree of life, and rest satisfied with the reward that I have promised to the faithful.

And even now here are many present this morning in whose hearts is burning a desire that they shall discharge their duty, but there is something that they fear, and the weakness of their flesh is hindering; and I say unto you, Fear not, oh ye little flock, but put your trust in me, and I will give you strength, and as you shall occupy from time to time, and exercise yourselves in the privilege that I have vouchsafed to my people, you shall grow stronger and stronger as the days shall come and go, until many shall be strong with the witness of my truth in the midst of the earth.

Yea, the Spirit saith unto the Saints who have come hither: Many of you desire to hear my will concerning you, and the way and manner in which you shall hear is faithfulness in the discharge of your duty, and I will bless you. Therefore, hesitate not, neither await, nor put away from you that invitation that burns within your heart, that you shall be recognized as in the faith by the confession before my people as is required of you, that in public and in private you shall pour out your souls in humble, earnest prayer, and then you shall have strength that when God's Spirit moves upon you, as it has and should and now moves upon many here under this tent, that you shall be able to stand up and to bear witness that God hath wrought with you for good.

And unto my servant John [Garver], the Spirit of God saith unto thee; I have watched over thee; I have guarded thy ways and inspired they thoughts, and he who has been the adversary of my work from the beginning hath taken note of that which thou hast been able to accomplish, and he shall not oppose thee, but through false friendship and flattery and deceit, through the instrumentality of those who shall be your false friends, he shall work upon you to destroy you, and by reason of making you think that you are more than you are. Therefore, be humble; be contrite; seek earnestly, my servant, for wisdom, for understanding, and for knowledge, and be on they guard, and thou shalt have my Spirit and thou shalt not be deceived by that which comes to thee in the wrong manner.

And unto my servant George [Hilliard], I have watched over thee all these many years, called thee out of the world, and from the ways of sin, because of the integrity of thy heart; and notwithstanding thou hast offended they brethren many times by thy plainness of speech, thou are forgiven. Be steadfast, for in thy trials, and thy afflictions and thy difficulties thy prayers and the prayers of my people have been successful in raising thee up for the work that I have for thee yet to do. It has indeed been wisdom in me, it has been my loving-kindness for the good of my work that thou shouldst continue yet in the office that thou hast been called to.

And unto all my people, I say unto you this morning, Be ye steadfast, be ye humble; for I call upon you not to live in the spirit of the world, nor to be drawn away by the enticements of the world; but to be humble and sincere, keeping in the integrity of your hearts the covenant that you made with me in the waters of regeneration. I am not displeased with you when you labor diligently for the gathering together of the things of this world, and that you may become rich and strong. You shall be both, for you shall gather even of the strength of your hands and the strength of your minds in the accumulation of the things of this world, for my glory and for the upbuilding of my cause. And therefore it shall come to pass that my servants of the bishopric, even to the local bishopric and the general bishopric, that the time will come, by the moving of my Holy Spirit, that they will not need to beg the members of my church that they may fulfill their duty; but their time shall be occupied in caring for that which shall be willingly and readily brought into the treasury of my house. Therefore be humble, and be not harsh one with another; and the ministry shall not find fault one with another in their labors together for the upbuilding of my cause. Remember, oh remember that the time is near by in the past when I had to speak unto my servants to be not harsh one with another. Be not led in that direction; but let the spirit of wisdom, let the spirit of humility, let the spirit of love abide in you, and let your lives be devoted to my work, and, as the Lord God liveth, that which he promised unto his people, the blessings that you have received shall be forgotten by reason of the greater blessings that I have in store. My hand is held out. Fear not; be steadfast and faithful, and thus saith the Spirit, ye shall be blessed. —Saints' Herald, September, 1912.