Unto my servant Lorenzo [Hayer], I have a word of cheer this morning, if thou wilt hearken unto my voice. I have known thy weakness all the days of thy membership among my people; but I have also known of thy willingness to do thy part. Thou art more willing than thou art conscious, thou art more able than thou art conscious to do; and thou shouldst remember that thou hast been asked by the Bishop of my church to occupy where thou dost now occupy because the experiences of thy past life have given thee that wisdom and understanding that are necessary in the matters that thou art called to pass upon from time to time. And I, the Lord, thy God, will give unto thee that wisdom that thou lackest in the time of thy need, and will bless thee, and thou shalt be able to receive of my wisdom to perform thy duty. So fear not. I have blessed thee with health even beyond that which thou hadst before thou didst take upon thee this burden, and if thou wilt continue to work thou shalt have joy and comfort in thy service.

Thou art not able to go out in the field and work in the ministry as other men are able to do; but thou art able to work in this way. Therefore, continue in thy work until it shall be accomplished.

And unto my servant, W. B. Paul, I have a word this morning. Thou hast desired that I should speak unto thee. I am pleased to recognize thee. Thou hast been faithful unto that which I have called thee to do heretofore. In so far as conditions have permitted, in so far as the condition of thy companion would permit, and in so far as thou couldst withdraw thyself from thy daily toils, thou hast served me in an acceptable manner. Thou hast been enabled to do much and thy service is acceptable to me; and I desire to place upon thee an additional calling, even the calling of a priest among my people. If thou canst find it in thy heart to accept of this place I shall bless thee and my Spirit shall rest upon thee and shall be with thee, and thou wilt be able to labor in the manner that is acceptable unto me.

And there are many of you among my people who I desire to call into my ministry. Even some who now occupy it is my desire in time, and very soon, to call them to other places; and there are those who occupy not now in any place in the ministry who shall hereafter occupy if they are faithful.

I would have my servants to remember that when they are called upon to occupy in the ministry in my church, they are required to study to show themselves approved; and when mine apostle wrote to one of my ministers in this connection he was admonished, and he understood that he was admonished, not only to study the word of God, but also to study his own manner and method and his deportment, in the stand and out of the stand, that his admonition might always be effectual and accepted by my people. I admonish my servants that they should remember that it is I who have called them to do the work; not in their own way, but they should seek to perform it in my way; and they will not be able to do this unless they are occupying before me in that manner that shall enable them to call down themselves the peace and presence of my divine Spirit.

I have spoken unto thee by my Spirit this morning. Ye have hearkened Your souls have rejoiced within you. Remember that I, the Lord thy God, am patiently waiting to bestow upon you more abundantly. It has bee said unto you before upon these grounds that this my Spirit, of which you have been permitted to partake, is but a foretaste of that which will come upon you hereafter. Therefore, be of good cheer; press on to the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus, and thou shalt experience hereafter even above that which ye have known before. My hands are heavy with blessings for my people, not only spiritual blessings, but temporal blessings also; and it is my good pleasure that you shall continue after this manner after you shall disperse from these grounds, and in your meetings in the various communities you will receive an added abundance of my divine grace. This will be possible unto you if you will continue acceptably and seek not to do your own will, and not to work after your own manner; but to study my ways that you may occupy in your calling in a manner acceptable unto me. Thus saith the Spirit. —Saints' Herald, September, 1912.