I have gathered my people out from of the world, saith the Lord, even from many different parts of the earth, and you are here as seed to be planted in my fields of Zion, and if you will be faithful and humble and consecrate yourselves, the harvest shall be great and very beautiful. . . . Be not troubled in your minds by anything that shall occur. Mark this well: I say unto you, The only temple standing on earth today built by commandment of heaven is in your possession (the Kirtland Temple), and its courts are open to this people, and they who have gone into those sacred courts and on many occasions received the Pentecostal baptism of my Spirit; and when the time shall come, in my way, and in my hour, and in my manner, which is the way of law and of order, I will command you further concerning the building of my temple in Zion. I am not divorced since the days of Kirtland, and my arm is not shortened. My purpose remains one. I have put into the hearts of thousands the testimony that was in my church organized nearly a century ago; and if you will bow yourselves and humble your hearts I will put into your souls the testimony that this is still my church today.

Therefore, on this occasion, as you partake of the broken body and spilt blood of Your Lord and Master, you should resolve to put out of your lives all things that displease me, saith the Lord; and those whose hearts have been sad shall be baptized by the spirit of Joy, and those who have wandered shall be called upon to return. I will build Zion, saith the Lord.

Therefore, on this day of covenant together to keep all my commandments which I have given you, and behold my Spirit shall be with you, saith the Lord. —Saints' Herald, vol. 76, p. 449.