TONGUE AND INTERPRETATION
By Elder John Shippey, Lamoni

In regard to the great gathering of God in the last days he has said unto thee, if you will be united as they were in the beginning of the days of the order of Enoch ——. The people transgressed my law and I threatened them with the flood and it came. So will it be even in these last days. My people have been driven from city to city and place to place as it were until I have permitted you to assemble here in this place, and if you keep my commandments and are united and uphold the leading officers of the church you will be blessed. Thus saith the Lord unto you as an assembly. I speak of things to come. The time is close at hand when all the stakes which I have planted in this generation through the administration of my servant, Joseph, whom you call the seer, shall again be rebuilt and Zion will once more come on the earth and all the things which you have read from the days of Adam down to the present time shall come to pass, and all that was said in regard to the coming of the foundation of the world. As it is written, the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given unto his Son to have life in himself and given him authority to execute judgement in all things, for he is the Son of Man. When all things are prepared Zion shall come again upon the earth as I have declared in days gone by. And I will cause that Great Appendix which was written by my servant Joseph shall be realized that when they who are in the North Country shall see my face and their prophets shall no longer stay themselves and they shall smite the rocks and the ice shall flow down at their presence. And an highway shall be cast up in the midst of the great deep. Their enemies shall become a prey unto them, and in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water; and the parched ground shall no longer be a thirsty land.

And they shall bring forth their rich treasures unto the children of Ephraim, my servants. And the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall tremble at their presence. And there shall they fall down and be crowned with glory in the house of the Lord. Now remember these things I have spoken in days gone by and they will soon come to pass; therefore, be united so that I may be able to bless you, and be able to find a people of this description when I shall come and they shall be crowed with glory in the land of Zion. Therefore, be firm and fear not for I am God and in the great principles of eternal judgement I change not, but sometimes I speak and my people hear not my voice and will not obey me and I will revoke, and they say I am not just. Therefore, be of good cheer, be not dismayed; put your trust in God and those things which are to come shall work together for your good and I will be in your midst and uphold you by my hand. Be united in this way and I will bless you with blessings in this way and I will bless you with blessings greater than you have ever received or heard. This is what I have to say to you even at this time, through him I was permitted to speak unto you, my church, whom I delight to reverence.
——Given April 16, 1909.