THE BOOK OF OUG

1When Jesus had departed, the Spirit came upon me and I gathered in those whom the Spirit revealed to me should be among the twelve from among those who were present at the temple and I sent flights unto those who were chosen but who were not present. Yea, I sent fast flights with messages unto them that they gather all to the temple. And when they had all gathered together, I rehearsed unto them the words Jesus had spoken according to the Spirit that gave me utterance. And when I had done with speaking, we were all filled with joy. Yea, we were filled with the spirit of rejoicing and gladness.

2Now, because of the flights that I had sent out to the Churches round about the valley of Mentina, an exceedingly great multitude began to gather at the temple. Wherefore, we did go out among the people and did order them so that all could see and hear upon the morrow. And the multitude did sit down upon the ground in their ranks and began to sing for joy and thanksgiving. And each of the twelve, whom the Spirit revealed to me that should be chosen, went and told in the hearing of all the people the words of Jesus. Thus passed we the night anxiously, for we looked forward to the visit of Jesus on the morrow.

3And these are the names of the twelve men: Ougan, Menim, Chunish, Kumenish, Omnim, Ishim, Hagoth, Hagmeni, Nephihah, Lehi, Samuel, and Samal. And they were all righteous men who had followed the Lord all the days of their lives.

4Now when the morning had come, the people were waiting for the Lord. And they waited patiently singing and praying and giving thanks. And while they were thus employed, there came angels from heaven and they did minister to all and bring all that Jesus spoke to their memories. And Fire did come down out of heaven and did encircle the twelve as with a ring of Fire and all the people saw and bore record.

5And while we were thus encircled in Unquenchable Fire and filled with unspeakable joy, Jesus appeared again in the midst of us. And He addressed the multitude, saying:

6Come forward, Oug.

7And I came forward. Then directing His piercing gaze unto me, He spoke to me many words which cannot be written, and placing His hand upon my head, He said:

8Oug, my servant, behold, I have called thee from among the Nem and I have given thee authority to call others to the work. Therefore art thou a prophet unto this people. When I am returned unto My Father, thou shalt govern My Church in the land of Mentina. But see that thou dost govern with that judgment which comes of the Holy Ghost. For in the day thou turnest to the left or to the right, in that day I shall turn My face from thee.

9Now, Oug, thou art downcast because I have spoken what seems hard words unto thee. Be not so, Oug. For thou art blessed among the people. Yea, because of thy extreme faith, the Nem are faithful and exceedingly blessed. Behold, My servant, thy name have I written in the Lamb's Book of Life and today I declare unto thee, thou shalt have place in the mansions of My Father. Yea, thou and thy brethren shall sit down even on My right hand.

10Yea, still I counsel thee because thou art a type and similitude of Me. Yea, My servants, ye and all those who come after you shall do all those things that I would do were I among you. Wherefore, take heed to follow the voice of the Spirit in all your councils. Turn not away because of the pride that cometh because of authority. Ye are faithful. Ye do well. Be ye an ensample unto all who come after you.

11Now when Jesus saw all the people anxiously awaiting His word, and heard them diligently lifting up their voices in song and in prayer, He was moved by it and turning His face to the multitude, He said:

12Blessed are you, Nem.

13And the Nem were overcome with joy and a great shout went up from the people spontaneously, crying:

14Hosanna! Hosanna! Glory to God and His Son!

15When the commotion had calmed, Jesus raised His hands and smiling, He said:

16Such great faith! Seldom have I seen it. Bring to Me your little children and I will bless them. Bring to Me your sick and I will heal them. Give Me your weary and I will comfort them. Bring forth your downtrodden and I will give them rest.

17Behold, ye Nem, unto you I will reveal My strange work. Ye have separated yourselves from the world and have kept yourselves clean from the sins of this generation. Yea, ye have come out of Babylon and because of this ye are exceedingly blessed.

18And we brought forth our little ones and our sick and our halt and Jesus laid His hands on them and blessed them. Yea, and even angels came down out of the cloud and ministered many hours with Him until all had been healed. And they did preach and declare the mysteries of the creation unto us. So great and marvelous were the things that they taught that I despaired of being able to write them all.

20Write only that which I straitly command thee, Oug. For, that which I teach this people shall not be given to all. Yea, only the blessed can withstand the meat of My doctrine and the mysteries of the Way. Unto most it is given to learn My doctrine line upon line and precept on precept even as a little child doth learn. But the Nem do live the Celestial Law already, wherefore, I cannot withhold anything from the faithful of this land. Therefore did I say blessed are ye Nem. Yea, I have not seen such faith in any man since the Brother of Jared and in any people since Enoch walked the Earth.

21Now, Enoch wrote only that which I commanded him, as did the Brother of Jared. Many things did they ask and nothing could be withheld so great was their faith. Be it so with thee also, Oug, for the Church of the Nem is my Inner Church. But thy writings will come unto their descendents in the end times according to the promise I made to thy fathers. Yea, and through thy descendents I shall redeem all Israel.

22But the gentiles shall rule until that time comes and they shall not have the faith of the Nem. And thy descendents shall languish for a season in bitter slavery. Their masters I shall make strong and through them I shall make a preparatory restoration, and the writings of the Nephites shall be principle in that work. Behold, if they prove worthy, I shall seal them unto My house and they shall have part in the blessing of thy descendents. But if they do not make My paths strait, I shall make use of their exceedingly great energy to spread My preparatory work. Then shall I seal from among them some few who will come and give over the kingdom and this fair land unto your descendents.

23Wherefore, write only that which I command thee, Oug. Unto whom these words shall come, I shall reveal even what I have revealed to the Nem and even I will show him to you on the Way. Yea, thou shalt teach him with thine own mouth. Therefore, thou shalt have no need of writing the mysteries.

25Ye who take up the bread to bless it shall break the bread in this manner and give it to the people. And when ye bless the bread ye shall lift up your voice, saying:

26O God, the Eternal Father, we ask Thee, in Jesus’ name, to bless this bread and sanctify it unto us who partake of it. That we may eat it in remembrance of the body of Thy Son, whose heart was broken because of His own, Who was pierced for the sins of all the world; that we may witness unto Thee, oh Father, that we desire to take His name unto ourselves, and remember Him, and follow His teachings which we have received of Him, that we may be worthy of the baptism of His Spirit and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

27And He commanded the Twelve and myself to go and do likewise. Then, when we had returned, He took the wine and poured it and blessed it, saying:

28Ye who take up the wine to bless it shall pour the wine in this manner and give it to the people. And when ye bless the wine you shall lift up your voice, saying:

29O God, the Eternal Father, we ask Thee in Jesus’ name, to bless this wine and sanctify it unto us who drink of it. That we may drink it in remembrance of the blood of Thy Son, which flowed from every pore when He took upon Himself all things, and which spilled out from Him when He hung upon the tree; that we do witness unto Thee, oh Father, that we do remember Him and have taken His name. Pour down the Unquenchable Fire to be in us! Amen!

30Then He commanded the thirteen to go and do likewise unto all the people. And when we had finished administering to the people and had returned, He turned His face and spoke:

31Why do ye thus unto the people? And we answered Him, saying:

33This is counted unto righteousness for your sakes, for so did your Father Adam. After that he had been cast out of the Terrestrial World for a season, he built an altar and offered sacrifice unto the Lord. And behold, an angel appeared before him as he thus dedicated himself and asked:

34Why do you offer sacrifice? And Adam said:

35I know not, save I was commanded that I should do so. And the angel said unto him: This is in the similitude of the Only Begotten of the Father.

36You do well to follow My commands even though you know not the full meaning of them. But this sacrament ye shall do in remembrance and also as the token of a covenant which I have made with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Whosoever of you who have covenanted with Me by baptism, have part in My covenant with the Father and the Spirit. Wherefore, the gate which opens onto the Way prepares you unto the baptism of Fire, and of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore, if ye will listen to the words of the prayer and diligently seek to fulfill them, even as Adam did seek diligently to obey My will, ye shall receive all things the Father hath, even as I have received the fullness of Him.

37Do ye this ordinance as often as ye meet to offer up public oblations. Yea, and ye shall ordain they who shall administer this ordinance unto the people for them. And they shall always remember that they do this for Me and not for themselves. For the minister of the people shall be the servant of the people. And when they have learned to do all things in the spirit of service, as a mother serveth her little child, they shall receive all things, even a crown of glory in the kingdom of My Father, worlds without end.

38I am in all things. Yea, I am the light and life of the world from the beginning and all things exist by and through Me. And I also did drink of the bitter cup and all things became part of Me. Yea, I am in all things, therefore, when ye take of this bread ye take of My body unto your soul. And when ye take of this wine you take of my blood unto your soul. Wherefore, ye become mine and I may advocate for you, for I paid the price for sin and My sacrifice sanctifies you and brings you unto the Father.

39Behold, marvel not that ye knew these things prior to having heard them of My mouth. For, ye have not cast out the prophets from among you. Wherefore, these teachings are familiar unto you. Even so have I taught the righteous and faithful of the Nephites and Lamanites and My words were still and familiar to them. And I see that My words do cause you to rejoice because I say that I have taught these things unto the Nephites and Lamanites, and more especially Oug, that thou dost rejoice. Thou hast reason to rejoice, Oug. For thy brethren yet live and do journey even this day to return to their wives and their children and to their home.

40Yea, and many people of the Nem shall be united with loved ones from the Land Southward. For, the wickedness which ye did fear of them is gone from their midst for many generations to come, and Zion shall flourish in the wilderness. My Church shall grow and cover the whole face of the land, and My people shall live for a season as the Nem do live now, and there shall be no poor among them. Wherefore said I unto thee, prepare places for them. For they come with My teachings in their mouths and even Timothy, yea, that faithful son of Nephi, whom thou knewest in times past, shall journey with them. Yea, Timothy shall bring with him the writings of the Nephites from the time Hagoth left the Land Bountiful. And he also shall bring other records that you shall place in thy safe places.

41Behold, verily I say unto ye Nem, There shall be many years of peace and prosperity, and Zion shall spread until it covers the whole of this land. Yea, all the diverse peoples shall have commerce one with another and there shall be no war for a season.

42But My people must be gathered from out of all the world and I will use the gentiles to accomplish this gathering. Wherefore, a time shall come when your descendents shall be isolated amidst a sea of unbelief. And because there shall be no diversity of the seeds, the Nem of Mentina shall dwindle and the Valley of Mentina shall fall into the hands of a plundering nation and many precious things shall be lost. Then the land will fall into the hands of a remnant of your posterity again and they shall keep the sacred mountain.

43But, behold I say unto you, It is My will that the gentiles come into the land to possess it, for through them I shall gather in My sheep from the four quarters of the earth. Yea, I shall bring the gentiles into this sacred land and I shall establish My covenant among them. Wherefore, if they keep My statutes, I shall graft them into the vineyard and they shall bear much fruit and be the cause of much righteousness.

44But behold, they shall also corrupt My doctrine. For the gentiles are zealous in the getting of gain. And this thing always brings grief to the people who inhabit this land. In that day I shall cause the faithful to make a regulation of My Church. And there shall be among the gentiles one who shall be of noble birth, yea, he shall spring out of the kings and queens of the earth; yea, and even he shall descend out of the loins of mine own close kinsman; and he shall I raise up among the gentiles who shall rule the land; but he shall also spring out of the loins of My servant, Oug, and is of My covenant people, and unto Him will I deliver the writings of the Nem.

45For though I shall establish My Church among the gentiles, I shall redeem My Zion through the remnant of My people. Yea, the gentiles shall be industrious in the last days and I shall use that industry to carry My gospel to all the nations. And many of them will be true and faithful. These shall I graft into My true vine. And they will assist the remnant in building the New Jerusalem.

46But the gentiles shall set their hearts exceedingly upon the things of the world and shall not be diligent in rooting out the Gadiantons from among them. Wherefore, I shall use My remnant, even My weak remnant, to thrash all nations together, and the gentiles shall lose My approval and shall fall.

47Wherefore, ye Nem, the things that ye write I shall preserve for the end of times when I shall restore My remnant. When, in My own due time, I shall finish My work, yea, My strange work. Stand ye in holy places and be patient, therefore, ye Nem. For, the record of your doings shall I hold up as an ensample for the redemption of the land and the establishment of Zion. And this shall be a great stumbling block to the gentiles and shall be vexatious to them. For they shall have been established in My name for this purpose, and they shall build a foundation. But the culmination of the ushering in of the fullness of times, and the fullness of knowledge, and the fullness of wisdom, and a fullness of the Spirit, shall be accomplished by the weak, not by the wise; and by the meek not the mighty. Yea, it shall be by the slave, not by the master.

48But stand ye in your holy places. Prepare ye every good thing. The wicked shall do wickedly in every age, but for a time, there shall be peace and tranquility in this land. But beware, for the adversary never sleepeth and would drag the Nem down into suffering. Yea, ye are blessed because of your diligence, but your posterity shall dwindle, as all My remnant shall dwindle. Nevertheless, I shall preserve My remnant unto the last day.