THE BOOK OF OUG
1Now, when Jesus had finished speaking these words He turned His face to the multitude and, behold, the people began to sing praises unto God with great joy and He was touched by the faith of the people. And He did take Himself a little way to the side and prayed unto the Father. And the words He prayed cannot be written. While He thus prayed, the multitude was again filled with the Holy Ghost and with the Power of God. Yea, they were filled exceedingly with the knowledge of their salvation and they began to prophesy. Yea, the whole multitude did prophesy both men and women, and even little children did open their mouths and did begin to speak forth wonderful words.
2When Jesus returned to the multitude He perceived that the Spirit had wrought most powerfully upon the people and He stretched forth His hands to them and said:
3Behold, the Holy Ghost brings great gifts and great blessings and I perceive that ye are weary with it. But if ye can bear but a little more, I shall teach you yet more.
4And the whole multitude cried for more as if it were by one voice, for they would receive as much from Jesus as He would give. And again He opened His mouth and spoke unto them, saying:
5When ye pray, or when ye give alms, do not do so in order that ye may be seen to pray. Neither give ye alms so that others may esteem you for it. This is evil. For it teaches a whole generation to seek more after the approval of men than the esteem of God. And it teaches men not service but rather to become puffed in pride.
6But ye shall pray always and this is the manner in which ye shall pray:
7Father in Heaven, You who was ever and will always be, holy be Your name forever. Let Your will be done in us and in all things, both now and forever. Give us that which You see will sustain us and forgive us our errors, as we forgive those whose mistakes have injured us. For we are not the first things created but the last, and Your Kingdom was created before all things. Your glory fills the expanse of space for ever and ever. Amen.
8Now this is the manner in which ye shall entreat the Father for your sakes, for the sake of your children and for the sake of your people. And ye shall pray to the Father even as I pray unto the Father. But ye shall entreat Him in My name always, for He has not yet made His abode with you but with Me. Therefore, I shall be His intercessory with you. But if ye are faithful, behold I say unto you, Ye shall need no intermediary with the Father, but ye shall see Him face to face and speak unto Him as one man speaks to another.
9Continue in your manner of governance, for it is the way of heaven. Yea, succor the poor, feed the hungry, visit the widow and judge the fatherless. This is true religion. Yea, do not accept for doctrine the teachings of men, but let the Spirit distill upon your souls. Therefore shall your statutes be faithful and your laws be righteous. Set no man above another. Nay, esteem not one man above another, but let each receive according to his wants and give according to his ability. And if any give not honestly, let him be reproved before the councils of the people. And after ye have reproved him and he repent, treat him not as a malefactor. But if he repent not after ye have reproved him, he shall have no part of your abundance. Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out into the wilderness, but of your abundance he shall not partake until that he does repent.
10And set no man above another in your Churches, only in directing your meetings, for it is not mete that all should speak at once. But let your meetings be made in order. And when a man sins let him be brought before the Council of the Church. And when his sins are proved before his face by those who are witnesses of him, and he repent, ye shall embrace him and he shall have fellowship with you. But if he repent not after that his sins are proven before his face, then shall ye cast him out from My Church, and his name shall be blotted out until he repent. And if he repent after ye have cast him out, and should come again unto you with a contrite heart and spirit, then shall ye take him and baptize him again and he shall begin again to purify himself before Me. And so shall ye treat all men and women who are of My Church.
11Behold, the priesthood is Mine own authority to govern all things pertaining to My creation. And when you give unto any this priesthood, you shall take them and you shall lay hands on them and confer the privileges and blessing of the priesthood of God upon them in My name. Then you shall ordain them unto the office whereunto they shall labor.
12And this gift shall be governed upon principles of righteousness and if there be no high priest in the land, you shall not confer mine authority. For none shall obtain this honor except by prophecy and that under the direction of the seer. Let none gainsay My holy Church, for this is the root of great wickedness.
13Behold, blessed are ye Nem. For verily, ye have followed the prophets whom I have sent among you. Wherefore, ye have organized yourselves, your councils and your bodies, and your assemblies after the order of My commandments. Now, receive ye My priesthood and I shall give you power in it to administer My gospel. And there are two orders of the priesthood given unto men, one wherein ye are prepared and trained to rely upon the Holy Ghost to guide you and to govern you in your stewardships.
14Therefore, there shall be priests in the Churches for baptism and for the sacraments. For purification doth prepare the man to give of himself liberally and, without compulsion, and it is given unto the Sons of Levi. For, whenever I must needs prepare My people, I have raised up sons unto Levi and unto Aaron.
15Even so did I when My people Israel traveled in the wilderness forty years. I could not give a promised land unto them until a generation that would follow My commands without murmuring had been born and prepared by My servants. Howbeit also, I gave the Law of Moses unto My children in this promised land to prepare them and to try them. Thus, there is one order of priesthood to prepare and another to finish.
16Behold, unto some in this land I have conferred another order of priesthood, but they have been few. For whereas the lesser priesthood I gave as a preparation, for through it the man learns to serve by the Spirit, the greater priesthood prepares the man of God to enter into My presence. This is the priesthood of Adam and of Enoch, and of Melchizedek, and of the Son of God. The lesser being of the priest and his auxiliaries, and the greater being of the high priest and his auxiliaries. The one being the preparation and the other being the culmination.
17Ye shall confer both orders upon men and I shall try him to see if he will be obedient. Yea, let all men prepare themselves first through service to the body of Christ and let them do their duty relying on the Spirit. Yea, in love and in charity let him be prepared. For none may see My face lest he be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18But if he fill his seat by compulsion, by extortion or by feigned love, behold, I shall see it and the Holy Ghost shall abandon him. Verily, ye shall give his bishopric unto another. But as often as men shall repent, ye shall forgive him and he shall begin again. For behold, I shall forgive him, then why not you.
19But ye shall govern My kingdom through the greater priesthood, for through it ye shall enter upon the Way. Wherefore, ye shall have counsel of those who have lived before you, worlds without end. I shall reveal to My servants those upon whom ye shall confer the order of Melchizedek, for I shall be their schoolmaster. Wherefore, ye shall wait upon Me in this thing. For this is the Holy Order of the Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God, and God shall not be mocked.
20Therefore, it is conferred upon all men whom I shall call to govern in your councils, in your ministries, in your congregations and in your temples. For I am the Lord, and it is My place to govern My people. Wherefore, I shall call men to administer in My place as seems Me good. And if one so called be found in sin, ye shall remove from him his bishopric and I shall give it unto another. But if he shall repent, he shall also begin again and shall proceed again to prepare himself to see My face. But if he repent not after he has obtained this order of priesthood and is found in sin, ye shall cast him out and have no concourse with him. Yea, ye shall leave him to Me and I shall chasten him. For he shall be delivered up unto the buffetings of the evil one, even the adversary. And if he repent not after he be delivered up unto Satan for a season, behold, he has hardened his heart. Wherefore, he shall return unto his own and shall have no place in the mansions of My Father, worlds without end.
21Now, behold ye Nem, the daughters of Adam are blessed from before the foundation of the world. Behold, My daughters, by the nature of your creation, ye do serve all people. Yea, it is good that ye do organize yourselves in all your good and that ye do uphold this nation as ye presently do. But behold, the orders of the priesthood are for the sons of Adam, to be an instrument unto them that they may train their natures to be more like unto the daughters of Eve. Yea, that by the sweat of their face, even by their strength, they might learn to give of themselves for the sake of others. For how shall they become like Me if they do not that which I have done? But, ye daughters of Eve, ye do it already. Wherefore, covet not that which I have given unto men, but rejoice and know that ye may seek My face without other preparation than that which ye have received by your nature. For ye receive of the Mother even a more complete priesthood than the orders of the priesthood that I give unto men, in order that they may prove themselves thereby.
22But purify yourselves all ye Nem. Yea, be ye man or woman, or little child, purify yourselves. Receive the Holy Ghost and cleanse yourselves of unrighteousness. Yea, purge from your minds and from your bodies the impure and the unclean. Behold, I say unto you, The sacraments have for their purpose to purify you. Therefore, meet ye often to take of the sacrament of bread and wine in remembrance of Me. Meet often to offer yourselves before Me in the purification of the Ammonites, for this is also approved of Me. Yea, and fast often and pray always. Yea, meet often together to study and ponder the records wherein are found teachings that are sound and true.
23And when ye meet a brother when ye are in your way, embrace him and salute him in My name. Yea, never let any person pass you by that ye do not cheerfully commend them unto Me. Let your comings and your goings be in My name and in remembrance of Me, that your lives may become a sacrament. Yea, visit the widow and judge the fatherless. Comfort the weary, feed the hungry, accommodate the destitute, and visit the captive. Free the slave and heal the sick. For I was hungry and ye gave Me to eat. I was naked and ye clothed Me. I was thirsty and ye gave Me drink. I was in prison and ye visited Me and I was enslaved and ye loosed My bands. Yea, I was weary and ye gave Me rest, I was sick and ye healed Me.
25Wherein did we any of these things unto You? Verily, verily I say unto you, When ye did it unto even the least of these My lambs, you have done it unto Me.
26Wherefore, be diligent in well doing, for ye are all Mine, and I am the Father's, and I and the Father are one. Wherefore, judge not, but do good continually.
27And when Jesus had finished speaking He prayed unto the Father and blessed them and the land, and behold, a cloud of brightness gathered about Him and He was carried up into the air. And the people looked up toward heaven and, behold, He was surrounded by concourses of angels. And the sound of His going was as of a great commotion in the forest. And behold, the Nem watched Him go until their eyes could no more see Him and when He was gone they cried and many were overcome and fell to the earth. And when Jesus had ascended unto heaven, the multitude that had gathered at the foot of the temple began to disperse and return to their homes. And they spoke again to their neighbors who were not present that they had seen and heard the Son of God.
