THE BOOK OF OUG

As a descendant of Hagoth, Oug was left to write the record of Mentina when his brothers went to the Land Southward to teach the Nephites. Because of the location, the faith and the type of government of the Nem, the Gadiantons are kept from coming among them. The Nem debated the signs concerning the death of Christ. Through the fulfillment of those signs, all the Nem were preserved while many of those in the Land Southward were not. At the beginning of the three days of darkness, the voice and the words of the Savior were heard by the Nem. When He appeared to the Nem, the Savior set apart Oug as the Prophet and twelve others as Apostles. Christ taught the Nem of prayer, of the priesthood, of His doctrine and gave them the ordinance of the sacrament. About A.D 30-106

1Behold, I am Oug, the son of Sanempet, and it has been many years since my brothers went into the Land Southward to preach the word unto the Nephites and the Lamanites. And I am the only one of my brethren who did not go, for the Nem decreed that one high priest descended from Hagoth should remain to keep the record of Mentina. Therefore, when my brethren left, I remained. And this was according to the common consent of the people. Notwithstanding, I desired to go with them, for we were alike filled with the Spirit of God. Yea, even we did burn with desire to preach repentance unto the people, and I not the least. But, I was chosen, yea, the lot least liked fell on me and I alone remain.

2Behold, from time to time at the commencement of their mission unto the Land Southward, we did receive epistles and messengers from my brethren describing their works. Yea, we did hear of their successes and of their difficulties. But, before three years had all passed, we ceased to hear news of them, and we knew not of their fate.

3For the wars between the Nephites and the Gadiantons waxed sore and during those wars we had very little discourse with them. Yea, our communication with them was exceedingly sporadic. In some years, when the Nephites listened to the prophets, we did maintain trade with them and we had great hope that the Nephites would rid the land of the robbers. Then, they did often become rich and were filled with pride, and the robbers did descend upon them and destroy all peace and all commerce. This was the constant state of things in the Land Southward. Wherefore, it became risky indeed to maintain any communication with them, lest the robbers esteem our land worthy of their attention.

4Now, the Gadiantons live by plunder not by the work of their hands. Yea, they do not plant but only steal the harvest of others. They do not build, but live in cities abandoned by others. They raise no cattle but steal that which they need for food, for raiment, for shelter, for transport, yea, for all their needs.

5The valleys of the Nem are rich in all these things, but to arrive here one must needs cross barren wastelands, or exceedingly high mountains, or, coming around from the north, one must prevail against the Nem of the Plains first. Wherefore, though the Nem possessed what the Gadiantons desired, the cost to obtain it was esteemed by them exceedingly high. Therefore, the robbers chose rather to ignore us and our doings, preferring instead to afflict the Nephites and Lamanites of the Land Southward.

6And only three times in the memory of the Nem, did the Gadiantons attempt to organize bands among us. As often as this occurred, the Nem rooted them out through the diligent teaching of the word of God. And our system of government was of a kind that made it exceedingly difficult for an unrighteous judge to take any seat of authority. Yea, we had no need for lawyers and lesser judges because of the nature of our system of government. Wherefore, this made it all the more difficult for the Gadiantons, for they were want to gain power through the judges.

7Now this is the manner of our government - each village is ruled by a council of men and women chosen by the mothers of our people. Therefore, every woman who had a child had a vote, and because not all women bear, every woman who had reached the age of agency, that being sixteen years of age, also had a vote. This council meets to resolve the concerns that have to do with the village. And each village council appoints one member to go up to the city to which it is assigned to take part in the city council to resolve the concerns of the region roundabout that city. And each city council appoints one member to go to Mentina to participate in the common council of the Nem, and decisions concerning all the people are made by them. Therefore, without the voice of the mothers in the villages no one may gain power among the Nem.

8If a man has a complaint against his neighbor, with regard to his person or his property stewardship, he brings it before his own village council and presents the case himself. He does not represent the matter through any other person but must face him whom he has accused himself. Then the accused is given equal opportunity to present his own defense. Yea, he represents himself. Then the council decides the case. If, after the council has heard and seen all the evidence and has made its decision, but there still remains much doubt as to the guilt, then the council shall publish the action to the mothers and seek the common consent of the people. The common consent is always final.

9The affairs of the Church are governed after the pattern given by Nephi. When Hagmeni was ordained a high priest he was placed over the priests and the teachers of our people to preside over them. And this is fitting, for the High Priest of God is a seer and a prophet. Wherefore, Hagmeni called for each village of 100 persons a High Priest and gave him authority to see to all the spiritual needs of that village and to ordain ministers as he saw fit. This council regulated the spiritual affairs of the village.

10Now, the villages Hagmeni ordered in groups of thirteen and the High Priest of each village was appointed to participate in the council of high priests for that region. And the High Priest of all the land, even the seer, nominated one from among the regional council to preside over it. This council regulated the spiritual affairs of the region.

11And the presiding High Priests from the regional councils comprised the great council of high priests which regulated the affairs of the Church among all the Nem. And the High Priest of all the Nem was the presiding high priest of the great council of high priests.

12Wherefore, for all things temporal, the people chose their own councils and for all things spiritual, the Lord chose their councils through the prophet and through the Spirit of Prophecy. All this was done after the pattern given by Nephi when he lived among the Nem.

13Now, this system was also adhered to by all the Nem of the Plains and also by many of the Lamanites in the Land Northward, and it presented a great stumbling block to the Gadiantons because that, whereas among the Nephites in the Land Southward, the men were easily corrupted because of their strength, the Nem were preserved from this evil because of the meekness of our women. Yea, men make combinations for gain, but women make covenants for the good of all the people.

14Thus the people did prosper exceedingly and we had continual quiet and peace in our land. And thus we lived happily, but my heart became heavy with concern for my brethren. For they had all gone into the Land Southward to cry repentance unto the Nephites and were not heard from again. And, though I am the presiding High Priest of the Nem, and though the Lord gives me visions and prophecy with respect to the needs of my people, yet I am no prophet for the comfort of my family, for the Lord sees fit to hide my brethren from me.

15Behold, it is now but three years to the second sign given by the prophets Samuel and Nephi. I am Oug and I saw the sign of the coming of the Lord. Yea, wonders and signs I did see with mine own eyes and I saw and bear record that a new star was seen in the heavens and there was a day, a night and a day as if it were one day.

16Now, the prophets also taught us, and so the angels verify, that the Lord must also die so that He may overcome death for us, and that there would be marvelous signs and wonders in this land at His death. In truth, this is the fear that has sprung up among the Nem. For the prophets did say that a great destruction shall come upon the land, and such a commotion shall occur that the wicked in the land shall be overcome and shall perish. Yet, the righteous shall be protected by the hand of the Lord and shall survive the day.

17Wherefore many of the Nem do debate and reason one with another, some saying that destruction shall come upon all the land but the Lord will spiritually spare the righteous, and others say that only the wicked shall perish and the Lord shall physically preserve His people. Now, this debate has caused trepidation and fear to come upon some people and they are driven to great preparations against the terrible day. Others are resolved that all will die in the Lord and are sunk in great melancholy.

18As for myself, I worry not. First, because I have heard my father's teaching and I have read the words of my grandfather who sat at the feet of Samuel. Wherefore, I teach all to examine their lives and their conscience, to seek the face of God and to have peace no matter what may come. This to me is wisdom. For if it so be that the commotion is so extreme as to wipe the Nem from off the face of the earth, then they who are found worthy shall rejoice with our Lord, for have not the prophets said that the earth shall give up her dead when her Master and Maker does break the bands of that captivity? Then shall we all die in our bodies and resurrect to be taken up to Him when He comes. And is this not cause for rejoicing?

19And if the commotion destroy us not, what then? Have the prophets not promised us that if we make strait the paths of the Lord, He shall not forsake us in the wilderness but we shall see His face? Wherefore, arise and make His paths strait!

20And by these words I did attempt to strengthen and comfort my people, all the while wondering what fate had befallen my brethren and in what state, either living or dead, they would be in when the sign comes.

21And behold, when the days were accomplished the whole people were exceedingly anxious for the sign to come. Yea, the Nem, all in one accord gathered in the synagogues and at the temple and prayed earnestly for the sign. And we came fasting and rejoicing, for, though opinions differed, we were a united and faithful people. And we gathered together to see the sign.

22Behold and harken you ends of the earth! The sign did come, for the day dawned but there was no light. And the earth shook exceedingly and the air was exceedingly heavy so that no light would pierce the darkness. Yea, and the gulls fled before the darkness and were not seen in Mentina, and all livestock brayed in terror and in anguish. Yea, there was a great commotion as of the rushing tide of the sea and many foundations of homes and buildings did break up. Nevertheless, the people were all preserved and cried out with a joyous shout unto the Lord.

23And in the midst of the thick darkness we heard a voice saying: Woe, woe, woe unto all the people of the earth. Woe unto the inhabitants of the whole earth lest they repent for the adversary makes sport with his angels over the slain of the fair sons and daughters of My people. And it is because of the iniquity of My people that they are fallen.

24Behold, the great city of Zarahemla and all her people I have burned with fire. And behold, that great city Moroni and all her people I have sunk in the sea. And behold, that great city Moronihah and all her people I have covered with earth, because of their abominations. Yea, the blood of the prophets and of the saints have I hidden with earth that it cry no longer unto Me.

25And thus the voice did rehearse the fate of all the cities, Yea the mighty cities of the Land Southward. Yea, the city of Gilgal was sunk, and the city of Onihah, and of Mocum, and of Jerusalem with it. And the cities of Gadiandi and of Gadiomnah and of Jacob, and of Gimgimno, which were cities built high upon hilltops, are no more for they are covered in earth and new hills and new valleys are found in the stead thereof.

26And that city of Jacobugath, of which we had heard rumor, where the people had made Jacob king, was burned with fire for their great wickedness. For it was that people of Jacob that had destroyed the peace of the land.

27And the city of Laman, and of Josh, and Gad, and of Kishkumen, which did cast out the prophets and stoned the messengers of God, are burned and all the people with them. Yea, because they did cast out the believing, there was none righteous in them, and they were consumed in fire which God did send down from heaven.

28And the voice did not cease the horrible tale of destruction until all the cities that were destroyed had been counted. Then the voice continued:

29Oh, all ye that have not perished in this great commotion because ye are the more righteous of the people, will ye not return unto me with full purpose of heart? Will ye not repent of your sins and be changed, that I may heal you? Yea, if ye come unto Me, verily, ye shall have eternal life. Behold, I extend the hand of mercy unto you and whomsoever will come, shall I receive. Blessed are they who come unto Me.

30I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I created all things in the heavens and all things in the earth. I counseled with the Father in your behalf in the beginning. I am now in the Father, and the Father is in Me, for the Father hath given Me even all that He hath.

31I came unto My own and they received Me not. And the words of the prophets concerning My coming are all fulfilled in Me. And, unto as many as have received Me, behold I have given them the Way, that they may receive of the Father even as I. So shall I do forever, unto all those who shall believe on My name, for, from the beginning the redemption hath been by Me.

32I am the light and life of the World, I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. For My purposes did I give the law unto Moses, yea, and for My holy purpose is the Law of Moses fulfilled. Therefore, ye shall offer up unto Me no more sacrifices by the shedding of blood. Yea, ye shall no more offer your burnt offerings. For henceforth, the acceptable offering shall burn with fire, but of the Holy Ghost. But ye shall offer for a sacrifice before Me a broken heart and contrite spirit. Yea, for him who cometh before Me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit shall burn with that Fire of the Holy Ghost that changed the righteous Lamanites, because of their faithfulness in seeking me. And they knew it not, for the change was imperceptible to them at the time of their conversion. Yet I knew it, for I did baptize them with Fire and with the Holy Ghost and they were no more as other men. Come you likewise unto Me.

33Behold, I have come unto the World to bring redemption unto it. I have come to save the World from sin. Therefore, repent and come unto Me as a little child, for of such is the Kingdom of God. Yea, all things but man obeys the voice of their creator even as a little child obeys the voice of his father. Come ye likewise and I will receive you. It is for this cause I did lay down the life of My body, and also for this cause did I take it up again.

34Wherefore, I laid down the World; for I am in the World and of the World, and the very power by which the World was made. And I take it up again so that all that is subject unto Me may become the salvation of all those who repent and come unto Me. Therefore, repent and come unto Me ye ends of the earth.

35Now, behold, we heard these words in our synagogues and at the temple, and the same voice was heard by all the people, and all the Nem testify and witness of it. And the saying filled the people with joy, for they knew that all the words of the prophets had been fulfilled.

36But they were the more filled with joy because of the prophecy that had yet to be accomplished. For they all remembered that it was also prophesied that they would see the Lord's face. Wherefore, the people were not afraid and were not silent, but in a tumultuous and joyous sound, began all to speak and to prophesy, and even some were so overcome with joy that they did fall down to the earth.

37And it came to pass that the darkness did follow for three days and this was further witness to the Nem that they did not believe in vain. Wherefore, they did all the more rejoice and did not cease in calling upon the name of the Lord their God. And thus they continued for many days after. Yea, when they were in their homes, they did call upon His name. And when they were in their fields and among the flocks, they did incline the head. And in the synagogues, they raised the hand of fellowship one to another and joyfully cried unto the Lord.

1And not many days after the sign, I was in the temple with a great many of the high priests of the Nem and there was a great multitude of people gathered about the temple when a voice was heard out of heaven. Not as the sound of a trump, but it was a voice which did penetrate the very soul and all the people recognized the voice at once. For the voice spoke not to the ears, but to the heart and filled the hearer with unspeakable joy.

2Now, the people began to marvel and ponder the voice for it pierced the hearer even to the very center and caused both limb and joint to tremble. Yet, the heart was filled with exceedingly great joy, wherefore, they did marvel because It did weaken the frame but strengthen the soul.

3Now, this is the way with spiritual things. The physical body has capacity to withstand temporal things, and yet fail in the face of the spiritual. Verily, the Spirit speaks but the flesh is weak. Therefore, the people marveled that such joy could come though the body could not withstand it. But as for me, I did not marvel because I have often trembled when the Spirit speaks. Therefore, I did know that the voice was the voice of deity, for we felt it profoundly but understood not the words of the voice.

4And again the voice spoke and the people did marvel much for the effect the voice had on them was sweet, but they understood not the voice. And the people did altogether lift up their eyes unto the heavens and did reach to the heavens with their hands. Yea, and they did altogether beg for understanding.

5Now, as the people did steadfastly ask for understanding with all diligence and not doubting that they would indeed receive answer to their petition, when the voice was heard the third time, they

6Rejoice all you people of the Lord! Rejoice all you who have kept the statutes of God! Break forth you heavens for the King cometh even to judge His people and He has found some who seek His face! They shall verily see Him as He is and He shall establish them among the blessed!

7Then another voice was heard, saying:

8Behold my Beloved Son, of whom the prophets spoke and angels testify. In Him have I glorified My name. Hear ye Him.

9This voice they did clearly understand and many did fall upon the earth when they heard it, for they never supposed that they would ever hear the voice of the Father. Yea, against all expectations they had heard the voice of God, and they knew without doubt that their Father in Heaven is real and that which the prophets had spoken concerning Him was true. Thus, some thought that having revealed this much to them, that He was about to show all things to them and they fell down to the earth.

10And many also did look up to the heavens from whence came the two voices and behold, they saw a man descending out of Heaven. The robe of the man was white, or perhaps not white, for it shone with a brightness that is exceedingly bright, wherefore, the color of it cannot be understood. This man came and stood upon the approach before the temple on the side which faced toward the rising of the sun. And the whole congregation stood with their eyes fixed upon him.

12Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom My servants, the prophets, taught you should come. I was born among My own and My own received Me not. And I did drink the bitter cup which the Father gave Me to drink, and have extended and begun the finishing of the Father’s work by taking upon Me not only the light and life of the world but also the sins of all living. In this I have conjoined with the will of the Father in all things even from the beginning, worlds without end.

13Arise and come forth unto Me, that ye may prove My words. Yea, come and thrust your hands into My side from which flowed that which preserves the life of the body. Yea, come feel the prints of the nails in My hands and feet, wherewith man bethought to restrain the work of their God. All this that ye may know that I am the God of Israel and the God of the whole earth, and was slain for the sins of the World.

14Then all the people came forward and did as He told them. He extended His hands to them and they took His hands in theirs and they knew that this truly was a real and tangible Man. And they also knew, each one of them by their own experience and not by any other man's words, that this was the Man of whom the scriptures bear record. And when all the people had all gone forth one by one to embrace the Lord, a sound such as has never before been heard rose up from the temple. For the voice of the people joined with the voices of angels, singing Hosanna! This is the Lord our God, most holy and most high! And they all bowed themselves to the earth before Jesus and ceased not to sing praises before Him.

15And the Lord spoke to the multitude, saying:

16Oug! Come forth!

18Behold thy brethren are well and shall return unto thee by and by. Wherefore, be of good cheer and despair not, for, because of their righteousness in declaring My word unto the people of the City of Josh, and the City of Gad, and of Kishkumen, I preserved them when I caused fire to utterly consume them. Yea, so great was their faith in Me that they did walk through the fires and were consumed not. But their hearts are exceedingly heavy, wherefore, prepare a place for them.

19I have called My servant Nephi, the son of Nephi who did sojourn with thee, to be one of the Twelve unto whom I have given authority, Yea, even the first among them. Yea, and eleven others have I chosen among the people of the Land Southward. I did the same among My own and so shall I do among you. Therefore, My servant Oug, I give unto thee authority to baptize in My name and to teach all to receive the Holy Ghost. Yea, I set thee apart as High Priest unto your people, a presiding high priest. Wherefore, I give unto thee authority to choose twelve other righteous men from among thy councils. And I shall give them authority to work under thy direction to govern the Church. And they shall teach all this people and those who believe on their words shall they baptize with water. Wherefore, if they believe and are baptized in My name, them shall I baptize with Fire and with the Holy Ghost.

20Blessed art thou if thou believest and art baptized in My name after thou hast seen Me and know that I am, but more blessed are they who shall hear thy words and believe in Me because of thy testifying. Yea, blessed are they who shall hear thy words and humble themselves in baptism for they shall be visited with Fire and with the Holy Ghost and shall enter onto the Way. Howbeit, because they shall find Me and see My face because of faith, they shall have received a remission of their sins.

21Wherefore, Oug, I give unto thee power and authority over the Church in this region, to organize and to govern it. And it shall not be as difficult for thee to do this as for other peoples upon the face of this land to whom I must go so that they also might see My face and believe in Me. Yea, the fulfilling of the Law of Moses will be no great change for thee, for the Nem have always listened to My prophets and have followed Me even without seeing Me.

22But that there not arise disputations among you, after that thou hast organized My Church here in Mentina and in the land round about and when thou shalt have taught all the people My words - and they desire to be baptized, this is the manner in which thou shalt do it:

23Behold, thou whom My servant has anointed, shalt take hold of them and lead them into the water and stand in the water with them, and when thou art down in the water thou shalt call them by name and say:

24Having been commanded and set apart by Jesus Christ I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

25Yea, for behold I say unto thee, Because of the covenant wherewith I have received the fullness of the Father, I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. And it is by the power of the Holy Ghost that the covenant was made. Therefore are we one, I in the Father and the Father in Me.

26And this thou shalt have for doctrine. For all that I teach thee shall testify of the Father and lead thee to the Father. Wherefore, whoso believeth in Me believeth in the Father also. Wherefore, the Holy Ghost, by whom We are one, shall enter into the heart of the believer and shall baptize even with Fire.

27Verily I say unto you, Ye must be baptized by water and this by immersion. For even so did I to fulfill righteousness and to become an ensample unto you. This is the covenant of the body, the beginning of the testament, even the door that opens onto the strait and narrow path which leads unto life eternal. Wherefore, whoso believeth and is baptized by water shall begin upon the road that gives onto the Way.

28Now, after that thou hast baptized them, thou shalt lay thine hands upon them and bless them and sharply exhort them to receive the Holy Ghost. And if they offer unto Me a sacrifice mete for repentance, even a contrite and humble spirit, My Father will bestow upon them the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore, the baptism of water is their declaration of the covenant and the baptism of Fire is My Father’s declaration that they shall endure to the finishing of the work and become even as He is.

29Behold, this is My doctrine, and I shall show other doctrine to those who come unto Me. Yea, whoso cometh unto Me shall speak with the tongues of angels for they shall see and converse with angels and shall speak to them as one man speaks to another. Yea, this is My doctrine and there shall be no other doctrine of baptism given except to those with whom, in My own time, I do make my abode.

30Thou shalt not alter the manner in which thou prayest, for the Nem have listened to the prophets I have raised up unto you. Therefore, continue to let thy prayers ascend unto the Father, pleading for the poor and the lonely and unfortunate in My name, and I will hear thy prayers by the power of the Holy Ghost. Yea, even by that power I shall answer thee and bless thee. Yea, pray always to the Father and give thanks unto Him and make thy entreaties directly unto Him in My name. Wherefore if thou dost this, thou shalt receive according to the promise He made with thy fathers.

31For who may abide the day of My visitation? Yea, ask and thou shalt receive. Come unto Me and I will come near unto thee and I will rebuke the devourer for thy sake. Yea, I have promised thee that if thou dost become mine, even as I am the Father’s, we shall make Our abode with thee. But who can abide Our presence? And who can withstand Our glory? For I am the refiner's Fire and the fuller's soap. Let there be soil in the ore, even a little, and I shall burn it up. Therefore, who may stand?

32Let all the Nem purify themselves, for I will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. Yea, purify yourself that there be less dross in the ore. And so that there be no disputation amongst you, this is the manner in which you shall purge wickedness from you:

33You shall succor the widow and judge the fatherless. You shall have always all things in common even as you have done up to this time. In this I am well pleased. Do not as the Nephites have done, for their pride causes them to puff themselves up whenever I do prosper them. Yea, they do think they own the land and they set great store in the accumulation of things. This inclination has ever been the stumbling block of My children the Nephites. Wherefore, you do rightly and begin in a greater state of purity than they.

34Now, prayer and fasting doth purify and magnify the soul. But pray not and fast not in vain, with repetitions, but in the secret places ought you to purify your bodies in fasting and your spirits in prayer.

35Verily I say unto you, The children of Ammon began to do a thing that is pleasing unto Me. They purified themselves with much fasting and with prayer, and with their loving succor which they so abundantly give away one to another. Yea, in this I am very well pleased, for they do not ask of Me but that they have not first purged their bodies and prepared their spirits, subduing self in good acts.

36Yea, when they fast they do not only purge their bodies by the lack of food or drink, but they fully purge themselves, even every pore. And this is a similitude of My suffering. For when I did atone for the sins and hurts of all the world, yea, when I drank of the bitter cup, blood did flow out from every pore.

37Wherefore, it is pleasing unto Me that the Ammonites, of their own, have undertaken to cleanse the body in this fashion. For even as I was immersed in the bitter gall of earthly impurity and corruption, I was cleansed of it while in the body. And if you choose also to purify yourselves after the manner of the Ammonites, you are justified and you shall the more fully obtain the unspeakable Gift of the Holy Ghost. Yea, and even I shall be with you and strengthen you, and even I shall send angels to minister unto you.

38Verily, verily I say unto you, When I took upon me all things, I did suffer. Yea, so great was My grief that I shall not describe it to you. For I know your hearts and I would not that you should know the full extent of My suffering lest you despair. For I know the tenderness of your hearts.

39It is enough to say that I suffered and bled as it were great drops of sweat from every pore and My flesh was exceedingly weak. But when My suffering was full and I feared that My body could not withstand it, My Father did send unto Me an angel to minister unto Me. Even so shall He do unto you if you should undertake to purify yourselves after the similitude of My suffering, yea, after the fashion of the Ammonites. I shall send you angels to minister unto you that you may also overcome the flesh.

40Now, this ordinance is given unto you and blessed are you who do observe it. Nevertheless, it is not an ordinance unto salvation, except for those unto whom I shall command specifically. Therefore, it is not expedient that all should participate. Wherefore, compel no one in the fashion in which they purify themselves before Me. Exhort always that whoso cometh unto Me shall offer the mete sacrifice, even a contrite spirit, and a teachable spirit, and a humble spirit, and a meek spirit, and I shall accept their offering. This you must do, for of it cometh salvation and if My people build upon this foundation, they shall reach for and attain to that eternal life which I enjoy with My Father which is in Heaven. Wherefore, purify yourselves by study and by much prayer and fasting. And if you wish to purify yourselves after the similitude of My suffering, it is well and I will sanctify it. But remember, compel not, for it is more difficult than is needful for all.

41Now when Jesus had said these things He called me unto Him, saying:

42Oug, My servant, choose thou out of My high priests a council of twelve and I shall give them authority over all the councils of My Church among the Nem of Mentina. I go now unto thy brethren upon the plains, but on the morrow I shall return. And thou shalt cause that all the people shall gather in this place tomorrow, for I have received a commandment of My Father that I should teach them. Wherefore, organize yourselves that all who will come unto Me might receive the word.

43And having concluded these sayings, a cloud came and a commotion, and it overshadowed the gathered crowd so that they could not see Jesus and when it had ceased to overshadow them, Jesus was departed from their presence.

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.

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.

1And it happened that on the following day I and the twelve were gathered at the temple in order that we might plan the regulation of the Church according to the commandment we had been given. And as we were thus employed, behold, Jesus appeared in the High Room with us. And He stretched forth His hands unto us and touched us all in the right hand saying: I greet you who art of the household of faith in a sacred manner.

2And, when He had finished with this salutation, He beckoned us to be seated and began to teach us saying:

3Ye are My friends and brethren. Unto you I have commended My house, yea, My Holy House. See that ye fulfill your stewardship well. Ye are called with a holy calling and I declare unto you that your calling and election is made sure. Yea, I give you the more sure word of prophecy, ye are approved of My Father and your place in His kingdom is assured. But be not too confident in this knowledge, for if a man sin without his calling and election, he may repent, and behold, I will forgive him. And if he sin again and repent, behold, I will forgive him. For I am the Redeemer and through faith I have atoned for him, for he is Mine.

4But behold, ye are not so. For your calling and election is made sure. Wherefore, if ye sin, My redemption hath no power over you. Nevertheless, if ye sin, ye shall indeed be redeemed, but ye must suffer for Atonement even as I suffered. And behold, that suffering is sharp, even so sharp as to cause even I, the Son of God, to bleed at every pore and to wish to shrink from My Father’s work. Wherefore, sin not.

5Ye have been called to use judgment in your stewardship. But ye shall not judge as man judgeth, for this is sin. Say not unto your neighbor:

6See, I am above thee, therefore do thou my bidding. For in this is hypocrisy, yea, this comes of pride. Say not to your neighbor:

7Bend and I shall remove the speck from thine eye, and there be a beam in your own. Look first to judgment unto your own beam, and then ye may be an assistance unto your neighbor with his speck.

8Judge only as ye would be judged. Judge not at all in ire or in pride. Leave off all judgment if ye have sinned. For, to judge in righteousness requires the Spirit, and the Holy Ghost will not remain where there is sin. Wherefore, the judge who renders judgment without the Spirit works iniquity. For I am the Judge of Heaven and Earth and ye are My stewards.

9Therefore, if ye judge relying upon your own wisdom, ye do place yourselves above even Me. And when ye judge, ye do so in My name. And if ye judge relying not upon the Spirit but upon your own understanding, having abased your Lord and Sovereign, then ye deny the Spirit and put Me, even God, to public shame. Woe unto that steward who does this, for he shall return unto his own, having brought shame upon his stewardship and upon My sacrifice. Wherefore, judge ye only by the Spirit.

10Ye shall not judge the nations, for ye have not knowledge. I shall judge the nations. And if your neighbors attack you, ye shall sue for peace and enter into a covenant with them. But if they will have no peace and no covenant, ye shall defend yourselves and I shall go before you. Yea, every nation that will not acknowledge Me, or keep My statutes, will I destroy in mine own due time.

11I shall tell ye as I did your brethren in the Land Southward:

12It shall come to pass in the last days that whosoever will not believe in My words, who am Jesus Christ, or in the words and the power which I shall cause to come forth unto the gentiles, they shall be cut off from among My covenant people. Yea, they shall not come upon the Way and the heavens shall not be opened unto them but shall withdraw themselves and depart from them.

13And My people who are a remnant of Jacob, even those of your posterity that I shall preserve in the land, shall dwell among the gentiles and the wicked. Yea, they shall be surrounded by the wicked, as if among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks, who, when I shall command him, shall go through and tread down and tear in pieces, and none can deliver. Their hand shall be lifted up upon Mine adversaries, and all the nations shall fall before them. Yea, woe be unto the gentiles except they repent. For it shall come to pass in the day I establish My remnant, sayeth the Father, that I will cut off their horses out of the midst of them and I will destroy their chariots. Their highways will no longer be laden with spoil and I shall remove from them their commerce. I shall cut off their cities from the land, and the hungry shall throw down the strongholds.

14And I will cut off the wisdom of their wise ones and their witchcraft will I expose to the eye. Their subtle lyings, their deceit, and their soothsayers shall I undo. Their pride I will also cut off, for all their graven works shall be no help to them and shall disappear from the midst of them. They shall no more worship the works of their hands.

15I will pluck up their meeting places and their Churches, and their sacrifices; so shall I destroy their cities. For lyings, deceivings, envyings, strifes, priestcrafts and whoredoms shall be done away. Wherefore, their cities shall be done away.

16Yea, thus saith the Father unto the gentiles. In that day, the day of tribulation of the gentiles, shall the work of My Father commence among the nations and My Father shall prepare the Way for all the dispersed of all the World. They shall come unto Me and call on the Father in My name. Yea, then shall the work commence with the Father among all the Worlds, in preparing the Way whereby all His people may be gathered home again to their place of beginning. And they shall gather in from all creations, but not in multitudes, and not driven or compelled. For I will go before them, saith the Father, and I, even the Son shall be their rearward.

17Then did Jesus ask us the desire of our hearts and we did with one accord declare our willingness to serve Him all the days of our lives, and to flee unto Him never more to depart from Him. And Jesus answered us, saying:

18Blessed are ye because ye have desired this thing of me. Therefore, when ye have reached the end of your years, ye shall come unto Me in My kingdom, and with Me ye shall find rest. Behold your desire is good and will bring much fruit, but there are three from among the twelve in the Land Southward who desired of Me that they should tarry until I come in My glory. They shall never taste of death but shall be as My beloved Apostle, even My beloved John. Ye shall see them and they shall minister unto you and to all the world. And when they come into the Land of Mentina ye shall know them because of My gospel which they shall teach and because of the miracles that they perform in My name.

19Now when He had said these things He began to expound unto us all that He had taught our kindred people in the Land Southward. Yea, He did open the scriptures unto us and taught us what we were to preach. And He showed unto us in vision the doings of the gentiles whom He would prosper and bring into the land. And behold, we saw that they carried with them a book which contained the gospel, but it was far sundered from its own original and had been much changed.

20And behold, He showed unto us another book together with the first in the hands of a prophet. And it came to pass that this prophet did cause much restoration to come to pass in the gathering and uniting of the gentiles. But behold, the other book was about the people of this promised land and it reminded the gentiles of the remnant of our posterity. And we saw that this little book was great in spirit and was powerful in convincing the gentiles to come unto Christ. Yea, behold we did rejoice exceedingly to know that the book did testify of our kindred.

21Then behold, we saw the gentiles organize and regulate the Church once again in this land and their work did grow and prosper exceedingly. But they did also grow and prosper in the things of the world. Yea, they did become exceedingly rich and the more part of them did become puffed up with pride, which thing was exceedingly heavy and difficult for the humble and righteous among them to bear.

22And behold, the Lord declared unto us that the coming forth of the book had a two-fold purpose: that our people would begin to be gathered into their inheritance because of the book, and also the book will be a herald unto all the world of the approaching culmination of His work upon this planet and in the whole World. And our minds and hearts were comforted and we were again filled with the Holy Ghost.

23And while He was yet with us He began to speak, saying:

24Behold, ye are My faithful flock and I shall reveal unto you the very secrets of the Creation. And I shall endow you with power in order that you might do a great work here in the lands of the Nem. For, I would that all people hear My gospel, wherefore, I must give you power and the Holy Ghost that My purposes shall be fulfilled.

25For ye have seen that I shall raise up a prophet unto the gentiles and because of him I shall gather in My children from out of all the four quarters of the world. But his work shall be an initiation of the restoration not a culmination. Yea, he shall begin to lay the foundation of a great work and Mine elect shall begin to gather out of all of the nations of the Earth. And many will move even to this holy land and they shall prosper. Yea, even I shall prosper them exceedingly and try them.

26And they shall begin to keep many of My statutes but they shall change some and forget others. Yea, I shall bring forth the stick of Joseph from among them and they shall deliver it unto all the world. In this they shall be blessed and shall be added unto the children of the covenant. Yea, peace I shall bring them at the end of the travail and I will prosper them, and try them.

27But they shall utterly fail in gathering in the remnant of your posterity. I say as a people they shall forget My commandment with regard to your posterity and shall even participate in the enslavement and destruction of your posterity and of the posterity of your kindred in the Land Southward.

28Wherefore, from among them I shall raise up prophets who shall cry even against them and they shall cast them out and persecute them. But out of their loins shall spring blood mixed with your own, a prophet and seer, and he shall bring to light the writings of the Nem. Behold, he shall receive of that great gentile prophet, of whom I have spoken, and shall be gathered in from out of the loins of the Kings and Queens of the Earth. And he shall forsake the world even to his hurt and shall prove the more faithful because of tribulation.

29Unto this prophet shall I reveal the writings of your fathers, and even of your posterity that he may also write it. And I shall command him that he shall bring the book, even your writings, to light and shall show it unto your posterity. Behold, I declare unto you that your posterity shall come unto Me and they shall rise up when I shall subdue the nations in My name, and they shall be a delightsome people and shall bring again My Zion.

30And behold, so that this record shall testify of him, I shall reveal unto you somewhat about him, that your seed may read these words and know My servant.

31He shall be raised up unto the world, yea, the gentile world. Yet shall he learn of Me and, forsaking his own heritage, covenant unto Me. Then shall he declare also his other heritage, even that of a people enslaved. And his name shall be a vision and it shall treat upon every quarter of the earth and shall show forth great wisdom. Yea, and his name shall rise up on heavenly wings and I shall visit him and he shall see what was, and what is, and what will be. Yea, thus shall he see a very far off and this shall be a great advantage unto him when I subdue the nations.

32Therefore, my children, teach your posterity to watch for this prophet, for his name shall be like that great chief of his estranged people, yea, even the name of his fathers before him. Wherefore, watch for him. But this is not all, for his work shall move the nations out of their place and in every city wherein he moveth, Zion shall be established.

33But the gentiles will rule the land for a season and prosper and through them also will I do a great work. Yea, I will begin to teach them and through them shall much be restored and I shall establish them according to My purposes. Wherefore, your descendents will dwindle in unbelief and shall be subdued by the gentiles. And this is wisdom in Me for your posterity shall be oppressed and enslaved.

34Yea, for many years they shall be as if asleep, as a lion laying in wait for the prey. And when in My own due time I shall deliver them the prey, then shall they spring forth. Yea, they shall sleep no more but shall shake off their long nurtured disguise and, putting on their beautiful garment, they shall arise amidst the nations. But were it not for their long captivity, they would not eagerly desire a greater portion. Wherefore, I will test your posterity with a sore testing. And after that they have been thus tried and tested, I shall take them unto My own work and with them I shall thrash the nations.

35For when a man planteth corn he first prepareth the ground. Yea, he doth till it and he moundeth it up and dungeth it. And after he hath prepared the earth, he planteth the seed; and behold, it groweth and bringeth forth the ear. And before the harvest, he draweth back the husk and he testeth the kernels and counteth them.

36Then, in due season, he plucketh the ripe ears and bringeth them into the storehouse. Yea, he doth not leave them for the birds or the robbers, but bringeth in the ears to be shaken out. And when he hath shaken out the corn he layeth it out to dry in the sun, or he placeth it near unto the fire, that the water thereof be dried. But the ears he shaketh not again but delivereth them up to be eaten by the poor, for the kernels left thereon are not good for planting again. Then, when the drying is done, the corn is brought into the granary and the harvest is over.

37Even so is the work of a man and should My work be any different? For I do prepare and I do plant. And when the ear doth grow I test it. Yea, I do try it and in due season, even in My due time I shall make My harvest. And in due order shall all the ears be shaken and done. This shall be the work of your descendents. For even as the man doth call in his laborers and his bond servants to pull the husks and shake the ears; yea, and even he doth call in his women to spread the corn and stir it. Even so shall I fulfill my work, even my strange work.

38Therefore, be diligent. Yea, be faithful. Fulfill all My commandments and make strait My ways. And write your doings unto your descendents and hide them up. Yea, do ye this secret work unto futurity, for I will bring forth your works in the day that I do cleanse Mine house.

39Now, when Jesus had finished with prophesying to us about our posterity, He taught us ordinances for our temples And they are sacred, wherefore, I do write them in another place. But He did prophesy that He would reveal these ordinances to His servants, the prophets. And I am confident that, whoso receives these writings, receives them through the guidance of the Spirit and shall also receive the ordinances of the temple in like manner as we have received them.

40And when Jesus had finished speaking unto us, He beckoned us go into the rooms of the temple and He re-ordered them. And behold, He touched us all and gave us power to bind on earth and in Heaven and to loose on earth, whereby, if the Nem made covenants and remained faithful, they should be sealed up His by the Holy Spirit of Promise, which is the second Comforter. And this He did so that all who entered into the temple might learn to walk with Him upon the Way and be instructed by Him. Yea, that they might one day emerge from the Telestial sphere and be presented before the Father in their Terrestrial form. bring unto you. And ye shall teach unto them all that I have spoken. And I shall visit he that is worthy and the righteous shall meet with Me upon the Way. Wherefore, make and maintain yourselves clean, even this whole people. For I go away from you, but I am not very far. And where I go ye cannot follow. But when ye are purified you may come even thither by and by.

43Remember that I am your Lord, even Jesus Christ. I have spoken all these words and my words shall surely come to pass. Amen.

41And when He had done this, He spoke unto us again, saying:

42Go now forth unto all the people of the land and teach My gospel. Yea, teach every person their duty and gather them together and prepare them to see My face. And ye shall receive the prophets that I shall raise up among you and even those whom I shall send unto you from among other nations. And when the brethren come from the Land Southward, ye shall receive of them all that they