The Constitution Expects Every Man To Do

Salvation Cannot Come Without Revelation. Men Of The Present Time Testify Of Heaven And Hell, And Have Never Seen Either; And I Will Say That No Man Knows These Things Without This.

You Might As Well Baptize A Bag Of Sand As A Man, If Not Done In View Of The Remission Of Sins And Getting Of The Holy Ghost. Baptism By Water Is But Half A Baptism, And Is Good For Nothing Without The Other Half-that Is, Baptism Of The Holy Ghost.

When A Man Has Offered In Sacrifice All That He Has For The Truth’s Sake, Not Even Withholding His Life, And Believing Before God That He Has Been Called To Make This Sacrifice Because He Seeks To Do His Will, He Does Know, Most Assuredly, That God Does And Will Accept His Sacrifice And Offering, And That He Has Not, Nor Will Not Seek His Face In Vain.

Where Has The Genius Of The Pedistal [sic] Of The Laws And Constitution Of Our Boasted Country Fled?

It Is Said That Brother Joseph In His Lifetime Declared That The Elders Of This Church Should Step Forth At A Particular Time When The Constitution Should Be In Danger, And Rescue It, And Save It. This May Be So; But I Do Not Recollect That He Said Exactly So. I Believe He [joseph] Said Something Like This - That The Time Would Come When The Constitution And The Country Would Be In Danger Of An Overthrow; And Said He, If The Constitution Be Saved At All, It Will Be By The Elders Of This Church. I Believe This Is About The Language, As Nearly As I Can Recollect It.