We Came To This Earth That We

It Must Be Emphasized That As A Father, You Are Always Teaching. For Good Or Ill Your Family Learns Your Ways, Your Beliefs, Your Heart, Your Ideas, Your Concerns. Your Children May Or May Not Choose To Follow You, But The Example You Give Is The Greatest Light You Hold Before Your Children, And You Are Accountable For That Light.

Every Man Who Has A Calling To Minister To The Inhabitants Of The World Was Ordained To That Very Purpose In The Grand Council Of Heaven Before This World Was. I Suppose I Was Ordained To This Very Office In That Grand Council.

Sometimes The Lord Brings Us Low Before He Can Lift Us Higher.

While Other Men Were Peacefully Following Their Vocations And Extending Their Interests They [the Saints In Clay County] Have Been Deprived Of The Right Of Citizenship, Prevented From Enjoying Their Own, Charged With Violating The Sacred Principles Of Our Constitution And Laws.

You Will Live To See Men Arise In Power In The Church Who Will Seek To Put Down Your Friends And The Friends Of Our Lord And Savior, Jesus Christ. Many Will Be Hoisted Because Of Their Money And Worldly Learning Which They Seem To Be In Possession Of; And Many Who Are The True Followers Of Our Lord And Savior Will Be Cast Down Because Of Their Poverty.