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D&C 61
Behold,
and
hearken
unto
the
voice
of
him
who
has
all
a
power,
who
is
from
everlasting
to
everlasting,
even
b
Alpha
and
Omega,
the
beginning
and
the
end.
2 Behold,
verily
thus
saith
the
Lord
unto
you,
O
ye
elders
of
my
church,
who
are
assembled
upon
this
spot,
whose
sins
are
now
forgiven
you,
for
I,
the
Lord,
a
forgive
sins,
and
am
b
merciful
unto
those
who
c
confess
their
sins
with
humble
hearts;
3 But
verily
I
say
unto
you,
that
it
is
not
needful
for
this
whole
company
of
mine
elders
to
be
moving
swiftly
upon
the
waters,
whilst
the
inhabitants
on
either
side
are
perishing
in
unbelief.
4 Nevertheless,
I
suffered
it
that
ye
might
bear
record;
behold,
there
are
many
dangers
upon
the
waters,
and
more
especially
hereafter;
5 For
I,
the
Lord,
have
decreed
in
mine
anger
many
destructions
upon
the
waters;
yea,
and
especially
upon
these
waters.
6 Nevertheless,
all
flesh
is
in
mine
hand,
and
he
that
is
faithful
among
you
shall
not
a
perish
by
the
waters.
7 Wherefore,
it
is
expedient
that
my
servant
Sidney
Gilbert
and
my
servant
a
William
W.
Phelps
be
in
haste
upon
their
errand
and
mission.
8 Nevertheless,
I
would
not
suffer
that
ye
should
part
until
you
were
a
chastened
for
all
your
sins,
that
you
might
be
one,
that
you
might
not
perish
in
b
wickedness;
9 But
now,
verily
I
say,
it
behooveth
me
that
ye
should
part.
Wherefore
let
my
servants
Sidney
Gilbert
and
William
W.
Phelps
take
their
former
company,
and
let
them
take
their
journey
in
haste
that
they
may
fill
their
mission,
and
through
faith
they
shall
overcome;
10 And
inasmuch
as
they
are
a
faithful
they
shall
be
preserved,
and
I,
the
Lord,
will
be
b
with
them.
11 And
let
the
residue
take
that
which
is
needful
for
clothing.
12 Let
my
servant
Sidney
Gilbert
take
that
which
is
not
needful
with
him,
as
you
shall
agree.
13 And
now,
behold,
for
your
a
good
I
gave
unto
you
a
b
commandment
concerning
these
things;
and
I,
the
Lord,
will
reason
with
you
as
with
men
in
days
of
old.
14 Behold,
I,
the
Lord,
in
the
beginning
blessed
the
a
waters;
but
in
the
last
days,
by
the
mouth
of
my
servant
John,
I
b
cursed
the
waters.
15 Wherefore,
the
days
will
come
that
no
flesh
shall
be
safe
upon
the
waters.
16 And
it
shall
be
said
in
days
to
come
that
none
is
able
to
go
up
to
the
land
of
Zion
upon
the
waters,
but
he
that
is
upright
in
heart.
17 And,
as
I,
the
Lord,
in
the
beginning
a
cursed
the
land,
even
so
in
the
last
days
have
I
b
blessed
it,
in
its
time,
for
the
use
of
my
saints,
that
they
may
partake
the
fatness
thereof.
18 And
now
I
give
unto
you
a
commandment
that
what
I
say
unto
one
I
say
unto
all,
that
you
shall
forewarn
your
brethren
concerning
these
waters,
that
they
come
not
in
journeying
upon
them,
lest
their
faith
fail
and
they
are
caught
in
snares;
19 I,
the
Lord,
have
decreed,
and
the
destroyer
rideth
upon
the
face
thereof,
and
I
revoke
not
the
decree.
20 I,
the
Lord,
was
a
angry
with
you
yesterday,
but
today
mine
anger
is
turned
away.
21 Wherefore,
let
those
concerning
whom
I
have
spoken,
that
should
take
their
journey
in
haste—again
I
say
unto
you,
let
them
take
their
journey
in
haste.
22 And
it
mattereth
not
unto
me,
after
a
little,
if
it
so
be
that
they
fill
their
mission,
whether
they
go
by
water
or
by
land;
let
this
be
as
it
is
made
known
unto
them
a
according
to
their
judgments
hereafter.
23 And
now,
concerning
my
servants,
Sidney
Rigdon,
Joseph
Smith,
Jun.,
and
Oliver
Cowdery,
let
them
come
not
again
upon
the
waters,
save
it
be
upon
the
canal,
while
journeying
unto
their
homes;
or
in
other
words
they
shall
not
come
upon
the
waters
to
journey,
save
upon
the
canal.
24 Behold,
I,
the
Lord,
have
appointed
a
way
for
the
journeying
of
my
saints;
and
behold,
this
is
the
way—that
after
they
leave
the
canal
they
shall
journey
by
land,
inasmuch
as
they
are
commanded
to
journey
and
go
up
unto
the
land
of
Zion;
25 And
they
shall
do
a
like
unto
the
children
of
Israel,
b
pitching
their
tents
by
the
way.
26 And,
behold,
this
commandment
you
shall
give
unto
all
your
brethren.
27 Nevertheless,
unto
whom
is
given
a
power
to
command
the
waters,
unto
him
it
is
given
by
the
Spirit
to
know
all
his
ways;
28 Wherefore,
let
him
do
as
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God
commandeth
him,
whether
upon
the
land
or
upon
the
waters,
as
it
remaineth
with
me
to
do
hereafter.
29 And
unto
you
is
given
the
course
for
the
saints,
or
the
way
for
the
saints
of
the
camp
of
the
Lord,
to
journey.
30 And
again,
verily
I
say
unto
you,
my
servants,
Sidney
Rigdon,
Joseph
Smith,
Jun.,
and
Oliver
Cowdery,
shall
not
open
their
mouths
in
the
a
congregations
of
the
wicked
until
they
arrive
at
Cincinnati;
31 And
in
that
place
they
shall
lift
up
their
voices
unto
God
against
that
people,
yea,
unto
him
whose
anger
is
a
kindled
against
their
wickedness,
a
people
who
are
well-nigh
b
ripened
for
destruction.
32 And
from
thence
let
them
journey
for
the
congregations
of
their
brethren,
for
their
labors
even
now
are
wanted
more
abundantly
among
them
than
among
the
congregations
of
the
wicked.
33 And
now,
concerning
the
residue,
let
them
journey
and
a
declare
the
word
among
the
congregations
of
the
wicked,
inasmuch
as
it
is
given;
34 And
inasmuch
as
they
do
this
they
shall
a
rid
their
garments,
and
they
shall
be
spotless
before
me.
35 And
let
them
journey
together,
or
a
two
by
two,
as
seemeth
them
good,
only
let
my
servant
Reynolds
Cahoon,
and
my
servant
Samuel
H.
Smith,
with
whom
I
am
well
pleased,
be
not
separated
until
they
return
to
their
homes,
and
this
for
a
wise
purpose
in
me.
36 And
now,
verily
I
say
unto
you,
and
what
I
say
unto
one
I
say
unto
all,
be
of
good
a
cheer,
b
little
children;
for
I
am
in
your
c
midst,
and
I
have
not
d
forsaken
you;
37 And
inasmuch
as
you
have
humbled
yourselves
before
me,
the
blessings
of
the
a
kingdom
are
yours.
38 Gird
up
your
loins
and
be
a
watchful
and
be
sober,
looking
forth
for
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
Man,
for
he
cometh
in
an
hour
you
think
not.
39 Pray
always
that
you
enter
not
into
a
temptation,
that
you
may
abide
the
day
of
his
coming,
whether
in
life
or
in
death.
Even
so.
Amen.
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