My servant, Orson Hyde, was called by his ordination to proclaim the ^aeverlasting gospel, by the ^bSpirit of the living God, from people to people, and from land to land, in the ^ccongregations of the wicked, in their ^dsynagogues, reasoning with and ^eexpounding all scriptures unto them.

 2 And, behold, and lo, this is an ensample unto all those who were ordained unto this priesthood, whose mission is appointed unto them to go forth—

 3 And this is the ^aensample unto them, that they shall ^bspeak as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost.

 4 And whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the ^aHoly Ghost shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the ^bpower of God unto salvation.

 5 Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.

 6 Wherefore, be of good ^acheer, and do not ^bfear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I ^cwas, that I am, and that I am to come.

 7 This is the word of the Lord unto you, my servant Orson Hyde, and also unto my servant Luke Johnson, and unto my servant Lyman Johnson, and unto my servant ^aWilliam E. McLellin, and unto all the faithful elders of my church—

 8 ^aGo ye into all the world, ^bpreach the gospel to every ^ccreature, acting in the ^dauthority which I have given you, ^ebaptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

 9 And ^ahe that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be ^bdamned.

 10 And he that believeth shall be blest with ^asigns following, even as it is written.

 11 And unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the ^atimes, and the ^bsigns of the coming of the Son of Man;

 12 And of as many as the Father shall bear record, to you shall be given power to ^aseal them up unto eternal life. Amen.

 13 And now, concerning the items in addition to the ^acovenants and commandments, they are these—

 14 There remain hereafter, in the due time of the Lord, other ^abishops to be set apart unto the ^bchurch, to minister even according to the first;

 15 Wherefore they shall be ^ahigh priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the ^bFirst Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of ^cAaron.

 16 And if they be literal descendants of ^aAaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the ^bfirstborn among the sons of Aaron;

 17 For the firstborn holds the right of the presidency over this priesthood, and the ^akeys or authority of the same.

 18 No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a ^aliteral descendant and the firstborn of Aaron.

 19 But, as a ^ahigh priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices he may officiate in the office of ^bbishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power, under the hands of the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.