page 481 15. Now, the cities were
built around a certain population and a certain need,
and the inhabitants were accustomed to producing
according to that need. And behold, the need was
visible to all and required no accounting or
verification. Wherefore, the people were content to
have all things in common and to produce sufficient
for their own need and a little extra for trade and to
provide for the needs of their neighbors and any
sojourners in the land.
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529 Or what power does the Council have over the people of
Mentinah if no complaint of injury against any person has
been placed before them? I say to you, they have none.
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537 26. Now, it is the priest who is given the
charge and the stewardship of the care and keeping of the
synagogue, and this does often take away from the time
necessary for the priest to labor for the support of the
family and for the creating of surplus. And the Nemenhah
do not begrudge the priest anything that is required in
order to maintain the synagogue in good order. Wherefore,
the people all do give of their surplus to the priest
because of the labor which is required on the part of the
people. And no priest is ever left in a state of want, for
this would be the shame and the dishonor of the people.
27. But the teachers are not asked to do more than the
people themselves do in order to fulfill the stewardship
that has been placed upon them. Wherefore, they are not
made beggars by their stewardship and make no entreaty
because of it.
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29. And when a sojourner or a stranger first arrives in
the city, they go unto the priest and make themselves
known. And their needs are made known to the priest first,
and also their intention. And the priest takes their
petition to the High Priest immediately, and their want is
fulfilled out of the storehouse of the city. Then, once
care is taken to assure that they do not want for their
physical needs, they may make their introduction to the
Council and, if it is their intention to stay and become
part of the community, they receive their stewardship from
the Council. 30. Wherefore, the Nemenhah are careful to
maintain that the priest of the synagogue always has
somewhat of a surplus to care for the wayfarer and the
stranger. And they also bring as much of their surplus as
they cannot keep adequately themselves to the storehouses
of the city, that there be no waste of the surplus of the
people. And this is kept in good order by the High Priest
of the city and those the Council calls to assist in this
labor as part of their stewardship. 537But behold, all
that can be adequately kept in the homes of the Nemenhah,
they do keep themselves and they do administer it to the
needy. 31. But neither the priest of the synagogue nor the
High Priest are left without that which is needed to
immediately assist the stranger, the visitor, or the
wayfarer. For, it is oft the case that such is their state
that the wayfarer arrives in the city in desperate need
and the priest is called upon to assist with haste.
Wherefore, we always maintain that the priest, whom we
call to be a shepherd to the people and a servant, has a
store of that which is needed to be of speedy assistance.
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35. But behold, it is the stewardship of every individual
to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. And it is the
calling of each man and woman to give rest to the weary
and to lift up the hands that hang down. This is the
commission of every man or woman which is given unto them
of Jesus Christ, who is the Peacemaker. 538Above all other
stewardships that might be given of men, this one
stewardship is given of the Lord and the Nemenhah need no
commandment or reminder in it. They do assure that all who
come wanting into their cities are cared for speedily. 36.
For, are we not all wayfarers? Do we not all travel
together the road upon which our Lord has placed us? And
can we say that this road is always pleasant and never
rough? Or is it true that we always go upon our way
knowing exactly what will become of us or how our journey
will fare? Can any of us predict one day to the next with
certainty? 37. I say unto you, Nay. For we have not all
things before us and cannot see the end from the
beginning. And if we are all wayfarers, it is good to
remember that we may at time fare ill in our journey and
require speedy assistance to save our very lives. If this
be the case with us, how can we begrudge our substance to
any other? Yea, and how can we, who have plenty and to
spare, fail to make preparations before the time of need
to provide for them who have not? Because we are blind to
all that might befall us, is it not wisdom to make
preparations? 38. But behold, it is a peculiar thing among
the Nemenhah that we do make preparations not for
ourselves, but it is for others that we make preparation,
yea, we do it to be of service to our neighbor. For, what
good would our surplus be to him that immediately needs if
he must first find us who have made preparation to make
his entreaty? For immediate aid, such a thing would profit
no one. Wherefore, we put up in store in order that no
petition may go up unheard and unheeded, nay, not even for
a moment.
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641 58. Wherefore, I do not praise you out of reason. I
observe your doing and foreknow the good that the Lord
shall do with it. Do but continue in it, Nemenhah, for in
this is your happiness now, but also out of your doings
shall the Remnant of the House of Israel set in order the
House of God and renew the stewardship. And in that day
the just shall receive their stewardship not by the
dictate of any man, but by the voice of the Lord and their
surplus shall they render up to the poor of their own and
without commandment. 59. Yea, they shall read of your
works in days far sundered from you. And some shall scorn
them because they did not flow unto them from out of the
mouths of their shepherds, whom they have justified.
Behold, for no greater sin than to have come from out of
the dust and to be delivered by one other than their own
prophets, many shall turn the heal from your words.
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645 13. And they shall receive again
the stewardship of the Lord. Yea, He shall install them
once again over the vineyard and they shall be good
stewards unto Him, not being commanded in all things,
nor subject unto the bondage of any man. But willing and
fruitful servants unto the Lord they shall be and
obedient to His will. 14. Then shall they have all
things once again in common, for there shall be no poor
among them. Yea, each shall be the good steward of the
Lord and they shall all labor with their might for their
own maintenance. But they shall also labor day and night
to provide for the needy. And the beggar shall have no
place to set up his stall, for he shall be brought in
and never allowed to put up his petition. Yea, and thus
shall be their villages and their settlements. Behold,
they shall all labor for the good of each and every
other, that there shall be no poor in the House of the
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646 21. But they who establish Zion in the latter days
shall not hold the things of the world in greater esteem
than they do their Lord. They shall want for nothing, for
their desires shall not be to amass riches but to provide
for their needs. And the surplus of their goods they shall
freely give unto the needy.
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753 Chapter Ten 1. Now, it is known throughout the land
that the Nemenhah have striven to keep to a system of
economy and of government which does bring about the unity
of the people, that they may have all things in common.
And this is according to the necessity that our
forefathers perceived in their own times and that we have
also recognized in ours. 7532. Behold, many have thought
to equate our laws of economy to the Law of Consecration,
which is the fourth great law that our Creator did teach
unto First Man and First Woman. But the Law of
Consecration cannot be likened unto any system made by
man. Wherefore, all you who read these writings, give
thought to my words and ponder them. Shall the economics
of God ever be compared to the economics of men? I say
unto you, Nay. 3. For when men and women do covenant to
keep the Law of Consecration, it is not because they have
become so versed in the use of money and riches that they
finally become enlightened as to the right way of the
Lord. Nay, do not think that puffing oneself up with pride
can put you in any better stead in the understanding of
this law than the spendthrift, for it has nothing to do
with money. 4. And I perceive the misconception that shall
arise in latter days concerning this law. Yea, you shall
have it, for it shall be taught unto you and many shall
bow their heads and say yes in covenant to keep this law,
without knowledge. Yea, in the latter days, men and women
shall value all things according to their riches or their
lack. 5. Now ponder with me upon that which shall vex the
Gentiles in the latter days. Yea, for a time, they shall
be your taskmasters, but they shall not ever understand
the Law of Consecration, even though the Lord Himself
should teach it unto them. For they are bent upon the
subduing of the earth and the exploiting of her resources.
Wherefore, though the Lord God teach the law unto them,
they shall interpret His words and place a value upon
them, even as they place a value upon all things. 6. For,
unto the Gentiles in the last days, even in those days in
which these writings shall come forth to be read by my own
descendants, all things shall have a value in money. Their
homes shall be worth a certain amount of money, as also
their furnishings. It shall not be shelter for them, nor
comfort, but it shall be money. And behold, it shall
become the custom of the people, and even the law of the
land, that all men and women shall make an accounting of
all that they possess, and also the worth in money of all
the work which they performed during the year, that they
might be constrained to pay in money that portion which
the governors shall deem appropriate to their value. And
even in the churches, men and women will make this same
accounting that their stewards may declare unto them how
much money they must pay in order to be esteemed worthy.
7. And their conveyances shall also be valued, as also all
that shall pertain unto them. And their tools and
implements shall be esteemed worthy only 754because of
their value in money. And when a thing is no longer new,
they shall devalue it and cast it aside, though it loses
none of its utility. 8. And their raiment shall also be
valued. All things shall be listed and accounted unto them
by a money value, and this thing they shall esteem good.
Believe me, unto the rulers of the people, even the people
themselves shall have a value put upon them. And this last
thing shall be a sign unto you that you do live in the
last days, even in that day when the Lord shall take away
the stewardship from out of the hands of the Gentiles.
Behold, even they who call themselves the shepherds of the
Lord‟s flock shall place a money value upon the heads of
all the believers. Yea, every man and woman, every child,
and even the elders of the people shall cost something and
have their appropriate value. 9. Behold, they who have
eyes to see and ears to hear shall watch for these things.
And when you see this doctrine creep stealthily into the
policy of the stewards of the church, then shall you know
that they have forsaken the Lord and His policy. They
shall have no knowledge of the Law of Consecration and
shall teach folly unto all the church. 10. Yea, even they
shall at times and seasons gather in all the faithful and
demand of them all that they possess. And this they shall
declare a faithful saying from the Lord. Yea, they shall
say that all things must be delivered up that all men may
be esteemed equal. Do you see how they shall value a man
because of money? Even in giving up all that he has, that
he might be equal with his brother, equality is defined by
the lack of money. 11. Then the shepherds shall assign
unto the man; and the value of a man shall be the same,
for all shall have nothing; that which they shall esteem
is equal unto his needs. Therefore shall he receive in
houses and cattle and provender and raiment, that which
meets their evaluation of him. This they shall call his
stewardship. And this shall they call having all things in
common, in that each man shall have a common value and it
shall be that value assigned to him by they who have
possession of all that which has money value. Yea, this
shall be the nature of their consecration. 12. But unto
what do they consecrate? Is it unto God or mammon? I say
unto you, they shall consecrate all that they possess unto
they who do the valuing. Yea, they shall bring all their
possessions into the storehouse, not that there might be
meat in the Lord‟s house, but that all men might be
equally evaluated. Then shall they call themselves worthy
and not before. I say unto you that they shall consecrate
their time, talents and all that they might possess unto
money and there shall always be poor among them. They
shall have all common things, but not all things in
common. 75513. And when they have proven unto their
satisfaction that the Lord‟s commandment to live a united
order and have all things in common is impractical, they
shall set even their interpretation aside and abandon it.
Yea, in those days they shall covenant to keep the Law of
Consecration without any knowledge of the law and without
any anxiety about living it. Their stewards, seeing that
the Law of Consecration cannot be evaluated by money,
shall declare that it is not expedient in the Lord that
they even experiment upon it. Yea, they shall put such
words into the Lord‟s mouth. Yet, they shall continue to
require all men to swear with an oath to consecrate their
time, talents and all that they might possess to the
building up of that system that makes impossible the
living of the law. Such shall be their confusion in the
latter days. 14. Wherefore, my children, it is most
expedient that you teach your little ones the true nature
of this great law, for the Lord shall call upon them to
live it. Yea, and it is by this understanding that Zion
may be brought again into this land. And behold, this is
the thing that the Lord shall require of His children in
the last days. Yea, He shall require them to live the Law
of Consecration and not simply promise to live it. 15.
Behold, all they who understand this law hold to the
principle that all things created have their worth, but
that nothing can be truly valued in gold or in silver or
any precious thing. Yea, they shall understand that
intrinsic worth is not the same as value in the eyes of
men. 16. For behold, a plow can be weighed and valued upon
the materials and labor of its construction. Yea, you may
say that the iron has a given weight and that this weight
of iron is the equivalent of so many tums of gold. And the
wood has a given weight and dimension and these things are
also worth so many. And behold, the carpenter and the
smith each put so many hours into the construction of the
implement and this time is valued at such and such.
Wherefore, in fine, the value of the thing may be tallied
up in this manner, but is this the worth of the implement?
17. And with a plow a man or a woman may take of their
time and energy and they may turn up the earth that it
might be readied for the planting. And when that earth is
dunged and planted, and the ear grow up and the vine
ripen, behold, it shall be the salvation of the multitude
from starvation. Now, what is the value of the plow? Can
it be made in tums or in dekels? And I ask you, what is
the value of starvation? 18. And behold, a man may use the
plow for a generation and pass it on unto his son, and his
son unto his son. But if the plow is worth such and such
in money, what shall be its value in money after two
generations of feeding the hungry? Behold, it must be
worth all the value of all the food it produced. And
756this is not all, it must also be given the value of all
that which was produced by all the people who lived
because of the food produced by the plow. Therefore, is
the worth of the plow to be equated with the weight of the
metal or the wood with which it was constructed, or the
time in constructing? 19. Behold, the Lord has placed men
and women to be the stewards of the earth, not the lords
thereof. He has asked us to take good care of her, not to
subdue her and bring her under our dominion. Wherefore,
beware how you make judgment of the earth and all that she
does possess. For behold, she brings no such judgment upon
you who do rely upon her for all that you have. The
blessed earth does give forth unto all in accordance with
her native ability, and this for no apparent gain on her
part. In fact, it is often to her own despite that she
does pour out all that she does possess unto men who
faithlessly use her. 20. How great instruction is this
unto men, that we may observe that which the earth does
for us and apply it even unto that which we do for the
earth and our fellow. And this is the Law of Consecration,
that every man and every woman shall covenant to work to
provide for their own needs, but also put forth all the
effort which lies in their own native ability to provide
again a surplus for the provision of they who are less
fortunate, all the while caring tenderly for the earth.
And behold, this is done not with an eye to profit or to
the counting up of one‟s money and possessions, but with
an eye single to all that good that may be obtained
through unity with one‟s fellows, all my relations. 21.
This makes all things that man might seek to accomplish
with the strength of his might and the sweat of his face,
holy unto the Lord. Then, by using their strength to make
holy all things with which they have to do, men and women
do also begin to sow the seeds of Zion in their own
hearts. Wherefore is Zion called Wahakunheno in the tongue
of our fathers, for it truly is a heavenly place. And the
man who walks in Zion, even he who does walk upon the Way
is called Shihayinhit Paloshami, and the woman who walks
upon the Way is called Pahanhits Palojami, for they truly
walk in a fair land and a fair country. 22. To make a
thing holy is to consecrate it unto the Lord. Now, can the
valuing of a man be transformed into a holy thing? Come,
reason now with me. If a basket of potatoes is valued at
so and so tums, then the man who dug them is worth so many
more. But in this system, is the man anything but so many
tums more than the basket? And if a house is valued at so
many dekels, is the man who built it worth so many more?
Then, is not the man simply so many dekels more than the
house? If man is only tum or dekel, then he can be bought
for so many also. Behold, he unto whom we give authority
to value a man, we give, also, all men to be his slave.
Yea, and when we give way to a system of money, we give
unto that system authority to enslave us all. Now, I say
unto you, and I 757do not trifle with this saying, Zion
cannot and will not be established where there is any form
of slavery. 23. And from this verity comes a saying that
is common in our speech, that man and woman must cast off
the world and forsake it, in order to build Zion in their
hearts. Yea, they must be no slave, but free, that they be
not acted upon only. Does this mean that they shall esteem
themselves to be no one‟s servant? I say unto you, Nay.
For, if they will build Zion in their hearts and establish
her in the land over which they have stewardship, they
shall become the servant of all, all my relations, but the
slave of none. 24. Wherefore, value them not in tums nor
in dekels, but great is the worth of men and women in the
eyes of the Lord. Yea, the worth of a soul exceeds the
value of any basket or house. Wherein the world does value
the basket, the Lord esteems the hands that filled it.
Wherein the world does value the house, the Lord esteems
the hands that built it. Can you perceive the difference?
If you can, then you have it in you to live the Law of
Consecration.
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882 15. And there is one Payran Tsiointsi who is a great
fisher of whales. And he has devised vessels so well built
that two men may go out in them and safely hunt the great
beasts of the sea in safety. Yea, and so great has been
his success that he has been able to bring in much meat
and bone. 16. Now, he could have used this boon to gather
unto himself great wealth, for the bone of the whale is
valued by all for many uses. Yea, he could have retained
to himself all that he did bring in from the sea. But
behold, when he had taken all that he needed for his own
support, he did lay the rest out for the village to take
up as each person saw fit, and the surplus was taken in by
the High Priest for 882distribution to the poor. And he
has also taught unto all this manner in which he does
build his vessels, that all may equally benefit. He too
has set a mighty ensample for us.
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913 And we make an offering unto the Healer which is a
sacred giveaway. Yea, it is in the stewardship of the
Healer to make good use of our offering. 4. And it is the
same offering that the Fisher makes to the community when
he brings in and lays out the product of his labor for all
to take thereof as they have need. And behold, the miller
makes this same offering, as does the weaver and the
potter. Behold, we all make this donation unto our
community. So also does the Healer, but there is a
difficulty that is hard to overcome, in that, the Healer
must often have on hand the medicine needed to make a
healing ceremony. The offering that the Sufferer makes
helps the Healer provide for the fact that we all
different in our bodies and no two suffer alike.
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915 1. And the Healers make their own Society within the
Communities of the Nemenhah. The same do they who
cultivate the corn and all Husbandmen. And the Millers
also make their own Society, and the weavers, the fishers,
the potters, and so forth. Each stewardship, when there is
more than a single steward, do make their own Societies,
and they function in the Lodges and Communities. 2. Now,
the members of the Lodge are unified in purpose, and they
choose a principle which they call their foundation. And
there is usually a stewardship which the Communities have
declared needful and to which men and women apply
themselves. And the members, thus assigned in their
various stewardships, make a Lodge which has it for a
unifying purpose. This same is called the Principle of the
Lodge and a Sacred Bundle is prepared to represent it.
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922 19. And the people do bring of their surplus
offerings, even that which is not taken up by the people,
into the synagogue, and the High Priest has the
stewardship of it. This is because the office of High
Priest of the synagogue, or Peli of the Community, does
often require so much from the individual called to that
stewardship that they cannot labor enough with their own
hands to make a living. Wherefore, the people, seeing
this, do make offering to them, that the servant of all is
not made a beggar because of the stewardship. We call the
offerings of the people a Sacred Giveaway.
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997 Chapter Thirty-Four Give Back to the Earth 1. Shall a
man take up a stewardship but keep all his fruit to
himself? Wherein, then, is the fruit good to eat, if he
give it not unto his children? And how long may he think
to provide for his family if he give nothing back? Behold,
this is Nemenhah, even a people who will take thought in
these matters. 2. Fathers and mothers who shall call
themselves Nemenhah shall concentrate their labor unto the
Lord and their energy shall be a blessing upon their
family. And they shall hold as relations more than their
own, but shall give some of their labor for the provision
of that relation who might raise up a petition unto them.
3. And the Council shall not take from the village that
which their members are not also willing to give. Yea, the
giveaway shall extend to the foundation and from it
equally, that there be no inequity in any thing. 4. This
is the Law of Consecration, that every person does labor
with their might in that calling and stewardship which
their Lord has seen fit to bestow upon them for the relief
and good of their own family and also for the good of the
community. Yea, providing for the needs of their own, but
not esteeming the beggar to be a stranger, but laboring
somewhat more than is expedient for their own only, that
none shall be without. Behold, to give back some is to
make holy all. This is the heart of consecration and only
in this may the Nemenhah claim that they have all things
in common. 5. In everything that the Council takes up in
offering from the people, they shall give back even to the
utmost. For, where the father does labor for the good of
his family, behold, the Council does labor only for the
good of the foundation. And there is no foundation if the
people suffer. 6. And fathers and mothers who fail to
teach their children to succor the beggar and to provide
for the needy, even if only in principle because there are
none to be seen, behold, the same shall be called slothful
in the eyes of the Peacemaker. Behold, let none such be
called after His name, even Nemenhah. For this cause do I
raise up my lamentation, yea, for this cause do I cry unto
the Lord. My people gave not anything back and, therefore,
lost all. Fathers gave thought not of the old ways but
assigned their duty unto others. Mothers learned not the
Healer‟s way but relied upon another, to the ruin of all.
For behold, because the fathers and the mothers relied
upon they whose stewardship was healing, and they saw not
to the duties of that portion which ought to have been
their own, they had nothing to give back when their
children became beggars. 7. Behold, because they gave not
back, there was nothing held in reserve, or rather, there
was no abundance to call upon when extremity required it.
The 997farmer cannot expect to take continually and give
nothing back without the land giving out completely.
Behold, our great nation took what it needed from the
Earth and gave not back. This is our legacy, for we are
not.
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1010 33. And they have all things in common, but they
esteem not riches. Wherefore, there are no beggars among
the Remnant. But behold, they long since ceased all
contention concerning the foundation, for they walk with
me and they talk with me. Wherefore, wherein might
contention arise? And because they walk with me and talk
with me, there is not one that standeth above another in
rank, or file, or authority. Behold, the Remnant doth
choose Councils for governance and for policy, but there
is none among them that riseth up above another. 34. And
here is another sign unto thee, that the times of which I
speak hath surely come; behold, the Remnant shall
consecrate their time, talents, and their surplus unto me,
yea, and they shall make their hands and feet holy. But
this doth not mean that they take all that they have and
surrender it up to some steward. Nay, but they are the
stewards and need not such regulation. And behold, this is
the right way. 35. And many in that day contesteth,
saying: 101036. Behold! They follow not this Order or that
Order, wherefore, they cannot be the people of the Lord.
But I say unto thee, they who say such things need only
look to my own record and study my teachings and they
shall see things differently. For, when I was on the Mount
and taught many people, behold the day extended and they
did hunger and thirst. And I asked of my disciples what
there was to eat, and there were some loaves and but a few
fishes. And when I did begin to break bread, behold all
the people come forth with the little that they had with
them and we did break together. And when we had all thus
supped of the surplus, there was yet a surplus, and this
was deemed a miracle, for so it was! 37. But come, let us
reason together. Did I ask of the people to bring all that
they had with them and add it with our own? I did not. Did
they give up their oxen and their asses? Did they render
unto me, or to some steward, their houses and their goods?
Nay! But they stepped forward with that surplus which they
had with them and together all our bellies were filled.
Behold, let this be a sign unto thee that the times of
which I speak have surely come at last, and that I am at
work bringing about the restoration of all things.
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1051 Receiving the Stewardship 39. Every Nemenhah Man or
Woman makes a sacred covenant to uphold the foundation and
to sustain and support the Community. Behold, their name
is added to the Long Count of the Community in which they
reside. Through this covenant, each person commits to
labor with their might in some useful stewardship to
provide for the needs of their family, and also to create
a surplus which they freely give unto the needy. It is
because of the surplus that there are no poor among the
Nemenhah. 40. Behold, the stewardship is given by
ceremony, and this is the manner of it: 41. The recipient
is seated in the Council Lodge of the Community, or in the
well of the High Place Lodge where the Community has no
Council Lodge. And when the recipient of the stewardship
is seated, the Community Council take their usual places
in the circle. 105142. And the Peli makes a Bundle Opening
Ceremony and shares Sacred Smoke. Then the Peli introduces
the recipient by name and recounts the recipient‟s virtues
to the Council. And, if the recipient has a preference as
to which stewardship best suits, it is spoken by the Peli
at this time. Nevertheless, there is not always a need for
the stewardship most preferred, but the preference is
spoken. 43. And when the Peli has made an end of speaking,
the Council reviews the stewardships that are needed in
the Community and discusses them with the recipient. When
a stewardship that is suitable and agreeable is seized
upon, it is described in great detail, and nothing is left
out. 44. And when all is understood about the stewardship,
the Peli does lay hands upon the recipient, along with any
from among the Council whom the recipient might choose to
assist in the ordinance, and the recipient‟s name is
clearly pronounced. Then the stewardship is pronounced
also, and a blessing is spoken which binds the recipient
to the stewardship. When this has been accomplished, the
Peli speaks such words in blessing as the Spirit directs,
and the ceremony is closed in the name of the Peacemaker.
Then the Peli once again shares Sacred Smoke and the
Bundle is closed.
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1059 13. Know this, all you Jews and Gentiles who shall
read our writings! The Lord shall command you to take all
your lands, and all your property, your goods and your
chattel, and lay it down before His servants. And you
shall be invited to receive of them an inheritance meet
for the maintenance of your families. But you will not see
that the Lord never asks such things of they who will
recognize that all things are already His and consecrate
all things unto Him. Nay! He never commands the same of
such, for they have already done it! 14. Because the
Gentile thinks that he can own this thing or that, he is
ruled by the law of man and, therefore, he must be
commanded to lay all things down. This is the Babylon in
his heart. It were better if he could depart out of this
Babylon and flee unto Zion, even that true Zion which does
away with such things. Yea, if he could put away the
desire to own the Earth, and all the things in Her, and
declare that he cannot own such things, for to desire it
would be to rob God of that which is His own footstool,
then shall the Lord, who is the Master of all, give unto
him of the abundance of the Earth without commandment and
without law. 15. I have seen how the Gentile would not
accept the manner of consecration which the Lord shall
first give unto him through the prophet whom He shall
raise up out of his midst. For the Gentile cannot think of
stewardship without property. And the Lord will yet offer
him a second path which could still serve well the
purpose. Yea, He shall command the Gentile who would be
grafted into the vine, that he shall lay down all and
sacrifice all, and he shall receive back a secure
inheritance. Then by principle and by precept, the Lord
will have tutored him in consecration, that his children
might not learn the ways of his fathers. But even this
shall the Gentiles corrupt, yea, and many shall shake the
heel at it with distain. Shall any such be saved in the
last day? 16. And beginning in the very generation wherein
the Lord shall raise up a Peculiar Prophet unto the
Gentiles in this land, to prepare the way for His
1059peculiar work, there shall be wars that shall flood
this land with blood. Yea, brother shall be arrayed
against brother and father against son. They shall not
spare each the other, and from that day on there shall be
such a study of war and of bloodshed as has never been
known by mankind. Yea, the very study of the nations shall
be of war and of bloodshed and they shall cover the Earth
with desolation. And the end thereof shall surely wreak
havoc upon the Earth, even to the consuming up of Her
abundance. All this has been foretold by the Peacemaker
Himself, and none can do ought to stop the progress of
this prophecy, except, that is to say, none who will not
set Babylon aside and flee unto Zion. For who shall the
Lord preserve in the last days? He shall preserve His own
in that day, and none other. 17. And I have walked upon
the WAY, and I have seen your day. And I have heard you
ask your wise men, �How shall we live, that we might
inherit eternal life?� Behold, the Lord has already opened
up these mysteries before your eyes! Why ask you yet of
your wise men questions which your God has already
answered? Has He not taught you of the blessing and the
curse which He has placed upon this land? Nay, do not deny
it! 18. �I, even He who is God, am under stricture when
they who are mine do as I command them. But when they will
not do as I command them, there is no stricture.� Are
these not familiar words? Is this not your Lord informing
you of a strange and wonderful thing that does exist in
the Universe which He has created for you? Behold, if you
are His, and you follow His word and will, He is bound by
that same word and will. It is only His will that His
children should enjoy eternal life. That is the stricture!
You cannot but obtain that which you desire, if you do as
He commands you. 19. But if you will not do as He commands
you, then you shall have need of your wise men all the day
and every day. But they shall have no consolation for you.
For, if you do not the word and will of the Lord, He is
not bound by it either. You shall not obtain anything from
the Lord. 20. Now behold, when the Lord shall bid the
Gentile lay down all his property at the feet of His
stewards, whom He shall have called up to this purpose,
and the Gentile does lay down his property, he did it in
obedience to the word and will of the Lord. Why then was
he driven from city to city? Behold, I have seen it, and
so it shall be! I say unto you, It is because in laying
down his property he failed to lay also down his desire
for property. 21. And when the Lord commanded the Jew and
Gentile to think more of their neighbor and of the needy
than of themselves, and they sacrificed all that they had
so that the storehouse might not be empty, why were they
scattered? Behold, 1060I have walked upon the WAY and seen
your day! I say unto you, It is because they laid not down
the desire to get gain, but held it close within their
hearts. 22. And shall such call themselves purified before
the Lord? Shall such call themselves the elect of God?
Shall the same think themselves justified and can they
think to ask a boon from the Lord their God? I say unto
you, Nay! Then, if they may not even ask a trifling boon
from their Lord, can they hope to obtain eternal life,
which is the greatest gift of all? 23. Behold, Zion shall
not be established in truth until the People of the Lord
comprehend that the property is not that which is
consecrated. The Lord owns it already! Do you think that
because you say that you sacrifice a thing unto the Lord,
that the thing ceased somehow to be His in the beginning?
Or can you give Him something which is not yours to give?
24. But this shall be called consecration in the last days
and men shall justify themselves because of it. Here is my
land, Lord. I give it to you freely, wherefore, give me
eternal life. Here is my cattle, Father. I sacrifice it up
unto you, wherefore, sit me down on your right side. Here
is my gold and my tin. Behold, I surrender it to your
steward, Abba, wherefore, give me a mansion. Here is my
fine clothing and my adornments, my gorgets and my
pendants. I offer them up unto you, Savior, wherefore,
redeem me as you have promised. 25. But in their hearts
they still lust after the land, the cattle, the gold and
the tin. The adornments and the gorgets are still that
which they value. Behold, how they give up their
belongings, but their righteousness they still enumerate
in money and in possessions. This is the thing that
corrupts their offering, for it is not they who consecrate
a thing and thereby make it holy. They may only make holy
that which is theirs, wherefore, their walk and their talk
they may consecrate of themselves. All else requires the
Lord to make it holy. If they consecrate the possession
but not their own hearts, it is folly. 26. For the Lord
can make a thing holy, but because of His word and His
will, by which He is bound, we are given freedom to decide
our own path, whether we will follow our Lord in righteous
paths, or whether we will trust rather to our own
understanding and the strength of the arm of flesh.
Whereas, the Lord may make the potter‟s field a place of
holiness, and thereby consecrate the thing, only the
potter may covenant to be the servant of the Lord. 27.
Behold, the Gentile believes that he may make himself holy
by giving up his belongings, but his intention, yea, even
the intent of his heart he keeps hidden. This is the great
transgression which I have seen while I walked upon the
WAY, and because of it, there shall be but few of the
Gentile race who shall be justified in the last day. For
the whole world shall be as Sodom and Gomorrah, and only
1061they who flee out of Babylon and unto Zion shall be
found spotless before the Lord. 28. Behold the Nemenhah,
oh Jew and Gentile! There is nothing with which we are
blessed that we may claim is our own possession. This is
an understanding that, once obtained, liberates the mind
and the heart. Obtaining the whole world and all its
riches gains us nothing if the beggar may put up his
petition in vain. And we have claim upon the storehouse of
the Lord only because we labor with all our might for the
good of our neighbor. This is consecration, whereby the
Lord does make holy the things, and whereby the people
make holy the Children of the Lord.
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1066 2. Now, every Nemenhah man or woman, when they have
been welcomed into the Council as adults, takes up a
stewardship from among those things that the Council deems
the community needs. Yea, they chose a stewardship when
they come of age. And some people remain in that
stewardship all their lives, but yet others change in
their stewardship from time to time.
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1078 7. Now, a person obtains from the Steward of the
Storehouse that portion out of that which is produced by
the Community which is appropriate for their wants, but
this is not all. Each individual may also give according
to the guidance they receive from the Spirit also, and
none seek to restrain or control them.
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page 40 8. If 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.
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95 3. Both the men and the women, as also the children,
labor to earn sufficient to the support of the whole
family. Yea, the support of the family is not the sole
duty of the men, but all give what labor they are able.
And each person does something extra in order to produce
an increase over that which is sufficient for the family
living. This they gave unto the needy. Because of this
practice, there were never any poor among them, and also
no hunger, and no suffering for want of the necessities.
4. But this is not all. Behold, because every person in
the village strove with their might to make some little
gain so that there was always something in the house to
give to the needy, their labors and goods and property did
not cause the People of Ammon to become puffed up in pride
as the Nephites. 5. Now, the people did labor to produce
all the necessities of life in each village. Wherefore,
when fish was wanted, the fishers of the village all went
fishing. And when they were done, they brought them into
the village and all the people gathered in the fish to
clean it and dry it and pound it. 6. Likewise, when the
potters had fired their works, all the village came and
took them up according to their wants, and so forth, the
wool of the flocks, the fruit of the vine and the grain of
the field. All the people labored diligently each day and
the fruits of their labors, which surpassed their own
needs, were considered the gain of the village and all
things were had in common. 7. Now behold, each family
labored diligently as the Lord gave them stewardship and
they did take joy in their sufficiency. But also they
labored to produce an increase that they might always have
that which must be passed on to others. And this they all
did freely of their own will, for in this they consider
that they did give honor to their God for the stewardship
He had given them and for the sufficiency with which He
did bless them. 8. And the families met often together to
take counsel one with another in order to decide what must
be done.
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136 7. Yea, and likewise did we, the people of Corianton,
find that the Great Plains proved a bulwark between us and
the Gadiantonhem. And we were preserved for many years
from their encroachment. And we did trade with the
Nemenhah by routes which we did cunningly devise and which
we guarded diligently. 8. But, notwithstanding our
efforts, we knew that it might become increasingly
difficult to maintain close contact with our brethren in
the west. Wherefore, it seemed wise to me to provide
entirely for ourselves and to maintain our self-
sufficiency even while we worked to maintain trade with
the Nemenhah in the mountains. Wherefore, in all that we
could, we sought to produce our own goods and to serve
each other in our villages and in our cities. 9. For, I
did distrust any system that might bring the people of
Corianton into any kind of bondage. For it is upon such
things that the Gadiantonhem build their power. Wherefore,
if we had the capacity to grow a kind of food that we
favored, we strove to grow it in our own country. And if
we had the capacity to make cloth of our own, we made
cloth. And we built our homes out of materials close to
home. And we raised our own cattle and horses, and the
like. 13610. And when we had a surplus, we did trade with
our brethren in the west. But we did not depend on them,
nor did we try to develop a dependence on their part upon
the things we did produce. In this way we did all work to
maintain the peace and freedom of our land and of our
society.
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265 Revelation Given upon the Way to Cloudpiler The Law of
Consecration 1. Behold, when you covenant to keep the Law
of Consecration, you covenant to trust in the Lord in all
things, and to lean not upon your own understanding. For,
the laws and dictates of men center on property. But I say
unto you, man has no property, for the world is My
footstool. Wherefore, how may anyone claim it unless they
claim Me? And if I know not the claimant, how then may he
lay claim to that which does not belong to him? Verily, he
bears false witness and I will spew him out. 2. Wherefore,
think not of your possessions as your own property. I give
My substance unto you to prove you, whether you will be a
good steward of My property. The good steward shall gain
more than this world can produce in the kingdom of My
Father. Wherefore, if you desire riches, remember that
they are Mine and I give them to that steward who will do
My bidding continually. Accordingly, if you are the good
steward and desire riches, you will desire them only
because they allow you to perform those things which I
will command of you. Yea, you will seek riches for My
purposes and not your own. 3. Verily I say unto you, the
Law of Consecration is simply that you will accept from Me
the call to be My steward and you will use the blessings I
give you willingly and prudently for your own maintenance.
And that which you do not require for your maintenance,
you will freely give to those of My children 265who have
need. Yea, you shall give of your excess to the poor, to
the halt, to the sick, to the needy. You shall visit the
widow in her loneliness and you shall expeditiously judge
the needs of the fatherless and be as a father or mother
unto them. 4. And this you shall do freely, with joy in
your heart, not being commanded to it and not grudgingly.
For he who does begrudge the needy, robs Me. Yea, he who
retains his increase and gives it not to he who has not
enough, steals the fruit of My vineyard and shall be
judged. I will not approve of his works and, in the great
and dreadful day, all those who needed My substance of
him, and he would not, shall stand up against him with
hard things and I will not justify him. 5. Then must that
one stand alone in the pride of his heart before My
Father. Let him then rely upon his property. Verily, he
shall stand naked before the judgment seat and there will
be none to call him friend. And he shall be in complete
conscience of his guilt and his unworthiness. Yea, in his
nakedness before the Father, all will be known and there
shall be none to say: Yes, Father, he has sinned and is
unworthy. But he is my friend and I have paid the price
for him because he believed. Wherefore, let him enter for
my sake. 6. Let him cry his case alone. Let him make his
claim against the poor and the needy. Yea, let him
contrive to convince the Father, as he convinced himself
in his pride, that the poor and the needy are beggars and
have brought upon themselves their condition by their own
folly. Let him suggest that the widow had no right upon
his property. Let him profess that the fatherless had no
claim upon him. Woe unto such a one. 7. I say unto you, he
shall make no such profanation before the great God of
Heaven, but will shut his mouth. And there shall be
weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. For this one
covenanted to keep the Law of Consecration and then
desecrated the footstool of the Creator and ground the
face of the poor. Wherefore, be a good steward all you who
would take upon you this covenant. If not, it were better
that you never knew of Me. 8. Let man labor with the sweat
of his brow to earn his keep. For, the laborer is worthy
of his hire and I begrudge no one My substance. For, are
you not all needy before Me? Then how shall I not provide
for you from My substance? But let him labor honestly
before My face and I will prosper him. And if he be needy
indeed, then let My saints not begrudge him My substance
in My name. 9. Let all who have surplus give it to those
who have not enough for their maintenance first. Then,
when all the needy are cared for out of the purity and
singleness of the hearts of their neighbors, let the
surplus be used to create opportunity for the needy to
overcome their difficulties. This is usury of which I
266am well pleased. And every person who would use My
substance to make property, let it be done with this
singleness in mind. 10. Behold, this is not the Law of the
Tithe. For it is still mete in My sight that My church
should have sufficient for its needs also. Wherefore, let
part of the surplus go toward building up My church. But,
the greater part ought to be in the hands of My stewards
to distribute according as the Spirit will dictate. Let
all who would be My servants take up this stewardship. 11.
Therefore shall My church grow and the needy shall not
want. Behold, my saints shall have all things in common
and there shall be no poor among them. Yea, no child shall
ever know want, or hunger, or thirst, or cold, and there
shall never be heard in heaven the cry of the widow. 12.
For, it is a great shame unto me that so many in this day
do take upon them the Law of Consecration by covenant, and
yet the cry of the needy doth rise up continually from My
saints. How can this be? How can so many claim themselves
worthy to enter into My Holy House when so much is amiss
in their own? And how can so many think themselves
justified in heaping unto themselves riches, in the face
of such need? 13. Yea, the children cry unto Me and their
bellies are empty. And the lame cry unto Me, and the sick.
And there is no end of distinction between they who have
and they who have not. Wherefore, can you show unto Me any
of My Wards and Stakes wherein there are none who stand up
before the body of my saints and extol their own virtues
because their Lord has so blessed them, but who refuse to
provide their surplus to the poor and who withhold to
themselves and for the sake of their own future the bounty
that I give unto them? I say there are none to be found in
all My church. Verily, all tables are filled with vomit.
14. How has My word been altered? How has the pulpit of My
church become a Rameumptum? It is because My shepherds
have not taught the Law of Consecration. My little ones
have been raised up with a love of money and a worship of
property. My saints sit and listen to My shepherds and
follow their teachings. Why should they not? Yet, man‟s
law of property has taken root in the hearts of men and it
overshadows their souls. 15. Else find Me the man who
takes no thought in the morrow, even as I taught My
servants. Is there such a one in Zion who does not bring
down upon him the hailstorm of railing from his neighbors?
And what man among you who has labored all his life to
provide for his family, but provided not against his old
age, does not reap a whirlwind of scorn from all around
him? What young man in My church does not labor to gain
the world? And who among you does not wish for more,
though he has sufficient for his needs? 26716. Behold, let
him whose eyes are opened see and understand. My whole
church stands upon the brink of a precipice because of the
teachings of My shepherds. Verily, the times come that
will test the strength of My people. In that day, if they
have set their hearts upon their property, they shall be
bitterly disappointed. And let all they who have laid up
store of money and not of righteousness, take of that
money and buy pottage with it. Behold, I say unto you, all
their money will buy but one measure of meal and a little
oil, and they shall make up one last cake to eat before
they perish. And if they have not laid up stores of
righteousness, who shall be their prophet to extend the
meal and the oil until the famine end? 17. But they who
keep the Law of Consecration shall have sufficient for
their needs and a surplus still, even in the day of wrath.
Then shall the pure in heart prosper, though property they
have none.
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303 4. And your experiences shall be an ensample unto them
insomuch that they will have much which they might use in
experimenting upon the words of Christ that they cannot
find in their own time and in their own customs.
Therefore, see to it that much is written unto them about
the Law of Consecration as you do live it, for the manner
in which the Nemenhah do live this great law is approved
of the Lord. 5. But behold, looking forward into your
generations, communities will be formed without regard to
the welfare of its members. Each person shall think to own
their property and any who do not must become the tenant
of one who does. And also each person who has substance
and uses it to produce or manufacture 303more substance,
shall employ those who have not to do their bidding, and
shall pay them what they think such labor is worth. But
they shall not impart unto they who have less than they
need from out of their great store, but will enslave them
because of their lack of substance, and through their need
to make a living. 6. Yea, as difficult as it may seem for
any who now lives among the Nemenhah, a time will come in
this fair place when the poor shall be in bondage to the
rich for their very subsistence, and the rich will feel
perfectly justified in such a state of affairs, yea, and
even extol the virtues of such a system. 7. Do not be
confused. Their wise men shall stand up and teach them and
instruct them in the importance of rising above such
bondage, and they will suggest many means by which they
may do it. But none of their suggestions will have any
resemblance to the manner in which the Nemenhah do live
the Law of Consecration. 8. For, they shall teach the poor
that they must wear out their lives in serving they who
have more than themselves and, setting aside their surplus
each year, they will eventually rise out of their poverty
and bondage and be free to enter in among the ranks of the
rich and have what they have. This they will present as a
means by which they may arise out of their state of want
and have what they need for more than mere subsistence. 9.
Hearken to my words, ye Nemenhah. For the day comes when
even the Shepherds of Israel shall teach this for doctrine
from raised platforms before the face of the people. Yea,
even they who lay claim to the keys of the priesthood of
God shall stand up and teach this false doctrine in the
hearing of all people as a means, and really the only
means, whereby a poor man may rise out of his poverty.
Yea, in this way the very leaders of the people shall
teach and support the doctrine that brought upon the
Nephites their great destruction. 10. And what, I ask you,
marks the great difference between the people of the Land
Southward today and their grandfathers before the coming
of the Lord? It is the manner in which they observe to
keep His commandments. And do they own each man his
property and withhold it from those who are in need? I say
unto you, They do not. But they do give freely one to
another and there is no want or poverty found in their
midst. 11. Look you to the manner in which the Nemenhah do
conduct their business today. When the fishers go out on
the great lake to catch fish, do they retain all the catch
and sell it for money? They do not, but take unto
themselves what they need or desire for the use of their
own family and bring the surplus into the marketplace and
the people take of the catch freely. 30412. And when the
potter makes his wares, does he retain all in order that
he might sell it and take the spoil thereof? He does not.
He takes for his own needs and the needs of his family.
The remainder he brings into the marketplace and the
people take of it according to their needs. And, if it so
be that one potter cannot produce enough for all to have
pots, then he does train up another to work with him. And
in this way are the needs of all the community provided
for. 13. Now, when one region contains a product that
cannot be had in another, the communities in that area do
produce the product for they who cannot, and they exchange
that product for something they cannot produce. In this
way do the communities of the Nemenhah sustain and support
each other in the same manner in which individuals sustain
and support their neighbors. 14. And behold, I look
forward in your generations and I see men and women
joining their substance together in order to purchase
property and gain the ownership of the land, and all it
produces, unto themselves. For, such is the state and
degree of Babylon in their days. But I see great hardship
in this system. For, they do begin to dispute the
worthiness of their neighbors to live in such a system and
to enjoy the community ownership. 15. The earth is the
Lord‟s. Yea, it is His footstool. Can you or I own any of
it? Can the people of Mentinah, this great city, own the
land and all the blessings the Lord does proffer because
of it? I say unto you, Nay. In all this we may become
stewards only of that which is rightfully the Lord‟s
property. As stewards, we have a responsibility to provide
for the needs of as many of our neighbors as our
stewardship will support, in addition to our own needs.
This is our surplus, and our great blessing of the Lord.
We labor according to our strength and our ability to
provide for ourselves. And we also labor for more that we
might have wherewith to share with our neighbors who might
need. This surplus is also the gift of God and part of our
stewardship. In this, we take good advantage of all
wherewith the Lord does prosper us, not wishing to
dishonor the Lord in His great desire to provide for all
that we need. 16. And this great desire to prosper us in
all things is reflected even in the ordinances of the High
Place. For, the Lord does ask us all to receive the Law of
Consecration by covenant. And what is this law? It is that
each of you covenant to dedicate all with which the Lord
has blessed you, all with which He does now bless you, and
even all with which He has promised that He will yet bless
you, to the building up of Zion. 17. Does this mean that
we must wear out our lives in laboring to build our homes,
our workshops and our orchards and our fields and our
flocks, only to give them into the hands of another? It
does not. The Lord asks us to dedicate our substance, even
all that wherewith He has prospered us. Yea, and He asks
us 305to take up the task of being the steward of all
these things. And, if we have the Spirit of God in us,
then we will be instructed of the Holy Ghost in the proper
way in which to dispense the blessings we have received of
the Lord. 18. I say we, assuming myself to be Nemenhah,
for I do also so labor, and I do dedicate the product of
my labor in the same manner in which the Nemenhah do.
Wherefore, I feel part of a great community of Saints who
do shoulder each other‟s burden and lift up the hands that
hang down. And I have been blessed that I shall not have
need of much of that which you need to sustain your lives.
Even so, I do labor with my might to produce a surplus, in
order that someone less fortunate than I may receive a
blessing from the Lord at my hands. Wherefore, if I, who
have little need of provender, for I have been blessed and
relieved of such need, do work to provide for the support
of my fellow man, and I do esteem such labor worthy and
expect to receive a blessing by it, how much the more
ought you to do the same who have greater need of such
blessings than I? 19. And behold, it is easy for you to
look about you and see the blessings that come of such a
system, for you live it in its fullness. But behold, I say
unto you, There shall come a time when your own
descendents shall not know how to live this law. Yea, they
shall be convinced that they must covenant to keep it, but
they shall neither have any understanding of it, nor shall
they have much opportunity to live it. They shall pay but
a meager portion of their surplus to the church for its
upkeep and shall be taught to neglect the greater law. In
that generation there shall be a dearth of the light of
truth and knowledge that ought to prevail and the people
shall languish in a form of darkness not of their making
and of a character and kind they shall find themselves
almost powerless to either recognize or overcome. 20. Yea,
and I declare unto you that there shall be some few who
feel moved upon to attempt to live the higher law. They
shall be persecuted and cast out from among the people.
Yea, you may believe it! 21. Wherefore, write in a book
all the ways in which you do observe to keep the Law of
Consecration in your towns and in your villages. For there
will be many unto whom the light of restoration does begin
to shine in the last days who shall look unto you for an
ensign in this matter. 22. Yea, and there shall be some
particularly from among the descendents of Hagoth who,
reading these records, shall make an attempt to live this
law in its fullness after the very manner which you do
observe to live it. And their efforts shall bring about
Zion in every place wherein they do congregate. 23. Yea, I
prophesy unto you that your descendents shall awaken to
the truth of the covenants they make in Holy Places and
they shall gather in many places and form communities that
shall set aside the teachings of the world. They shall
306come out of Babylon and shall turn the desecrated land
of their forefathers into a beautiful garden with every
delightsome herb. 24. Their husbandmen shall work for the
good of their potters. And their potters shall work for
the good of their fishers. And the fishers shall work for
the good of their weavers. And their weavers shall work
for the good of them among them who work in timber and in
stone. And they all shall work for the good of the widow
and the fatherless. All this shall they do in a time when
such things shall bring upon them the wrath of the
shepherds of the church and the onus of their neighbors.
Wherefore, their consecration shall be consecration
indeed, and they shall do it at their peril. 25.
Nevertheless, though they lose much of what the world
esteems as valuable, they shall be added upon in virtue,
in righteousness, in blessing and prosperity, and in the
gifts of the Spirit. They shall be blessed and prospered
when their neighbors shall fall by the wayside for want of
bread. And even they shall take up their burdens and bring
in among them they who ridiculed them and persecuted them
for their strange belief. 26. Nay! Do not wonder! For in
the day that the Lord shall move upon the hearts of your
descendents to begin again that restoration which He shall
have commenced among the Gentiles, which restoration shall
have faltered because of the unbelief of the Gentiles, the
understanding of the consecration shall have been so
corrupted as to fit itself neatly into the doctrines and
the teachings of men. Wherefore, when your descendents do
make an attempt to restore the things which you now enjoy,
they shall be esteemed as evildoers and shall be driven
from the halls of the church. 27. And even they shall be
prevented from going up into the Lord‟s Holy House because
they think to receive a revelation from God concerning the
covenants of that sacred place, but it shall be contrary
to the teaching of the shepherds of their day. How strange
this must sound to you, but I say unto you, Such shall be
the trials of the righteous in the last days. 28. How
wondrous and strange it is that they who would truly labor
to live completely the Law of Consecration shall be they
upon whom fall the condemnation of they who claim the
oracles of God. Woe unto the shepherds of Zion in that
day. For, the persecution of the Saints shall not be
covered nor erased because that they do it in the capacity
of apostles and prophets. 29. Believe me when I tell you
that they shall have the Law of the Tithe in that day, but
the more part of the people shall shun the Law of
Consecration. How absurd this must sound, and how far from
sound reason, I must admit. Nevertheless, thus shall be
the state of affairs in the church in the day that the
Lord moves upon the hearts of the remnant of your
descendents left in the land. 30730. And behold! Because
of this Law of the Tithe, which shall be the concentration
of the people, the Lord shall fully tithe His people Zion.
Yea, one in ten shall abide the day, but they that are
left shall be those who shall have exercised to live the
Law of Consecration. Behold, all others shall consider
themselves the servants of the Lord, but He shall turn His
face from them for a season and shall give the kingdom up
unto the administration of them who shall have been driven
and persecuted for their integrity in following His
counsel above the counsels of the world. 31. Now, the
things I say unto you concerning the Law of Consecration
should in no wise dissuade you from offering a tithe of
your surplus to the church for its support. For, the Law
of the Tithe is an ancient law and is also ordained of
God. But it is not the Law of Consecration, whereby the
Lord has ordained that His people should bare each other‟s
burdens, but it is a law by which they who have the church
but no communities do sustain and uphold the body of
Christ and His work. But where Zion is established among
the children of men, the Law of Consecration shall also be
established such that there shall be no need for the Law
of the Tithe to support the church. 32. Know this, oh
House of Israel! When the Law of the Tithe shall be
esteemed greater and more praiseworthy than the removal of
Zion from the bondage of Babylon, it shall be a sign unto
you that all is not well. But, in that day, men shall cry,
�Peace and Safety! Peace and Safety!� Then speedily shall
come the destruction of all they esteem, and all that
shall remain to them shall be the books out of which the
Remnant of the Lord‟s House shall teach. Let them repent
then of the sin they shall have committed against the
gospel and be grafted into Zion and numbered among the
remnant left in the land.
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313 2. Now, I do take seriously the words of Timothy.
Wherefore I felt to add unto this record a more clear
vision of the manner in which the Nemenhah do live the Law
of Consecration. Behold, this is the manner of it: 3. Each
family maintains a plot of ground within the city of
Mentinah itself. And when a young man and woman engage
themselves to each other to be married, the Community
Council meets to appoint a place for them. In this we
strictly follow the ways and customs of the Ammonihah as
laid down in the writings of the prophet Shi-Tugohah.
3134. On this ground the family of the bride and groom,
but more usually the brothers of the groom, labor together
to build a house sufficient to meet the needs of the
family. Now, this is not always so. For, sometimes the
groom has few or no brothers, and in this case the family
of the bride, and even the whole community, steps in to
build the house. But there has never been an instance
where a new bride and groom have had to begin their lives
together in a homeless state. 5. Around about this house,
the family sows those plants that are useful for food and
which may be grown in sufficient quantity in this manner.
Each family is careful to grow more food than is needed by
them alone so that there is a surplus of food from their
garden. Now, because each family does this, there is
always an overabundance of such fresh food in the season
thereof, as also of that amount of foodstuffs as may be
safely preserved against the day of cold. 6. Each family
also labors in some industry which can be done at home.
Some put up garden foods to be used by the community in
the day of cold. Others prepare dyes and colors from the
same produce. Still others labor to provide seeds for
subsequent seasons. Yet others prepare many items of
common use from the fibers of the plants. Many concentrate
their efforts in producing those plants that are
especially needed because they provide medicine for the
removal of the causes of disease. 7. But this is not all.
Many families maintain workshops where goods of common use
of all kinds are manufactured. These goods range in kind
from the smallest and most inconsequential to the largest
tools used by the smiths and mechanics. All these goods
are consumables used commonly either directly by the
families or by those engaged in larger industries. All of
our tools are produced by families in the communities. 8.
All of these things are produced by the members of the
family, both young and old, depending upon their age and
their capacity. And behold, they are not produced for the
purpose of getting gain, but are exchanged for goods
produced by other families. As there is always a surplus,
it is brought to the storehouse and distributed liberally
and without constrain unto all those who may need such
things. 9. Now, there are many kinds of foods the growing
of which is not suited for the small family holding. These
things are produced on large tracts of land which do
surround the city. Such things as grains of all kinds,
cattle, and those plants we use for fibers for the making
of cloth, especially linens, are grown outside the city.
And behold, all the people go out in turns to work that
crop which must be worked, or to labor in caring for
livestock. All these things are brought into the city in
the time of its harvest and are distributed liberally unto
all that might have 314need of them. The surplus is held
in storage and is used in trade with other cities and is
exchanged for such things as may not be produced here. The
surplus goods are traded equally for goods brought in the
caravans from other cities of the Nemenhah, as well as
other peoples with whom the city of Mentinah does hold
commerce. In this way, we maintain a constant state of
association with all the Nemenhah in all parts of the
land, as well as with our brethren in the Land Southward,
and with other places in the world. 10. The Nemenhah of
Mentinah understand that many people in many places do
consider themselves the owners of the land upon which they
sojourn, and behold, that is their right, for we would not
constrain any person to believe as we do. But, the
Nemenhah do not consider themselves the owners of the
land, but rather, we are stewards of the Lord‟s footstool.
This has been our way since the inception of our city,
yea, even since the first of our people left the
settlements of Hagoth and resorted into our place of
fastness. And it pleases me to say that, for the most
part, all of the Nemenhah both of the mountains and of the
plains, as well as the Nemenhah of Corianton, do so
consider themselves. 11. For, how may a man think to own
the earth? How may he possess that which is the Lord‟s?
Will a man rob God? It is not to be considered.
Nevertheless, we know that many peoples of the earth have
different ideas than ours and we seek to constrain no one
in their thought. 12. But behold, all men and women of the
Nemenhah are made equal stewards of the land and no person
may dictate to another the stewardship of another. When a
family is appointed to steward a holding, their neighbors
leave them to it and do not seek to manage what is not
their stewardship. If a family neglects their stewardship,
the matter is taken up by the Community Council, but no
individual ever takes such things upon themselves. But,
whereas every family labors diligently for their own
support and for the surplus that is to be given unto
others, there have been no such cases of neglect, except
where there has been incapacity.
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321 3. Now, from time to time, a traveler comes into our
city, or into one of the cities round about, requesting
that they be allowed to enter into the law with us and
become part of our community. And this is the way that we
do admit them into fellowship with us: 4. Behold, we do
examine them as to their understanding of our ways and our
customs and if they do know much about us and are willing
to be one with us, we do welcome them in and assign space
for them. If they know little about us, we do ask them to
stay in one of the hostels that are provided for those who
come to visit the Temple and we do take much time and care
with them to be very sure that they know us and our ways
before they make any commitment as to how they will live.
When we are satisfied that they know us and our ways
sufficiently to know whether they can live as we live or
not, we do welcome them in and assign a place for them. 5.
Now, the place that is assigned for them depends largely
upon that function they wish to fill as members of our
communities. For behold, if the man or woman wishes to be
artisans in baskets, it is not good that they build a home
close up unto the mountain because of that they will have
need of much travel to and from their home in order to
gather and prepare the reeds. Therefore, it would be
better for them to build their home close unto the lake
where the reeds are plentiful. And this is an ensample of
the thought that is taken for each family holding within
our cities. 6. And when the family has been assigned their
place within our community, they are taken to the Temple
and an ordinance of adoption is performed for them in the
sight of the community. And this is the manner of the
ordinance: 7. The individual is taken by the right hand in
the right hand of the Peli who performs the ceremony. And
they raise their hands together in the sight of the
people. And the Peli proclaims the person‟s name in a loud
voice and also that the person is now kin of our kin and
flesh of our flesh, for we are all relations. After they
have done this, the two of them go down into the font and
the person is baptized as a token of the covenant of the
making of family. When the person comes up out of the
font, all the people embrace. 8. And when the person is
thus introduced into the family of the Nemenhah, the
people whose homes are nearby to the place which has been
assigned come together to assist the new member of the
family to build a home. And this is done in the same
manner as when a young man and woman are first married.
Yea, we all join together in building a new home and a new
holding for the new member 321of the Nemenhah. And, when
the home is completed, all the people come to celebrate it
and they bring gifts from their own homes to help the new
one settle in. 9. Now, sometimes a new person comes into
our communities who has much substance and this was once
the subject of some debate in the councils. It was
believed by some that such a one ought to give all that
they have into the storehouse and then receive back again
sufficient for their needs. But I disagreed with this
practice, for, on the one part, it judges the person
harshly and, on the other, it necessitates the placing of
one person as steward over property that once belonged to
another. 10. On the one hand, who may stand in judgment of
the worthiness of another? Who can say that the substance
brought in by another is filthy lucre? Is it not part of
the stewardship that the Lord has given? How then can we
judge such a thing? And if the gain of another was won by
hard labor, is it right to take that substance from them?
11. On the other hand, to assign a steward over the
storehouse is the usual custom among our people to care
for the increase that is offered freely out of the labor
of our hands. But to place in the storehouse all of
another‟s substance and then give back again that which is
deemed sufficient for their needs, is the backwards of the
custom of the people. For behold, each person is the
steward of their own substance and they offer the surplus
of it freely to those who are in need or to the storehouse
to be kept back for them that may find a need later. But
none are compelled to offer their surplus. It is part of
the covenant we have made one to another and also unto the
Lord. Wherefore, how can we compel one person for his much
substance but not another for his little? And how can we
compel one person because he is unknown to us and not all
those who are our friends and neighbors? 12. Yea, we did
debate these things for a long time and the Council did
finally come to a decision with the help of the Spirit of
God in us. Verily, it was decided that each person ought
to be the steward of all that the Lord does see fit to
bestow. Yea, and each person should labor to have a
surplus, but also to be the steward of that surplus,
remaining ever watchful that when the needy come for
assistance that he give what assistance he may. And when
there is a surplus for which special needs exist, then
that surplus ought to be given to the storehouse. 13. But
behold, no one is to judge another for their substance or
their offerings. And in this thing, the Council deemed
that there would be much greater peace in the communities
and in all the land. 14. And again, from time to time,
there arose disputations because that one person or
another failed to live the Law of Consecration as another
thought it 322ought to be lived. These were kept to a
minimum because of the constant teaching of the principles
and ordinances of the High Place. And indeed, it was
difficult to imagine much contention about such things.
For, the people were in such accord that there was seldom
much disagreement. 15. But now and then there arises
someone in the community that refuses to labor for their
own support, but becomes dependent upon the labors of
their neighbors and take advantage of them. Now, these are
not they who are sick or halt or blind or in any way are
unable to labor. But they are they who see how easy it
might become to live upon the labors of others. These are
always brought before the Community Council and chastened.
And if they do repent and take up again some useful
purpose, all is forgotten. But if they refuse, or they
repent the moment and return to their sloth, they are
brought once again before the Council and they are
chastened. 16. And if the person repents not and does
refuse to return to some useful purpose, then assistance
to them is curtailed. They must rely upon the charity of
their neighbors. And, if it so be that they have taken
such advantage of their neighbors that there exists bad
will between them, they do usually move away from them.
Then they are treated as neighbors and all the people
trade with them, for, in trade we do assume that they have
become once again fruitful, wherefore we do trade with
them. But they no longer receive of the surplus. 17. Now,
this may seem harsh, but, how may one live solely off the
labor of another if he be of good body and right mind? And
if he be of sound body and his mind is right, how should
he feel to live off the labors of another? Wherefore, let
all they who live the Law of Consecration do so with all
their heart, for it does establish a Zion on earth. But
let him not take the advantage of his neighbor.
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327 13. And again, in the day that you do read these
things and you are that little gathering of the Lord‟s
people who would once again seek His face while yet in the
flesh, look around you and behold! A man shall build him a
house and it shall be a possession unto him, not a
stewardship. In this is he cursed. And the wise shall
teach him that because his wife shall have a claim upon
him, that he shall be responsible for the support of his
family, and this is right. But behold, the world shall
teach him that he is to be the sole support for the
family. And this shall the world use for a pitfall unto
the man. For, the rulers of the land shall make the price
of bread so high that he, with all his might, will be
unable to provide for his family and his wife shall be
forced to labor as well. But they shall labor away from
the family and the rulers of the land shall take the
children and they shall raise them up into bondage even
greater than that under the weight of which their parents
do labor. 14. Then shall every person labor away their
lives for a tiny piece of land or a house or a conveyance
and all shall be impoverished because of their need for
property. This is Babylon the Great which shall fall and
the fall thereof shall be great. And behold, none shall
escape her fall except they shall have gathered out of the
world and except they shall have given up the pursuit of
her unclean things. 15. And behold, my children, be awake
to these things and let not your eyes be dimmed so that
you do not see them when they are ripe before you. For, in
the day that the children of men have embraced the way of
the world, even Babylon, they cannot approach the Way of
God. And their prophets and seers shall be of no use to
them in that day for they too shall have taught the ways
of the world. In that day there shall not be a single
community in the whole face of this fair and blessed land
wherein the inhabitants thereof do succor each other as
the Nemenhah do succor their neighbor, except for those
very few who have come out of Babylon. 16. But behold,
their wise men and their prophets shall have taught this
way, even the way of the Gentile, for generations and they
shall have been brought up in it themselves. And they
shall teach the man that he must labor all his life for
the things of the world and for the support of his family.
And the day shall come that the family that labors
together for their support, and not simply for their
greater convenience and entertainment, shall be ridiculed
and shunned. That man will be persecuted by the wise and
by the shepherds of the flock as one who is not worthy of
the things of God because he does teach his children to
labor with him in providing the things that they need and
in order that they might have somewhat more to give to
them that need. 17. Yea, you shall see them driven from
among the people. Yea, even as has been written in another
place, because they shall be poor in the eyes of men,
328albeit they are rich in their own hearts and in the
eyes of God, they shall be driven from the churches and
the synagogues and they shall not be allowed to worship
with the saints. Woe unto such a day! For the saints are
become dross and shall find no comfort in their substance.
18. Yea, in that day the man shall not labor beside the
woman, nay, nor beside the child, for his support, but he
shall be separated from them all the day. And the mother
who must labor because of the price of bread, she too
shall not labor beside the child for their support but
shall be separated from them all the day. And the child
shall be taken into houses set up for their training that
they too might be raised up into the ways of Babylon and
labor out their lives alone and separate from the ones
they love. 19. And behold, when the man and the woman do
come out of Babylon and mend their ways such that the
family is once again together in all their labors, the
rulers and the prophets shall alike see this as a sign of
evil and shall punish them. Yea, they shall be cast out
from among the people. And they shall be called negligent
and abusers of children. And there shall even be some who
shall be cast into prison for that they shall desire above
all else to come out of Babylon. And they shall be forced
to touch the unclean things again in order to come again
into the community. How great shall be the evil of that
day! 20. And yet, there shall be some few who are able to
abide the day and begin again to build Zion in their
hearts. These shall be most blessed. For the Lord shall
raise them up an ensign unto all the nations. And their
works shall be works of righteousness. And they shall
labor together, the father and the mother, the parents and
the children, and they shall begin to build again Zion in
their communities. And men and women shall labor again a
labor of love and they shall begin to build again Zion in
all the land. 21. And behold, they shall take into their
own homes they who have been beaten with stripes and cast
out. And, while their neighbors shall shun them, they
shall succor them. And they shall take the children of
them that have been cast into prison and shall shelter
them and teach them to love their parents because they
have been abused for their sake. 22. And fathers shall
labor beside mothers, and parents beside their children.
And behold, families will be together all the day long
laboring for their own good, as also for the good of
others. And children shall learn righteousness from their
parents. The children shall not idle away their days in
worthless learning, yea, they shall not learn to be the
thralls of dishonest men and masters, but shall lift up
their heads. 23. In the day of their sore probation, they
who do experiment upon the principles of Zion shall not
cast out from among their midst any who have not the
329things the world says they must have. They shall not
judge them because of their lack of substance, but shall
embrace them and labor with them also, side by side. 24.
But still, they shall be persecuted by they who were once
their prophets and the shepherds. And after they have been
cast out from among the people because they followed not
the dictates and ways of the world, they shall gather
together to labor and to live, to worship and to serve and
to observe to keep the commandments and covenants of God,
following the dictates of their own consciences, as also
the guidance of the Holy Ghost. And in this they shall
bring down upon them the judgments of men, the wagging
finger and the shaken heel of they who would call
themselves ministers unto the people. Woe be unto the
ministers and the shepherds of the flock in those days!
For they shall reap the judgments of a just and righteous
God!
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377 23. Behold, I spring from a line of teachers and
healers who offer their services not for hire, though the
laborer is worthy of it, but they do their work freely and
beg of no one. For, in Mentinah, the baker is free with
his bread and the fisher is free with his fish. And
behold, when there is corn, there is corn for all and none
puts up his petition unanswered in the City of Mentinah.
And because of this, there are none who may claim poverty,
for all receive of their wants freely. And, when the city
puts up its stores, it is for all people that the
storehouse is filled. Yea, even the stranger in our
streets is as welcome to the abundance of the Lord as the
citizen. 24. And the people asked him: 25. Does no man own
his field then? And shall all men tread the winepress
together? And he answered them, saying: 26. Nay, but
person, be they man or woman, has the stewardship of their
own land, or shop, or press, or ship, and does work by the
sweat of their face. But behold, they do offer up the
fruit of their labor over that which is necessary for
their own living. And, if a man make shoes, he does put
shoes on his family, that they be not naked. But the
increase of his labor he does give freely to his neighbor,
that he be not naked. And if a man go to catch fish in the
lake, he dries the fish and pounds it, and that which is
necessary for his own family he keeps back, that they be
not hungry. But behold, the increase of his labor he does
give freely to his neighbor, that he be not hungry.
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435 85. Now, among the Nemenhah, we have not been troubled
with covetousness, because that we have all things in
common. And this is a great blessing unto us, for, to
covet the belongings of ones neighbor in any of the cities
and villages of the Nemenhah is to covet their need or
their want. And all the needs and wants of the people are
alike provided by the people. Wherefore, wherein may
anyone covet? But behold, we teach against pride and
against greed. For, such things would prove the breakdown
and the destruction of all our blessings. 86. And we hold
all sojourners to the same laws with which we do govern
ourselves, after that we have taken them aside and
instructed them in the laws of our land. And after that
the sojourner has learned of our laws and our ways, if
they do break the law, then they are dealt with the same
as any Nemenhah. Behold, we hold this to be equitable. 87.
Now, in the experience of our people, because we have
founded ourselves upon these simple precepts, we find that
we do not need a larger body of law. For, when there are
complaints or offenses of lesser nature, we do insist that
the parties settle the matter between themselves privily.
And this is wisdom. For, every matter of lesser import
ought to be settled in this manner, to preserve peace
between neighbors. 88. And behold, needing no greater body
of law, we find no need for bodies of lawyers and
legalists either. Wherefore, we prevent great evil in the
land. For, as is too evident in the Land Southward where
their laws enlarge to the point of being more populous
than the people, a great body of men to interpret so great
a body of law is naturally necessitated. With such comes
also the need for a hierarchy of judges to judge the
people, for every act does become in one way or another
against so great a volume of law. 89. And, because these
men do labor all the day long in arguing the law, they do
not labor for the maintenance of the people nor of the
community. Wherefore, they must earn a wage and buy with
money that which they need from they who actually produce.
This also necessitates the use of money and the storing up
of much provision to be sold for money. 90. And behold, in
this there is great iniquity and great danger to the
community. For behold, great stores of stuff of value
brings about the building of riches and of pride. And it
is easy to become covetous of the few who have the
stewardship of so much. And it is easy to use such stores
of stuff to buy up lawyers and judges to one‟s own
purposes. Yea, and this is the downfall of all and the
eventual ruin of Zion. 91. Wherefore, because we do
constrain our body of law to that which the Lord has
given, we have no need of great bodies of lawyers and
judges, a great blessing to us.
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436 5. For, our laws provide a means by which the
disinterested may assist in resolving issues in which the
parties have interest. And it is by this means that strife
and abuses are prevented in the resolution of such
disputes. But, when the dispute rises above such
disinterest and the parties begin to pile abuse upon the
council for its service in the matter, then the injury is
to the entire community and all have interest. Wherefore,
the very last council, and last resort, is the community
at large. 6. Once the community and general assembly has
heard all there is to say about a thing, then a vote is
taken and the decision of the community stands. If the
parties continue in their strife, they are cast out from
among the people. If they repent of their strife and
forgive each other, then they may continue in the
community and peace prevails.
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460 6. Above all, I believe we owe our success as a nation
and a community of nations to the Law of Consecration.
For, it is by observance of this law that this nation and
its neighbors do come out of Babylon. Yea, we do forsake
the world and adhere to the Lord‟s Law of Economy, having
not a desire to get gain unto our own holding and
dominion, but rather, only a desire to gain abundance both
for ourselves and for our neighbors. 7. Behold, we would
not have riches, fine apparel and costly things, and also
see our brothers and our sisters languish in want and
necessity. But, if it becomes the fashion to have such
things, it is only because all may have them together. And
this has become a law unto us and to all the villages and
settlements round about us. 8. And this shall be a sign
unto whom the Earth might yield up this record: In the
latter days the Lord will raise up His Church once again
unto the people. Yea, through a prophet He will begin to
restore that which had lain seemingly dormant for many
lives of men. And through His Church He will cause the
Gifts of the Spirit once again to pour out upon the earth
to heal her. 4609. But behold, before this little church
shall have had but one generation in which to grow, and
the Saints begin to enjoy once again great blessings from
Heaven, they shall reject even such things as the Lord
shall provide with His own mighty hand. Yea, before one
generation has passed, the Lord shall declare the very
Saints of God under His mighty condemnation, and this
condemnation shall not be lifted to the sixth generation.
10. Yea, this condemnation shall stand in effect until the
children of the restoration shall finally begin to turn
their hearts away from the world and from Babylon. And
this shall be a sore vexation for them. For, they shall
have the great gifts which the Lord shall have given them
before they turned from His paths, and they shall remember
still the Gifts of the Spirit which He did cause to be
poured out upon their forefathers. 11. Yet behold, they
shall have been led by shepherds whose concerns are for
the getting of gain and of great wealth, and even their
attempts to live the Law of Consecration shall be muddied
and polluted by the principles of the world that their
leading men shall introduce into their experiments. Yea,
and they shall fail utterly to live the law that contains
and controls the abundance. In the end, yea, and by the
time the Lord shall wax in His impatience with them, they
shall have cast aside the Law of Consecration almost
entirely. 12. Now, I would exhort you to contemplate upon
the patience and the longsuffering of the Lord. Is it ever
of short duration? I say unto you, Nay. He does wait long
upon His patience and He does give unto the children of
men much opportunity to repent. But, do not think that He
may be relied upon to turn away His eye as you make sport
of His holy laws. He is not to be trifled with, nay, nor
shall He be mocked. 13. For they who think they are
Saints, yea, they who do trust in His longsuffering, but
do so with bad intention, shall think themselves safe in a
place where the Lord shall hide and protect His choice and
elect children. But can this be so when His children do
spurn His counsel and set aside His commandments? What is
worse, can this be so when they make solemn vows and
covenants unto Him to keep His laws and His commandments
but turn away from them almost in the same breath? I say
unto you, Nay! 14. Behold, the condemnation, that shall
have fallen upon them even from their first generation,
shall not begin to be lifted until the sixth. In that day
there shall be some few among the Saints who shall see the
path to redemption from the curse laid upon their fathers.
Yea, they shall turn away the face from Babylon and shall
cease to lay up in their hearts the things of the world.
Yea, they shall no longer view their stewardship as having
to do only with themselves, but shall regard the suffering
of others as theirs as well. 461 15. Yea, they shall cease
to build beyond that which they actually need, but with
their surplus they shall even build a canopy for their
neighbor. Yea, they shall become stewards of the Lord‟s
footstool and cease to puff themselves up. They shall
cease to attempt to wrest from the Lord what is His. They
shall cast down their towers and their great buildings and
once again embrace the Earth. 16. For, is it not written
that, even as the Heavens shall pour forth a blessing such
that there shall be no room to accommodate it in the
storehouse, so shall the Earth also give of her bounty
abundantly? Yea, the Earth shall pour out the words of
warning also and the hearts of the children shall be
turned to the fathers. Yea, all that the Earth does hold
up and guard securely, She shall pour out upon the
inhabitants of the land, and the hearts of the fathers
shall be turned to the children. 17. Wherefore, blessings
shall fall down from heaven and blessings shall pour up
from the Earth, and the whole Earth shall be filled to
overflowing. Yea, then shall the face of the Earth be
flooded with righteousness. Wherefore, out of a curse
shall flow blessings, and this is within the power of all
the Saints in the last days. But only if they will. Yea,
only when they will.
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829 17. Wherefore, we do build up our High Places upon
hallowed ground. Yea, the sacred places of our relations
in times past do become once again sacred places for us.
And we know that the same shall happen once again in this
place, for the Peacemaker restores every good thing. And
behold, the good that we do here will be remembered of the
earth and the land will remember the healing that has
taken place here. Yea, and when the Lord does bring again
His people to possess the land, they shall surely find
that which we have hidden up for them and because of that
which we have written, surely the land will be made whole
again. Yea, of a surety, the Nemenhah will restore the
waste places. 18. Yea, behold, I have seen them and I know
their doing. They shall revere once again the land and
cease to abuse it. And they shall learn to use the land
829with thanksgiving and make a sacred walk upon her.
Every step upon the earth shall they call blessed and they
shall walk upon her with a song of thanksgiving upon their
lips and in their hearts. Surely, they shall restore all
things carefully. 19. Behold, I do not say that they shall
be so numerous as the Nemenhah in our day. Nay, there
shall be many people in this land, but the Nemenhah shall
not be many. They shall come in small groups and in
families and build up their waste places. And they shall
not come with great possessions or with riches, but with
only that which they require to establish themselves once
again in the land. And none will be jealous of them, for
they shall have little of that which the world desires.
Yea, the world shall not consider them at all, for they
will have none of that which the world esteems. But they
shall be filled with the purposes of the Peacemaker and
they shall have Zion in their hearts. Is this not riches
enough? 20. But behold, they shall build up the High Place
again and their settlements shall restore that which was
once lost in this land. And behold, many of them will be
descended from a race of people whom the Peacemaker might
have established in this land in prior generations, but
they would not. But they unto whom the Peacemaker shall
reveal these records, many of them shall descend from
those same who were condemned of the Lord because they
would not fulfill His purposes, but preferred to build up
a nation unto themselves. Out of them shall spring up a
remnant and they shall combine with the remnant of Lehi
left in the land. Together they shall build up and restore
many things. 21. Yea, the purification of the Ammonites
shall be restored by them. And they shall, also, baptize
often and celebrate the sacraments of the Lord again in
righteousness. Surely, the Sons and Daughters of Levi and
of Aaron shall make a sacrifice again, one that shall be
acceptable to the Peacemaker. And by and by, as they
restore the ordinances of the High Place, the people shall
begin again to understand things as they really are, and
there shall be peace again in the land. 22. Behold, they
shall be cleansed from the iniquity and filth of the world
and they shall be anointed with the oil of sacrifice. They
shall know their Lord and they shall hear His voice. There
shall be fidelity and love in their settlements and they
shall, line upon line, learn once again to have all things
in common. And behold, they shall call themselves blessed,
for these are the things which do prepare men and women to
walk upon the Way. 23. And the condemnation under which
their forefathers labored for six generations shall be
lifted in them and their ordinances and all that they do
for the Lord shall be acceptable once again before Him.
Yea, their condemnation shall be lifted, they who descend
from out of that generation which did not what the Lord
commanded them. And also they among them who descend from
out of our loins, who had become a hiss and a byword to
all nations, shall raise up their 830heads and speak with
mighty words. Yea, they shall sing again the song of the
righteous because the days of their patience shall have
been completed. 24. They shall not surely cover the face
of the land, as we do. But behold, they shall begin again
to heal the earth and to prepare her for the coming of the
Peacemaker. They shall be His disciples and His children.
Yea, and through them shall He heal the hurts that have
been done to the earth. 25. Behold, and this shall be a
sign and a surety that the Peacemaker has again lifted up
the hands that hang down. For they shall call themselves
Nemenhah and they shall hurt no more the Earth, but all
that they do therein shall be a healing thing. Surely, the
Earth shall bless them. 26. For they shall have hurt the
Earth in everything that they did know by her. Yea, they
cut down the tree and hew it. But this is not enough, for
they waste most of it to make some few usable pieces with
which to build. And when they build, the structure is all
sticks and air. Wherefore, they do create of the Earth
that which can be attached to their houses of air. And
they dig up the Earth and plate it, and this they attach
to their houses to make them solid. But the walls of their
houses are still but sticks and air, wherefore, they fill
them with waste to keep out the cold. 27. And this shall
be a sign of those times, that there shall scarcely be one
thing that the men and women who shall inhabit this land
shall use for houses, or for raiment, or for food , or to
move about upon the land, that they do not buy from
others. Yea, and if I were to visit them in their homes
and in their shops, behold, there might not be one or two
things in them that they shall have made with their own
hands or even that was made by an artisan of their own
village. 28. And in that day, a man shall labor in order
that he might buy his living, but his labor shall not
provide sufficiently. Yea, and in all that he does labor,
he cannot be satisfied. For with what little of gold and
silver that he does earn for his day‟s labor, he shall be
only able to purchase the day‟s sustenance. And this shall
be a kind of thralldom unto them, for all the people of
the land shall thus wear out their lives in labor that
does not satisfy. 29. But behold, the Lord shall work upon
the hearts of a few, that they shall turn away from this
slavery. And they shall go into the wilderness and take up
again the good earth. And they shall cast up their walls
as we do, and their houses shall no longer be things of
air, but they shall be solid as the ground upon which they
shall stand. And they shall produce with their own hands
again that which satisfies. 30. And among the little
flock, behold, there shall be no more of aimless labor,
for they shall have sufficient for their needs, but also a
little surplus. And they 831shall not seek to buy up the
things of the Earth, but they shall cherish her and take
good care of her. Yea, and in this shall they receive but
little acclaim and the world shall not esteem them, but
the Earth shall bless them abundantly. 31. And behold, the
Lord shall surely instruct them in this thing, and it
shall be a great ensample unto them. For, many shall say
unto them, when they go out to begin their enterprise,
that such things cannot be. Yea, they shall scoff and
refute, saying: 32. You must build the way all things are
built, for it is the way of the world. Yea, and if you
choose to build another way, it shall be to your hurt. Why
think you to be different than all people? Come, build
your homes properly. Work with your might and all will be
well with you. 33. But behold, the manner of building in
that day shall be so wasteful and costly that a man shall
have to become a slave to the possession in order to
provide shelter for his family. Yea, and the woman must
also go out from the home to labor for the upkeep of her
children. And this shall be because of the wastefulness of
the manner in which they shall build all that they build.
Yea, and there shall not be one thing built in that day
that shall not be so costly as to require the break up of
the family. 34. But the Lord shall teach a more excellent
way, both in spirit and in body. For He is the Creator and
the Peacemaker. Shall He desire man to use up the earth
and to consume it all up? Behold, He shall not. Wherefore,
He shall instruct His remnant even in all that they must
do to restore the earth. And He shall begin this schooling
in the manner in which they shall build their dwellings
and their meeting places and even their High Places. 35.
Yea, where the world shall teach them that their High
Places should be built of the most costly goods, in order
that proper reverence shall be given unto the God of
Heaven, behold, He shall teach them to build with
humility. Yea, their High Place shall seem very low when
esteemed by the eyes of the world. Behold, in this shall
the Lord teach His people to heal the Earth. 36. And when
they go to adorn their High Places, shall they fill them
up with the costly things of the world? For this shall be
the habit and the custom of their times. Yea, when the
world builds a temple, behold, it is filled with costly
and fine furnishings. But this shall not be so among the
Lord‟s remnant in the last days. For they shall sit them
down with but a blanket between them and the earth from
which they did cast up the bench. And when they build a
chair, it shall be the work of their own hands, or of the
hands of a neighbor. And the floors upon which they stand
shall not be made of stone cut and crafted by unknown
hands in unknown lands, but it shall be earth that is
poured and cast, and when they walk upon it, it shall
sustain them gently. 83237. And this shall be an ensample
unto them, that they do the will of the Lord. For, the way
of the world does use up the good thereof. But behold, the
way of the Lord does sustain and edify. The way of the
world does destroy the will of man to do good, for all his
labor must go to the using up of the Earth. But the way of
the Lord does edify him, for his labor shall return unto
him a blessing from the Earth. 38. But behold, this thing
shall be hateful to the world, but in this there is
wisdom, also, in the Lord. For, if the world does hate a
thing, the world does avoid it. Yea, and when the world
shall judge this ensample of the Lord, behold, the remnant
shall be esteemed as a thing of poverty and want. Yea, who
shall molest them? For they shall have nothing that the
world might desire of them. Who shall covet a house made
of earth? Yea, when all the world esteems that retreat
from useful labor into which men and women shall have
fallen as virtuous, who shall covet the house built of
such labor? Nay, the world shall think itself above such
things. 39. But in the day in which the Peacemaker shall
whisper again in the ears of them that hear, the remnant
shall take up again the Earth without hurt. And they shall
no more cut down the tree to waste the more part of it.
But they shall learn providence again and they shall care
for the Earth. And behold, when they do this thing, the
Earth shall give forth abundantly and they shall have
sufficient for their needs, for they shall not have
enslaved themselves to the costly thing. 40. And they
shall learn from this ensample that the wisdom of their
shepherds has been foolishness. Yea, they have been taught
from their youths to labor with their might, that they
might have security in their homes and in their families.
But, because the shepherds teach them to labor for the
things of the world, they shall enslave all the people.
41. But when they do take up the Earth again, without
hurt, but with an eye single to the service of their God,
they shall cease to esteem the costly as security. Yea,
they shall see once again that the Earth does provide
abundantly for those whose hearts are not bent on
destroying her and on using her up. And the Earth shall
loosen the bonds of their captivity and she shall gently
remove the shackles of their slavery. 42. Yea, and the
scales shall fall from off their eyes and they shall see
more clearly. And in all else that they do that does use
up the Earth, they shall begin to curb themselves. Yea,
they shall cease to buy with silver and gold that which
does not edify, and the Earth shall give abundantly all
that which cannot be bought with money. Yea, their eyes
shall be opened and they shall see as they have not seen
before, the wonder and majesty and beauty of the Earth
around 833them. And she shall hold them in her embrace and
they shall feel again the love of the mother which gives
them life. 43. These are the doings of the Lord‟s remnant
whom He shall bring once again into this land. And behold,
they shall be in the midst of a great people, wherefore,
do not marvel that I say that the Lord shall bring them
once again. The Gentiles shall cover all the face of the
land, and yet, the land shall not claim them as her
relations. Wherefore, the blessing and the curse that lies
upon this land shall affect them, and they shall all be in
bondage. But there shall be the seeds of liberty planted
by their forefathers yet living in their breasts and this
shall be enough to ensure that the Lord‟s remnant shall
have peace to establish Zion. 44. For, it shall be for the
sake of this liberty, which the Gentiles shall cherish
above all things, that some measure of freedom shall be
granted unto they who turn from the getting of gain, even
unto the establishing of Zion in the land. For behold, the
manner of thralldom under which the Gentile nations shall
place all the people, shall be in the love of gold and of
silver. Wherefore, they shall build up their cities and
their towers and they shall hurt the Earth. And it shall
be the hurting of the Earth that shall form a foundation
for the subjugating of the people. For, when they hurt the
Earth for the sake of gain, behold, their gain shall
become slippery and hard to hold. And all their labor
shall not be sufficient to hold onto the things they deem
to be precious. Yea, their day‟s labor shall not be enough
to buy their day‟s needs. Wherefore, they shall wear out
their lives for the sake of gain, but they shall be old
and have gained nothing. Now, all this shall be because
they do hurt the Earth to get their gain from it. 45. Now,
the Lord‟s remnant shall not seek after gold nor silver,
but shall seek after that true abundance that can only be
acquired by that people who nurture and care for the
Earth. Yea, and they shall find true riches in the
abundance which comes from her bosom, and their labor
shall satisfy. Wherefore, in the midst of slavery, wherein
all men shall labor for the governors for their bread, the
Nemenhah shall eat of the bread of life and be filled. And
in the midst of bondage, wherein all men labor with their
might to provide wine for the governor, the Nemenhah shall
drink of the wellspring and they shall not thirst. 46. And
behold, the governors shall not esteem them at all,
because they shall have not gold nor silver nor any manner
of gain. Wherefore, they shall be hidden amidst the host
and shall not be discovered. For behold, only they who
have substance whereby the governors might gain shall
warrant their attention. And how can a man who eats from
the Earth that which he has planted and lives in a house
made of that same earth wherein he does plant, have
wherewithal to be 834taken from him evensomuch that the
governors might pay even the cost of taking it from him?
47. So greatly blessed shall that man be, for he shall not
be seen nor esteemed. Yea, in the midst of the thrall
there shall be slaves enough, and he who has not shall not
be desired. And the Earth shall be so despised that he who
shall stretch forth his hand to embrace her and care for
her, shall also have no merit and no beauty that shall be
desired by the world. Even so shall the Lord instruct His
people and bring them once again. Chapter Nine 1. Now,
this is not all that I have seen concerning that time in
which the Lord shall bring this record into the light.
Behold, I am blessed of the Lord exceedingly. For I did
ask of Him to reveal the times and the seasons, and
behold, He has shown unto me many things. Yea, and I have
seen the times and the seasons surrounding the restoration
of Zion in this land in the latter days. 2. And this is a
choice land, a land of covenant. Upon it lies a blessing
and a cursing, and this is the will of the Lord. And it is
also His will that the Gentiles shall also be brought to a
knowledge of Him and of His Zion. Wherefore, He shall
drive them into this land. And because of the blessing and
the curse, they shall learn more of Him and of His ways
than they could have should they remain in their own land.
Wherefore, He shall drive them. Yea, with the wind of
their own ambition, He shall toss them up upon the shore.
And behold, He shall try them in this land. 3. And He
shall show unto them a beginning, even a commencement. And
He shall raise up prophets unto them, and unto them He
shall give commandments and instruction. But they will
not. Yea, they will call themselves His Saints, and yet
they will not do what He bids them. They shall claim to
speak in His name, but their hearts shall shun the task He
places before them. 4. Yea, He shall command them to go
even unto the seed of the House of Lehi left in this land,
not to instruct them but to be instructed of them. But
they shall esteem them lower in station than they and
shall shun the work which the Lord shall lay upon them.
And the Gentiles shall abuse and drive the remnant of Lehi
from place to place, because that they shall remind them
ever of that which they ought to have done in the name of
the Lord, but that they chose abomination of desolation in
the stead thereof. 5. For the children of Lehi might have
taught them to temper their lust for gain. For, we have
much in our history concerning the outcome of justice in
this land when the lust for gain does take control of the
people and of the government. And even they shall have the
record of the Nephites as witness unto 835them of the
same. But behold, they shall do unto the remnant of Lehi
like as they would do unto a beast of the field which is
bought with gold and brought even to the slaughter. 6.
Yea, I have seen what shall befall my own descendents at
the hand of the Gentiles. And I have seen how that the
people shall suffer and perish. But behold, they shall not
be utterly destroyed, and because they shall not be
utterly destroyed, the Lord shall preserve that part of
their customs that shall set them apart from all the
world. And even He shall raise up seers who will take of
these records which we leave in sacred places and they
will translate them by His peculiar power into their own
tongues. Then shall He teach the Gentiles a mighty thing
indeed. 7. And some of them shall take heed to His word
and they will learn a new and better way, casting away
their lust for riches and looking only to that which they
need. But this shall not come without a true trying of
their faith. Yea, in the day that they cease to hide up
their treasures against the day of need, but use them
abundantly to the good of many, then shall He graft them
into the vine and they shall be one with Lehi. Then are
the times of the Gentiles fulfilled. 8. But behold, they
who are grafted in shall not be many. For the whole world
shall lust after riches and the hearts of men and women
shall not be upon the good gifts of Heaven, but they shall
seek every day to get more gain than the previous. And
with each day‟s passing, they shall hide up more of their
precious things, that they might be esteemed rich by their
neighbor. 9. But a time shall come when they shall go even
unto the place wherein they have hid up their wealth, to
withdraw it from its hiding place, but behold, it shall
not be found. Yea, it shall be taken from them. Or, if it
is not taken, it shall have lost its worth and shall not
buy bread. And this disaster shall come upon all people at
once. Yea, and so great will the disaster be that whole
peoples shall run headlong before it and shall not be
found in their place. 10. And even shall all nations be at
the ready to tumble and fall to pieces, and the governors
and the rulers shall all shake their heads and wonder.
Yea, and the money lenders shall all flee, for there shall
be no interest in anything. And the merchant shall sit
idly by, for there shall be no buying of his wares. And
the artificer shall set down his tools, for there shall be
no profit in his hire. Yea, and the mother shall have not
that which might sustain her children, for her man shall
have no means to support her, though she have right claim
upon him for her support. 11. You may believe it! And this
shall be a sign unto you that the time of refreshing shall
be at hand, yea, even it shall be at the door. Behold, a
man shall not labor to build his own house, but shall sell
his birthright to the money lenders 836for the means to
engage other men to build him a house. And because of the
dearness and the cost of the house, he shall work the
whole generation to pay the lenders. And when he has paid
the lenders and the house is free, behold, he will
discover that they whom he did engage to build the house
made poor work of his commission. Yea, the house shall
have no value and shall fall, after a generation of labor
to redeem it. 12. And this sign shall be even the same
upon all things made by the hands of men. Yea, they shall
pay dearly for all that they have, and yet the workmanship
shall be such that the object of their desire shall have
no worth ere it is redeemed with his labor. Yea, this
shall be the bondage into which the man in the last days
shall sell himself. He shall be instructed by his
shepherds in the things that he must do in order that he
might be respectable. But, when the stuff is redeemed and
he has worn out his life obtaining it, there is nothing
but dust, and there shall remain none who esteem him for
his fugality and wisdom. Yea, his neighbors shall not
esteem him, for they know that he shall not esteem them in
their poverty. This is the nature of slavery that the
nations shall thrust upon all people. 13. But the Lord‟s
remnant shall learn of Him to cast off this bondage. Yea,
they shall be released from slavery because that they
shall be instructed of Him. And when men and women take up
this stewardship again, as they did in the past, behold,
they shall begin to see all things differently. Because
the house is the beginning of the community, they shall
take stewardship of that as well, and they shall esteem
all things differently. Yea, they shall see clearly that
which they esteemed of no value previously, and that which
the world shall esteem low, shall be riches unto them. 14.
And they will cease to hide up their wages, but they shall
begin to use them for their immediate good. Yea, they
shall work with their might to build a tangible future and
they shall take the Lord at His word, and live each day
for its own merit. And behold, they shall not be in
bondage to their own future, for they shall each day work
toward a better future for all people. 15. Thus shall the
Lord instruct them in the manner in which Zion is built in
the heart. Yea, it shall be through the building of His
house that He shall instruct them in the building of their
own. Yea, and it shall be through His instruction, yea,
face to face, He shall be their mentor, and they shall
learn the meaning of His words. And the record of Heaven
shall be written upon their hearts. 16. Behold, I declare
it unto whom this record shall be lifted up; you shall
discover yourself in the midst of slavery and wonder that
you could have wasted your life in voluntary bondage. Yea,
you shall have lived in that bondage all of your life,
without knowing it, and the discovery of it shall cause
you to wonder. 837Your wise men shall have taught it to
you and you shall have been raised up from your youth
believing it to be the best way. 17. Yea, and so virtuous
shall all men have esteemed this slavery, that the
governors shall teach it in all the world. And they shall
cause that many nations shall sell themselves into this
bondage. Yea, the governors shall do it, and the people
shall support them in it. And even many who do already
live a more perfect way, shall be compelled to lay down
that better manner in which they live, so that they might
be esteemed equal in the eyes of the world. Behold, they
shall be made to lay down abundance and take up poverty,
so that the world might esteem them to be the same as
other men. 18. But the governors and the shepherds shall
not esteem men to be men and women to be women in those
days. Nay, men shall be but the means to produce gold, and
the women shall be but a sack of provender. And a man may
not stand and declare himself, for he is not a son, but so
many hours of labor. And a woman may not stand and
proclaim her generations, for she is not a daughter, but
so much stuff to be counted and stored. 19. This is the
evil that shall mark the fulfilling of the times of the
Gentiles. Behold, in eight generations they shall have
lifted themselves up from weakness into great might, and
they shall rule the world. And all nations shall bow for a
time before their obvious superiority and their opinion
shall be greatly esteemed by all the rulers of the world.
But, ere the ninth generation fails and the tenth
generation culminates, the eyes of the world shall be
opened and the rulers of the nations shall no longer be
blinded by the riches of the Gentiles. For they shall all
see together that they have become slaves, and that, even
with all the riches of the world, there is no virtue in
bondage. 20. And men shall once again stand in their lot,
sons of God, and declare themselves. And women shall
proclaim their generations, daughters of God, and they
shall take up abundance. And the esteem of the world shall
fail in their eyes, for they shall walk and talk with the
Peacemaker. Yea, they shall esteem not gold nor silver,
but they shall know their own worth and they shall esteem
that abundance that comes of the liberty of the soul. 21.
And they shall cast down the slavery into which they were
sold and which they were educated to uphold and revere.
They shall walk away from all that the world taught was
sweet and desirable, but has made bitter and good for
refuse. That which the world esteems highly, shall be
distasteful to the remnant. Yea, that for which all men
labor and wear out their lives shall be hateful to the
Lord‟s remnant in the day that He shall teach them. 22.
Yea, they shall be ashamed of the ways and the customs of
their fathers and their grandfathers, for they shall be
such ways as shall cause the destruction of 838the earth
and the losing of all that she does freely offer her
children. And the Remnant shall take up the earth into
their hands, not to spitefully use it, but to make
sacrifice for it. Yea, when the Sons of Levi do offer
again a sacrifice in righteousness, then shall the Lord
restore all things. And when the Daughters of Levi do make
sure their offering again, then shall He keep His promises
that He made unto the Children of Lehi, to restore them in
their bishopric.
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885 14. Seek not great possessions or accomplishments, nor
to be seen above another, but seek in all ways to remove
the poverty of your neighbor. For, there is great dishonor
in possession when your neighbor is naked or hungry.
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57 137. Continue 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.
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151 12. Now listen to my voice all you who would call
yourselves mine, Zion cannot be established in any form of
slavery. Yea, and when men do seek to compel, or in other
words enslave, their fellowman, I am grieved in the
Spirit. Yea, and the Holy Ghost withdraws. And when the
Holy Ghost withdraws, the heavens are sealed. In this
darkened state, you cannot seek my face nor be instructed
of me. Wherefore, you must turn unto your leaders to
determine your worthiness. But howbeit if your leaders are
also in this state of darkness? How may you be justified?
13. Wherefore, seek not to place yourselves higher than
your neighbor. And if your calling seem to give you power
over your neighbor, then behold, you have not understood
your calling. And if your occupation seems to enlarge your
station over that of your neighbor, behold, let this be a
sign unto you that you have fallen into pride, not
understanding the abundance wherewith I do bless the
saints, nor the purpose for which I have so blessed you.
Take of your abundance and enlarge the station and
condition of your neighbor. Then shall you establish Zion
in your own heart, and I shall surely reward you
abundantly in my kingdom.
Aagje F .....(a friend from
tagged.com): "When does mankind understand that material
things ultimately have no value. The material things that
exist are toys of mother earth, that her children can play a
while with, the time they are on the earth. We come with
nothing and we go again with empty hands. But everyone
fights with everyone and claims that there are personal
belongings. This is not true. The actual values are in the
human, the fellowship, the love and respect. Those are
things that are valuable and that our soul also takes with
him if we go back there where we came from." --------
Jane Evershed
I must pay my bills, I must leave my
child in the care of others, I must let other people
educate them, I must pay insurance, must pay taxes in case
they come after me, must must must muster the strength to
beat the system, please come with me I need you to back me
the f UP! Its all a money making scheme!!! Whats in your
wallet? Well frankly nothing, you stole it all. Your
fabricated laws have left me penniless you f bastards. You
are supposed to be my servants yet you rob me day and
night??? Wassup dudes??? I was born on planet earth and I
deserve to share in her wealth, hoo the hell gave you the
right to "SELL" her to me?????