Columbia (Mnibers^ttp mtI)eCttpof3^m]|0rk THE LIBRARIES HOLY, SACRED AND DIVINE ROLL AND BOOK; FROM THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN, TO THE I]¥IIABITA]¥TS OF EARTH REVEALED IN THE UNITED SOCIETY AT NEW LEBANON, COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF NEW-YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Read and understand aU ye in mortal clay. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. \ RECEIVED BY THE CHURCH OF THIS COMMUNION, AND PUBLISHED IN UNION WITH THE SAME. PRiN-iEf !>■ '^H^: u:riTzr societi: OANTEHCUHY, Ul ADVERTISEMENT. The publishers of this work, feel that it is their duty to say unto all who may read the contents of the same, that in the compilation and arrangement of it, they have copied the style in which it was originally written by the pen of inspiration ; that the subject matter is preserved entire, and wherever supply words have been added to the original matter, they are inclosed in brackets. The contents of each chapter, and a part of the leading captions have been added also for convenience' sake. Some of the chapters have been divided for the sake of perspicuity, and many of the sections also, where it conld be done without injuring the sense. Throughout the work, it has been the object to follow the inspired dic- tion, and, in a great measure the original manuscript, rather than conform to the customs of the present age and day. In fine, it has been the labor of those engaged in the publication of this work, to preserve the sense as purely original as possible ; and it has been many times carefully compared with the original for this purpose. As this is the first printed book ever issued by the United Society at Can- terbury, among whom there is no regular printer, the mechanical execution may not be perfect in all respects. We would also add, that the Society who have published the first edition of these sacred books, feel that they have, by so doing, answered the require- ment of God unto them, in that respect, and will in no case become respon- sible for any expense that may be incurred on account of reprinting them hereafter. All printers who may wish to reprint them, must do it at their own risk. September, 1843. The Publishers. CONTENTS Page. Introduction to the Proclamation ....... ] Proclamation ........... 2 Word of the Lord to anc <>f his mighty Angels .... 5 Word of the holy and mighty Angel to the inspired writer . 8 Introduction to the Sacred Roll by the holy Angel . 11 CHAPTER I. The Lord first announces Himself in his true character, to the nations of the earth ....... .13 CHAPTER II. Briefly showing the order of his work with the children of men in early ages .......... 16 CHAPTER III. Of man's probationary state. His disobedience and loss. The revelation of a Savior &c. ........ 21 CHAPTER IV. Of the law of nature, and order of grace. The Daughter of Zion declared &c. ........... 29 CHAPTER V. Passages of Scripture referring to the coming of Christ ... 31 CHAPTER VI. Of man's treatment with God's extended offers of charity and grace ; and of God's dealings with him in dispensations past, and in the present ......... 36 CHAPTER VII. Of the manifestations of his Holy Spirit, and the manner of his work, as operating upon the hearts of the children of men, through visible and invisible agencies ...... 40 CHAPTER VIII. Passages or Scripture, showing the plain and pointed declara- tions of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the manner of life he re- quired of all who professed to follow him 46 CHAPTER IX. Solemn words of warning to the inhabitants of earth, never more to follow the example practiced in tJie long and gloomy period of time called the day.'^ (if nntichrist ..... 56 1 CONTF.NTS. CHAPTER X. Page. Passagi's of Scriplmi', alliidiiia; to tlic hciiijflilcd reign of aiiticlirist ()0 < IIAPTER XI. Of the dispensations of God's grace to mankind ; the manner in wliicli man has treated tliem ; the efTects of his disobedience, and refusal of the otiers of graCe ....... 68 CHAPTER XII. Passages of Scripture, referring to the second coming of Christ . 74 CHAPTER XIII. The subject continued — Declaration and testimony of the Apostles . 80 CHAPTER XIV. i}t' the Mosaic law, and of the kingdom and law of Christ; also, concerning those in heathenish darkness ..... 85 CHAPTER XV. Passages of Scripture, n^ferring to the second coming of Christ in the female .......... 81) CHAPTER XVI. Christ's second appearing in the female ; her office and calling as the Bride, or Spiritual Mother ; and the character of her true followers 100 CHAPTER XVII. The office of the three first chosen witnesses separately declar- ed, and further illustrations of those who are their true follow- ers 108 CHAPTER XVIII. Subject continued — The second witness . . . ^ . . Ill CHAPTER XIX. Subject continued — The third witness 113 CHAPTER XX. Passages of Scripture referring to the resurrection .... 120 CHAPTER XXI. Of God's coming to visit the earth in mercy and in judgment . 124 CHAPTER XXII. Passages of Scripture relative to the peaceable kingdom of Christ 129 CHAPTER XXIII. Of the rulers and great ones of the earth ; How their time is spent, and the leading motives by which they are actuated . . . 138 CHAPTER XXIV. Of ministers and preachers of a fashionable and popular gospel ; and of the many ways man has sought out for salvation, but always in the future .... 143 CONTENTS. YJi CHAPTER XXV. Page The word of the Lord, concerning those who labor to turn the scale of justice for gain; and those who would prolong disease in their fellow creatures, for money -•..,. 149 CHAPTER XXVI. Of justness, and the goings of the people. Of the confusion, and troubled state of man. The causes and the effects. 153 CHAPTER XXVn. The subject continued ]5'j' CHAPTER XXVni. Passages of Scripture referring to the present work of inspira- tion in Zion. Some general illustrations and warnings 161 CHAPTER XXIX. The subject continued •••-..... IQQ CHAPTER XXX. The subject continued ••...... 174 CHAPTER XXXI. Of harmony, purity and innocence, and the true enjoyment of the two sexes, in this state. Closing of the Roll . . . igQ CHAPTER XXXII, IN SIX PARTS. Introduction to a prophecy of the ancient Prophet Isaiah . 187 PART I. Words of the Prophet Isaiah in the first watch, through his Archer ....... igg PART II. Words of the second watch, from the Prophet Isaiah through his Archer ....... 190 PART III. Words of the Prophet Isaiah at the third watch, or hour of twelve; sent forth in solemn lamen- tation, for all the children of men, both in and out of Zion 192 PART IV. Words of the fourth or morning watch spoken by the Prophet 196 PART V. A prophecy from the Prophet Isaiah, communica- ted through two of his Archers .... 201 PART VI. Of the awful judgments and desolation that God has purposed shall come upon man, if he heed- eth not his warning voice, and turneth not from the ways of evil 211 CHAPTER XXXIII. The word of the holy and mighty Angel of the Lord, who hath read the sacred Roll, and that contained in this book, for mor- tal hand to write 214 Supplementary article by the writer 219 A PROCLAMATION OF THE £.ORl> I^OI> OF MEAYEIV AMB EARTH. SENT FORTH BY HIS BLESSED SON, AND REVEALED IN FLAMES OF FIRE UPON HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN, FOR MORTAL HAND TO WRITE. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCLAMATION. New Lebanon, May 4, 1842. This morning, between the hours of six and seven, the word of the Lord, through a Holy Angel, came to me, saying, Arise O thou little one, and appear before the Lord, on the Holy Mount; and as thou goest, kneel seven times, and bow low, seven times to the earth ; for the Lord hath words for thee to write; and thoushalt kneel, or sit low, by the side of his Holy Fountain, and the words shall be revealed unto thee, in flames of fire. I went, and in obedience to the direction of the Holy Angel, I kneeled, and bowed the number of times required. And as I reached the foot of the hill, whereon the Fountain is placed, language cannot describe the sensations of my soul ; and the noise as of a mighty rushing wind, or as of distant thunder, did roar throughout the hill. But as I approached the Fountain, and seated myself low, to write, all became calm ; and an inexpressible feeling, as of a consuming fire within, filled my mortal frame, and prepared me to write the following communication. Philemon Stewart. THK lVORl> OF GOD, TO Ills HOLY SON JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOR OF MEN. Tahc this short Roll of iny word, go forth to earth, and read aloud, upon the top of my holij Mountain, that one of my servants may understand and cor- rectly irrite the same. To this place, I icill canse one of my holy Ansrels, who shall hear thee com- pany, to lead the one whom. I have chosen, even in the first ipatch of the rising sun, to the sacred spot of frround, irhereon I will cause my word to he revealed inflames of hurning fire. \ PROCLAMATION. Bow down your hearts, all ye who dwell in Zion, and humble yourselves to the dust before Me, O ye worms of mortal clay ! All flesh shall wither at my presence, and the deceitful worker in Zion shall be consumed by the fire of my burning. For much have I given unto Zion, and much will I require at her hand, saith the Lord God of Heaven. For I will have a pure people on the earth, whose hands are not stained with human blood, nor their souls defiled with sin and disobedience to the commands of my blessed Son, whom I, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, have twice sent forth to the inhabitants of earth, whom I created in my own image, that they might bring forth offerings pure and holy, before my sacred throne. In tender mercy, and loving kindness, did I send forth my Son, both in his first and second appearance, that they might learn the way of peace and salvation, and gain an inheritance in my pure and holy gospel, while on earth, that would insure them a peaceful mansion of rest in my holy kingdom, when they had done with the things of time. But, Oh! Hdlen si vas ta vac la! Mortal man hath never been ready, from the earliest ages of the world to the present day, to learn my will and obey my sacred word, through such means as I was pleased to send it forth to them. But my sacred words have been trampled under their feet ; my PROCLAJVIATION. 3 iaw of nature disregarded and set at nought ; and in the sacred path of my gospel, which is the law of grace to the soul, their feet have not walked. But in other paths their feet have trodden, and [they have] shed much innocent blood. And other gods than Me, have their souls bowed down to worship. Thus saith the Lord God of Heaven and earth; My All-seeing Eye hath beheld the doings of the children of men, for ages and ages long past, even to the present day. And a cruel, persecuting spirit, in all ages of the world, to the present time, hath invariably risen up against my most merciful offers, to persecute, even unto death, those who put their trust in Me, and would sooner suffer death, in any form, than disobey my righteous commands. But give ear, O earth, and understand, O ye people that dwell in her ! The day of my visitation hath begun, saith the Lord; and I will never cease, nor cause my hand of judgment to be stayed, until I have met all nations in their own paths. Mercy and judg- ment are in my grasp ; and my hand of wrath and indignation is hovering over the earth, and my Angels are passing to and fro, through every quarter. And where ever I find a people on the earth, saith the Lord, who are ready and prepared to keep the commands of my blessed Son, either in his first, or second appearance, and heed this, my present warning voice unto them, by humbling themselves, and bringing forth fruits meet for repentance, which are, humility of soul, peace, love and good will to ail men, and a conscience void of offence, before Me, their God, and each other ; my hand of judg- ment shall lightly pass them over ; and in merciful rays of loving kindness, will I cause my blessings to distill upon them. But unto such as make light, in this their day, of my warning voice, and will not even return to the law of nature, as I command- ed the children of Israel, by my faithful servant Moses, in ancient days; but pass on, saying within their own hearts; ^^ These are the words of mortals and not of God;'' I will surely visit them, in my own time and season, with sore destruction and desolating judg- ments, till mountains sink and valleys rise, and kingdoms into pie- ces rend. For I will cause peace to depart from the earth, and an awful gloom of terror and dismay to spread itself over her face. For I am the God of yesterday, to-day, and forever; and my spirit shall not always strive with mortal man to no purpose. 4 PROCLAMATION. But they shall hear my word in difTercnt parts of the earth, sent forth through the mouths of babes and sucklings. And the tongues of the dumb shall be loosed, to warn the people to turn from the error of their doinors, and repent before the Lord their God, tliat his rolling judgments sweep them not from the earth. And awful signs shall appear in the firmament of heaven, that shall cause the heart of man to faint ; and his strength shall fail because of the judgments which my Almighty hand hath sent forth upon the earth. For she groaneth beneath her present weight of sin and wickedness ; and crieth unto Me for vengeance to recom- pense unto the inhabitants thereof, who, by their own disobedience, have brought this curse upon her. Therefore, have I, the God of Heaven, in mercy and loving kindness, seen fit to reveal, in these last days, my word and will unto my chosen witnesses. And this short roll of my word, saith the Lord of hosts, I command my witnesses to put up in the yard of my Holy Sanctuary; that all such of the children of men, as may pass this street, upon the side of my Holy Mountain, may read and understand the same. But touch it not, saith the Lord of hosts ; for I have placed four of my holy Angels, to guard my sacred word. And let him that readeth understand; and judge not my word, judge not my work ; for my doings are marvelous in the sight of men; and who can comprehend my ways, saith the Great I AM. I have commanded my chosen people, who dwell upon this Mount, to bow down in low humility before Me, and separate them- selves more from the children of this world; and worship Me, the coming season, in a retired situation, humbly supplicating the mer- cy of the Lord their God, both for themselves, and the rest of the inhabitants of the earth. Therefore, trouble ye not my chosen ones ; for I have called them, saith the Lord, and they shall not appear in pomp and splen- dor; but they shall be clothed in meekness, and humility of soul; clad in the spirit of the Lamb, and the garment of the Savior. For my people are inoffensive, and will sooner suffer, even unto death, thtin resist unto blood. Therefore, in blessing I will bless ; and in troubling I shall trouble, saith the Lord of hosts. THE WORD OF THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN, To one of his holy and mighty Angels of Light^ Forcer and Tnith^ as He icas about to send him zcith a sacred and solemn Roll of his icord, in mercy to the inhahitants of a perishing earth, and languishing icorld. Draw near before my throne, O ye mighty and holy Angels, and all ye Seraphs, spread your wings and lie low in breathless si- lence, while I sound forth my word and will to this Holy Angel, whom I have commissioned to take this Roll, which I have written with my own hand, and place it safely upon the central dwelling, in the heart of my Zion on earth; and there it shall remain, until the time shall come, that I, in my own wisdom, shall send him forth to read the same for mortal hand to write. Have ye not beheld my doings, O ye holy and mighty Angels that surround my throne, how that my hand of charity and mercy, hath, in all ages of the world, preceded the hand of my judgment? Have I not always verified unto you, the truth of that declar- ation which I sent forth by the mouths of my Prophets in early days, that I delighted not in the death of the wicked, but I would, that all turn and repent, in the day that my hand of charity, and loving kindness, was stretched out towards them? "Truth, O thou mighty God of Heaven, reply the Angels." And have ye not furthermore seen, how that I, myself, in the everlasting attributes of my goodness, did stoop, and come down from my throne, and visit the earth on Sinai's top? And did I not there, on the Mount, engrave my law on two tables of stone, for the children of Israel, (a people whom I did call with my own voice,) and give them into the hands of my servant Moses, to establish the same among the people; warning him to use all his influence and power, to have these divine commands kept unbroken? And at the same time, did I not acquaint him of the judc-ment that would invariably follow their disobedience, should the people persist in so doing? And cannot all ye holy Angels bear witness that I have, from the day that I created and placed man upon the earth, held forth clearly and plainly to his view, both the good and comforting re- wards of obedience, and the painful and distressing rewards of diso- bedience ? 6 WORD OF THE LOUD And can ye not also boar witness, that I have made use of every means, to brintr my creature man into the path of obedience, even to the destroying of his whole race from the face of the earth, save a few chosen ones, who, by their faithful obedience, merited my mercy and protection? "Truth, truth, O righteous God, we bear thee witness from the foundation of the world, to the pres- ent day," And can ye not furthermore bear witness, that I, in mercy and loving kindness, did send my only begotten Son on earth, to open the way of peace and salvation to a lost and degenerate world, and that too, after they had broken my commandments, and trampled my laws under their feet; and had turned and bowed their hearts to serve and worship other gods, that would please their own lusts? and that, with their eyes open, knowing that they were violating the most sacred laws of Heaven, that had been sent forth for their pro- tection ? And nought would they learn from the judgments, which my Almighty hand, from time to time sent forth, to restrain their wick- ed, idolatrous hearts; but as a body of human beings, (whom I had created after my own image, with immortal souls, and rational fac- ulties, with power to exercise them for their own best good and comfort,) they would, and did, madly pursue their own course to their utter destruction; by denying and crucifying my only begot- ten Son, whom I had sent forth, in the sublime order of my glory, clothed with power divine, sufficient to insure salvation to the whole human family, had they but hearkened to his voice and kept his commandments. And furthermore, O ye my holy Angels, can ye not bear Me witness, that I did promise through the mouths of my faithful ser- vants, the Prophets, that in the latter days, I would set up a kingdom which should never be destroyed? And that a stone from the moun- tain, cut out without hands, should grow, and fill the whole earth; and that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head ? And did I not say, by the mouths of the Prophets, that in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord should be established in the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills, and that many nations should flow unto it? That the law should go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem? " Surely we, thy holy Angels, bear thee witness, that all is true, O thou Everlasting Source of all goodness. " TO THE HOLY ANGEL. Then, O thou mighty and proclaiming Angel, take to thJP^* other Angels, and go to the Zion on earth, where, by my AlmigH^^^ Power, the windows and doors of Heaven have been opened foi^' several years past, that the indwellers thereof might converse with mortals on earth, or with such a portion of them as had forsaken all for the gospel's sake, in a more remarkable degree of nearness and freedom, than was ever before suffered, since the earth, by my hand was created. There, take to thyself a servant of my name, an instrument whom I have chosen for this purpose, and prepare him, through deep tribulation, and anguish of soul, to write correctly, the words of this Roll, as thou shalt read them unto him. But before this shall take place, thou shalt show forth strange and striking signs unto the people, which shall appear both awful and sublime. For in this Roll to the children of men, have I de- clared the Daughter of Zion, in her proper lot and place, as well as the Son. CV( AVORD OF THE HOLY AND MIGHTY ANGEL, To the inspired writer^ who had been at the AngeVs service^ many days previ- ous to the writing of this Roll, in shoicing forth signs, both strange, and in a great measure unaccounted for by mortals ; yet evidently showing that heavy tribulation for the j)coplc of God, was even at their doors. thou child of mortality, in whose body life and breath is, but in whose power it is not, why dost thou seek to evade the suffer- ings and distress, which the Lord thy God hath meted out for thee, that thou mayest be prepared to do his will, though thy mortal life should be sacrificed as the consequence, and thy blood should be required by the hands of persecutors, to seal the truth of the words which, by his Almighty Power, thy mortal hand hath been moved to write? 1 say unto thee, fear not mortals, nor the face of mortal man, who is able to destroy the body only ; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Bow down thine heart, O thou instrument in mortal clay, and suffer thy soul to drink in tribulation, as a thirsty ox drinketh in the crystal water. Have not all thy Heavenly Parents bestowed their strength, love and blessing upon thee, that thou mightest take thy life in thy hand, and put thy trust in God? Hast thou ever been forsaken by the spirit of God, when thou didst go forth, in obedi- ence, to do his will ? "Nay, nay, never, never, O holy Angel." Then, make haste, get thee up from thy slumbers, thou child of sorrow, no more be faint hearted or dismayed, because of the word of thy God unto thee, that thou shouldst end thy days under excruciating sufferings; for none can find complete happiness, until they have suffered the final destruction of all the life that is natural and carnal. But rejoice in that God who hath called thee to suffer, that his word, pure and uncorrupted, may be brought forth to the chil- dren of men, according to his divine purpose : for to this end hath He called thee, and unless thou resignest to his will, thy soul will WORD OF THE ANGEL TO THE WRITER. 9 sink from his presence, and the blood of the unrighteous who would have hearkened to his word, had it been sent forth, he will require at thy hands. But if thou doest thy duty, and they hearken not, after they have had my word of warning placed before their eyes, or sounded in their ears, their blood must be upon their own heads. The Lord thy God, sendeth forth to earth nothing in vain ; nought of all that he giveth to the children of men, shall again re- turn unto him void. He sendeth it forth in mercy, to all such as will receive and obey it, according to the best light they have; and in judgment to all such as willfully refuse to hearken and give ear to the words of solemn warning, which he hath sent forth, stamped with the seal of his everlasting kindness, to all who turn and repent. Let him that will, come and partake of the waters of life freely. For we, his holy and proclaiming Angels, do testify and bear witness, that the Almighty Hand of the Lord God of Heaven is stretched out in wrath, in judgment and in mercy, over the inhab- itants of earth, in a more singular and striking manner, than ever was done before, since it, by his hand was created. And we do further testify, to all human beings, who may hear or see the record of our words, that judgments awful, gather rap- idly over the face of the whole earth. And where ever God does find a people, whether they be few, or many, who fear Him, by keeping his commandments, and denying themselves of all ungodliness and every worldly lust, He will surely cover them with the shadow of his wings, and hold them in the hollow of his hand, that his destroy- ing Angels, pass them lightly over. He is no respecter of persons, farther than their works render them objects of his peculiar delight and protection : this marked distinction for work's sake, his attributes of goodness and justice at all times require him to show. Therefore, put on strength, O thou mortal child of sorrow, and be patient under sufferings, until the will of thy God, in writing this Roll, shall be accomplished. Six hours in each day, I will distinctly read from the Roll, for thy mortal hand to write; the words thou shalt clearly under- stand, as I sound them forth to thee; but the rest part of the day, and time, thou shalt labor under severe distress of soul, and great anguish of spirit. And so thou must be patient in this situation, until T shall have finished reading the Roll, and delivered the word which B IQ WORD OF THE ANGEL TO THE WRITER. the Lord my God hath given me ; and, at times, you will be requir- ed to leave writing the Roll, and write the word which is sent forth for immediate application in Zion. Be not too anxious to get released from thy present scene of sufferings. Do all things in the order that God requires, and then his Almighty Hand will stay and support thee ; and I, his Holy An- gel, will lead thee safely through the work which I have for thee. 11 INTRODUCTION TO THE SACRED ROLL, BY THE HOLY ANGEL. Reader, hearken ! Consider in breathless silence, every subject Embraced in the following pages, which you are about to peruse ; for they are the sentences of your Eternal God and Creator. And as you slowly pass your eyes along these sacred pages, pause, and consider the source from whence this sacred volume was, in mercy, sent forth unto all the inhabitants of tJie earth ; that it is the Eternal Source of all goodness, and of your immortal existence. Then proceed in solemn fear and reverence, considering, that by the declaration of the Almighty, made in this your day, He has placed before you that word, by which you shall be judged at his eternal bar of justice. And as you treat this, his word, so will He treat you, in the day of his heavy judgment which is at hand, and of which you have a solemn warning, in the sacred pages of this book. Therefore, prepare, make no delay. And I solemnly warn you, (says the Angel,) make not this book a subject of speculation, for money's sake : for God forbiddeth that his sacred givings should be so used by mortals. Ministers, professing to preach the pure gospel of Christ, are required, by the spirit of God, as soon as they can obtain a copy, to keep one sacred in the pulpit of their house of worship, as direct- ed in the latter part of this book ; and to be used accordingly. [See Chap. xxiv. Sec. 50.] Boards of Foreign Missions, are also required, by his Holy Spirit, to translate correctly, into other languages, [this Sacred Roll,] ^^d print copies sufficient to circulate into all foreign nations^ 13 INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLL. throughout Christendom, und where ever missions have been extend- ed, making charges for the books, sufficient only to remunerate them for their trouble ; and this is to be done, if possible, in two years' time from the commencement of the year eighteen hundred forty fourj as will be seen towards the close of the Roll. [See Chap. xxviiSec. 30.] All printers, who may have a wish to re-print this book, are under the most solemn charge, ( as will be seen by reading it through, ) not to alter, add, or diminish, a word herein contained. [See Chap. xxvilSec. 33. ] And to make such charges for the books, of those who may wish to purchase, as will justly com- pensate them for their expense, and no more, saith the Holy and Mighty Angel of God. New Lebanon, Feb. 2, 1843. 12 o' clock. M. 13 THE SACRED,SOLEMN AND SEALED KOLL, OPENED AND READ, BY THE MIGHTY ANGEL. CHAPTER I. THE LORD PIRST ANNOUNCES HIMSELF IN HIS TRUE CHARACTER, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. a New Earth, and the humbling of man. 12. Of coming in the night as a thief. l^. Of blessing to those who prepared themselves at his coming, &c. 16. Mercy always has preceded judg- ment. 17. Of warnings sent forth in this day. 18. Character of those through whom God reveals his will. 1. The Lord announces himself in his true character. 8. All creation should pass into oblivion, rather than one word of God should fail. 9. Times and seasons of the accomplish- ment of God's work, seldom given to his agents to declare. 10. Of the fulfillment of God's promise in sending a Savior into the world. 11. Of the creation of New HeaVens and %. I AM THAT I AM, A God of Justice, of Wisdom, A]^D OF Truth. A God of long Forbearance, of tender Kind- ness, AND LOVING MeRCY. A GoD OF WHOM YE READ, WHO CRE- ATED THE Heavens, and the Earth, and all that is therein. A God who sent forth the overwhelming deluge, to sweep from the earth's face, even thai which I had created in my own im- age, bearing immortality, because of their gross wickedness, in per- verting the order of nature which I had given them. 2. A God that appeared on Sinai's top, and gave my law, engrav- en upon two tables of stone, into the hands of my true and faith- ful servant Moses, for the Children of Israel. 3. A God who fought their battles when they were obedient, and suffered their enemies to prevail when they were disobedient; 4. A God that led them to the promised land, and sent, in my own wisdom unto them, the promised Messiah. 5. A God who hath narrowly watched the doings of the nations and 14 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK kincrdoms of the earth, from tlie day tliey crucified my Son, up lo the present time. (). I AM, is God; whose power is Almighty, and whose glory and beauty filleth all immensity and space ; yet the least creature of my creation, is an object of my particular notice; either in mercy or in judgment. And with Me, time does not exist, for before time was, I AM, existed ; and the after Me can never comej 7. Jehovah J ah, is my name; through endless worlds I'm known; fulfilling, to the least jot and tittle, that which I have prom- ised through the mouths of my true and faithful servants, 8. All creation, that mortals can comprehend, should pass into oblivion, rather than one word from my mouth should fail of being accomplished, let it be spoken through whatever medium it may ; if I have prepared that medium, I have also recorded it on the rec- ords of eternity ; and all the power that earth and hell possess, can never falsify one word. 9. But times and seasons, I seldom give to any agent, to declare : they are reserved in true wisdom, by the Eternal Twain, united in one. {f ^ m that God that did promise, in ancient days, through the mouths of my faithful servants, that in the latter day, I would set up a kingdom that should never have an end. This I have done ; I have begun a kingdom that shall never have an end^# 10. I did also promise, that I would fill the whole earth with a stone, from the Mountain, cut out without hands : This I am also doino-, in my own time and season. Remember that with Me, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day : yet, the very hairs of your head are all numbered, and the moments of your lives all counted. 11. I did also promise to create a new heaven and a new earth, wherein should dwell righteousness. And I did furthermore declare, that my kingdom was a kingdom of peace; and for this purpose did I send my only begotten Son into the world. I did also promise, that I would cause the loftiness of man to be brought low; and bring into contempt the honorable and great ones of the earth, (or those who felt themselves as such,) that the pride of all flesh might be stained, and my name alone, exalted in that day. This work 1 am now doinsf, even in the present time in which you live. 12. I am that God who did promise, through the Lord Jesus Christ, that I would come as a thief in the night ; and warned all to be prepared, with lamps well trimmed and burning, having oil in TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 15 their vessels, ready to meet the Bridegroom and Bride, and not to be found sleeping, when their Master should return. 13. And lo, I have come, and cried aloud the watch, but few an- swered; therefore I called the lame, the halt and the blind to my feast, and they that were the children of the kingdom I did cast out, and compelled those from the highways and hedges, to come in and sit at my table, that it might be filled. 14.fl am that God who promised, through my blessed Son, that if any would forsake all, for the gospel's sake, lake up their cross, and follow Me, they should be blessed while in time, an hundred fold ; and in the world to come, with eternal life. And that all such as would lose their life for my sake, should find it; and all such as would save their life should lose it. For the Father and the Son are one, and from the Eternal Essence of my goodness, did I send him forth. [See St. John, Chap. xvii. 11, 21, 22.f] ' ' <\UCli' 15. I AM, is God of yesterday, to day, and forever ; my purpos- es alter not, neither do they change, with the passing events of time. 16. My attributes of goodness, justice and equity, with an offer of repentance, have always, in the wise dispensations of my provi- dence, preceded, (in kind and merciful offers to the children of men,) the heavy hand of my judgment, that they who would, might turn and be saved. 17. And now, even in this your day, I am that God who does, through means of my own choosing, and vessels of my own prepar-^ ing, send forth my word of truth, accompanied by a kind and friendly warning, to all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, who dwell upon the face of the whole earth. 18. Not through vessels polished by the arts and sciences, culti- vated by man, but through such as are humble and dependent chil- dren, who seek to know, and do my will, as the first, and greatest object of their pursuit ; who dwell in a humble and secluded posi- tion in life ; choosing, rather to suffer persecution, tribulation and affliction with my people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. 19. Such are the instruments and vessels, through whom the word of my law shall go forth, from the Zion of my likeness, to the ends of the earth. Through such as do, in truth, yield themselves as clay in the hands of the potter ; giving all the honor and glory to my name, knowing and feeling themselves nought, but poor frail worms of the dust, whose life and breath is but as a vapor, that van- isheth quickly away. 16 CMAPTER II. BRIEFLY SHOWING THE ORDER OF MY WORK WITH THE CHILDREN OF MEN IN EARLY AGES; Whom T had created in my own image, saith the Lord, TO FILL A much MORE HONORABLE AND EXALTED STATION, IN MY VIEW, THAN THAT TO WHICH THEY HAVE APPLIED THEMSELVES. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Of the primitive state of man. Generation, innocent and justifiable, had it been kept in its order. How corrupted, and the following- con- sequences. Of the orig-inal design of God in the creation of man, Man protected, had he kept his recti- tude. Mankind never ceased to pervert the true order of nature. Judgments suffered to follow, as a re- buke. Man still hardens his heart. Of the earth's witness to its Creator. 15. Of the sending forth of God's warning- 17. Violation of the order of nature, the cause of war and bloodshed. 20. Expressions of the hearts of many, concerning the judgments of God. 25. Of the call of God to the inhabitants of the earth. 26. Of man's obstinacy against God, from the beginning-. 28. Salvation only to the obedient. 29. Criterion of the true witnesses of God. 30. Of the dispensations of justice to mankind. 1. When I created the earth, and all that is therein, I created man in a state of free agency, possessing an immortal soul, endow- ed with reasonable faculties, and also with irrational, or opposite propensities. 2. These irrational, or opposite propensities, could never have gained such an influence over his rational mind, as to have perverted the order of his creation, had he kept my commandments, when first by my hand he was created, and placed in the garden, with full liberty to partake of every flower, and eat of the fruit of every tree, save the one that stood in the midst. This he was not to med-. die with on pain of death. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 17 S. But the irrational and inferior propensities working upon his animal part, seduced him to yield to the pleadings of the weaker vessel, and disobey the righteous command of his Creator God, 4. By giving way to iudulge their natures, the seat of which gratification was placed in the midst of their bodies ; and this is the tree, standing in the midst, bearing the forbidden fruit, from which they plucked, not for the sake of procreation^ but wholly for the sake of gratification. 5. Therefore, the death, of which I had before told them, did now ensue ; they could no longer stand before Me in a state of true innocence; for they had basely corrupted that order of nature which I had strictly commanded them to keep, and violate it not. 6. The times and seasons for them to come together merely for the sake of propagating their own species, could have been fulfilled, sufficient to accomplish that end, and [that work] been as justifia- ble in my sight, as that of eating or drinking; and they could have known no more shame in the transaction. 7. But by yielding to inordinate propensities, the seed of man was basely corrupted; and by that means, the order of nature, which I had established for his protection while in a natural state, was wholly thrown aside, saith the Lord, by the great mass of mankind, until debauchery, bloodshed and violence, did fill the whole earth, save a small remnant, who had descended from him who was begotten strictly after the order of nature, in true obedience to my command. 8. I never intended, saith the Lord, that after having created man in our own image, to be an honor and glory unto us, by show- ino- fo^th the imao-e of his Creator, that he should have filled the earth with every species of abomination and violence, and caused it to be covered with bloodshed and carnage : by no means. 9. But I intended it should have been a terrestrial paradise, stand- ing in its natural order uncorrupted, until in my wisdom, I should have seen fit to introduce an order of grace, or a spiritual dispensa- tion, for such portions of its inhabitants as were adequately ripened for the calling. 10. I should have noticed, with my blessing and protection, in the order of my providence, those who had strictly kept the order and law of nature, uncorrupted, as really as those who were called into the order of my grace ; or to a work so pure and holy, that it could allow of nothing pertaining to the works of generation ; 11. But mankind, from the earliest ages of the world, have never c US SACRED ROLL AND BOOK rensed to porveri the order of nature, and turn it to subserve their own nnaoverned and licentious piussioris, until their loss and dark- ness have become so s^reat, tiiat the whole earth is corrupted, and last sinkiniT under a curse, from my all righteous hand. 12. And all the judgnients and calamities which I have suffered to come upon the earth in past dispensations and ages, to the pres- ent day, as a just recompense for their own doings, have been for the purpose that mankind might learn obedience to my law, by the things which they suffered. 13. Yet, notwithstanding all these solemn warnings, accompanied by awful judgments, if their lives were spared, they have never ceased to harden their hearts, and again provoke my Holy Spirit to anger by their gross wickedness, committed [by many,] with their eyes wide open, knowing that they were disobeying the commands of the Lord their God. 14. The whole world, and all the inhabitants that have heretofore lived on the earth's face, bear Me witness, that it hath now become ripe, for sore and heavy judgments. 15. Therefore, do I firstly send forth my warning voice in chari- ty , and extend the offer of repentance to all who will accept it ; for I delight not in the death of the wicked, saith the Lord. 16. But I would, that ye turn from the evil of your doings, and learn true righteousness ; or come so far towards it, as to keep that law of nature which I first established for the protection of man, v/hile yet in a natural state. 17. Hearken, O ye people, and hear my word, saith the Lord your God. Had man kept his rectitude in the order of nature, as I commai.ded him, no innocent blood would ever have been shed by his hand ; no wars and fightings would ever have existed among the nations of the earth. 18. But because of their awful wickedness, and of their beastly abominations, T, the liord God of Heaven and earth, have suffered the sword, with bloodshed and carnage, famine, destruction and pes- tilence, with sweeping blasts of my fury, in earthquakes and torna- does, to devastate many parts of the earth, and swallow up in de- struction, the living thereon ; that others might take warning and behold the doings of an Almighty hand, that no mortal power could sway. 19. [ These events ivere suffered,'] that those who beheld the awful calamities, with which their fellow creatures had been visited in a TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 19 Stroke of my judgment, might take warning, and turn from the evil of their doings, before it be too late. 20. But how, saith the Lord, have they hardened their hearts? Truly, by saying to their fellows when the calamity was passed, "Why this is truly remarkable, the Lord must have done this; but perhaps the like never will take place again, and so we will go on as usual, [and do as ice have done. ] " 2L Others would say, "These things are unavoidable in the nat- ural course and order of the elements ; I do not consider that God has any thing to do with it." 22. And by this means, they would strengthen their fellow mortals in the belief, that my Almighty hand and power, hath noth- ing to do in bringing such sweeping calamities upon the earth, and by so doing, [they would ] strengthen and encourage their compan- ions to go on, still adding to, and increasing the black catalogue of crimes that was attached to those whom I had swept from the face of the earth. 23. Yea, saith the Lord, instead of my judgments serving to work repentance and humiliation, in those who were unvisited by my judgments, it only served, (with many,) to harden them in their awful crimes of wickedness. 24. I deal, saith the Lord Almighty, with the creatures of my creation, according to my own wisdom. I deal with the different nations, kindreds, tongues and people, dwelling upon the face of the whole earth, both in mercy and in judgment; and in my own wisdom I deal with them as nations, and I deal with them as indi- viduals. 25. Give ear, O Earth, and understand my words, all ye people who dwell in her, saith the Lord of hosts. Will you receive the word of the Lord your God in mercy, now while it is extended to you, in this, the latter day of his glory? Or will you forbear to hear, and refrain from repentance, as your fathers before you have done ? 26. Eternity, and the souls dwelling therein, cry unto Me, as a wit- ness, that from the earliest ages of the world to the present day, mankind, as a body, have stood against the most merciful offers of my hand, by refusing to hearken to my word, which I sent forth for their best good, their peace and their comfort. 27. But, as a few glimmering stars in the midst of midnight dark- ness , so have I preserved a few chosen witnesses, who were pre- pared, through deep tribulation, and much suflering, to testify of 20 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK my word, and of my \vt)rk in truth, through all the dispensations of my goodness to man, from the earliest ages of the world to the present day. 28. I have never promised salvation nor protection, to any eouls, only in the path of true obedience to that revealed will and order, made known to them, through such instruments, as I had prepared and raised up to testify of Me, both by precept and example, in the age and day wherein they lived. 29. And, as a criterion by which to tell those who were the true witnesses of my word, I did proclaim, through my blessed Son, that fruits alone, should declare, for or against each soul ; that I would know no man by his words; but by the fruits which he brought forth, should he be judged. And this declaration from my eternal throne, must, and forever will remain unalterable, through time and in eternity. 30. For I AM, is a just God, dispensing unto every one accord- ing as their works shall merit; and weigh every nation, accord- ing to my wisdom, in the just balance of my power ; and accord- ing to that measure which they have meted unto others, so shall it be meted to them again. 31. And according to that cup which they have filled with the waters of affliction for others to drink ; so shall it again be filled to overflowing, and returned to their own mouths ; and according to the effusion of blood which they have caused in other nations to flow ; so shall it flow from their own veins, with an increased meas- ure, saith the Lord their God. 21 CMAFTEH III. OF MAN'S PROBATIONARY STATE. HIS DISOBEDI- ENCE AND LOSS. THE REVELATION OF A SAVIOR &c. The high and exalted ideas of man, inflated by his own ambition and pfvide, can never be brought conformable to my will saith the lord, nor comprehend my work or the nature of my doings. 1. Man strayed from God, by disobedi- 27. ence. 2. His state of trial 5 command of God 30. to him. 31. 3. His bondage by the animal propensi- ties 5 means of deliverance. 4. Indulgences the cause of haughtiness and hardness of heart ; delusion suf- 36. fered, as the consequence. 37. 6. The witness and declaration of jus- tice against the works of man. 42. 10. Mankind questioned by the Almighty. 19. Man slights the offers of mercy and grace. 43. 20. The state in which the wicked enter eternity. 45. 22. Commands of God to man. 48. 25. Mankind agaui questioned by tlie Al- mighty. Of the crucifixion of Christ ; by what caused, &c. Man's way not God's way. The manner in which Christ was sent into the world : for what purpose ; his teaching and example. Of the visitation of God and his holy Angels to earth. A word of examination to the children of men. The Heavens and earth, witness against mankind. All ranks and orders, required to heark- en and humble themselves. Naught but humility will stay the hand of judgment. The manner in which all are to look for the coming of Christ unto them. Christ revealed, &c. 1. Mankind, by disobedience to Me, their God and Creator, have strayed far, very far from that way in which I intended their feet should walk; and from that work in which I wished to have them engaged, while on their short pilgrimage through time. 2. But, that man might not be as a mere machine, deprived of the power of volition, or free agency, I placed him, when created, in a peculiar situation or state of trial, and knowing the great weak- ness to which he would be exposed, I gave him a solemn charge, concerning the dangers that lay in his way; and that the most fatal 22 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK consequences would ensue, should lie persist in acts cf disobedience to that course which I had then instructed him to pursue. Having done this, I left him to prove his fidelity and true obedience to my word.,^ 3. [But the irrational or animal propensities, [called the serpent,] soon over-ruled his right reason, and placed upon him strong bands, which held him in bondage to the law of sin and death, which is the animal or inferior part ; and having polluted his seed, by acts of disobedience, the curse which followed, and rested upon him, by increasing the inordinate and beastly passions of lust, which nev- er could be satisfied, had now become so strongly attached to the sensitive powers of the mind, which now were bent on gratifica- tion, [that they] could never be removed, short of a full cross being borne, against every propensity pertaining to that nature. 4. And by the influence of this degraded and beastly propensity, (which never was, and never will be necessary for the sake of pro- creation,) mankind, as a body, from the earliest ages, to the present day, have been exalted in their own imaginations, inflated with pride and vanity to that degree and extent, that I suffered their hearts to become hardened, their ears to become deaf, and their eyes to become blind; for they had chosen their own way, therefore I did suffer their delusion, saith the God of Heaven. 5. Not that it was my choice, but a choice that they themselves had made, in open and willful rebellion against all the fatherly and kind entreaties which I had sent forth to them, through messengers of my own preparing.^ 6. Do not the records of eternal justice and truth, declare this against you, O inhabitants of earth ? Do not the countless millions now groaning in chains and fetters of darkness, bound in eternity, witness this truth ? 7. The eternal record before my throne, which shall bring a just reward to every human creature, declareth and sealeth this solemn truth; your own way you have pursued, and not the way of your God. 8. Your own plans of salvation you have embraced, and not the plans of your God. Your own paths you have pursued, and in them your feet have been swift to shed blood ; these are not the paths of your Creator God. 9. All forms, all creeds and systems of religion that have been established by the sword, or supported by the force of arms, are of TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 23 man's own invention, that the life of that beastly nature, (after which the whole world, from its creation to the present day, have wandered,) might be spared and kept alive. It never emanated from my holy spirit, saith the God of Heaven ; but frail and mortal man, in his bigoted and darkened condition, hath invented it, and practiced the same. 10. Hearken, all ye nations, and give ear, O ye people of the earth, saith the Lord your God. Can you answer these questions? Have your souls found that which saves you from committing sin in the present tense? Have you found that which saves you from shed- ding the blood of your fellow creatures? Have you found that which causes you to love your neighbors as yourselves? 11. Have you found that which saves you from all the gratifications of lust, and beastly works of nature, only that which is indispensa- ble for the sake of procreation, or for the fulfilling of that grea^ command which I gave to the children of men, in early days ; un- der which the most licentious and beastly works of abomination have been cloaked, from that day to this? 12. The command w as good, and stands good, in its order and place, but not one act of gratification carried further than is neces- sary for the propagation of your own species, can ever be covered by this command. 13. Have you found that which enables you to dwell together in unity, harmony and peace, having all things in common, and none saying that aught of the things that he possessed were his own? If not, what is the matter? Ponder these thhigs in your ov/n hearts! Communities, you say, are good, if they can agree. 14. But thus saith the Lord, have you laid the axe to the root of the tree, or have you only lopped a few of the branches? Have you found the golden cord of purity, that binds souls in one? Or do the bands of sin and death surround you, and [cause you to be] broken in pieces? 15. What was the reason that the inhabitants of Sodom and Go- morrah refused to hearken to the solemn warnings which I sent forth unto them, through messengers of my own preparing? Did they not mock and scorn my witnesses, and deride the word of my awful truth at their mouths, that unless they did humble themselves and repent, they with their city, should be destroyed ? 16. What was this, but the arrogance of their spirit that refused to 24 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK hearken to my word through tliose messengers, whom I did send unto them 1 17. What caused tlie inhahitants of the antediluvian vvorhl, to mock and scorn, the solemn and righteous warning of my servant Noah, although they were clearly shown, by the operations of my Spirit, through my fLiithful servant, that unless they would cease from their awful wickedness, humble themselves and repent, they should, by the judgment of my Almighty hand, be swept from the face of the earth I J 8. And notwithstanding, they were all doomed to suffer death, as a certain and sure consequence, if they refused to hearken; yet, this only served to increase their epithets of scorn and derision upon righteous Noah, for being such an old superstitious" fool, ( as they called him, ) as to believe that the Lord was going to over- whelm the world with a deluge of water. 19. Was not this refusal to hearken to the tender warnings of my mouth, sent forth by means of my own choosing, to be attribu- ted to their gross wickedness, which had caused their senses to soar, m lofty and exalted imaginations of their own great wisdom, and by this means, cause them utterly to reject the most solemn and sacred warnings, that I, their God and Creator could send to them, through one whose humble walk in life they disdained, from the very bottom of their hearts? 20. Therefore, they received not of my tender mercies, but were, in lieu thereof, compelled to meet Me in judgment, and enter the eternal world with cries and screeches, under the most horrid and awful condemnation of a guilty conscience, loaded with crimes and beastly abominations to sink their souls in flames of hell, until, through sufferings, they had paid the utmost farthing, for all their sinful deeds. 21. And the last error of their lives, in refusing to hearken to my righteous word of warning, was worse than all the rest ; for here they sinned, saith the Lord God, against light and understanding; for the humble walk of my servant Noah, brought forth fruits in their sight, declaratory that my spirit dwelt in him. 22. Hearken, O ye children of men, and incline your ears to hear, and your hearts to understand, the word of the Lord your God, though you have not walked in my paths, and inclined your hearts to understand and do my will, as I have required from the earliest ages, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EAUTH. 25 S3. Yet, I am a God of mercy and of long forbearance, to such as have the least desire to return unto Me, through that medium which I have appointed for them; that is, to keep my law and or- der of nature unviolated. 24. Love mercy, deal justly one with another ; fear Me, and keep my commandments throughout, which were given to regulate those in a natural state. This requirement, is distinct and apart from that of the order of my grace. 25. But consider, O inhabitants of earth, and in a special man- ner, those of you who make a great profession of Christianity ! How have mankind treated, from the days of my servant Moses, to the present time, the merciful displays of my goodness, whenever, in my wisdom I have seen fit to send it forth unto them. 26. How oft did T have to scourge my chosen people Israel, for their wicked and rebellious doings, in rising against that order which I had appointed to lead and direct them, and thereby neg- lecting to keep my law, which I had established through my servant Moses, for their protection, stay and support; which, when strictly kept, would always ensure prosperity, and a blessing from my all righteous hand to rest upon them by day and by night. But when they departed therefrom, a curse was sure to follow. 27. Yet by all these things, how little did they learn, in willing obe- dience, the paths of true wisdom ? Surely, not so much but that they set their hearts against Me their God. They surely were in my sight, a stiff necked and rebellious people, who were determined on pursuing their own plans ; and by this means, they stood ready to destroy the animal body of the Christ whom I did send unto them, because he did not come in that way which they had laid out for themselves. 28. They wished him to come in great pomp and splendor, with mighty armies bowing at his feet. They wished to behold him as a mighty monarch, swaying the regal sceptre upon an earthly throne, destroying by the edge of the sword, all such as did not bow unto him in submission, and believe as he taught them, supporting the religion of his own nation, and condemningr that of others. 29. Had he descended upon them in this manner and form, and held forth this testimony, it would at once have blended with their own self-exalted views of the coming of a Messiah; and they would readily have supported him, by force of arms, upon his throne. 30. But learn, Oye children of men, that man's way, is not the D 26 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK way of his rjod and Creator. My way is equal for all; but man's way is unequal, unjust, and cruel. Tiierefore, did I .'^end my only begotten Son to earth, clothed with the power of salvation, encom- passed with a garment of humility and meekness, offering eternal life and salvation, upon equal terms, to all who would make the re- quired sacrifice to obtain it. 31. I did not send him to court the love, favor or affection of Monarchs, Kings or Princes ; or to say unto the great ones of the earth. Rabbi! Rabbi! But I sent him to proclaim, through the deepest scenes of suffering and tribulation, peace on earth and good will to men, if they would receive him in the name of his Father in Heaven, possessing the innocency of a lamb and the meekness of a dove. . 32. Showing unto all, by precept and example, that he came in the perfect image of his Father, possessing a spirit of forgiveness, patience and meekness, under the most* painful and excruciating sufferings of both soul and body, that was ever before shown forth upon the earth, by any spirit dwelling within an earthly tabernacle; being, at the same time, possessed of my mighty power to that extent, that he could raise the dead from their graves to life, or call from the Heavens above, at any time, myriads of holy Angels and justified spirits to his assistance. 33. And because I sent him, clothed in the attitude of meekness and humility, as I had predicted for hundreds of years before, by the mouths of my prophets, that he would come, they, as a body of people, rejected him and gnashed upon him with their teeth. 34. But a little chosen band, who were accounted poor and illit- erate men, he did gather around him, unto whom he imparted the words of eternal life, and baptized them with the holy spirit; and the few that received his testimony into honest and sincere hearts, became his true followers through life, and ended their days under the heavy hand of persecution for so doing. But I, the God of Heaven, have kept a record of these doings, from the earliest ages of the world unto the present day. 35. I again repeat the question, saith the Lord; Where is the nation, where are the people, either few or many, that have, in truth, denied themselves of all the enjoyments of sinful pleasure, by re- nouncing the world with all its alluring enchantments, for the sake of embracing the blessed gospel of that holy Savior, whom I sent forth to begin a work on earth which should never have an end. TO THE NATIONS OF THK EARTH. 27 though the wickedness of man should quickly destroy the body, Avhich, by my Almighty hand had been prepared, as a receptacle for that saving spirit, while it acted in the capacity of a local agent, in time below ? 36. Give ear, O inhabitants of earth, and hearken all ye people who dwell in her ! The Lord your God hath stooped from his throne, to visit the earth in mercy and in judgment. His holy Angels have come forth to execute judgment at his word, and show mercy at his pleasure. Vials filled with mercy, and vials filled with wrath, He hath placed in their hands. 37. Hear my voice, O ye Angels, and sound aloud your trum- pets to the children of men, saying. Shall the spirit of the Lord your God, always strive with man to no purpose? Will He always endure to be scorned, mocked and frowned upon by the mites of his creation, who are but worms of the dust, and small ones too? 38. Will He always receive a negative answer to his kind entreat- ies? Do not your own hearts bear witness in the sight of your God, O ye inhabitants of earth, that ye have perverted the way of the Lord, and the cross of his Christ ye have not borne in truth; nor bowed your necks under the yoke of the blessed Savior? 39. Doth not the haughtiness of man declare that his spirit is high and lifted up, exalted above all that is of God? 40. Doth not the spirit of oppression, and the hand that grindeth the faces of the poor, declare that justice hath departed from the earth, and the blessing of the Almighty withdrawn from her inhabi- tants ? 41. Doth not the spirit of bigotry and despotism rule in the hearts of the children of men? Are they not ready and willing, if not bound by civil laws, to support a religion that suits their own natu- ral and carnal views, even at the point of the sword, and still main- tain, that this is the religion of the Son of God, the Prince of Peace? 42. The Heavens bear witness against you, and the earth crieth unto Me with a loud voice, to be avenged on her inhabitants, for the rivers of innocent blood, which they have caused to flow upon her surface. 43. O ye Monarchs, Kings and Princes, and all ye Nobles, Lords and Commons, hearken to my voice of solemn warning, saith the Lord your God ; all ye Rulers of the people, and such as move at their command. 88 SACRED ROLL A.ND BOOK 44. Bow dovvD your spirits, from the Monarch on IiIb throne, to the humblest peasant dwelling in u lonely cottage.' Humble both eoul and body; roll in sackcloth and ashes, and proclaim ye solemn fasts throughout your lands. Prepare, prepare, O thou mortal man! prepare, prepare, all ye inhabitants of earth, for the day of my visit- ation beginneth to dawn upon you ; for my anger is kindled against you, and who may quench it? The arm of my wrath is stretched out towards you, and who may turn it back? 45. Naught but your cries and lamentations in the lowest of humiliation, will cause my hand of judgment to be stayed from the earth, saith the Lord of hosts; For I purpose to visit her in judg- ment, for her wickedness and abomination, and I will fill unto her a cup such as she never drank, since by my hand she was created. And her inhabitants have no time to lose, in preparing to meet Me their God. 46. My times and seasons, I have revealed not unto man ; but I will shortly convince all flesh that my hand is upon the earth, in very deed. 47. Look not for my word to be showered down from the natural heavens above, — Look not for my word through those that are high and lifted up, and feel themselves far above their fellow creatures. 48. Look not for the second coming of my blessed Son in the natural clouds of heaven; for I have already sent him, and the foundations of my new Heavens and new earth, are already laid, never more to be overthrown, and ye believe it not. But ye may look for my word of solemn warning, from those in humble walks of life; and from the mouths of harmless children, saith the Holy One'of Israel, shall ye hear my word. 29 CHAPTER IV. OF THE LA¥ OF NATURE, AND ORDER OF GRACE. THE DAUGHTER OF ZION DECLARED &c. The children of men, in their own natural wisdom, can NEVER discern THE TRUE SIGNS OF THE WORKING OF MY HOLY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LoRD. 1. The children of men required to search the Scriptures. 2. The Lord reasons with man. 7. Mankind required to come to the order of nature. 8, Those called by the gospel, required 10. to keep the law of grace. The Daughter of Zion, or the Heav- enly Bride declared. Concerning^ the fulfillment of the prophecies. Of the second coming of Christ, &c. 1. Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of the earth. Go search ye the records of my holy word, which many of you so highly venerate ; for ye say that they testify of Me, and of my blessed Son, 2. But after all the warnings which I had sent for hundreds and hundreds of years, through the mouths of my faithful servants, to my chosen people, respecting the coming of the Messiah, what did it avail them, when the time for his appearance had arriven? The sacred volume by which ye pretend to be led and guided, does tes- tify the truth so far as it goes, upon that ground. 3. Though much of the record of my sacred word, delivered in past ages, hath been destroyed, and much that is now handed down to the present generation, hath been greatly perverted by such as were enemies to the yoke and cross, which the Lord Jesus required them daily to bear and wear ; yet by the interposition of my Al- mighty hand, a sufficient portion of that record, containing the words sent forth from my eternal throne, hath been preserved unto the present day, and doth now stand before Me as a witness, testify- ing against the body of darkness which covereth the earth, and the gross darkness that covereth the people thereon. 4. For their sins and abominations are many, and their trans- 30 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK oressioiis not a few, saitli the Great I AM; wliose eye bcholdeth the thoughts and intents of every heart, and the leading motive of every action among the cliildren of men. 5. But as I have said in ancient days, I would condescend to rea- son with my creature man ; so do I now, in this the last age of the world, again say, I will this once, condescend to reason with the objects of my creation ; for truly the earth is covered with many souls, and there be millions and millions who know not their right hand from their left; upon whom the rays of my true light hath never beamed. 6. Therefore, I will this once and again extend the arm of my mercy, holding forth the sceptre of true righteousness, to all such of the inhabitants of earth as hunger and thirst for salvation, and are ready to sacrifice all to obtain it. And to such as desire still lono-er to remain in the wilderness state of nature, the sceptre con- taineth my law and commandments for the same. 7. I do require, saith the Lord, (who is descending to earth in mercy, and in heavy judgment,) that all such as desire to live in nature, propagating their own species, keep the law of nature unvi- olated, as I have commanded from the beginning. 8. And all such as desire to come into the gospel of grace, must keep the law of grace, as I did command in the first appearing of my blessed Son, your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who stands as the first true Anointed One; 9. And, as I have commanded in the second manifestation of the same spirit, now in this your day, though you believe it not, which is through the Daughter of Zion, constituting a spiritual Mother, the second Anointed One, who now stands in her proper lot and place, with her blessed Lord and Savior; at the head of my new and spiritual Creation, now established on the earth ; and her name is, and forever shall be, [called] Mother Ann Lee. 10. And now, the fulfillment of those predictions, from the mouths of my servants, concerning the establishing and setting up of my kingdom in the latter day of glory, as recorded in the sacred volume of my word, which all those of you who profess to be Christians so highly esteem and venerate as sacred truths, are now by my own mouth, saith the Lord, declared unto you to be fulfilled. 11. But I will show unto you, O ye children of men, the most plain and prominent passages recorded in holy writ, which have come down to the age in which you live, referring to the com TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 31 ing of the Messiah upon earth, to teach the people of his way, that they might walk in his path, when the time should come, for him to descend to earth. 12. And observe ye, how little these things were understood or regarded by those who then dwelt upon the earth; and in a special manner the Jews, who, for hundreds of years, had been called the chosen people of my name, and to whom I had shown great notice, in leading them out from the bondage of Egypt, into a land flowing with milk and honey, which I had promised their forefathers, I would give unto their seed after them. CHAPTEfi V. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE REFERRING TO THE COMING OF CHRIST. Sec. 1. Those passages recorded in scripture ^ which refer to the first appearing of the Son of God on earth, I the Holy Angel, loho read this Roll for mortal hand to write, am commanded, hy the Most High to have here inserted. Genesis, iii. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Chap. xlix. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people he. [Shiloh, meaning the Messiah, the Anointed, that is, the same as Christ. The sceptre departed from Judah soon after the Messiah came, and has never returned, to this day ; and the law was in substance disregarded.] Deuteronomy xviii. 15. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken : 32 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK 16. According to all that thou dcairedst of* the Lord thy God in Iloreb, in the day of the assembly, saying, let me not hear again the voice of tiie Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that 1 die not. 17. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth ; and he ehall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Sec. 3. This refers to Christ, and is corroborated by my faithful martyr Stephen. Psalms, xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved: 9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth ; my flesh also shall rest in hope ; 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life ; in thy presence is fullness of joy : at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Psalms, ex. 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, 5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the days of his wrath. 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way ; therefore shall he lifl up the head. Isaiah, vii. 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Sec. 4. This does apply directly to the manner in which the Mes- siah was to be ushered into the world, saith the Lord, for no vir- gin can possibly conceive and bear a son, through the co-operation of man ; for the instant she yields to nature's passions in man, her virginity is gone. TO THE NATIONS Of THE EARTH. 33 Jeremiah, xxiii. 5. Behold the days come, eaith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Micah. V. 2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, i/ct, out of thee shall he come forth unto Me, that is to be Ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Zechariah. ix. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. II Esdras. ii. 36. Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory; I testify my Savior openly. 46. Then said I unto the angel. What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands? 47. So he answered and said unto me. It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord. Chap. vii. 28.,For my son Jesus, shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years. 29. After these years shall my Son Christ die, and all men that have life.* Chap. xiii. 32. And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending ; 33. And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another. 35. But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion. 36- And Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being prepared and builded, like as thou sawest the hill graven without hands. 37. And this my Son shall rebuke the wicked inventions of • Alluding to the falling away of the primitive Church. E 34 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK tliose nation?, which for tlieir wicked life arc fallen into the- tempest; 3S. And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the tor- ments wherewith they shall begin to be tormented, which are like unto a flame ; and he shall destroy them without labor by the law which is like unto fire. Daniel, ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end' of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. 25. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and- to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall he seven weeks, and three score and two weeks ; the street shall be built again, artd the wall, even in troublous times, f Matthew, i. 23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring- forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted \s, God with as. Chap. ii. 6; And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art not the least among the Princes of Juda; for out of thee shall come^ a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Chap; xxi. 5. Tell ye the Daughter of 9ion», Behold, thy King- Cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Chap, xxvii. 9. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying. And they took the thirty pieces of siFver, the price of him thut was valued, whom they of the chil- dren of Israel did value ; 10.. And gave them for the Potter's field, as the Lord appoint- ed me. John. xii. 15. Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold; thy King; Cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 16. These things understood not his disciples at the first ;- but* when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things t That is, sixty nine weeks, reckoning- each day for a year, from the date of the above mentioned commandment, brings the time to the public ministr}^ of Jesus Christ — In the midst of the seventieth week he was crucified. And at the close of this week, which- completes the seventy, his anointed bod^'^, the primitive Church was established. Thus by this pr iphecy, it was clearly shown that the Messiah would be mcinifested at that very time, which plainly proves Jesus to be the true Messiah. TO THE NATIONS OP THE EARTH. 35 were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. Acts. ii. 25. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved : 26. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad ; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope : 27. Because thou wilt not leave my ^^oul in hell, neitheT wih thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of tlie patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepuK clire is with us unto this day. 30. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruits of his loins, accor- ding to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. Chap. vii. 37. This is th^t Moses, which said unto the chil- dren of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 33. This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 39. To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust kitn, irom them and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt. Sec. 3. Thus saith the Lord, What diflTerent from this, hav^t^e chil- dren of men, as a body, done from the earliest ages of tlie world to the present day^ whenever and wherever, I have manifested myself unto them* The record of their own histories, do declare that they have pursued the same path. Hebrews, v. 6. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. 7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had oflTered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him ; 10. Galled of God a high priest, after the order of Melchisedec. IL Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be ut tered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 36 CHAPTER VI. OE MAN'S TREATMENT WITPI GOD'S EXTENDED OFFERS OF CHARITY AND GRACE; AND OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH HIM IN DISPENSATIONS PAST, AND IN THE PRESENT. 17. Of timely warnings by the Prophets. Of the darkness and opposition of man. A few laid down their lives, for the gospel's sake. Tlie light of the gospel never suffered to become wholly extinguished. Mankind still persist in their own ways. The Lord dcclareih the execution of justice. The Lord reasons upon the situation and conduct of man. Denunciation of judgments, if man 18. 25. 29. does not repent. Knowledge suffered to increase, Judgments to those who do not the will of God, for fear of reproach. Christ's mission and labor. Christ not sent to save souls in their sins. Of the confession of sins, in order to become true witnesses for God. All rewarded according to their works. Few willing to sacrifice their own wills, and do the will of God. 1. Give ear, O ye people, and understand my words, saith the Lord ; I testify unto you, that all the foregoing passages, and many more, which have never been handed down on record, were dictated by my spirit, and sent, forth, through the mouths of the prophets, that the people might have timely warning of the coming of the Messiah, and be prepared to work with him, by hearkening to his voice, that my peace and my blessing might rest upon them. 2. But how dark was their darkness, and how great was their blindness, that after all the particular instruction from the mouths of my faithful servants, they knew not the Savior, when I sent him forth, neither would they, as a body, believe, when he declared him- self unto them, and showed forth, by the miracles which he wrought, that he proceeded, and came forth from God, the Father of all, and from none else. 3. But the gospel which he preached, their carnal, self-willed and bigoted natures did abhor; and the testimony which he bore, cut them to their hearts , therefore, in cruel rage, and malice, they TO THE NATlOiNS OF THi2 EARTH. 37 exerted all their power, to destroy his animal body, as quick as pos- sible, that his galling testimony might be suppressed, and thus did they accomplish their own destruction. 4. But a few chosen ones gathered unto him, and remained true to the cause, to the laying down of their lives; and were thereby crowned with glory, honor and immortality; 5. And the light of that gospel, revealed through the Son, I did never suffer wholly to be extinguished, through the gloomy, dark, and bloody reign of antichrist; but would, at times, cause rays of this light to break forth, in vessels of my own preparing, as twinkling stars in a dark night, from a cloudy horizon ; and bear testimony against the awful abominations of the age in which they lived ; not- withstanding, their natural lives were sure to be sacrificed, under the most excruciating tortures as the consequence. And thus have been the doings of mankind, from the creation of the world, to the present day. 6. They have always chosen their own way, in opposition to that which I, in mercy, sent forth unto them. Therefore, have they, as a world of human souls, all gone astray, and worshiped the idol god of their own lusts. Yet, as a kind and tender Father, oft have I reasoned with them, and entreated of them to turn from the error of their doings; to cease from doing evil, and learn to do well: to cease from their bloodshed and carnage, and dwell together in peace and love. 7. And many have been the holy Angels which I have sent, with messages of love and mercy, that they might be persuaded, through my unbounded goodness and loving kindness, to turn unto Me their God and Creator ; but all to no purpose, save that they would draw out their mouths in ridicule and derision unto Me, and unto my messengers; and sound forth blasphemous words against my holy work, and the subjects thereof Yea, saith the Lord, they would gladly turn the whole habitable earth into a theatre of sin and corruption ! 8. But I have declared in my wrath, and I will execute in my fury, justice upon the nations of the earth, such as will not hearken and return to the law of the Lord their God : for I will surely avenge the innocent blood that crieth unto Me. 9. My spirit shall not always be mocked by frail mortals, who are but as worms and insects, crawling upon the earth's surface. 38 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK What in man, tliat I should be mindful of him, or the son of man that I should visit him? 10. Have WE not created him to pursue a different path from that which he hath pursued, from the foundation of the world to the present day? Have I not declared that we created him in our own image, to be an honor and a glory unto us? 11. And shall we suffer him, saith the Lord, instead of doing us honor, to disgrace the name by which he was created, 12. By filling the earth with blood and violence, and covering her face with filthy stews of abomination? 13. By trafficking in human blood, and making merchandise of souls? 14. By grinding the face of the poor, and turning the right of the needy away ? 15. By supporting the rich, the great and the high, who have got gain without right, in every kind of the most extravagant luxury j while those of their fellow creatures who labor daily with th-eir hands for bread, are starving for want of the same? 16. Shall the earth groan unto Me, by reason of such injustice, and I not be avenged on her inhabitants, saith the Lord? Nay, nay, crieth my eternal justice. 17. 1 will visit her in mercy, if she will hearken; but if not, I will visit her in judgment, still more severe than I poured forth upon those stiff-necked, hard hearted and rebellious Jews, who cru- cified the holy Son of God, when he was sent forth unto them. 18. For I have suffered light, knowledge and understanding to be increased in the earth, and where ever much is given, there much, in return, will be required. And unto whomsoever light and knowledge is given, to do their master's will, and they do it not, the same shall be beaten with many stripes. 19. And where the true gospel light does shine into a soul, and they obey it not, for fear they shall be mocked and scorned, by their fellow creatures ; double condemnation will fall upon that soul; and my judgments will surely visit them, unless they speedily repent, and obey the light which I have given them, saith the Lord. 20. Understand the word of the Lord your God all ye people; I did not send my beloved Son into the world for naught: I did not send him to make a show of the gospel without possessing the sub- stance. 2L He took on him the nature of man, with all its frail and fallen TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 39 propensities, that he might set him a true example, how to deny himself, by taking up a daily cross, against erery eril propensity of his nature. 22. This, your Lord and Savior effectually did, by putting every enemy of the soul's best good and comfort, under his feet. He conquered the power of sin and death, by passing through the deep- est of sufferings. 23. And by this means, he was always able to resist the tempta- tions of every fallen propertsity of nature, at the first presentment, and was never, in any instance, overcome; therefore, he was per- fected through sufferings, and enabled to open the door of eternal salvation to every one, that would strip themselves for the race, and run for the prize, in the path which he directed. 24. But I never sent him on earth, either in his first, or second appearance, to save any souls in their sins. There can be no pow- er given to do this, saith the Lord ; my attribute of eternal justice forbiddeth it. £SS. But every one, who would come into the order of my grace, must confess their sins, one by one, before my Witnesses; and labor to repent of the same, by leaving them off. And none can ever come into the true gospel of Christ, either in his first or in his second appearance, short of doing this. 26. And none- can ever stand as true witnesses for Me, until they have done this, in sincerity of heart and honesty of soul, and have labored to repent, and cry to God that they might be forgiven for the same. 27. For the heart, defiled and corrupted with sinful abominations, is like unto a cage filled with every unclean and hateful bird ; or like unto a whited sepulchre, that is full of rottenness and dead men's bones within, and it never can be cleansed, short of a full and free confession. ^ 128. I AM, is a God of eternal justice, and will render to every one their just reward. I have in past dispensations of my grace to man, given him laws and statutes, agreeable to the age and day in which he lived, and in keeping them, he would always have been insured with my love and blessing, to protect him in his duty. 29. But few, very few, saith the Creator of all, have I ever found in any age of the world, who were willing to sacrifice their own ways and wills, with all their carnal enjoyments, to do my will and pleasure; therefore have they run in their own way, and not in the way of their God. 40 CHAPTER VII. OF THE MANIFESTATION'S OF MY HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE MANNER OF MY WORK, AS OPERATING UPON THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN, THROUGH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE AGENCIES. 1. God callelh unto man, and reasoneth wilh him. 6. Man justified in proportion to obedi- ence to tlie law of God. 8. The gospel never leads to contention. 10. Ot the profession of Christians. 11. Expressions of the wicked. 14. Of those who declared falsely. 15. Falsehood not changed into truth by that means. 17. Of the operation of the spirit of Christ. 20. Of faith and words without works. 22. Man warned to turn from his wick- edness. 2i. His works merit a scourge at the hand of God. 25. An offer of mercy yet extended. 27. Of the oiierations of the hand of Providence. 29. Of the two leaved gates. 30. Of the sending forth of Angels. 33. The Lord come to declare his laws. 35. Of conviction and obedience to the calls of conscience. 1. Draw near unto me, the Lord your God, O ye inhabitants of earth ! Incline your hearts to understand my word, and turn your feet to walk in my paths. 2. Open your eyes to behold, and unstop your ears that you may hear, while I hold forth the sceptre of my mercy, and extend the arm of my charity, once more unto you ; and teach you again of my laws, that you may walk in my paths. 3. While I command the holy Angels, whom I have sent forth with the vials of my wrath and judgment, to stay their hands for a short season, that the people may hear my word, and have a space to repent if they will, and prove unto Me, by the humility of their souls, that they really believe my word, and will hearken unto my voice. 4. The great I AM, who sitteth upon his throne on high, is a spirit of everlasting goodness and eternal brightness, operating through all immensity and space, and endless worlds unknown ; TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 41 yet, I formed this earth for my pleasufe, and placed the image of my likeness thereon for my glory. 5. And as one grain of sand to the sea shore, or as one drop of water to the rolling deep, so it may be reckoned, in comparison to the power, majesty and glory of Him who created it. Yet, in every individual whom I have created after my own image, is placed an immortal soul, or never dying part, which is of that eternal substance that gave it being; and this must, and will, eternally exist, clothed in happiness, or in misery, just in proportion as its own individual works shall merit, when weighed in the balance of my eternal justice. 6. And just so far as the inhabitants of the earth have kept the law of nature, with all its restrictions, which I did sound, through the mouths of my faithful servants, [and cause] to be recorded in the sacred volume, that man mio;ht know the will of God, his Cre- ator, just so far shall they be justified in that order and state before Me, and no further. 7. And again, just so far as all those professing the Christian religion, have sincerely embraced it, in singleness of heart and sin- cerity of soul, according to the very best light and understanding given them, so far they shall be justified in my sight, and no further; saith He who sitteth upon the throne of eternal justice. 8. And again, hear ye jiiiy word ; my spirit doth work in the hearts of the children of men, in various ways and manners. But understand, all ye inhabitants of earth, and rulers of the same; never, sifice the days of the Messiah, hath the spirit of that gospel which your blessed Lord and Savior brought forth unto you, oper^ ated to cause you to shed each other's blood. 9. For did he not declare, both by precept and example, ap plain as the open light of day, that his kingdom was not of jthis world, therefore his servants would not fight ? And did he not furthermore testify, that his kingdom was a kingdom of peace, and that the sub- jects of it must dwell together in bonds of love aiid peace ; at all times, do unto others as they wished others to do unto them, aiid so fulfill the law of true righteousness? 10. Consider, pause, and reflect, all ye nations, ye rulers, kings and people, who make a profession of the true religion of my blessed Son. Great, very great, saith the Lord, are the professions of the children of men upon earth. 11. But I am about to visit them for that which they possess, not that which they profess ; for they who profiss, ^ijd possess not, are 42 SACRCD ROLL AND BOOK likenod unto the in:in who })ul!t his lioiisc upon the sand, and the floods came, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof. 12. And so shall it be, saith the God of Heaven, with the nations and kingdoms of the earth. And notwithstanding my word of warn- ing unto them, many will say, Our God delayeth his coming; come, let us take our ease, and rest in our sinful abominations ; perhaps it will be just as well with us, in the end, as with others. 13. We have often heard of great warnings and prophecies, purporting to be from God, but I do not know as there ever was any thing took place on the account, any more than common; so I think they are all a blasphemous fiction, of some vain mortal that wants to frighten the human race. 14. But I again declare unto the inhabitants of earth, saith the Lord, that although there have been those who spoke in my name, falsely, saying that I had sent them, when I sent them not; and those who have been suffered to taste a little of the true Oil of life and light, and, having no vessel suitably cleansed and prepared to receive it, have, by that means, run extremely wild, and done much harm, in causing the heart that was already hard with unbelief, as respects the invisible operations of my divine spirit, to become still more hard and unbelieving ; 15. Yet, saith the Lord, none of these things change falsehood into truth, or truth into falsehood: a just weight, and a just balance alone can stand; and by their works shall they be known, who be false, and who be true. 16. I work by means of my own choosing, through both visible and invisible agencies. The fruit of the tree shall always stand as the criterion, by which the good qualities of that tree shall be known. 17. And where ever the spirit of my blessed Son does find an en- trance into the hearts of the children of men, it operates in the following manner : They will feel a spirit of prayer, to cry unto Me, in deep tribulation of soul, that their eyes may be opened, to see and know whether they are, in truth, continually living up to the best light of their own consciences, or whether they are daily vio- lating the same. 18. They will feel their souls hungering and thirsting after spirit- ual food, anxiously desiring to be clothed upon with that true state of justification, that they can feel they are at peace with all their fellow creatures, and can meet their God in a state of true confi- TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 43 dence, having followed the best light given them while upon earth. 19. And furthermore, all such souls as are operated upon by the spirit of good, will feel a kind, tender, and sympathetic feeling towards the whole human family: and when any of their fellow crea- tures are in distress, if it is in their power to alleviate their suffer- ings, they will do it; for, remember that faith, unsupported by works, is dead : but such as have true and living faith, will always have works, corresponding therewith. 20. But unto such as can say to a suffering fellow mortal, Go, be thou fed, warmed and clothed; or to the heart worn down under afflic- tion, grief and sorrow. Go, be thou comforted, doing nothing fur- ther; I will liken them, saith the Almighty, unto such as profess to be great Christians, calling loudly upon the name of my blessed Son, to save them, by his righteous merits, while they themselves, can readily shed the heart's blood of their fellow creatures, and daily wallow in the filthy and sinful abominations of their own car- nal propensities. 21. And again, O ye blind and stupid, saith the Lord, — How can you, in reason, expect to find mercy at my hand, while you are spend- ing your days on earth in rioting and drunkenness, wickedness, and every kind of debauchery, fulfilling the desires of every carnal propensity of both body and mind; yet, cloaking it under the reli- gion of my holy child Jesus, which is pure and undefiled ? 22. O turn, turn, crieth the voice of Him who sitteth upon the throne, turn ye, turn ye, O frail mortals of my creation, turn, in the lowest of humility and repentance, to that God who created you; or I will sink kingdoms and cities, in the bowels of that earth which ye have caused to drink in the blood of the innocent. 23. For unto whomsoever ye have yielded yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are; whether of sin unto death, or of grace unto eternal life; and but few do I find upon the earth's surface, who, as yet, are willing to enter in at the straight gate, and walk in the narrow way, that they may find eternal life. 24. The whole human family have gone astray; there are none but what have sinned in my sight, and there are none, but what their works merit a scourge at my hand. 25. Yet, in mercy do I once more extend an offer of repentance, now, in this, the latter day of my visitation on earth, to fallen man. And they that think they can pass lightly over the solemn warnings which I send unto them, and trample them under their feet, I will 44 SACRED ROLL AND BODK surely meet them, in an hour that they are not looking for Me, and in a day that they are unprepared for my coming, saith the Lord of hosts. 26. Then will they in vain call upon my name for mercy ; then would they gladly confess their sins and abominations, that they might find mercy at my hand ; but he that gathereth not in harvest, must perish in winter. He that receiveth not in mercyj must take in judgment. 27. All that operates in the hearts of the children of men, to dif- fuse the principles of peacej discarding the cruel and barbarous principles of bloodshed and carnage, and all the efforts and labors, of both governments and individuals, to bring about and produce a moral reform upon the minds of the people ; 28. And all the associations and societies, which have been form- ed for the purpose of encouraging the can^^ of temperance, whether in eating or drinking, are the operations of the hand of my Provi- dence, upon the hearts of the children of men, to prepare the way for my coming to visit the earth, in mercy and in judgment; in a far more remarkable and striking manner, than it ever before was visited. 29. For the great I AM, now opeiieth the (iv'd leaved ^ates, and declareth, with ^is own voice -Of eternal truths the only way of entrance into the holy city. And all who seek to enter by other paths, are but as thieves and robbers ; and it shall be said unto them, depart, for I know you not. 30. I have sent forth my angels of lamentation and of sorrow^ of judgment and desolation, of mercy and of charity, to pass and re-pass through the earth. 31. Though as yet, I have scarcely suffered them, saith the Lord, td begin to make themselves known to the children of men : for I will ftrst prove the inhabitants of the earth in this age, as I have proved them in times and ages long past. 32. I will send forth, in my own vvay, my solemn word of warn- ing; and if that they wi^l receive, I will give unto them, in my own time and season, my law and commandment^ which I have already placed in the heart of my Zion, respecting those who still desire to live after the order of nature, propagating their own species. 33. Thus saith the Lord; I liave come to declare my laws and my statutes to the children of men. And such as are for the law of nature, keep the law of nature, which I have sent forth, and the TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTtt* 45 blessing and protection of an over-ruling Providence, shall rest upon them for the same. 34. And such as are for the law of grace, keep the laio of grace, which can have no part or place in the works of natural generation ; and the immediate protection and blessing of my Almighty hand, shall be extended to them for the saMe; and they shall be crowned with glory, immortality and eternal life, in the world to come. 35. When souls are awakened in their spirits, to search after t'hdl which will save them from sin daily, then, the invisible agen- cies w^hich I have sent forth, are operating upon their minds, to wake them up to a sense of their great loss and distance from a pure and holy God. 36. Souls in this situation, feel, many times, extremely bad, and know not the cause; but if they would follow, regardless of per- sonal consequences, the beams of true light, that are suffered, by my Almighty power, at such times, often to break forth and shine into their souls, and strictly live to the same, regardless of sneers and scoffs, or the ridicule of their fellow companions, this light would invariably lead them, as the final result, to the fountain of eternal truth; where I, the God and Creator of all, have placed my name, forevermore to stand. 37. Where I have promised to set up a kingdom, that all the powers of both earth and hell, can never overthrow or destroy; where violence shall not be used, and vvhere blood shall not be shed; where the spirit of the Lamb) and the meekness of the Savior, shall characterize the goings of the people ; where no confidence or trust is placed in the arm of flesh ; but where the Almighty power of the Lord their God is sought unto for protection. 3$. For a pure and holy people, whose hands are not stained in human blood, and whose feet pursue not in the paths of sin and death, I will surely have upon the earth, to bear testimony of my word and my work, and testify against the wickedness and abomi- natioHs thereon committed, «aith the God of Heaven. 46 CHAPTER VIII. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE, SHOWING THE PLAIN AND POINTED DECLARATIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE MANNER OF LIFE HE REQUIRED OF ALL AVHO PROFESSED TO FOLLOW HIM. 4. Christ, the end of the law for right- eousness to all who behaved. 6. Laws given in every age, suitable for the age. 7. Of fleshly gratifications. 8. Of evils forbidden. 1. Of those who are counted worthy to obtain the resurrection. 2. Of forsaking all, &c. 3. The situation in which mankind is found. Of rejecting the offers of salvation, and of Christ's second coming. 20. Of God's visitation to the inhabitants IG of the earth, in judgment. 25. What is required of those who would ever come to the Son of God. 27. The requirements of God unaltered, by man's abuse of them. 28. Scripture passages quoted, sufficient to condemn the whole world. 30. Christ's words not contradictory in spirit. 31. Of a cloak for evil. 35. A declaration of God's judgments. 37. The spirit of carnal warfare and con- tention, opposed to godliness. Sec. 1. I require, saith the Lord, the most plain and prominent passages, spoken by the Savior when he was on earth, as referring to the manner of life that all were required to live, who would be- come his true followers, to be here inserted; that the children of men may behold, with shame and surprise, the great diiference be- tweent he manner of life here required, and that which they have practiced from that day to this; which stand as opposite as day and night, or as light and darkness. 2. And the record of this word is contained in the Sacred Book, which they acknowledge to be the true record of the word of God to the children of men. MattJiew, V. I . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain : and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. 2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them saying, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 47 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for tiieirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 5. Blessed arc the meek : for they shall inlierit the earth. 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after right- eousness : for they shall be filled. 7. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9. Blessed are the peace makers : for they shall be called the children of God. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you^ and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad , for great is your reward in heaven ; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the proph- ets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18. For verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Sec. 3. O ye professors of Christianity, saith the Lord, compare your past and present lives with the foregoing lessons of instruc- tion, which were given by the mouth of your Lord and Savior, when he was on earth, in person. 4. Remember, O ye children of men, that Christ, the Savior, was the end of the law, [for righteousness,] to all them that believ- ed; and none who name his name, as being a true follower of him, have, since the day he was on earth, had any right to plead, even the indulgences gi^en under the law, that Moses gave to the chil- dren of Israel. 5. For in Christ, was brought forth the law of grace ; which not only fulfilled all that had been given in the previous laws to the 48 8ACRET) ROLL AND BOOK cliildron of Israel, but superseded the necessity of all other laws, going before; being, in itself, a superior law to any that had ever preceded it ; as all had been weak, through indulgences ; therefore could bring nothing to perfection. 6. In every age of the world, I have, in the dispensation of my own wisdom, given such laws for the children of men, as were adapted to the Jige in which they were given, and best calculated to effect the work for which they were designed, saith the Lord. Matthew, V. 19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 28. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her in his heart, Sec. 7. This plainly declares my requirement, saith the Lord, for all such as come into the order of the gospel ; that they can have nothing to do with fleshly gratifications ; not so much as even to look on a Woman to lust after her. And again ; Mattheic, v. 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jeru-= salem ; for it is the city of the great King : 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black : 37. But let your communication be. Yea, yea; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 3S. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39. Bat I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Sec. 8. Now listen, O ye people, and understand my words; Do not the few foregoing sentences, spoken by your Z/orc? and Savior, effectually forbid all quarreling, contention, revenge, and defraud^ ing, which is so universally practiced among mankind? The voice of truth, in every heart, must answer. Yea. Matthew, v, 43, Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 49 shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; Chap. vi. 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites arc : for they love to pray standing in the synao-oo-ues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily, T say unto you. They have their reward. 19. liay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal : 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nei- ther moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Chap. vii. 12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. 13. Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide Z5 the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : 14. Because, strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22. Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : de- part from me, ye that work iniquity. Chap. xii. 36. But I say unto you. That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Chap. XV. 3. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? 7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me. 9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. G 60 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK MattlmOy xxiii. 4. For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay llicm on men's shoulders; but they thrmsclvf 14. But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spok- en of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains : Sec. 2. Consider, O ye people, what plainer declaration of the spirit, could be given, than the foregoing, to inform the people that the time was then near, that the true Church should be made deso- late of Christ, by the abominations practiced by those who profess- ed to be of the same, Mark, xiii. 21. And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ; or lo, he is there; believe him not. 22. For false Christs, and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. 23. But take ye heed : behold, I have foretold you all things. Luke, xxi. 8. And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived : for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. I. Johrij ii. 18. Little children, it is the last time : and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists ; whereby we know that it is the last time. Chap. iv. 3. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, [or, manifested through a mortal body,] is not of God. And this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now al- ready is it in the world. II. Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the tem- ple of God, showing himself that he is God. 7. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming : 9. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them 64 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK that perish ; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12. That they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness. II. Timothy, iii. 1. This know also, that in the last days peril- ous times shall come. 2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boast- ers, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, un- holy, 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God ; 5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts; 7. Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Sec. 3. Where is the nation or people, saith the Lord, that is ready and prepared to come to the knowledge of the truth, when I shall reveal it unto them ? 4. Where is the kingdom, nation or people, that will not do, in this last dispensation of my goodness to man, as their fathers before them have done ? 5. Who is ready to receive Me in my own way, saith the Lord ? 6. And who are ye that are ever ready to carve out ways of your own, and cry out against my word, and my work. Blasphemy and delusion 1 7. Who among you will be ever learning, and never ready to come to the knowledge of the truth, when I, your God and Creator, make it known unto you ? 8. Pause, and consider your doings. The Great I AM is a merciful God ; but trifleth not with the objects of his creation, who spurn at his work, and turn a blind eye and a deaf ear unto his sacred word. 9. Look at the blindness of your fellow creatures, who have gone before you, for many hundreds of years past. Notwithstanding the TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 65 plainness of my word, in giving them warning; that they might always be enlightened, and enabled thereby, (if they would,) to keep from the devouring grasp of the adversary of all good, through the long and gloomy period which did elapse, between the ftrst and second appearance of Christ, or the Two Anoiiited Ones, in their proper order and place. 10. Bat few, indeed, ha\'e learned righteousness by the holy les- sons of instruction that I have sent forth unto them, in past dispen- sations, saith the Lord ; but they have labored to carve out a way of their own, by which they might save their own corrupt, fallen propensities of a depraved nature, and indulge the same, in open violation of ev^ery command laid down, or given in tlie sacred volume. 11. Had mankind gone no further, in the indulgence and gratifi- cation of their natures, than there is permission given for it in the sacred book, which they with their mouths so highly venerate, and pretend is their guide, by which to square their lives, this earth would have been a terrestrial paradise to what it now is; and my Almighty power would have bestowed blessings of peace without measure, in lieu of war and bloodshed, desolation and destruction ; 12. And at the present day, she would have been prepared to do my will and pleasure, of her own choice, without being visited with my heavy and desolating judgments, which are now poured out without mixture for her, saith the Lord ; that when she refuseth to learn righteousness in mercy, she may learn it in judgment at my hand. Revelations, vi. 12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun be- came black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood : 13. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled togeth- er; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond- man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; 16. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide 1 66 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK US from tlic face of him tli;vt sitteth on the lliroiic, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17. For the great day of liis wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand ? Sec. 13. Thus saith the Lord, I have caused to be laid before you, some of the most plain, and instructive passages which were spoken by my blessed Son, and those who walked uprightly before Me, giv- ing the people warning of the day that was then at hand ; that all such as would, might avoid practicing the awful abominations that would be committed therein, under the pretended yoke of the pure religion of Christ. 14. And these passages, which are But few out of many^ I have caused to be inserted in this Holy and Sacred Roll and Book of my word to the inhabitants of earth, which, in my mercy, I now again send forth unto them, in this, the last age of the world. 15. I shall not countermand, or disannul any law or command- ment which I have ever sent forth unto man ; but I pronounce them all good ; and I shall affix and apply them, to the age and day for which they were given ; and so shall I deal with man, according to his treatment of the same, 16. Those statutes and laws which I sent forth for the children of Israel, by my servant Moses, were good, and intended for a pro- tection, not only to that chosen people, but that all the inhabitants of the earth might behold the statutes and laws, handed forth to a people, whom my Almighty hand had condescended to lead and notice above all others; and by this means, learn a solemn lesson of warning, to imitate the same. 17. And had all strictly kept these laws, they would have been blessed and protected by my Almighty hand, until they should have reached the end of that dispensation, which did end, when I sent my only begotten Son upon earth. 18. And never, through all the different ages, and periods of time, which have existed from the creation of the world to the present day, have I caused any nation or people to be destroyed, unless they had previously transgressed, and gone forth in open disobedi- ence to that which I had commanded them. 19. Throughout the dispensation of the law of Moses, mercy and compassion did I show, and cause my people to show, to such of the surrounding nations, as truly blessed my people from their hearts, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 61 and treated them with kindness and respect. Such, T suffered not to be destroyed. 20. But those who sought to do them mischief, and vex them, while on their journey through the wilderness to the promised land, I did cause to be utterly overthrown ; save at such times as when my people had been disobedient, and refused to hearken to my word ; then, I suffered those nations to scourge them with the sword, and slay them without mercy before my face. 21. In no age of the world, have I ever wifhheld from the chil- dren of men, my hand of mercy, blessing and protection, when they went forth with sincere hearts, in true obedience to my com- mands, given in the age and day in which they lived. By faithfully keeping them, they would always be ready to embrace, and readily unite with every increasing dispensation of my grace and goodness to the children of men. 22. But such as have searched the record of my holy word, saith the Lord, to find such texts and passages as would best apply and excuse them, in the wicked and sinful gratifications of their own natures, have only plucked brands from the fire, with which to burn their own souls, by kindling the flames of torment within : Whether ye be rich or poor, whether ye be priests or people, I have record- ed it against you, on my eternal record ; and ye shall meet it in an hour that ye are not prepared. 23. But those who have obeyed, in singleness of heart, without regarding their natural inclinations to the contrary, such parts of the sacred volume as require them to deny tliemselves of all un- godliness, and every worldly lust, and have conscientiously labored to do the same, [according] to their best understanding, though it may have been quite imperfect ; yet shall they receive at my hand of mercy, for the sincerity of their hearts, in so doing. 24. The law and the Prophets were given, as a step stone, to lead souls on, to the true foundation ; or, in other words, it answer- ed as a school master, to bring them to Christ. 25. But such as believed not the Christ, my only begotten Son, can no longer be justified by the deeds of the law ; for I sent him forth to fulfill the law, and make an end of the same, by establishing" the law of grace, which would not only embrace the whole sub- ; stance of the law, but would far exceed it in every point of goodness. 68 SACRKl) ROLL AND BOOK 2(i. And all who were faithful and true, to keep the law, and the restrictions therein contanied, were justihed by the deeds done un- der the law: and were, by this means, prepared, vvlien called upon i)y an increasing and superior iight, sent forth by my Almighty iiand, to enter, with thankful hearts, and rejoice in that God who called them, that they were counted v\;ithy. OE THE DISPEXSATIOXS OE GOD'S GRACE TO MAN- KIND; THE MANNER IN WHICH MAN HAS TREATED THEM, THE EFFECTS OE HIS DISOBEDIENCE, AND REFUSAL OF THE OFFERS OF GRACE. THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS REACHED THE DAYS OF THE MESSIAH ; THE DISPENSATION OF CHRIST's FIRST APPEARING, REACHED UNTO THAT OF HIS SECOND, IN WHICH THE ORDER OF HIS KINGDOM AND WORK ARE COMPLETED. O. 9. 10. 12. 14. 15. 17. Of the daily gathering of manna. 19. Of a lesson, and the requirement of 94. God to man. By obedience, mankind could have been in advance to what they now are. Of man's declaraiion to God, by works. God reasons with mankind. Man's excuses alter nothing. Christ's doctrines sufficient for the people, and day, &c. No other way to be saved. Of words and works, or hearers and doers. The followers of antichrist soon be- came numerous. Of the second coming of Christ. i 25. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. U. 35. 38. Wliat Christ foresaw and foretold. Many upon whom true light hath nev- er shone. The sincere merit a blessing. A question to all professed christians. Disobedience, the cause of judgment. Of the destruction of the human race. Mankind never have kept the law of nature. The earth ripe for destruction. Of the wickedness upon earth. The faithful, scarce and few. Of prophecies concerning the latter day. Of the second appearing of Christ in a female. Man ever inclined to defer the work of God to a future period. |. When I caused manna to co'iie down from Heaven, for food to the children of Israel, did I not re^iuire each to gather, day by TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 69 day, the store which they needed for that day only ? save that which was for food on the Sabbath, was gathered the day previous. And could any keep it longer in an eatable state ? Surely not, saith He who sent it. 2. And from this one circumstance, mankind should have learned a lesson, not easily to be forgotten ; which is, that God, their Heav- enly Father, requires the objects whom he hath created, to be con- stantly employed; first, seeking to do his will and pleasure, by la- boring for spiritual food, or that which would feed, nourish and strengthen the soal, against every evil temptation, without and with- in; and their hands to work daily, for their own support! 3. Had mankind learned these two important lessons, and prac- ticed the same, from that day to this, their principles of morality, and spiritual goodness, gained by actual works, more than by words, would have been far in advance of what they now are; they would never, after having been called by the law of grace, again have turned their sense and feelings to seek after indulgences, permitted under a law given after [the order of] a carnal commandment. 4. But the works of mankind declare unto Me, saith the Lord, that they have neither kept the Mosaic law, nor in any way, walked agreeable to the order and law of grace ; or the precepts of the gospel revealed through my blessed Son. But the law which hath ruled among the children of men, upon the face of the whole earth, from Adam to Moses, from Moses to Christ, and from Christ to the present day, is the lav/ of their own corrupt natures. 5. And shall I, after suffer ing the wicked inhabitants of the earth to go on for thousands of years, in their own way, suffer them still longer to continue their course, uninterrupted, defying my holy power, and setting at naught my righteous commands? 6. Hath he not already begun to say, in his heart, ''There is no God, there is no Christ that will ever do us any harm, [for these, our doings,] let us go on, and take our comfort, while we do live: for when we die, that will be the end of us ; for we are no more than the beasts that perish 1 7. Nay, saith the Lord God of Heaven, whose goings forth are from everlasting, and whcse ways are past finding out by mortals, any further than his infiuite wisdom and goodness may condescend to reverd them. 8. 1 '.vil! not always suffer man to scorn the v/orks of his Crea- tor, All flesh :diall become as dross and dungr before Me; and as 70 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK a vapor before the morning sun, shall it vanish quickly away ; no flesh shall glory in my presence. 9. Man, with all the excuses he can collect, and with all the permission to indulge his carnal propensities, which he thinks he can derive from the record of my sacred word, can alter nothing in the least. The motives of his heart are recorded ; they make nothing that is white, black, nor black, that is white. Eternal truth and justice shall bear the sway. 10. Sufficient unto the day, and to the people who lived in that day, were the precepts and doctrines of Christ, brought forth and preached loudly to the world, by examples of great sufferings, and true self-denial. 11. But few heeded his warning voice, or bettered their lives by reason of his coming. The cross which he bore, and testified to all, that none could come to him, who would not bear the same, was so galling to the carnal sense of man, in that day, that but very few made the sacrifice required, to obtain salvation, or gain the seal of eternal life. 12. But this hath not altered my declaration through the mouths of my servants, that there is no other name given under Heaven whereby men shall be saved ; and he that preacheth any other gos- pel than this, let him be accursed. 13. And although there be millions of the present day, who pre- tend they are the true followers of the Lord and Savior ; yet do I testify unto them, they are not the sheep of his fold. 14. Fair words, and fine speeches, saith the Lord, make not a true follower of Christ. It is not the hearers of the word only, but the doers of the work. 15. As soon as antichrist began to set up the abomination of desolation, by remodeling the letter of that gospel preached by Christ, tliat it might serve for a cloak, under which to conceal every species of wickedness ; its followers at once became very nu- merouSj and have increased rapidly unto the present day. 16. 'But remember, the Lord your God hath declared, that the gospel brought forth by the Lord Jesus Christ, was never known or practiced, in antichrist's reign ; neither was the strait gate en- tered, or the narrow way traveled, from the time that the primitive church declined, and fell away, until Christ, or the fullness of the same spirit was sent forth the second time, without sin unto salva- tion, by my Holy Power, and Eternal Wisdom. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 71 17. And [this second manifestation,] was, and is, quite as offen- sive to the children of men, in this day, as it was when he made his rirst appearance. And they appear to be no more ready now, to receive him in truth, in this day, notwithstanding their great profession, than the Jews were in their day.'| 18. And upon which class will the greatest weight of guilt and condemnation fall? Surely, upon the latter, saith the Lord. For greater light hath shone upon them, if they would but have obey- ed it, than ever shone upon the Jews. 19. Christ plainly saw, when he was upon earth, all that was in man. He needed not that any one should tell him what man pos- sessed ; therefore, he did plainly foretell to his disciples, what kind of use the wicked nature in man, would yet make of his name, and of the gospel he preached, as is plainly recorded in sacred writ be- fore you. 20. He plainly saw that they would borrow his words, in blasphe- my, and use his name in deceit, and loudly proclaim the letter of the gospel he preached; all for a cloak, and a show of religion to be seen of men. 21. And under this banner, they could shed the blood of millions of their fellow creatures, and readily destroy all such as presumed to bear testimony against their heaven-daring wickedness, the blood of whose slain, crieth unto Me to this very day. 22. And furthermore, every species of abomination could be tol- erated, and committed, by those professing to be the subjects of this remodeled religion, said to embrace the true gospel principles of Christ. The least ray of true gospel light, would at once con- demn all their sacrilegious proceedings. 23. Had mankind, from the day that the Messiah was on earth, to the present time, but kept the one following passage, in truth, " Love thy neighbor as thyself," they would have been much nigh- er to Me, their God and Creator, at this day, than they now are ; take the body of the inhabitants of the world together. 24. Though many there be, upon whom the true light of the gospel hath never shone, yet, they are sincere according to the best of their understanding. 25. All such will merit my blessing and protection, until further light is suffered to shine into their souls ; then they must likewise obey that, or they will fall into a far worse state, than they were be- /» SACRF.l) ROLL AND BOOK before it readied tlieni; for trnns:rressions, cominitted in ignorance, will be liglitly passed over, saitli the Lord. 20. But, saith the God of Heaven, I again call upon all profesF- ing christians, to ponder well this question ; Do you sincerely be- lieve, from your hearts, that you are fulfilling the divine commands of your blessed Lord and Savior, and are daily walking in that gos- pel he preached, by bearing the cross which he bore, and wearing the yoke which he wore ? 27. Ponder well this question in your own hearts, and let truth decide, as ye would if ye knew ye must appear before my eternal bar of justice at the next hour : for the time hasteneth on, in my own wisdom, that I will know no man by his words, but by the fruit which he produceth. 28. As I before told you, disobedience is the cause; and judg- ment, desolation and destruction, are the effects proceeding from this cause. 29. But my creature man, for nearly six thousand years, hath adhered to the cause of destruction ; and for which cause, I once swept him from the face of the earth, save a small remnant, to pre- serve his seed. 30. Yet, notwithstanding all this, he hath never learned obedi- ence to my divine commands, either as regards the law of nature, given in the beginning ; or that which was given by Moses, under the dispensation of types and shadows, or the order and law of grace, given under the gospel dispensation by the Holy Son of God. 3L Therefore, do I send forth my word of solemn warning; and declare, in the voice of my eternal truth, to all nations, that the inhabitants of the earth are ripe for the heavy hand of my judg- ments to visit them. 32. For violence doth cover the earth; deceit and hypocrisy stand up, and walk in the congregrations and assemblies of such as meet together, to adore my holy name. Abomination is found in their skirts ; it weareth the clothhig of a sheep, but possesseth the body of a wolf 33. Their fathers have gone astray, and their children have fol- lowed their footsteps ; until the truly upright have become scarce and few, as particles of gold in the midst of crude ore. 34. Many have been the prophecies and predictions, in former dispensations, respecting the latter day of glory, in which Christ should come, the second time, with thousands of his saints; in TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 73 which day my kingdom should be set up, never more to be over- thrown. That the stone, spoken of by the Prophet Daniel, should grow, and fill the whole earth. That my law should go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 35. These are all correct and true ; and many more passages were spoken by the spirit of prophecy, referring to Christ's mak- ing his second appearance in a female ; which are also correct. 36. But this declaration is so humiliating, to the proud and haughty sense in man, that he most universally spurns at the idea, and rejects it, as folly and fanaticism ; witchcraft and delusion. 37. He looketh not at the fruit, to judge whether the root be holy; he seems wholly to overlook the criterion which his Lord and Savior gave, when upon earth, [by which to judge,] which was the works, or fruit. 38. But the disposition, and proneness in man, to disbelieve the work of God in the present tense, when it is sent unto him, and to fix the period still in the future, unless I send forth my word in im- mediate judgment upon him, hath been abundantly proved, from the earliest ages of the world to the present time. 39. But this altereth not the truth, nor in any way changeth the order and dispensations of my work. He only shutteth the door of mercy against his own soul by so doing. 74 C IIAPTER AH. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE, REFERRING TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. SOME OF THE MOST PLAIN PASSAGES RECOPvDED IN THE SCRIPTURE, REFERRING TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, ARE REQUIRED, SAITil THE HOLY ANGEL, TO BE HERE CORRECTLY WRITTEN, AS HANDED DOWN FROM THAT DAY TO THIS. 1. Of a misapplication of the scriptures. 2. Of the manner of Cin-ist's second ap- pearing^. 3. Of clouds spoken of by the apostle. 5. Of the appearance of the holy spirit of God. 7. The mortal body of Jesus, never again to appear. 8. The visitation of God at hand. 9. Christ to appear in his chosen wit- nesses. 11. The female prepared for her office. 13. Bigotry, in this gospel will not abide. 1-1. Of the likeness of the Son of man. 15. Of Christ's appearance in the female. 16. Of her titles, and of the second witness. 17. Of the third witness. Daniel, vii. 13. I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him : his dominion is an e^'erlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed. Matthew, xxiv. 30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heav- en with power and great glory. Sec. 1. How can the children of men, in this day, saith the spirit, apply this one passage, in such a literal and natural sense, in con- tra-distinction to the plain declaration of the Holy Savior himself, who plainly declared to his followers, saying, Yet a little while, and the loorld seeth me no more, but ye see me, because / live, ye shall live also. [See St. John, xiv. 19.] 2. Surely then, his personal presence could never again be seen by the world ; and he could never be seen again only by those who TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 75 should come into his life ; for he hath declared the truth, and Heav- en and earth should pass away, rather than his words should, in the least, fail from the true spirit of their meaning. Luke, xxi. 25. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roarino-; 26. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. 28. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads : for your redemption draweth nigh. Acts, iii. 14. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you ; 15. And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead ; whereof we are witnesses. 19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. 20. And he shall s^nd Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you : 21. Whom the heaven must receive, until the times of restitu- tion of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, since the world began. II. Corinthians, iii. 3. For as iniich as yc are manifestly de- clared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not m tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 17. Now the Lord is that Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, I. Thcssalonians , iv. 15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 76 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK Sec. 3. Thus saith the Holy Angel; Understand, O ye chiklren of men, and be ye no longrer deceived, respecting the ch)uds, and the air, just mentioned. These clouds are spiritual clouds of his eternal light and brightness, shining forth in his true and faithful witnesses. And this air, is the uncontarninated and undefiled air of purity, in which spiritual element, Christ, and all his true followers live, and can live in no other. 4. And in this air, his true church doth dwell on eartli, undefiled by sin. And in this spiritual air, do their prayers and thanksgiving ascend, even to the throne of their God, as sweet smelling incense of praise, saith the Angel. And this is the only air, or element of life, in which Christ can be met, or found. 5. Remember that sensual man, by all his learning, wisdom and understanding, comprehendeth not the true meaning of the sayings of the spirit of God ; for this spirit appeareth, both literally, and spiritually, to subdue, and bring into subjection to the law of Christ, every member of the body, and every sinful and unruly pro- pensity of the mind. II. Thcssalonians , i. 7. And to you, who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : Chap, ii- 8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Sec. 6. Remember, O ye children of men, saith the Angel, that this wicked, is consumed by the spirit of his mouth, which is spiritual. 7. There never can be the same local, and material body, again upon earth, as it was in his first appearing ; though the earth should remain for thousands of years to come, and mankind should be suffered to remain thereon as long, waiting, and looking for the sec- ond coming of the Messiah in this way, they would wait and look in vain, saith the Holy Angel; for this never will be. Revelations, xiv. L And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred forty ajid four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. •2. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 77 waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : 3. And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders : and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. . 4. These are they which are not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb, whitherso- ever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5. And in their mouth was found no guile : for they are with- out fault before the throne of God. 6. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, hav- ing the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. 7. Saying, with a loud voice. Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters, 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10. The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indigna- tion; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: IL And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12. Here is the patience of the saints : here arc they that keep the commandmentsof God, and the faith of Jesus. 13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors ; and their works do follow them. Sec. 8. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord; These days, just spoken of, are near at your doors, and you know it 78 SACKED KOLL AM) KOOK not; and many otlier passages there are, of niy sacred word, vvliicli apply e([iially to your day ; and much of tlie foregoing is already fulfilled, in the hearts of them that fear Me, and keep my command- ments. The second coming of the Son of man, they have seen; and received, at his hand, the holy oracles of God. 9. When my Holy Son ascended, the apostles were told, that this same Jesus should come in like manner as they had seen him go into Heaven. [ See acts. ii. 11.] As none but the apostles, his chosen witnesses, saw him go into heaven; and as Jesus signifies Savior ; it follows, that none but his witnesses will ever see the Savior come again; but [all others] must rely upon the testimony of his chosen witnesses, or never know it. 10. And through them, does the voice of eternal truth now pro- claim to all nations, that the spirit of the Christ, the Savior, hath acrain appeared the second time upon earth, without sin unto salva- tion; and hath established hischurch, whose everlasting and eternal foundation, is living truth \ therefore it must, and shall forever stand, saiththe Lord. 11. And for the reception of this spirit, I did prepare, with my holy pow-er, a female, of my own choosing, upon whom I did, for many years, cause deep and heavy sufferings of soul to fall, that she miarht be cleansed and purified from the nature of sin, and fitly pre- pared for the holy office; which was done, according to my will and pleasure, saith the God of heaven. 12. Here Christ was revealed, and here was he made known, to all such as were sincerely seeking after good. And in this line, and in no other, will he reveal himself, without sin unto salvation, while time shall roll, and while man shall exist. 13. And in this pure and holy gospel, no bigoted priest can abide, who preaches for hire, and selleth the sacred word, sent forth by my spirit, for money ; who maketh trade and traffic with that which should be kept sacred and holy. Revelation, i. 7. Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all kin- dreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Chap. xxii. 20. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly : Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 79 6. And he said unto me, These sayings are faitliful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7. Behold, I come quickly : blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 10. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book : for the time is at hand. 11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12. And behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and ma- keth a lie. 16. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star. 17. And the Spirit and the bride say. Come. And let him that heareth say. Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Chap. xiv. 14. And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud owe* sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud. Thrust in thy sickle, and reap : for the time is come for thee to reap ; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ; and the earth was reaped. Sec. 14. This which my Servant John saw, sitting upon the white cloud, was the likeness of the Son of man ; therefore it could not be his person ; but that same spirit, which once dwelt in the person * The word one, is not original. 80 SACRKJ> ROLL AND BOOK of Jo>us. And tliut same spirit, is now uj)oii earth the second time, making an end of sin, and bringing in everlasting righteousness. 15. And this spirit did first appear, and take up its abode, in the female witness of my last dispensation of grace and goodness, to the lost race of man. 16. The fullness of this work, in its completed order, was perfected, in the witness whose name is recorded on my eternal record, saith the Lord, the Daughter of Zion, the Bride, the Lamb's wife, who once dwelt in the earthly tabernacle of Ann Lee. The second witness, who stood through orreat suiferincrs and tribula- tion, an able helper and supporter, once dwelt in the mortal body of William Lee, 17. The third, who was a faithful, true and proclaiming witness of that everlasting gospel, now sent forth to the inhabitants of earth, once dwelt in the mortal body of James Whittaker. 18. These were my three first witnesses, in this la^t dispensation of my goodness to man; and I proclaim them as such, saith the God of Heaven, to the four quarters of the earth : and let him that readeth, understand. CHAPTER XIII. THE SUBJECT COx\TIXUED DECLARATION AND TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLES. Romans, i. 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. 23. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-foot- ed beasts, and creeping things. 24. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncieanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves : 25. Who chansfed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 81 and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections. For even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature : 27. And likew^ise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one tow ard another ; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. 28. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowl- edge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those thincrs w^hich are not convenient: 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wicked- ness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; w'hisperers, 30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : 32. Who, knowing the judgment of God, that they which com- mit such things are worthy of death; not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Chap. ii. 2. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things. 6. Who \w'\\\ render to every man according to his deeds: 1. Corinthians, vi. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abu- sers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Chap. vii. 1. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wdfe, and let every woman have her own husband. 6. But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7. For I would that all men were even as I myself But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 82 SACRED ROLL AND MOOK 8. I say therefore to tlie iimnarried iiiul widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 29. But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none; 30. And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; 81. And they that use this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this worhl passeth away. 34. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please hn- husband. 38. So then he that giveth he?' in marriage doeth well ; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. II. Corinthians, xi. 2. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Galations, v. 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21. Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the king- dom of God. 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 25. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Ephesians, iv. 25. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor : for we are members one of another. Colossians, iii. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; James, iii. 5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 83 boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of man- kind: 8. Bat the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9. Therevv'ith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10. Oat of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Chap. iv. 1. From whence come wars and fightings among you? comethry not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2. Ye lust and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and can- not obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 8. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friend- ship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain. The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy ? 0. But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resist- eth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the ■devil, and he will flee from you. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9. Be afliicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. Chap. V. 1. Goto now, yr rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth- eaten. 84 SACRKD ROLL AND BOOK 3. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; and the cries of thein which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he. doth not resist you. IG. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a right- eous man availeth much. I. Peter, ii. 11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as stran- gers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; 12. Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Chap. iii. 3. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorn- ing of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; 4. But let it he the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 85 CHAPTER XIV. OF THE MOSAIC LAW, AND OF THE KINGDOM AND LAAV OF CHRIST; ALSO, CONCERNING THOSE IN HEATHENISH DARKNESS. The word of God gives no license for the carnal indulgences of nature. Of the completed order of Christ's kingdom. Of the declaration of the work of God. Of outstanding- the day of visitation. 11. Concerning passag-es of scripture. 12. The intent of the scriptures. ] 7. More tolerable for those in heathenish darkness, than for those who know^ and do not the Lord's will. 1. Again consider, O frail man; consider saith the Lord, the imperfectness of your sight, and the shortness of your understand- ing in respect to my holy and sacred word, which was sounded forth on earth, by my blessed Son, and his faithful followers, hund- reds of years ago. 2. There is not one passage in the sacred volume, that ever escaped from his holy lips ; that in any way gives permission, or tolerates a life of fleshly indulgence, or* the carnal gratifications of nature. And nothing of that nature, was ever tolerated, by any of his apostles, only in the line of a permission, or an indulgence, for the time being, because of their great weakness in those respects ; and this was done by the Apostle, in order, if possible, to content them that still greater sins might be avoided. 3. But nothing of that nature was ever given by commandment, after the gospel dispensation was sent forth by my Almighty hand; though the full order of my new, and spiritual creation, was not completed, to that degree of holiness throughout, in Christ's first appearing, but that some little indulgences of that kind, could be allowed. Eet, in the Savior himself, was a perfect work, and none can ever supersede it. 4. But the perfect order of his kingdom could not be complete, until the Daughter of Zion was sent forth to stand with him, in her proper lot and place, as the spiritual Mother, in the completed order of my new Heaven, and new earth, which 1 did promise, by S6 SACRED ROLL AND LOOK the mouths of the Prophets, I would create and cstablisli in the lat- ter day, saith the Lord. J 5. And my own time has now come, to declare the work of my hands, to the ends of the earth; notwithstanding frail mortals will rise up against Me, amidst my solemn warnings, and try to destroy the word of my mouth and the work of my hands ; because they do not immediately see the heavy hand of my desolating judgments, sweeping their fellow creatures from the face of the earth, or caus- ing her to open her mouth and swallow up the same. 6. But some will give ear and hearken, before it be too late, and by this means, save their souls from destruction. Some will receive my word, through whatever medium I am pleased to send it forth, even should it be from infants. 7. But remember, all ye people, who make a pretence of hold- ing to the sacred word contained in your sealed bibles, and of fol- lowing the divine commands of your Lord and Savior, while yet daily living in sin and wickedness ; you are only treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath, where I shall meet you in a straight place, saith your God, and that, at a time when ye are not prepared, and when longer delay, for your preparation of heart, cannot be made. 8. For the greatest portion of the inhabitants of earth, have al- ready, by reason of their awful wickedness, nearly out-stood the day of my visitation in mercy unto them. 9. Now all ye learned priests and people, bow low your hearts, and hearken to the voice of your God. All such of you, as name the sacred volume for your guide, look at the foregoing passages which I have commanded to be written in this Roll ; are they not, the most of them, so simple, that even a child might understand them ? 10. They are not great hidden mysteries; but plain and simple requirements, which, by my Almighty power, I caused to be sent forth to the inhabitants of the earth, as a protection and a guide, that they might walk in that way, that they would always be worthy of my blessing, whether they lived under the dispensation of the law, or of the gospel. IL Though the passages which I required to be here inserted, are but a few out of the many thousands that have been, by my over- ruling hand, preserved for the children of men, that there might always be a record upon earth, among the inhabitants thereof, that TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 87 should bear upon its face, my Almighty and sacred impression, to testify against the growing depravities of the human family; 12. Those passages are clear and explicit, and nothing between the lids of the bible, can contradict them. And the whole sub- stance of all, sent forth in the sacred record, was sent for the express purpose of causing mankind to cease from doing evil, and learn how to do well; that they might learn to love Me, their God and Creator, with all their souls, might, mind and strength, and their neighl)or as themselves. 13. Had they done this, the requirements of their God would have been fulfilled, and the earth would have been blessed with a race of peace-makers upon it, long before this day; instead of a race of murdering Cains, who are ever ready, at the least offense, to imbrue their hands in the blood of their fellow creatures. 14. And their depravity, at this day, is so great, saith the Lord, that this popular way of murdering each other, hath received the general sanction of professed Christendom ; and this, they must all acknowledge, is in direct disobedience to every precept taught by their blessed Lord and Savior, for whom they pretend to feel the most sacred regard, and for the spreading of whose gospel, to all quarters of the earth, they make great provisions. Qd. But remember, all ye people, that I am a God that must be aerved in works as well as in word, or the hand of my mercy can- not rest upon you. It is not those who say unto Me, Lord, Lord ; but it is those who do the work which I require, that shall be known by my destroying Angels, when passing over the earth, to whom I will give charge, to spare them for their works' sake, not for their words' sake, saith the Almighty : words and works, with faith and works, must go together. "' j 16. I have now briefly shown unto you, O ye children of men, both by the words of my own mouth, in the present tense, and by those passages which I caused to be sent forth hundreds of years ago, that which I required of the inhabitants of the earth, both while under the dispensation of the law, and while under the dis- pensation of the gospel of Christ up to the present day and time. 17. And that which I now require of the whole habitable earth, and especially of those calling themselves Christians, I will here- after, clearly show unto you, saith the Lord. Far more tolerable will it be with those nations and people, who have never known the record of my word, which has been with the children of men. 88 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK for thousands of years, tlian for tliose vvlio have been conversant with its requirements ; yet have walked in open disobedience to, and in violation of, every such passage, as brought a cross upon their own carnal, corrupt natures. 18. These passages, in spirit, comprehend the whole substance of the scriptures; for unless thcsa be kept, what profit doth a man derive therefrom, as it respects the work of purifying his own soul? 19. Surely none; but he continually heapeth upon his own head, still greater condemnation. For where light and understanding are given, and suffered to shine upon souls, and they disobey the same, far better would it have been for them, that this light had never so shone upon them. Their accountability unto Me, their God, will be much heavier, than upon those who have never been favored with such a blessing. 20. I here again require such passages of the sacred and inspir- ed writings of past dispensations, to be inserted, as more immedi- ately refer to the second coming of Christ, and that his appearance would be in a female. 80 CHAPTER XV, PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE, REFERRING TO THE SECOxND COMING OF CHRIST IN THE FEMALE. 13. 14. 15. The second Adam, male and female. Of King David's prophecy, concern- ing the King and Queen of Zion. The breath of God, beareih against the wicked. Of judgiTients. Of a perfect work. Of the stone cut out without hands. The day now come, which John saw in vision. Of man's carving out new ways for salvation. Disobedient ste{)s to be retraced. No impurity can enter Christ's king- dom, or evil dwell therein. Of stripping for the gospel race. Of coming to the law of nature. God's times of judgment, reserved in his own power. Of timely warning. Solemn warnings. Of the abasement of mankind. God destroyeth not his own work. The natural man understandeth not the givings of the spirit of God. Of the law, and its requirements. The ultimate end of God's purposes with man. unchansred. n Genesis, v. 1, This is the book of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man, in tlie likeness of God made he him : 2. Male and female created he them ; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Sec. I. Understand the two foregoing passages : If the first Adam, being male and female, was a correct and true figure of him that was to come as the Second Adam, [See Romans, v. 14.] which I bear witness is true, saith the Angel, the second Adam must also be male and female; which is the case, and will so remain to the endless ages of eternity, 2. Degrading as it may feel to the haughty sense in man, he ne\-. er can alter it ; for it is the work of the Almighty Creator, that the pride of all flesh might be stained; and that the male and female, might both have their proper and equal lot and place, in the work of redemption^ I. Corinthians, xi. 3. But I would have you know, that the head 90 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 7. For a man indeed ought not to cover Jiis head, for as much as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man. 8. For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. 9. Neither was the man created for tlie woman, but the wo- man for the man. 10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels. 11. Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nei- ther the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman ; but all things of God. Psalms, xlv. 1. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the King : my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips : therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3. Gird thy sword upon thi/ thigh, O 7nost Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5. Thhie arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : there- fore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 8. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9. King's daughters toere among thy honorable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; 11. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou liim. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 91 12. And the daughter of Tyre shall he there with a gift ; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. 13. The King's daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 14. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work; the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought : they shall enter into the King's palace. 16. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 17. I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations : therefore shall the people praise thee forever and ever. Sec. 3. The fore part of this Psalm, speaketh so clearly of Christ, under the character of the King, that it would seem impossible for any to misunderstand it ; and from the ninth verse to the end, speaketh so clearly of the Queen, the Daughter of Zion, and of the Virgins that follow her, that none, but such as are willfully blind, can per- vert its true meaning, saith the Lord. 4. Virgin, meaneth that which is pure and undefiled, whether it be male or female; and such are the virgins, her companions, that follow her into the presence of the King. 5. And by the inspiration of my spirit, saith the Lord, upon my servant David, did he clearly foretell that which was to come to pass, and be accomplished, both in Christ's first and second appearing; though he understood it not himself. Yet he foretold the completed order of my Zion, and the office of the King and Clueen, therein established, in this last dispensation of my goodness to mortals on earth. 6. And many more are the places that clearly foretell the same work, saith the Almighty Power, whose breath beginneth to bear against the wickedness and abominations of the earth; and whose breath will continue to bear, harder and harder, against all the un- seemly and unnatural works of darkness; against all war, bloodshed and carnage ; against the abuse of the order of nature, and of oppression against the rights of conscience's freedom, 7. And if they will not hearken, humble themselves and repent, in this the last display of my goodness and mercy unto them, I will, by the consuming breath of my mouth, sweep from the earth's surface, by thousands and millions, and millions on millions, until 92 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK by my jildgmerits, the remnant remaining, know that tlie God of Heaven hatli descended, witli an arm of his Ahriighty power, to visit the inhabitants of earth, saitli the Great I AM. r^Jeremiah, xxxi. •22. How long wilt thon go about, O thou baclisliding daughter ? for the LoUd hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a meyi^J Chap, xxxiii. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good tiling which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David ; and he shall execute judg- ment aiid righteousness in the land. 10. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell Safely : and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness. Micah, iv. 1. But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the m.ountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow^ unto it. 2. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: fdr the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 3. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plough- shares, and their spears into pruning hooks : nation shall not lilt up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fior-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever. 6. In that day, saith the Lord, I will assemble her that lialteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted ; 7. And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation : and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even forever. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 93 8. And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first domin- ion ; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalens. [j). Now, why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10. Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail : for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall re- deem thee from the hand of thine enemies. 11. Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. J fi'Cai- 'f-^" 12. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither un- derstand they his counsel : for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. l;3. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people : and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. Chap. v. 3. Therefore, will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth : then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. Zephaniah, iii. 9. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. 10. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine oflfering, 11. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me : for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 13. The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies : neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth : for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 14. Sing, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O Israel ; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. II. Esdras, ii. 15. Mother, embrace thy children, and bring 94 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK tlieiii up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord. 29. My hand shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell. 80. Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children ; for I will de- liver thee, saith the Lord. 32. Embrace thy children until I come, and shew mercy unto them : for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail. 34. And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand. Look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlast- ing rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world. 35. Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore. 36. Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory : I testify my Savior openly. 37. O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom. 38. Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord ; 39. Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord. 40. Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 4L The number of thy children whom thou longedst for, is ful- filled : beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed. 42. I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 43. And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted ; which I marvelled at greatly. Chap. vii. 26. Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall ap- pear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth. Matthew, xxii. L And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 95 3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding : and they would not come. 4. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my oxen and my fatlings arc killed, and all things arc ready : come unto the marriage. 5. But they made light of ?7, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. 6. And the remnant took his servants, and entreated tlicm spite- fully, and slew th:m. 7. But when the king heard thereof^ he was wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment : 12. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment \ And he was speechless. 13. Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast Mm into utter darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Revelations^ xix. 7. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give hon- our to him : for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white : for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9. And he saith unto me. Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. Chap. xxii. 17. And the Spirit and the bride say. Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Hebrews, ix. 28, So Christ was once offered to bear the sins 9(5 SACIIKD ROI.L AM) HOOK of many; p.n^ sent to pass and re-pass through the earth, to pass and re-pass again, until the time of my own appointing is ful- filled, may behold you clothed in sackcloth and mourning, turning from the evil of your doings, and learning to do well ; and record your names upon the list of mercy for the same. 25. For I AM, is a God, whose mercy is reached by the penitent heart, and whose judgment, in justice, will speedily follow the high, the lofty, and unabased. For the haughtiness of Monarchs, Kings, and the great ones of the earth, shall be bowed down, and the lofti- ness of man brought low, even with the dust; and my name alone, saith the Lord, shall be exalted. 26. Every dispensation of my goodness to man, from the creation of the world, to the present time, hath always been attended with an increasing degree of order, beauty and holiness, beyond that which preceded it. 27. The time had not come, when Christ first appeared on earth, for him to establish his kingdom, in that perfect order, glory and beauty, that he has now, in his second coming. For its order was not then completed, and never could be, until the female had found her proper lot and place, as the Mother of all who should ever after, enter the new and spiritual creation, which my Almighty hand hath established on the earth, inseparably connected with my holy kingdom in eternity. 28. I have caused a sufficient number of the sacred passages to be inserted, as do clearly show unto every reasonable mind, that Christ must necessarily make his appearance in the female, or the order of my kingdom would not have been made complete, nor the declarations given in past dispensations, from my holy spirit fulfilled, 29. And as I had before declared unto you, that I destroyed not that which hath proceeded from my own mouth, or disannulled the work of my own hands ; but that heaven and earth should pass away, rather than that one jot or tittle should fail ; so will all ye inhabitants of the earth find, that in my own time and season, all things which I declare unto you, will be fulfilled in their true spirit and sense. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 99 30. But, remember that a natural man, while under the influence of nature's darkness, understandeth not the givings of the spirit of God, for they appear like foolishness unto him : for the sinful indul- gence and gratification of one's carnal and filthy propensities, out of the proper time and season for the purpose of begetting their own offspring, is one of the most soul-darkening, and sunken prac- tices that man is capable of committing. 31. Even under the law, saith the Lord, if they went forth and defiled themselves contrary to the law, they were required to take an offering, and go to the priests, and there make an atonement for their transgression. 32. And shall my requirement respecting self-denial, and the laws of restriction, in this day, after having sent forth the gospel dispensation, be less effective than under the darkened ages of the Mosaic Law ? 33. Shall my Almighty power suffer the children of men to go on from age to age, regardless of every law and restriction which hath been sent forth to the inhabitants of earth, even in the dark and wilderness ages of the world, when light, knowledge and under- standing had been, but in a very limited degree, suffered to shine upon them ? The voice of my eternal justice declareth, Not so ; for I have created man to be an honor and a glory unto Me, his God and Creator ; and my purpose, in the ultimate event of my work with man, shall not be disannulled or destroyed. But as yet, few, very few, in any previous age of the world, have answered the purpose of their creation. ^4. And moreover, did not my servant Moses, when I sent him to sanctify and prepare the people to meet Me before the mount, require that none of tliem should come at their wives, for the space of three days before they were called to appear before Me? Surely he did ; and does not this declare it to be the work of uncleanness? Surely it does; and every rational mind knoweth it to be so. Works that are attended with a shame, and require the curtains of darkness to be spread, wherein they are committed, every rational mind knoweth must be impure^ 100 CHAPTER XVI, CHRIST'S SECOND APPEARI?s^G IN THE FEMALE; HER OFEICE AND CALLING AS THE BRIDE, OR SPIRITUAL MOTHER; AND THE CHARACTER OF HER TRUE FOLLOWERS. 2. Mankind questioned by the Almighty. 4. The peaceable king-dom of Christ. 60. 8. Of the stone from the mountain. 61. 9. Trusting in the power of God. 63. 11. Of worshiping not mortal bodies. 64. 14. Of justice in many respects. 6G. 19. The watch-word of diligence. 20. The statutes of God. 67 21. Government. 68 26. Abasement. 73 27. The advance guard of meekness. 75 28. Carnal warfare. 79. 29. The blessed city of peace. 55. A place of rest, and the same charac- terized. 80. 49. The kingdom of Christ on earth. 81. 52. Of the union of Saints in Heaven and 83 on earth. 84 53. Of washed garments. 86 64. The slanderous tongue. 57. Salvation from all sin. 87 58. Resignation to the appointments of God by the hand of Providence. Of a completed state of existence. Of being fed with milk. Natural things, figurative of spiritual. The woman's lot. Of all things being created in the male order. Carnal desires. A kingdom of equality. Of living so as to be prepared to die. Of seeking and finding. The second appearance of Christ, con- stituting a spiritual Mother in Israel. The' Kingdom of Christ, established on earth. Of proselyting. Requirements of God to Zion. The days of her seclusion. Of liking a home in Zion, and hathig the cross. The three first witnesses, «fec. 1. Thus saith tlie Lord, the Holy and Eternal One, Give ear unto my voice, aJl ye people, and hearken and understand my word, all ye nations of the earth. 2. For whom are you looking, to usher in the rays of eternal life, and open the eyes of your souls, that ye may be saved from your sins? 3. Do you look for the Christ of God, the spirit of the Holy Savior, the Lamb who stood upon Mount Zion, with the hundred and forty and four thousand, having their Father's name written in their foreheads, who were virgins, not being defiled with sin? TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 101 4. Do you look and seek after a kingdom, of which the sacred volume does predict ; which by the spirit of inspiration was told, That a pure and holy kingdom, by my Almighty hand, should, in the latter days, be set up, which should be called the house of the Lord, established iii the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills; of wdiich nations should say, Come, and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; for he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ? 5. Where the Law should go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem ? 6. Where that spirit should be manifested, to rebuke strong na- tions afar oif, and cause them to beat their swords into plough- shares, and their spears into pruning hooks? 7. Where the Lion should lie down with the Lamb, and a little child should lead them 1 8. Do you look for the stone, cut out from the mountain without hands, that should grow and fill the whole earth ; that smote the great image, and brake it in pieces, and caused it to be carried away of the wind, as the chaff of the summer threshing floor? 9. Do you look for that kingdom that standeth and trusteth in the strength of my power, and not in the arm of flesh; whose life is purity, and whose dwelling resteth in my eternal brightness? 10. Whose subjects are subjects of peace, and whose hands are not stained with human blood, and who walk not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the law of grace, given in the gospel of Christ? 11. Who worship not the mortal bodies of any, but who worship my Holy Spirit, whether manifested in man, woman or child? 12. Who use the measures of justice, and the weights of exact- ness, and decide not by the balances of deceit? 13. Who do unto others, as they would that others should do unto them? 14. Who turn not the right of the needy away, nor say to the hungry, cold and naked. Go, be thou fed, warmed and clothed? 15. Who turn not the needy from their doors, nor send the poor and distressed empty away ? 16. Who procure not gain without right, nor pervert the laws of truth and justice, for silver or gold? 17. Who open their mouths in true wisdom with their neighbors, and speak words of truth to one another ? 102 SACRED ROLL AND ROOK IS. Whose God rcquiretli that all sliould labor with their hands; and whose laws of equal justice, mete employment to every age and class, according as they have ability to perform ? 19. Who highly prize, and daily do obey the watch-word of the morning from the Queen of Zion ; Hands to work and hearts to God, with cheerfulness in your duties? 20. Whose laws and statutes from my eternal throne do emanate; and operate to rule and govern every soul in truth, in justice, and in acts of love and kindness? 21. Where no one is set on high, to sway an earthly sceptre? 22. Where tyrants cannot reign, and despots do not rule? 23. Do you look for that kingdom, where the holy anointing from my Eternal Throne, is placed in earthy vessels, to lead in meekness, and govern by the power of my spirit, against which, in the final result, no stiff nor stubborn will can stand unshaken, nor abide in the kingdom? 24. Where no coercive means are used ; but power and force of spirit, given from my Almighty hand, through prayer and supplica- tion are employed? 25. W^here seekers after that which is great and high, must rest in hope, and die without obtaining? 26. W^here hidi and exalted feelinfrs, low and humble stations find? 27. W^here meekness, virtue, power and wisdom, as the advancing guard do always move along? 28. Where carnal warfares are not known ; but spiritual ones, against the wicked foe within, are eternally waged? No quarters given, nor quarters taken, but death complete unto the man of sin, doth crown the victorious conqueror? 29. Do you seek to find that city, where the Lord your God hath placed his name, in peace to dwell, in trutli to reign? I>0. Where all its inmates dwell as innocent lambs in the fold of their ever v.-atchful Shepherd? 31. W^here the bleatings of harmless sheep are heard, but where the bowlings of the wild beasts cf tlie forest, who hunt for flesh, and prey upon the same, are not known ? 32. Where the gentle breezes blow from my Almighty throne, and waft upon their wings the bread of heaven, and the food of Angels; and where streams of living waters flow in rivulets mild and gentle? TO THE NATION'S OF THE EARTH. 103 33. Where all the inmates dwell, possessing the whole, yet claiming nothing; and aught of all they do possess, no one calleth it his own; but as children of one family, all live and fare alike? 34. Where the sick are ministered to, those in the decline of life supported, and the feeble and tottering knee, gently led by the hand ? /3«5^ Do you, in truth, seek after a place of rest unto your souls, where everlasting joy, peace and true comfort are received, as the reward of a daily cross of true self-denial, not in word alone, but in work perfected ? 36. Where the innocency of little children is preserved with the utmost care and carefulness, until they reach maturity ? 37. Where all dwell as brethren and sisters, bound in one golden chain of love and union; in clothing, food and convenience, each preferring one another ? 38. Where none, by reason of care and trust in them reposed, seek for any thing more pleasant and agreeable, either to eat, to drink or to wear, than those to whom they stand as leaders? 39. Where those who are called to stand in front, rejoice to show they bear the greatest cross of true self-denial ? 40. Where the jealous eye of wantonness cannot look upon those of the other sex, nor nature's passions vile be gratified? 41. Where nons suffer the sun to go down upon their souls when defiled with sin ? 42. Where Achor's valley, daily remaineth the only door of hope for any soul ? 43. Where nought is again remembered, when once passed through this door 1 44. Where ignorant deeds are lightly passed over; but willful acts of transgression, the laws of conscience do condemn? 45. Where my Holy Laws and Orders, reign as sacred guides, impelling every heart ? 46. Where the unerring lines of truth, are drawn between the flesh and spirit ? 47. Where natural affections do abound for all their fellow beings; but where vile affections, for fleshly kin, are banished from the soul ? 48. Where fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children, houses, lands, and their own lives also, are all forsaken to obtain a life in Christ, and the resurrection of the soul from the dead ? 49. Do you seek for that kingdom established on earth, but yet is not of the earth ? 104 SACRED ROLL AND ROOK 50. Whoso subjects are in tlie world, yet are not of the world : for T tlieir Lord and God, liave chosen them out of the world? 51. Where holy Anjrels from the eternal world minister unto them, and ten thousand times ten thousand g;ither to behold their worship ? 5'2. Where sniuts on earth, with saints in heaven do unite in one eternal song of praise, to Me their God and Maker? 5:3. Where, through great tribulation and sufferings of soul, by living the life of the Lamb, their garments are washed white ? 54. Do you seek for that kingdom, against which, the hand of persecution hath ever been raised; and against which the enven- omed tongue of slander and falsehood hath never ceased to pour forth its volumes of blackest epithets? 55. Where souls fulfill the law of Christ, as made known in his first appearing, and by that means, are able to fulfill the whole law in his second coming ? 56. Where souls know, by actual experience of more than sixty years, that they have found the spirit of theJU)rd's Christ, revealed in a Mother, whose name was ANN LEE? ^^4 57. For it hath saved them from all sin, and clothed their souls in a garment of true righteousness, and created in their hearts, that love to Me, their God and Maker, which surpasseth, in a thousand fold ratio, all other loves ; 58. Which has given them strength and power to resign their lives in martyrdom, if called so to do, rather than deny their faith, or the power by which they received this, [which was] from, and through the Queen of Zion, who stands as my first and chosen witness in this last dispensation of my goodness to man. 59. Do you seek for that kingdom, where the gospel of a Christ and of a Mother reigneth, united in one? 60. Were any of you born, and brought forth into a completed state of existence in the world, by a father, — or by a mothtr 1 Or were you only begotten by a father, and then, at the proper time and season, brought forth by the mother? 6L And by whom were you fed with milk, and dandled at the breast, while in your infancy; by the father, — or by the mother? 62. By whose caresses, and soothing hand of comfort, were your troubled spirits pacified to rest? Was it not the Mother's? 63. If We, the over-ruling and Great first Cause of all created things, on earth and in the heavens, have, in our own wisdom, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 105 created the natural order of things, figurative of that which was spiritual, how can there be any spiritual order, or kingdom of glory completed, unless the woman is brought to stand in her place, accord- ing to the figure ? 64. Have We not created an order and place for the woman, in the natural order of the creation? Was she not to travail in sorrow,, and bring forth children? And in the absence of her husband^ does she not stand at the head of her own family ? 65. If these things in nature do exist, why stumble ye at the fulfillment of the true representation? 66. And if this is not the true representation, and this order does not exist in the spiritual heavens, why did not We create and send forth, all living upon earth, in the male order? 67. O ye blind and bigoted seers, who strain at your own pride, and must swallow your own folly ! The woman you all want, and the man you all want ; but the enjoyment of each other in fleshly gratifications, is your greatest desire. No longer wipe your lips, and say you are guiltless; for the God of Heaven doth judge you, the Searcher of every heart, before whose eyes, your abominations are as plain as the whited walls of your houses are in your view. 68. But hearken ; Do any of you seek for a kingdom, where the pride of v^ain mortals ruleth not, and the arrogance of frail, fallen nature, beareth not the sway? Where the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the lame, the halt and the blind, can all fare alike,. upon terms of strict equality and justice? 69. Where all yield strict obedience to the revealed will of Heaven, through such agencies as are appointed, through the order of my holy anointing power, wherever I may have caused it to rest? 70. Where all the political strifes and contentions, and party feelings amongst the children of men, are disowned and rejected ? 71. Where an avaricious spirit, to heap up treasures on earth where moth and rust doth corrupt, cannot dwell? 72. And again; Do ye sincerely seek for that city of refuge on earth, where you can know and do the will of your God, day by day ? Where you can receive strength to crucify your own evil natures, and be born anew, as little innocent children, into the king- dom of your God ? 73. Do you seek for that home and place, while in a terrestrial state, where you can live day by day, as ye would, if ye knew ye 106 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK were to die on the morrow, and as ye would if ye were to live a thousand years ? 74. Where the kingdom of Heaven, and the righteousness thereto belonging, is the soul's first pursuit; and where all that is needful for the body, through obedience and faithfulness, shall be given unto it? And where, to deal justly and walk humbly, to fear God and keep his commandments, comprise your whole duty ? 75. If so, seek in earnest, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ; ask, and ye shall receive ; follow that light which I shall cause to shine into your souls, and it shall lead you to the city of peace, saith the Lord your God; but not to ease and indulgence, thinking to procure your souls' salvation in that way ; not where the manna of Heaven rains down, to feed and support you in idleness, without the soul's exertion ; 76. Not where each one, or any part can do that which seemeth right in their own eyes, according to their own natural wisdom and understanding ; 77. But where that wisdom, that knowledge and understanding, which is revealed in the order of my own appointment, beareth rule, and is the main spring of action throughout, in all things, spiritual and temporal ; 78. According to the completed order of my new heavens and new earth, which I have, in this latter day, established on the earth for all nations, all kindreds, all tongues and all people, who will make the sacrifice which I require, saith the Lord, to obtain a home therein, beneath the wings of my protection. 79. I have now declared unto you, all ye nations and people, that the spirit of my blessed Son hath appeared the second time, with- out sin unto salvation, in the female, or Spiritual Mother in Israel. 80. And this, my kingdom, as represented by the stone from the mountain, has been established for more than sixty years upon the earth; and yet, ye believe it not; though various publications of its principles, have been circulated when called for, yet, ye know not the Christ or his true kingdom. 81. I have never required, saith the God of Heaven, that the subjects of Christ's second coming, or the children of the Bride, should compass sea and land to make proselytes ; 82. This, my Church, the assembly of Saints, was never estab- lished upon the eternal foundation of righteousness and truth, for a popular show to the inhabitants of earth. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 107 83. But I required her people to embody their strength in one united capacity, and conquer and subdue their own evil natures within, and travel in humility of soul, and tribulation of spirit, and gain a substance of the true oil of light, and life eternal; That when my time should come, in the order of my own wisdom, she might have wherewithal, to do her duty to other souls, as I have placed her, a city upon a hill, whose light and brightness can never more be hid. 84. And thus, the days of her seclusion are accomplished; and I, the God that formed her, do now declare her to the inhabitants of the earth; and I have also declared the true characters of all who do, in truth, compose the subjects who dwell, and safely remain within her holy walls. 85. Though wolves in sheep's clothing, may creep within her gates, yet, their craving wants for flesh, or fleshly lust, will soon betray the borrowed coat they wear. 86. No ravenous beast can long remain within her holy borders; though many like the place, yet none but the true and honest hearted like the cross, nor will long endure the gospel fire of truth, which doth eternally burn to guard the tree of life. 87. And furthermore, saith the Almighty Power, I declare the three first witnesses unto you, who bore record on the earth, that I, the Almighty God of Heaven, had sent forth the likeness of my blessed Son, the second time, without sin unto salvation, to poor frail mortals on the earth. 88. And through a female was Christ made known, [as a spirit- ual Mother,'] to complete the order of that kingdom which was begun in his first appearing. And I declare, to all nations, the spirit of this chosen female to be the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the Queen of Zion, and Mother of the new and spiritual creation which shall never be destroyed. 89. Though I, her Lord and God, should purge and refine her [inhabitants] to that degree of purity and holiness, that not more than ten souls were able to abide the fire within her holy courts; yet shall these stand, and be supported by the Almighty power of my hand, though armies against them should be arrayed for their destruction. 90. Remember, all ye people who dwell within the walls of my Zion, which is pure and holy, if ye walk not worthy of your holy calling, the great privilege, which in my mercy I have granted you, 108 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK shall only prove as burning coals of fire upon your heads, to sink your souls from my presence ; and a far heavier stroke of my judg- ments, shall come upon you, than upon those who have never been blessed with such a privilege of my notice, within the walls of my Zion. 91. It is not numbers that compose my Zion; but the purity of that life which souls live; and by the interestedness of their spirits, to build up the cause to which they are called, by spending and being spent, agreeable to that example which was invariably set by the three first witnesses, who bore this gospel across the rolling deep, to fair Columbia's shore, and who, by my Almighty hand, were protected so to do. 92. And by my power, shall other faithful souls safely re-cross the foaming deep, to plant this gospel in distant lands, to feed the hungry souls who cry to Me for [the] bread [of life.] CHAPTER XVII. THE OFFICE OF THE THREE FIRST CHOSEN WIT- T^ESSES SEPARATELY DECLARED, AND FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE THEIR TRUE FOLLOWERS, SAITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 1. God, able to manifest himself as he wills, at any period. 3. Passages of scripture required to be quoted. 5. Of the testimony of the three witnesses . 6. Of the confession of sins. 7. Of rising into life. 8. Of purchasing liberty to sin. Of hired forgiveness. 9. Of making trade of sacred service. 10. 16. It is God who forgiveth sinsi Who are prepared as witnesses for souls, «fec. Duty of witnesses. Not required to hear the confession of capital crimes, until the sentence of the civil law is passed. Confessions to be considered sacred. Of the representation of the spirit, by Mother Ann Lee. Of what was manifested in Mother. Sec. 1. But a few passages, saith the Lord, were ever mentioned in the Sacred Volume, respecting the three witnesses. But I am a TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 109 God of yesterday, to-day, and forever; and to all such as truly walk uprightly before Me, doing my will and pleasure, regardless of all personal, partial or selfish views, I am as able to manifest myself in one dispensation, as in another. 2. And I now bear witness, (declaring my words to the ends of the earth,) to the office and calling of the three first witnesses, in Christ's second coming. 3. And where the witnesses are mentioned in Sacred Writ, I require [some of]the passages to be here inserted. Matthew, xviii. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Isaiah, xliii. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord. Chap. xliv. 8. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me ? yea, there is no God ; I know not any. Sec. 4. These three witnesses, in this latter day of my goodness, testified before all, both publicly and privately, that there was no true God but Me, and that there was no way of God opened or revealed to man, by which he could find salvation, or an entrance into his holy kingdom, while livmg in sinful works of whatever name or nature. 5. And they did furthermore bear witness, that the spirit of Christ, the Son of God, had, in truth, made his appearance the second time, without sin unto salvation ; and that none could be cleansed and purified, and enter into the work of regeneration, while living after, or taking any part in, the works of natural generation. 6. And they did furthermore testify and bear witness, by that power which I gave them, that all souls must confess their sins, in the presence of God's witnesses, one by one, just as they had com- mitted them, or never find true happiness; and then labor for godly sorrow and true repentance, by leaving them off, and by taking up a cross against their evil natures which led them into sin. 7. By so doing, they would find the favor and mercy of God, and their souls v**ould begin to rise in the resurrection of Christ ; and my holy blessings would begin to distill upon them, as dews from Heaven. 8. They never taught souls, that they could, for money, purchase 110 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK liberty from priests and clergy, to indulge in sinful abominations, gratifying their own propensities ; and then again, for money, they could hire their sins forgiven, such as they had not bought a privi- lege to commit. 9. Awful consternation must seize on every heart, when they see these things in their true light! Is not this making trade and traffic, to all the extent of man's ability, of that power and service which he pretends to hold sacred? Surely, the truth recorded on my eternal record, declareth the affirmative. 10. But as different from this, as light is from darkness, did these three chosen, true and faithful witnesses, declare the order of con- fessing sins. They testified that none had power to forgive sins but God, [and Jesus Christ, manifested through that medium which he established;] and that every soul must stand in a true state of justi- fication, by honestly confessing their own sins, in the presence of God's witnesses, before they were, in any way, commissioned to stand as witnesses for other souls ; 11. And that it was the duty of all those who stood as witnesses for the confessions of other souls, to pray earnestly to Me their God, that I would hear the honest souls, and bless them with strength and power, to withstand the temptations of evil in future. 12. And furthermore, did my three witnesses testify, saith the Lord, that no one was called as a witness, to hear the confession of sins, now, in Christ's second coming, from such souls as had com- mitted capital crimes, for which the civil laws of man must deal with them. 13. None were to hear any such confessions, until after the civil authority had passed judgment upon them ; and at all times, wit- nesses were to consider confessions made in the fear of God, of the most sacred, solemn and delicate nature; and rather than be compelled to divulge that which a soul had honestly confessed to them, in my holy fear, they had better sacrifice their lives. 14. For none had any right to hear such confessions, as laid them open to the civil powers of man to make enquiries, and demand answers, by reason of the liability of the person who had con- fessed to them. I. John, V. 6. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, be- cause the Spirit is truth. 9. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. Ill greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. John, iii. 5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Sec. 15. It may truly be said of the Daughter of Zion, (That is, Mother Ann Lee,) that she represented the spirit; for in her, the spirit of Christ appeared, with a full and complete salvation, for such as were willing to sacrifice all to obtain it. 16. In her was displayed my sacred and saving power, to search the hearts, and penetrate into the souls of such as came before her, to much the greatest extent of any human being ever before sent forth, save the Lord Jesus Christ, whom I sent on earth, saith the Lord, to begin the foundation of this kingdom, which is now completed, through and by the Daughter ; and upon which the building is now arising, forever more to stand ; against which, the powers of earth and hell shall never more prevail. CHAPTER XVUI. SUBJECT CONTINUED OF THE SECOND WITNESS. 1. Of what be represented, &c. 2. Of suffering for souls in eternity, 3. Of suffering for souls on earth. 4. Of gifts bestowed, &c. 6. None redeemed, only through suffer- ings. Of passing through the fiery furnace. 8i None can come to God, or find peace, nntil they have confessed their sins. 9. The subsequent duty of souls who confess sins. 10. The second witness, an example of true sufferings. 11. The effect of suiferings for righteous- ness' sake. 1. The second witness, whose name is recorded on my eternal record, Father William Lee, was truly "A man of sorrow, and acquainted with grief;" who bore and suffered in tribulation, for the increase of the gospel on earth, to the laying down of his nat- ural life ; which truly represents the blood, for he ended his days under sufferings, for the good of souls, as a bleeding martyr. 112 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK 2. Often did I suffer, saith the Lord, to full upon him, while upon e.'irth, a state of sufferings for souls in eternity, who were in their sins, and could not be released in any other way, only through the medium of that gospel which was now revealed, through the Mother, to mortals on earth. 3. And the state of those that were bound in their sins on earth, was often suffered to fall upon him, that through his cries and in- tercessions, under the severest of sufferings, the way might be opened for them to be loosed from the bands of death, by which they were holden, and enter into the gospel field. 4. And upon this same witness, did I, the God of Heaven, bestow that power of spirit against which no wicked opposers could stand, when in my wisdom, he was suffered to exercise it. 5. Be it known to all people, saith the Lord, that no souls can ever be again redeemed unto Me, only through sufferings and deep tribulation of spirit. They have fallen so far below the moral order of nature, and from that state of innocency in which I first created them, that they must, before they can again be redeemed unto Me, pass through the fiery furnace of the gospel, by confess- ing every known sin. 6. And [having done this, they must] travel in godly sorrow and true repentance for the same, until they have conquered that nature, and their souls are washed from the stains thereof, and have again become pure and innocent as when I first created them, saith the Lord. 7. And this second witness, not only suffered to the cleansing of his own soul ; but he suffered for thousands of other souls, both in time and in eternity, that the door of this one sin-destroying, soul-saving gospel, might be opened unto them. 8. Be ye not deceived, O ye inhabitants of earth ! No soul can ever come to Me, or enter my peaceable kingdom of rest, or find the acceptance of my Holy Spirit, in peace and in purity, either in time or in the eternal world, till they have honestly confessed their sins, one by one, to such of my witnesses as are appointed for that sacred duty. 9. After which they must labor, and travel in tribulation of soul, until they are redeemed from that nature which caused them to sin; and this is a journey that the soul has to perform, before it can enter into that joy and felicity which is promised the truly right- TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 113 eons, or stand with the Lamb on Mount Zion, clothed in white, as was seen in vision by my servant John. 10. An example of true sufferings in spirit, this my faithful witness and servant William, did truly set, by night and by day. 11. But remember, O ye people, my spirit of strength and con- solation never forsakes a soul, while truly suffering for the gospel's sake, either for their own purification, or that of others; but I will,, in the midst of these sufferings, cause their souls to break forth at times, with joy and thanksgiving, that they are accounted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake and the gospel. 12- But remember, all have this travel to perform, as really as a man, when in a natural body, starting on a journey, has it to per- form, step by step. Just so [must be] the travel of the souL CHAPTER XIX. SUBJECT CONTINUED — ^THE THIRD WITNESS. The third Witness declared. <5f his tuition in childhood and youth. His pecuhar gift. His character. The Witnesses faithfully accomplish- ed their work.&c. Of the anointing of successors. Of the government of the church. The conseqaience, should any prove untrue to their trust. Of King David's anointing. The gospel superior to the law. God's chosen people never left with- out a lead, only as a scourge for diso- bedience. Of man's strife against good. Tine lives of first witnesses sought. Of Christ's sufferings and death. Of the sufferings of the three first wit- nesses. Witnesses in mansions of rest. Perse- cutors in the depths of hell. The expressions of their souls. The Lord's reply. Maakind will not hearken. The manner in which the latter day of glory is ushered in. Must God always work miracles, in order to convince mankind ? The power of working miracles, still in the church of Christ. Of the eternal power and operation of the work of God. Of the working of miracles. The power, strength and substance of the spirit of Christ, retained in Zioir. Of the opening of the Heavens, Of the state of Zion. Three leading principles. A woe upon the unrighteous in Zion, Of God's equity and justice. Who can win the prize. 1 . The third witness, who was a proclaiming and watering witness, o ri4 SACKED ROLL ANT> BOOK and whose name, saith tlie Lortl, is recorded on my eternal record, Father James Whittaker. 2. This witness, by the over-ruling hand of my providence^ was, at an early age of his childhood, placed under the special charge of Mother Ann, who brought him up in the path of true godliness and purity; by which means he was protected from all those soul dark- ening and sinful indulgences of self gratification, which most chil- dren are suffered, at a very early age, to run into. 3. Therefore he grew up without defilement, and became an able help and supporter, in the ministration of his blessed Mother. I bestowed on him a peculiar gift, to water and nourish that which his blessed Mother had planted. 4. His whole demeanor was mild, placid and gentle, yet solemn and soul gathering; and by this means, he would water, nourish and strengthen all ; and many times cause the weak and drooping plants, that were about to wither before the rays of the scorching^ sun, to be invigorated with new life and courage to press on their journey with zeal and fortitude. 5. And because of the purity of that life which he lived, from his childhood up, saith the Lord, I did cause the most beautiful gospel graces to shine forth in his spirit. And in proclaiming the testimony of Christ's second appearing, and the way that leadeth to life eternal, to the surrounding multitude, even his wicked per- secutors, would acknowledge the goodness of his spirit. 6. Yet, under sufferings was he patient, and in the hours of his rejoicing, I clothed his spirit with feelings divinely sublime and lovely, [and with] a portion of that mantle with which I had clothed the Daughter of Zion from head to foot ; and [in which] her spirit was inwrapped, as was measurably Father Wdliam's also, 7. And all these, my three first witnesses, who were called first, to open the door through sufferings, that Christ might appear the second time without sin unto salvation, faithfully did the work which was required of them to do, by the over-ruling power of the Most High; and spread their mantles of love, strength and wisdom, as they were about to leave the world, upon all such of their children, as were determined to pursue the gospel path, even to the laying down of their natural lives, should they be called so to do. 8. And upon such as had been prepared, through deep sufferings and tribulation of spirit, to succeed them in leading and directing the sheep of my fold, or the house of Israel, [the foundation of) TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 115 which was now established on the earth, in its completed order, did they bestow that anointing power, which I had given them for that purpose, saith the Lord. And in this way doth the order of this anointing devolve and rest [upon such as are prepared to receive it.] 9. My church, which is now established, in this day and age in which you live, is governed by an authority emanating from my divine influence, and proceeding directly from my Holy Spirit, through those upon whom I have caused my holy anointing oil to rest. 10. But if any should prove themselves unworthy of this sacred calling and trust, after they had been once anointed by the unction of my Holy Spirit, I should, in my own wisdom, saith the Lord, send forth my anointing and saving power, to rest in other vessels, more worthy; as I did in the case of Saul, whom I anointed king over the children of Israel, but who departed from my statutes, by walking in disobedience to my commands. 11. I did then cause my anointing power again to go forth, through the same prophet Samuel, by whom Saul was anointed, and to rest upon David, the son of Jesse, that he might be king and ruler in Israel. 12. Though the gospel dispensation, both in Christ's first and second appearance, is much superior in its order, beauty and holi- ness, to that under the law ; yet, saith the Lord, in every age of the world, I have always provided means by which the sincere and honest hearted, who desired to do my will, might be instructed.in the path of their duty. 13. And whenever my chosen people, in former dispensations, were left without a true and faithful lead, according to the day in which they lived, it was because of their disobedience and rebellion to that which I had taught them ; and I suffered them to run into confusion, each doing that which seemed right in his own eyes, and, by this means, break to pieces. Where this has been suffered, it has been as a scourge, to punish them for their own wickedness, saith the Lord. 14. But as frail and mortal man hath never ceased to pervert the way of the Lord, when it was in his power so to do, both by the means of a lying and slanderous tongue, and by inflicting with his hands, cruel and violent acts of persecution upon the bodies of those who sought to obey Me, rather than man, both in Christ's first and second appearing; so that wicked nature will 116 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK continue to operate, in the hearts that are hardened in sin ancJ beastly abominations, until my heavy and desolating hand of judg- ments shall fall on them for the same. 15. But I suffered not the lives of any of my first witnesses tc be taken by the hands of persecutors, though that of Mother Ann's, was in a most determined manner sought, time after time; yet I, the God of Heaven, did defeat their plans. I sent my holy Angels to guard and protect her, and those who followed her in truth. 16. As these were my three first witnesses, through which I caused the spirit and likeness of my blessed Son, the second time to appear, without sin unto salvation ; the heaviest tribulation and sufferings of soul that ever fell upon any, possessing earthly taber- nacles, save that of the Lord Jesus Christ himself, fell upon them. 17. But in Christ's first appearing, I suffered, when his work was done, the life of his animal body, and that of many of his followers, to be taken by wicked persecutors; as this was the begin- ning of the true gospel dispensation, and a perfect example of sufferings, in both body and mind, was required, even to the laying down of their natural lives, should the wickedness of man rage to that extent. 18. But in the finishing and completing of that order, or gospel dispensation, I suffered none of my first witnesses' lives to be taken in that way. But for years were they inhumanly persecuted at times, both by night and by day ; and in the midst of their most severe sufferings, from the hands of the wicked, my holy Angels have often beheld them kneeling, and praying unto Me, that I would forgive them, for they knew not the wickedness they were doing. 19. But these, my witnesses, are now in the eternal mansions of my rest, my glory and my delight, which I had prepared for them, and for those who had suffered before like unto them ; while those who hunted them from place to place, for the purpose of gratifying their own wicked and malicious spirits, are banished from my presence, sunk in the depths of hell, in anguish and horror, drink- incr the bitter cup, filled to overflowing, which they labored, [while on earth,] to make my faithful witnesses drink. 20. Their cries and groans, their shrieks and lamentations, pierce the gloomy prisons of hell, beseeching Me, the God of mercies, to con- descend, once more to warn their fellow creatures on the earth, not to pursue the steps they have trod ; not to lift their hands, nor their hearts, to fight against that of which they know not ; but wait, and TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 117 the work of the liord will prove itself; and the work of man will also prove itself. 21. O merciful God, in thy everlasting kindness, warn them I O Holy Creator of all things, O warn them ! warn them ! lest they also pursue that course of persecuting thy righteous saints on earth, and thereby fall into this awful place of torment where we are bound in the flames of hell, suffering the just reward of our works. 22. O Eternal Father of all mercies! if we may be suffered, in the flames of hell, to breathe forth supplications unto thee, in the midst of our unspeakable torment, suffer, O suffer thy word of warning to reach the ears of our brethren on earth, who will be liable to pursue the same course that we did. 23. But could we, O could we have heard but one word of warn- ing, direct from thy eternal and hallowed lips, we surely should have hearkened, O righteous God! We know that our sufferings are just, for fighting against thee, through those whom thou didst send upon the earth to open a door of salvation, in thy everlasting kindness, to poor lost souls. 24. We indeed, justly suffer the punishment thou hast inflicted upon our souls. While those whom we distressed on earth, are comforted in thy presence, we are banished far from thee, to suffer the just reward of our doings. 25. But understand my words, saith the God of Heaven; Those who will not hearken unto those whom I have sent on earth, to warn the inhabitants thereof of the certain destruction they will bring upon themselves, by pursuing the paths of their forefathers, would !iot hearken and believe, though I should cause one to rise out of the grave, and go and declare my word unto them. 26. And should I cause it to roll upon the earth, like peals of thunder, yet would it quickly be forgotten : for a moment, it would strike consternation and terror, upon mortal man ; but how soon would my solemn lessons of warning be disregarded, and the ways of wickedness again be resorted to ! 27. And, as your Lord and Savior said, in his parable to the Jews, respecting the rich man and Lazarus, so do I, your God and Creator, say unto you ; If you will not hearken to my word in past dispensations, nor in the present, sent unto you through means of my own choosing, neither would you hearken, if I should send it through means thnt you yourselvejj might choose. 118 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK 28. Understand, O ye people ; I have not ushered in this latter day of my glory, with great signs and wonders, working of miracles, by raising the dead from their graves, as was suffered in Christ's first appearing. You have the records of what I then suffered to be done ; and if ye believe in the sacred volume, then ye must believe the things therein recorded, respecting the Christ, and those who followed him. 29. But must I always be compelled, saith the Lord, to call the natural body, resting in the grave, again into life; or command fire to come down from Heaven in the sight of men, and destroy my enemies, before man will be convinced that there is a God, who ruleth at his will : after all that I have caused for thousands of years, by my Almighty Hand, to take place upon the earth ? 30. Not so, saith the Creator of all things. Though I vested supernatural power in Mother Ann, to work miracles, and that power is still retained in my holy Church ; yet, I suffer it not to be applied, in a natural point of view, to the external sight of men, only at my command ; whether it be much or little. 31. My work in this dispensation, saith the Lord, as effecting the work of salvation in the hearts of the children of men, is far greater and more powerful, than any that has ever preceded it; yet, to ex- ternal appearances, it is not so great ; therefore, I warn souls to be the more careful how they treat it. 32. I often suffered the power of working miracles to be made use of by my first witnesses, as they were but few in number, and the work was new and strange to all people ; for Christ, in truth, had become a great stranger on the earth ; and moreover, there was no body or church then established, only what consisted in these few first witnesses. 33. And the opposition of an unbelieving world was so great, that I suffered, in many instances, miraculous power to he displayed in a natural point of view, from the Q,ueen of Zion and those with her, insomuch that the unbelieving world acknowledged, they knew there must be a supernatural agency attending them. 34. But now, saith the Lord, my power, strength and substance for the protection of souls, are concentrated in my Church, or Zion, which has been tried or proved on earth for more than sixty years. But this spiritual and divine power, has never, from the beginning, ceased entirely to show itself to the external view; yet I have suf- fered her to feel great leanness, and much tribulation, so that at TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 119 times, she almost felt as though she was forsaken of her God: and this I have done, to try and to prove her, and those who dwelt within her walls. 35. But for some years past, I have again wddely opened the Heavens to her assistance, and showered down upon her, in bound- less measures, that which it pleased Me to bestow ; that she might be cleansed, as with refiner's fire, and whitened, as with fuller's soap. And of the cup of my blessing hath she received, as well as the rod of my chastening. 36. I found the ancients of the people, true to the cause ; but of Other classes, there were many, who had become lukewarm, and indiiferent in their zeal and feelings, respecting the true first prin- ciples upon which Zion is built, never more to be overthrown. 37. And these are her first principles : True self denial and obedience, with a total seclusion from the popular sense, forms and fashions of the children of this world. And upon these principles she will always stand, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against her. 38. And such as will not keep these principles, I will surely cut off from my people, and cast into outer darkness without the city. For nothing that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, shall remain at ease in her, saith the Lord her God. 39. But wo unto them who stand in her gates, whose names are not written in the book of life. No name can be entered upon my holy book of life, saith the Lord, but the honest hearted and sincere seeker after righteousness. And all such are written therein, never more to be erased while pursuing this path: such, do make their own calling and election sure. 40. I am not a God of partiality, towards the creatures of my creation, consigning some to eternal misery, and others to eternal happiness ; this would be the height of injustice, and inequality. But let him that will, come and partake freely. All have immortal souls, and all have a right to salvation, upon equal terms. 41. They that will pay the price, shall win the prize; and no others can. They that will give up all, and lay down their own lives, shall take them up unto life eternal, saith He who gave immortality. 120 CHAPTER XX. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE REFERRING TO THE RESURRECTION. Sudden change of the soul from time into eternity. The soul not again reinstated in the mortal body. Such as look for a natural resurrection; cited to past events. Of the reinstatement of the soul into the natural [)ody. Natural bodies caused quickly to dis- appear. The only resurrection, that of the soul. True resurrection, from darkness to light. Sec. 1. I here require, saith the Holy Angel, such passages of the sacred writings, or some few of the most prominent ones, as refer to the resurrection, to be here transcribed entire. I. Corinthians, xv. 20, But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept. 21. For since by man came death, by man came also the res- urrection of the dead. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23. But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power, 25. For he must reign,^ till hejhath put all enemies under his feet. 26. The last^enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 39. All flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial : but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glori/ of the terrestrial is another. 41. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the- TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 121 moon, and another glory of the stars ; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption : 43. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power : 44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam ivas made a quickening spirit. 46. Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47. The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Sec. 2. Understand, all ye people, saith the Lord, all beings created with immortal souls, must meet with a sudden change, and this sud- den change spoken of in Holy Writ, is passing from time into eternity. 3. And when this change, or separation between the soul and body is effected, the animal or earthly part, returns to earth and dust again ; and the soul, or immortal part, returns to Me, the God who gave it, there to receive its just and due reward. 4. And thus, saith the Lord, is effected an eternal separation between the two, the mortal and immortal parts, as it respects the soul ever again being reinstated in its former house, or tenement of clay. 5. Hear ye my words, and understand, all ye people ; The many passages, contained in the sacred record of my word, from whence you derive the apprehension, or idea of a resurrection of the nat- ural body, were not intended to be understood in a literal, or natural sense, as you construe them. 6. And as evidence of the truth, that all such as look for a natural resurrection, will forever look in vain for the fulfillment thereof, I advise them to look back, and consider. What do all 122 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK the events that have taken place, from the creation of the world to the present day, prove, respecting the hnal dissolution of the animal or natural body, and the final separation of the soul therefrom? 7. Have those who died in early ages, been again reinstated in a natural body ? By no means, saitli the Lord ; though in some few instances, thrf)ugh the cries and intercessions of my faithful servants, I have caused the soul, for a short season, again to return into its former house, or tenement of clay, after I had called it therefrom. 8. And this I did suffer, that the hardened hearts of the unbeliev- ing children of men, might be convinced of my Almighty power, as operating through those that I had sent forth on earth, to bear testi- mony against the sins of the world, and open a way that man might be saved therefrom, 9. And again, I have in some instances, saith the Lord, with my Almighty power, caused the animal, or natural bodies of some few individuals, quickly to disappear and vanish from the knowledge of all mortal beings; and this I have done, that the lifeless lump of clay, resting in its grave, should not become an object of idolatry unto the living. lOo- For in those ages of the world in which I have done these things, the blindness and darkness of man were so great, that he would much sooner have worshiped the animal or natural part, that was consigned to its mother earth, than he would have worshiped or obeyed the spirit that I had sent forth to dwell in this body, while possessing the breath of life, and moving in its duty, according to my divine commands. IL Therefore did I cause that part which would have become a snare unto him, to be removed; for I have commanded all people, from the foundation of the world to the present day, to worship no God but Me, the one true and living God. 12. And I do now testify unto all the inhabitants of earth, that the only resurrection that will ever take place, either on earth or in eternity, is that of the soul, not of the natural body. The soul, or spiritual body, is complete within itself, and needeth not the aid of that which is natural, to complete its order. 13. And they that rise in the resurrection of the life and power of Christ, must rise from darkness into light, or from a state of sin and death, into a state of purity and holiness, without v/hich, no one shall see the Lord, or meet their God in peace. 14. This is the true resurrection of the soul, or spiritual body. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 123 into that element of eternal life which is promised the faithful, who forsake all for Christ's sake and the gospel. 15. And such as take the steps that I do require, saith the Lord, to rise and come out from under the bondage of darkness, of sin and death, and enter into a state of life and light eternal, do rise in the only true resurrection of peace and happiness to the soul, that ever was, is, or ever will be, saith the Lord. 16. And whether they be in time, or in eternity, it altereth not the path they must pursue, in order to rise in this resurrection, as is clearly shown in this roll ; and there can be no other resurrection, save the resurrection of damnation to the soul, spoken of in Holy Writ; and so do I, your Lord and God, testify it, in this your day. 17. And all who fear Me, and keep my commandments, though they remain in nature's darkness, yet, by so doing, they begin to rise from a state of disobedience, and come into the path of true obcdinire, which will, in the final event, if followed, whether in time or in eternity, surely lead them into that resurrection of eternal life, here spoken of, and to which my servant Paul alluded while upon earth. 18. Though the fullness and completed order of my kingdom, (the foundation of which was then begun on earth,) was not then made known to the children of men, saith the Lord ; it is now revealed, in this your dny, without sin unto everlasting salvation. 124 CHAPTER XXI. OF GOD'S COMING TO VISIT THE EARTH IN MERCY AND IN JUDGMENT. God come to visit the earth. The manner of his coming. ]\Jankiad questioned; relative to re- ceiving- the word of God. The great reward of those who spend their days on earth devoted to God's will. State of sinners in time. Their state at the close of life. Of their punishment in eternity. Ministering spirits sent forth to offer such souls the gospel. 30. Of beginning the soul's travel in eter- nity under adverse circumstances. Easier for souls to destroy their evil natures while in time, than in eter- nity ; and more glorious will they be. Of those who turn back. 'J'he object for which this roll was sent forth. Not the invention of mortals. How it was sent forth. The state of those who refuse to do the will of God. 1. Hearken, O ye people, and understand, all ye nations of the earth. I AM, before Me none were, and after Me, none can exist. 2. TJie God, before whose bar of judgment ye must all shortly appear, hath now, in this last age of the world, condescended, in his eternal goodness, to stoop from the throne of his Almighty power on high, and come down to warn the inhabitants of earth* With thousands of holy Angels upon his right and upon his left, doth he approach the habitations of man. And how doth he come? crieth a mighty Angel that goeth before him, that the people may hear. 3. With a balance of true justice in his right hand, and a sword of his judgment in his left; and on his right, doth a holy Angel bear the sceptre of his mercy, and on his left, a mighty Angel of power doth bear the besom of destruction. 4 Yet, saith the Lord, I send forth unto you my solemn warnings in a still small voice, in language plain, simple and familiar, that a child may understand. Will you hearken any the less on that account ? 5. Would you be more ready to receive it, were the earth rocking under your feet, and opening her mouth ready to swallow you down ? 6. Would you be more ready to receive it, should I, without giving you the offer of repentance, send a pestilence through your land, that should sweep three fourths of its inhabitants therefrom? TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 125 Would you be more ready to receive it, should I cause a dearth throughout the earth, and destroy both man and beast thereon? 7. Or would you be more ready to receive it, should I, in my wrath, take from the earth what little peace there is thereon, and suffer the sword to be unsheathed, through every nation and kingdom? 8. Or will you, in mercy, receive it at my hand, before my awful judgments roll on you? J/j/ times are not man's time, remember; but the time of times shall not pass in vain over this earth, or those who dwell upon it. 9. But I will now show unto you, the rewards of those who sincerely spend their lives to Mej, while in time, such as enter under the law of grace, and walk uprightly therein to the end of their days. 10. When once a soul has heard the sound of the everlastino- and true gospel, ( remember there is but one trite gospel,) they no longer can be considered in a state of ignorance ; but they must either harden their hearts to disbelieve and reject it, or else they must follow the best light in their own souls in obeying it. 11. But let it forever be remembered, by all the human race, that they who go through time and commit the least sin, are always the most bright and glorious in the eternal world, and come the nearest to God, their Creator; for every sinful act makes a stain, and deep impression of guilt upon the soul, which can never be eradicated, but through confession and true repentance. 12. And none have found any way or power, by which they can keep from sinning, only such as have, in full purpose of heart, embraced the one only true gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, in his first, and in his second appearing, which, if lived up to, completes the work of redemption in the soul. 13. Such as embrace this gospel in their childhood, and by that means, learn to love the way of purity in the days of their inno- cence, and continue faithfully to bear the blessed cross of Christ, to the end of their days, offer unto Me, their God and Creator, the first fruits of their lives. 14. And such souls are prepared, at any time, to enter eternity, and stand before my holy bar of judgment, justified by their God; and there is no power that can condemn them ; and in this state, they are prepared immediately to enter a travel in eternity, progressing from one degree of glory to another, continually rejoicing in that God of their salvation who called them while upon earth, before they had 126 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK sunk their souls in sin and wickedness, and become hardened against God, their Creator. 15. Such are crowned with eternal crowns of glory, having palms placed in their hands; and such are made kings and priests unto Me, for they are worthy. They lived in a sinful world, but they defiled not themselves with her sins, that they might not partake of her plagues. 16. And now, they are prepared to stand in truth with the Lamb on Mount Zion; therefore I will clothe them in white, and gird on them the breast-plate of righteousness, for they have no need to taste the second death. 17. But such as pass a long life in every kind of wicked and sin- ful indulgence, to which their natures are prone, often feel a stroke of reproof from the monitions of conscience, while passing through time, which awakens in their souls, at times, solemn feelings of reflection and sorrow, for the time that is past and gone, which they have spent in wickedness, against the laws of their Maker. And in this state, many form strong resolutions of mind, that they w^ill mend their lives ; but when temptations again appear, their resolutions are gone, and so they again become an easy prey to nature's vilest passions. 18. And, as they approach the close of life, they feel an awful horror and condemnation, thrilling through their souls; a dread of death, judgment and eternity now stares them in the face. 19. They know they are unprepared to meet their God, for they have gone far aside, from doing the best they knew; they now try to pacify their own feelings, by that doctrine which they have so often heard advanced, while passing through life; That if they will, before they breathe their last, only confess themselves to be sinners, by calling on my name ; by the merits of Christ, the Savior, all their sins shall be pardoned. 20. But how awfully mistaken on this point, do they fmd them- selves, when they enter eternity ! Though many times, my Holy Spir- it, saith the Lord, suffereth such souls to wander, and grope in dark- ness, for hundreds of years, before they are called to judgment; yet no enjoyment do they find; but are similar, in situation, to a man lost in a dense wilderness, among wdd beasts. And when their time comes to be called to judgment, they find, that upon my eternal record every deed of their lives is recorded ; the good upon the right, and the bad upon the left. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 127 21. And these are weighed in the balance of my eternal justice, which finds them greatly wanting ; and their doom is sealed in the flames of hell, with the devil and his angels, till they have paid the utmost farthing, by suffering the demands of justice. 22. I now send forth ministering spirits, to offer them this self same gospel which is offered unto you, O ye children of men. They thankfully embrace the least offer of mercy which I now show unto them ; and they now have to begin, exactly in the same way that they would, had they begun in their childhood, or in any period of their lives while on earth, to embrace this gospel of Christ's second coming, without sin unto salvation. 23. After losing their time on earth, as to gaining any treasure for their souls, and all this time in eternity, enduring all the heart- rending sufferings they have had to pass through, as their due and just reward, they now have to begin, and travel out of the nature of that loss, with all its increased strength, which is added many fold by indulgence, just the same as they would have had to do, had they begun in the early part of their lives. If they had done this, they would have saved all the time lost in eternity, and their souls from the deep impressions of guilt, darkness and disgrace, and of a sin- stained life, saith the Lord ; and been preserved from all the suffer- ings therewith connected. 24. And be it known unto all people, that it is much easier for them to find a fruitful travel in this world, by yielding obedience to the cross of Christ, while they have strength and activity, of both soul and body, than it is for them to find it in eternity ; for there they must pass from prison to prison, from one degree of suf- ferings to another, seeking the mercy of God. 25. And for those who have once tasted the true gospel of Christ, and the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come, and then turn back to serve their own corrupt natures, it would have been better for them never to have been born ; for such cru- cify unto themselves the son of God afresh. 26. But such as do not feel themselves called upon by the awak- ening flames of conviction, in their own consciences, to obey the law of gospel purity, must return to the moral law of nature, saith the Lord, or they cannot escape the heavy hand of my awful judgments. 27. I have not sent forth this roll of solemn truth and warning, to threaten, or terrify the inhabitants of earth ; neither have I sent 128 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK it forth for naught, or to be disregarded, trampled upon, and treated with scorn and contempt by any, eitlier JMonarchs, Kings or Princes ; but those of you who believe it not, let it alone, and both time and eternity will convince you, from what source it was sent forth. 28. You shall be fully convinced, in the event, that it is not the invention of the people called Shakers, whose religion is so uni- versally despised throughout the earth, nor the invention of man or of woman ; but in obedience to my imperative command, and that alone, was it sent forth unto you. 29. For the [inspired] mortal instrument, whose hand I required to pen the words of this roll and book, to the inhabitants of the earth, would sooner have laid down his life, than been compelled to draft what the Angel read, for mortal eyes to view, could he have been accepted of Me, his God and Creator, in so doing. 30. But mortals are but worms of the dust; and whosoever shall refuse to do my will, (when I make it known plainly before them, with indisputable evidence,) are banished from my presence, to suf- fer in torment and anguish of soul. 31. But if they trust in Me, and obey my voice, let the inhabi- tants of the earth to whom these warnings are sent, do as they may, they clear their own souls, saith the Lord. 129 CHAPTER XXII. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE RELATIVE TO THE PEACE- ABLE KINGDOiAI or CHRIST. 1. Mankind cited to the scriptures. weakness' sake. 2. The Lord queslioneth the inhabitants 13. Of looking back to Egypt. of earth. 15. Of overlooking the kingdom of Christ, 6. Of the law of the house of God, and 16. Of the establishing of Christ's king^ of man's quaHfications of the same. dom. 7. Of a cloak for sinners, by wrong ap- 17. Who can abide in it. pHcatiou of scriptures. 19. Of eloping from an evil nature at once. 8. Of hving without sin, and becoming' 20. Victory gained step by step. perfect. 23. Comfort administered to those who 9. Christians questioned in regard to the travel in godly sorrow. cross of Christ. 24. Well of the water of life. 10. Of aday of justice. 26. Christ's yoke easy to the honest heart- 11. No indulgences of a half w ay cross in ed. Christ's second coming. 27. Judgment to fall on those who hinder 12. No indulgences ever granted, only for souls from entering the straight gate. Sec. 1. And now look, O ye cliildren of men, and consider those passages, recorded in the sacred volume, which I caused from the mouths of the Prophets to be delivered, in this same line of inspira-^ tion that I now send forth this word unto you, which are hereafter inserted; clearly illustrating the glory of Christ'^s kingdom that should be established in the latter day. To this very day in which you now live, a portion of them refer, and ye know it not. JPsalms, xlvi. 9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Chap. Ixxii. 16. There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and thei/ of the city shall flourish like grass of 1;he earth. 17. His name shall endure forever: his name shall be con-t tinned as long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed. 19. And blessed be his glorious natne forever : and let the whole earth be filled with his glory ; Amen, and amen. 130 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK Isaiah, iv. 2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beau- tiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Chap. ix. 0. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Chap. xi. 1. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots : 2. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3. And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 4. But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faith- fulness the girdle of his reins. 6. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 10. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious. 12. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Chap, xxvii. 5. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me, and he shall make peace with me. 6. He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root : Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Chap, xxxii. 1. Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. TO THE NATIONS OP THE EARTH. 131 17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. 18. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places. Chap. xxvi. 20. Come, my people, enter thou into thy cham- bers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21. For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Chap, xxvii. 2. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every moment : lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Chap. XXXV. 1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing : the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excel- lency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. 5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 8. And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness ; the unclean shall not pass over it ; but it shall he for those : the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; but the redeemed shall walk there : 10. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads : they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Chap. xlii. 9. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare : before they spring forth I tell you of them. Chap. Hi. 1. Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 132 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK 7. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good-tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 8. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 9. Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jeru- salem : for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. Isaiah, Iv. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that tahich is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that ivhich is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3. Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near : 7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Chap. Ivii. 14. Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter- nity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 133 the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the con- trite ones. 19. I create the fruit of the lips ; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. 20. But the wicked arc like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Sec. 2. Thus saith the Lord, O ye people, answer me this question ; What is it that constitutes a wicked man? Is it not in transgressino- the laws and commandments of his Creator God? And again; Is there any such kind of wickedness as popular and fashionable wicked- edness, that which tlie common usages and customs of man have sanctioned? Is it in the povv^er of man, by his habits and customs, to alter the nature of that which I have pronounced wicked, and have forbidden ? 3. Is it in the power of mortals to change truth into falsehood, or falsehood into truth, in the final result? 4. Can the laws and commandments of an Almighty God be made null and void, by the traditions of men 1 5. Or must every thing remain, as his Almighty power hath or- dained it, having this seal, " Let God be true, and every man a liar," who perverteth his holy laws, when once made known to him? Isaiah, Ix. 1. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thi/ side. 15. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 18. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Sal- vation, and thy gates Praise. 2L Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit 134 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 22. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. Chap. Ixv. 17. For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth : and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Chap. Ixvi. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word ; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said. Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 15. For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh : and the slain of the Lord shall be many. 22. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. Zecharialiy x. 10. I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon ; ?md place shall not be found for them. Chap. xiv. 20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD ; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts : and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein : and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. Ezekiel, xliii. 12. This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. Sec. 6. Consider, all ye people, the law of my house saith God. Is it not, that all shall be holy 1 Have I ever, at any age of the world, applied qualifications to my law, so that mankind could apply it, in any state or situation of life that they chose, even from TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 135 him who possessed the most upright and blameless character, to him who had abandoned all rule or law, but that of his own cor- rupt nature, so that the transgressor could justify himself, as well as the upright, and pretendingly derive his authority from what he called the word of God? 7. How oft are the two following short passages made use of to justify known transgressions. There is no man that sinneth not. [See I. Kings, viii. 46.] There is none that doeth good, no, not one. [See Psalms, xiv. 3.] 8. But thus saith the Lord unto you. He that committethsin after having knowledge of what is sin, is of the devil, not of God, nor of his Christ. My beloved Son taught his followers to be perfect, even as their Father in Heaven is perfect. And the Apostle Paul said, "Except Christ be in you, ye are reprobates." Can the spirit of Christ be in those who know they almost daily transgress that which he and his beloved followers taught, and laid down as rules indispensable for every one who wished, or expected to be saved, or made heir to eternal life, by that gospel which they preached? 9. Although the order of his kingdom was not then completed, as he plainly showed, and his followers after him showed the same; yet do I ask, saith the Lord, all professed Christendom, whether they truly think and believe, within their own hearts, that they bear that cross which Chr.ist and his disciples required every professing christian to bear, saying nought of the increase of his requirements in [this] his second coming ? 10. But, as I have before told you, the day draweth nigh, when every thing shall bear its just weight. Truth and justice to the line, and righteousness to the plummet. n. The completed order of my kingdom, now, in the second appearance of Christ, is comprehended in few words ; it is, Without sin unto salvation, in every sense of the word. That is, there are no indulgences granted, nor permission given, for any to take up a half way cross, by keeping from indulging their natures of passion and lust, as much as they conveniently can, yet not think they must bear a full cross. 12. In the first appearing of Christ, such a toleration was per- mitted, by some of his followers, for weakness' sake; but in his second coming, nothing of that kind can exist. 13. And in this day, no one, having put his hand to the gospel plough and looking back into Egypt, hankering after the leeks and 136 SJLCRED ROLL AND BOOK onions thereof, (or his carnal end this day in recreation; for it is not in vain delight and pleasure that the heart of man draweth nigh unto God, his Maker; but it is in cheerful resio-na- tion unto his holy will, when made known to him. 22. I have sent forth nothing unto you, O ye inhabitants in mor- tal clay, that does in the least militate against any doctrine contain- ed in the sacred records which I have sent forth in past dispensa- tions, but that ye may, in truth, fulfill them according to the re- quirement of the law, and according to the requirement of Christ, both in his first and second appearing. 28. For this purpose have I condescended to send forth this Book and Roll of one hundred seals unto you ; and this regulation I require you to keep, as an evidence of the contrition of your hearts, that my holy Angels may pass and re-pass throughout the w 178 SACRED ROLL AND ROOK earth, and behold the dvoings of the children of men upon this day. 24. For I shall command them to mark upon the posts of every door, with the seal of mercy, whether in places of public worship, or in private dwellings, where they find the people assembled to- gether in sincerity of heart, truly supplicating my protection. And this I require to be sacredly kept, until, in my own power and wisdom, the time does come that I send forth a further word to the inhabitants of earth. 25. Also remember, all ye people, to keep my sacred Sabbaths holy; profane them not with any kind of wickedness; nor the day I now require you to keep in special homage to Me your God. 26. This sacred word will strike with consternation many a heart, and break forth upon the inhabitants of earth, at an unexpected hour. Therefore, beware of my after-coming. Prepare, prepare yourselves to meet your God, as ye would, if ye knew tomorrow would close the scenes of your mortal existence. 27. Then, if in the order of my providence, you are still longer permitted to enjoy life in a terrestrial state, you will be able to hon- or Me, your God and Creator in so doing; or to leave the world, having made your peace with God, and all your fellow creatures. 28. Hear my reciuirement, saith the Lord, ye leading characters of every nation. When you receive this Sacred Roll of the word of your God, you are required to enter it upon your most sacred records, and let it be engraven on the table of your hearts, there to remain while passing through the remaining moments of your lives below. 29. I do not require that any should make a wasteful sacrifice of property ; but let all be diligent with their hands, to work in some laudable pursuit, and let those who have more than a competency [of the necessaries of this life,] help their poor fellow mortals. In so doing, saith the Lord, you will lay up a treasure far more precious than gold or silver. 30. Let no one be rash, nor wild in their doings, in respect to temporal things ; but let true wisdom and reason guide your steps ; for I have given you way-marks, saith the Lord, by which you may safely steer if you will. 3L I would that man pursue his various employments, dealing justly with all his fellow creatures, and be willing to work with his own hands for his daily support; for idleness leadeth the soul directly away from its God; it is, in truth, the parent of misery. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 179 32. Let rulers do their duty faithfully; rule in justice and equity, and suppress the haunts of infamy as much as possible. This is the command of your God. 33. I have furthermore, here commanded to be inserted in this Roll, a prophecy which, but a short time since, I sent my faithful servant, the prophet Isaiah, of whom ye read, with six archers, through four of whom he was to deliver a prophecy in Zion, the other two were to keep silent, until the time should be fulfilled. And now their time is come, and I have sent him forth, with the other two, to prophecy to the inhabitants of the earth; and I require that they should all be inserted at the end of this Roll. 34. But the Proclamation, which I wrote with my own hand ten months ago, and sent by my blessed Son, your Lord and Savior, to read for mortal hand to draft upon my Holy Mount, I require should be inserted at the beorinninaf of this Roll. 180 CHAPTER XXXI. OP HARMONY, PURITY AND INNOCENCE, AND THE TRUE ENJOYMENT OF THE TWO SEXES, IN THIS STATE. CLOSING OF THE ROLL. a. Of the enjoyment of sexes together. 6. What breaks society to pieces, y. Of laying the axe to the root of the tree. 11. Of iiidulgence to a carnal nature. 12. The primitrive state of man. 13. Sinning against light, hasteneth to des- truction. 14. Of male and female dwelling together in innocence. 17. Of a state of innocence and purity as exemplified by Christ. 18. How to enter the new creation. 19. Of the government of Christ's king- dom. 20. Of the subjects who compose it. ^. Of fighting against God. 31. 33. 36. 37. 39. 40. 42. Of the treatment of his sacred word. Mankind dealt with, according as they have hearkened to the word of God. Requirement concerning the circula- tion and translation of this Roll. Of staying the hand of judgment, by cultivating principles of peace. Mankind ad\aiiccd in wickedness, to the verge of destruction. Destruction to those who refuse to hearken. Of the seclusion of Zionj and of warnings. Warnings against troubling the In- strument who wrote this Roll. Of sincerity wliile conversing upon sacred subjects. 1. And again, saith the Lord, I now call upon you, O ye inhab- itants of the earth, to hearken to my words, and understand the truth concerning that of which ye are, as yet, strangers. 2. You do not see how it is possible, for male and female to dwell in societies together and enjoy each other's association, and good and kind feelings, and still have nothing to do with sexual in- dulgences. This, in truth, to natural man, who is absorbed in the things of nature, seems to be impossible; a mystery that he cannot comprehend, or understand. 3. And truly it is, saith the Lord, by natural man, while living after the ordinary course of nature, incomprehensible. 4. For this power of associating together, as little harmless chil- dren who know no evil, in harmony, purity and innocence, is given, and can be found, only in the completed order of my creation, wherein old things are done away, and all things become new. 5. All selfishness, quarrels, contention, strife, inveterate feelings of animosity, and attitudes of hostility, are effects proceeding from TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 181 certain causes; and no body of people, [influenced by these causes,] can long dwell together in a united capacity, but that these effects, or consequences proceeding from these certain causes, will break them to pieces and scatter them asunder. 6. The cause of all those uncontrolled divisions of feeling em- anates wholly from the region of darkness, where no true light, in its fullness, can ever shine ; and that is the indulging and gratifying of one's own carnal, fallen, and corrupt nature of fleshly lust, that is always at war against the soul's best good and comfort. ^,-And while fed by indulgence and gratification, it will never suffer souls to enjoy true harmony, love, union and innocence, so that they can associate in societies together, further than the bounds of natural private families extend ; and even they, come far short of existing together in a state of peace and harmony. 8. The gratification and indulgence in fleshly works, whether confined to one's self, or in connection with others, is continually strengthening the root of this evil tree, which bears the forbidden fruit, and hath many branches, that are continually strengthened and supported from this root. 9. Therefore did the followers of my blessed Son, even in his first appearance, teach souls to lay the axe at the root [of the tree,] and destroy the cause, and the effect will cease, and the branches and limbs of this evil tree will die. 10. When this is done, saith the Lord, then souls are again re- deemed unto Me, in a state of purity and innocence; and not until it is done, whether they be in time or in eternity, it maketh no dif- ference further than this ; 11. The more they indulge themselves while in time, in the grat- ification of these works, the greater are the guilt, condemnation and stains of sin and filthiness impressed upon their souls when entering eternity ; and the greater must be their sufferings and tribulation to find their redemption. } 12. For I created m^an, saith the Lord, in the beginning, pure and innocent; and when he is again redeemed unto Me, he will be pure and innocent ; and the more sin he commits, after he is born into the world, the greater is the distance that he is carried from Me, his God and Creator; and conse(}uently, the greater ujust be the length of his journey, in retracing his steps in sorrow and tribula- tion, again to find Me, his Creator God, in truth. 13. And this is rendering unto every one a just reward, accord- 182 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK ing to their works ; but mortals, wlien sinning against light and un-. 211 PART VI. OF THE AWFUL JUDGMENTS AND DESOLATION THAT GOD HAS PURPOSED SHALL COME UPON MAN, IF HE HEEDETH NOT HIS WARNING VOICE, AND TURNETH NOT FROM THE WAYS OF EVIL. 5. 11. 17. Of the Lord's controversy. Great the cup of earth's punishment. All the disobedient to fall in one com- mon grave of ruin. Man's ways end in destruction. 18. Of God's morning watch-word. 19. How treated. 22. The earth ripe for harvest. 25. The Lord entreateth man to repent. 28. Of salvation bv the merits of Christ. 1. Prophecy aloud unto the nations of the earth, and declare my judgments unto them, O thou Prophet of my name, saith the Lord ; through thy Archer proclaim unto them. 2. Truly hath the God of Heaven declared a controversy upon earth ; a controversy with all nations and kingdoms, and a contro- versy throughout his Zion. 3. O thou Harlot and abomination of the earth, that spreadest thy iniquities over many waters, and coverest the face of the earth with thy lewdness ; Thou hast heard the warning voice of Almighty God, but hearkened not; neither would, so much as for a moment, incline thine ear or open thine heart to understand. 4. Had one fifth part of the warnings which have been oiven unto thee, been given unto Sodom and Gomorrah, they would have lain low in humility before God, that his awful judgments mio-ht have been stayed from their city, and their lives prolono-ed on the earth. 5. Therefore great must be thy punishment ; the cup of trouble and affliction which thou hast filled to others, shall be filled to thee double. The abominations and pollutions with which thou hast covered the earth, shall sink with thee, as thy companions, into the lowest depths of Hell. 6. Desolation shall stand in thy gate, and destruction shall stare thee in thy face. The cries and shrieks of the tormented in hell, 212 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK shall be thy continual food ; for thou repentest not at my warning, and I no longer hearken to thy cry, saitli the Lord. 7. O thou high and self-exalted kingdom, who hatli gloried in thy deeds of blood, and vaunted thyself in horrid deeds of cruelty; who trusted in thy own arm of flesh for strength, and heeded not my warning voice; who hath enriched thy coffers with gold and silver, at the expense of others' rights and comforts ; 8. Thou shalt drink the full draught of my judgments. Though thou art exalted in the highest pitch of grandeur, yet, I will surely bring thee to the lowest depths of ruin. 9. I called thee in mercy, but thou wouldst not hearken. I sent messengers unto thee, to warn thee of thy danger, but thou didst deride, mock, and shamefully entreat them. The time that I did give thee to prepare, in low humility, for my coming, thou didst put far in the future tense. 10. The sun shall be darkened over thy head, and the earth shall roar in convulsions under thy feet; until she shall swallow down, and devour without mercy, many portions of thy wicked and ex- alted stations. 11. The high and the low, the rich and the poor, shall fall in one common grave of ruin. And upon your fleets at sea will I pour forth my fury, which shall dash them one against another, until they are buried in the bosom of the deep. 12. I will also suffer, saith the Lord, nations and kingdoms to destroy one another. I will take peace from the earth ; and pes- tilence, sword and famine, shall consume the inhabitants thereof. 13. For my controversy on earth is great, and I shall not with- draw my Almighty hand, until I have accomplished the work which I purpose. 14. Monarchs shall be confounded ; kings seized with conster- nation, and the rulers among the people, be silent through fear ; For all surrounding objects are overspread with silent gloom. And seem to speak forth loudly, the end to which they are doomed. 15. Your God is a God of justice, of truth and righteousness; and his work of judgment, in his own time and season. He will accomplish. 16. Give ear unto my voice, all ye people dwelling on the earth. Why have ye chosen the way of death, misery, torment and destruc- tion, instead of the way of life and peace? 17. The way that seemeth right unto man, or most agreeable to TO THE NATIONS Or THE EARTH. 213 his natural feelings, is sure to end in destruction and death, and in the banishment of the soul far from the presence of his God. 18. In mercy, saith the Lord, I sent unto her inhabitants the morning watch-word of my coming ; not from the starry regions above, but in a low, humble manner, quite out of sight of the great and the high ; and with this, my word, the most solemn warnings, that desolation would follow their refusal, should they not heark- en to the voice of Him who came forth from the Eternal Father. 19. But all these entreaties prevailed to effect nought but mad- ness and derision; laughing to scorn my sacred name, and the means by which I made known my will to them. 20. Yet, in my tender mercies did I send forth my work the sec- ond time on earth, and gave unto man a clear understanding, that it was my last display of grace to him; yet, he believed Me not, for my manner of coming did not agree with his own exalted ideas. 21. And now again doth the Lord your God declare unto all na- tions, without reserve, that if ye would of his mercies receive, ye must hearken to his voice. 22. For the time is come that the earth and her inhabitants, are ripened for harvest ; her cup of wickedness and abomination is filled to overflowing. 23. But, as a God of mercy, love, righteousness and truth, I send my solemn watch-words of warning throughout the habitable earth, that he that will hear, may hear; and he that will forbear , may forbear. 24. For I will surely meet all nations in their own paths; and nought shall turn my justice, to the right or to the left. 25. Come gather near unto your God, O ye inhabitants of earth, put away the heart that is hardened in sin and wickedness ; put away your dead and stupid luke-warm feelings ; seek after God, with all your soul, might, mind and strength. 26. He is found of them that seek Him early, who are willing to sacrifice all the pleasures of time, to obtain his favor and mercy. But such as are wholly absorbed in the cares of this world, they will seek when it is too late. 27. They who feel they have no need to labor for repentance, stand on the pinnacle of destruction, and they know it not. 28. They who feel that they can be saved from desolation by the merits of Christ, without exerting themselves to do, daily, the 214 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK works which he required, will find that they are trusting in a false hope. 29. The}' that think these warnings are only words, and will never be fulfilled, will see their great mistake, when it is too late to remedy the evil. 30. They that call upon the name of the Lord, in word and not in deed, are mockers of his eternal goodness. That true repent- ance which God your Heavenly Father requires, is to cleanse the heart, by ceasing to do ill and learning to do well ; by putting away the cause, that the effect may cease : Amen. CHAPTER XXXIIf , THE WORD or THE HOLY AND MIGHTY ANGEL OF THE LORD, WHO HATH READ THE SACRED ROLL, AND THAT CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK, EOR MORTAL HAND TO WRITE. 1. Of the attendance of the Holy Angel. 18. Sufferings of those who are used as 4. Of the four mighty Angels. Instruments in the hands of God. 5. The Angels' names. 20. Speculation disallowed. 7. The Angels' declaration. 22. The power manifested in this work, 10. The Angels' work lliroughout the earth. the same that inspired the Prophets IL Human wisdom cannot scan the work of old. of God. 23. God's people subject to his will. 12. Requirement of God to man. 24. All who attend the service of God's 14. Of special judgments. people, required to show respect and 15. Mortals required candidly to consider, reverence. before judging of this work. 25. Requirements of God concerning this 16. The Angel testifies to the truth of the word contained in this Roll. sacred Roll. 1. I now declare unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, saith the holy and mighty Angel, that I, in presence of three more holy Angels, (who together with me, have previously been commis- sioned by God, our Heavenly Father, to read the word which He gave us, for each quarter of the earth,) have strictly attended, ac- cording to the appointed times in each day, fourteen days, to read. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. %ib correctly, this Sacred Roll, and the book of the three first Wit- nesses contained therein, with all the prophecies here inserted, for mortal hand to write ; whose pen I have guided, and whose hours I have directed, by night and by day, according to the will of my God. 2. The work is now accomplished ; and it remains for the in- habitants of earth, to prove, in the sight of their God and his holy Angels, whether they be objects of his mercy, or whether they be the objects of his wrath and heavy judgments, which will lay waste their habitations, and desolate the land. 3. My name, saith the mighty Angel of light, power and truth, I will now make known unto you, in my own language; also the names of the other three, in their own languages. 4. We are four of the holy and mighty Angels of God, sent from before his throne, to pass and re-pass through the four quarters of the earth ; and many are the holy Angels that bear us company. And thus we shall visit the earth in partial silence, as this Roll goes forth, until we have marked the door posts of all, as our God hath commanded, who shall humble themselves and repent at his word, by proclaiming a solemn fast, and cease from their awful crimes of wickedness, and turn to Him in righteousness. 5. My name, says the Angel whose quarter is eastward, and stands as first, is HOLY ASSAN' DE LA JAH'. The second, whose part is second, and quarter westward, is MI'CHAEL VAN' CE VA' NE. The third, whose part is third, and quarter north- ward, is GA' BRY YEN' DO VAS' TER REEN'. The fourth, whose part is fourth, and quarter southward, is YEN DEN' DE PA' ROL JEW' LE JAH'. 6. These are our names, in our own tongues, and we are sent on earth to prepare the way for the Most High ; and the whole human family will be convinced of this, before the final event of our mis- sion shall arrive. 7. And although we know, that the words of this book will be con- sidered by many, as being produced in the wildest of enthusiasm, madness, blasphemy and fanaticism; and by others, as solemn, sa- cred and awful truths ; yet do we declare unto all flesh, that this Roll and Book contains the word of the God of Heaven, your Al- mighty Creator, sent forth, direct from his eternal throne, now, in this your day. 8. And by this vvord shall every soul on earth be judged, in '216 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK mercy or in jiidnrment, whether tliey believe or disbelieve. We arc not sent forth, by our God to argue with mortals; but to declare his word and his work. And we furthermore declare unto all the in- habitants of earth, that they have no time to lose, in preparing for their God. 9. If there be any who cannot understand to their souls' satisfac- tion, (though the requirements are plain,) yet, they may apply wheresoever they believe they can be correctly informed. 10. Though our work is swift and mighty, yet in mercy do we go forth; firstly, throughout the earth, and record the hearts, the words, and the doings of the children of men. 11. As a new era from the Lord God of Heaven with all the in- habitants of earth, hath now commenced, and no human wisdom or mortal power, by natural calculation, can tell the order of his work, any further than He sees fit in his own wisdom, to reveal it unto mortals, that they may be prepared, day by day, to do his will and pleasure; and then they are sure that his protection will overshadow them, and they will run and not be weary; yea, they will walk in the commandments of their God, and faint not, saith the Holy Angel. 12. What God now requires of the inhabitants of the earth, is to return immediately to the strictness of the law and order of nature, in all their goings forth. This you can all easily understand ; it is that which is required in your Sacred Bibles, and that which is re- quired in this Sacred Roll; that is; Deal justly, love mercy, walk humbly, fear God and keep his commandments; do by others as you would have them do unto you ; labor to dwell in peace, and break off as fast as possible, from the practice of going to war, and shed- ding each other's blood. 13. Indulge not the vile passions of nature, further than is nec- essary to propagate your own offspring. And cease, says the Angel, from that habit which is accursed in the sight of your God, of keeping houses for debauchery and prostitution. 14. For I, the Angel of the Almighty, will surely mark all such places for utter destruction, if they repent not at the warning of their God, by ceasing from these habits of abomination. 15. Let mortals, before judging or condemning, candidly read this Sacred Book from beginning to end ; then pause, and consider whether it contradicts, in any way, the sacred writings of the scrip- ture, or is in any way prejudicial to the principles of your Lord and TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 217 Savior, in his first appearing ; or in any way tends to operate against the principles of justness, morality, virtue, uprightness and good- ness, or the well being of any good and wholesome society. 16. I proclaim to all people, saith the Angel, that this is written as handed unto me from the throne of the Almighty. I have not suffered the inspired writer to have recourse to any books, save the Bible, to transcribe those passages of scripture, word for word, here inserted, as the Lord commanded me to have done,, that mankind might see, in substance, what He required of them in past dispen- sations, and how exceedingly contrary to his requirements they had gone. 17. But I have compelled the Instrument to draft this, word for word, as I read it unto him, as ye would transcribe a writing by the sight of your natural eyes ; save the former is brought to the view and hearing of the spirit yet in a mortal body, by the imme- diate influence and interposition of the Almighty^ (through us, his holy Angels;) while the latter is transcribed by the direction of the natural organs of sight only. 18. But the sufferings of soul that God requires instruments to pass through, to prepare them for this holy and sacred calling, of speaking or writing by the immediate influence of direct revelation, is that which no tongue or pen can correctly describe. 19. For they who are called to heavy duties in this line, saith the Angel, are required to feel an inexpressible something, to them the nearest like a consuming fire or breath, which runneth all over and through them, both soul and body, until they have done the duty that God requireth of them [in that line.] 20. But mortals are not allowed to make these things matters of speculation, although they appear to every human being, strange and unaccountable, especially so, at their first acquaintance; and always to those who possess any degree of the fear of God, or the presence of his Angels, strikingly solemn, though many times cheerful. 21. This much, says the Angel, I was required by the Almighty, at this time, to make known to the children of men, respecting this strange, and, (to mortals,) singular manifestation that He has com- menced on the earth in these latter days. 22. This is the same spirit, though brought still more familiar and accessible to man, if he truly walks uprightly before his God, that dictated the word, through the mouths of the prophets, in ancient 218 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK days. And they that are God's people, in deed and in truth, would sooner lay down their lives than violate his will, when made known to them. 23. And they worship Him by assembling themselves together, in whatsoever place He may appoint, regardless of their own personal convenience; whether it be upon the mountains, or in the vallies; in the day, or in the night ; and this they will always do, in true sin- cerity of heart, possessing his holy fear. 24. And all such as attend, whether belonging to the body so assembled, or as spectators, are required by the laws of their God, to attend with sincere hearts, and show respect to his holy worship, though it may look never so strange and singular to them. For stranger still, God's work will appear among the children of men, saith the holy and mighty Angel of God. Again I say, fear the Lord your God. 25. I now require the inspired writer of this Roll and Book, firstly, to sign his name as an Instrument, regardless of all present, or after consequences; and then, he may write a few words, ex- pressing his own feelings, in short, and sign his own name to it, says the Angel. 26. And God does also require, that a goodly number of both male and female instruments, who have had that indisputable evi- dence of his Almighty and supernatural power, operating directly upon both soul and body, to direct their speech and to guide their pens, that they are ready, if God suffereth it so to be, to seal the truth of what is herein contained, with their own blood, as martyrs to his cause, should also sign their names as witnesses. 27. First, briefly expressing their own feelings, in short, saith the Angel ; for to the inhabitants of the earth this will appear ex- tremely strange, and incredible to their understanding, at first. It will feel to many, like mortals blaspheming the name of the Deity ; therefore, other witnesses, than the inspired writer, of the reality of this work, and its truth, are necessary. 28. And if mankind will wait a little season, says the Angel, these operations of the spirit of God, will be brought more to their understandings. Inspired Writer, Philemon Stewart. 219 SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLE BY THE WRITER. 1. Beloved fellow mortals, I consider myself a poor worm of the dust; in my creation no better than any of you; and if in any way, I have found favor in the sight of my God, it has been by and through the means of this one true and sin-destroying gospel, plainly stated in the foregoing pages, which I embraced in my childhood, and have sincerely labored, according to the best of my understanding, to walk agreeable to its requirements, unto the present day. 2. I am now at the meridian age of life, being in possession, as it respects letter learning, of hardly a common country school edu- cation : but my labor, through life, has been devoted to the gospel, and sincerely to obey the call of God, when made known by indis- putable evidence, regardless of all personal consequences. 3. And so it has been, in the duty to which I have been called by the power of the Most High, as a mortal instrument in the hands of Holy Angels, in writing the foregoing sacred pages ; the real- ity and truth of which, I stand ready at any time, if so suffered by the Almighty, and my fellow mortals require it, to seal with my blood. 4. These sayings, contained in this book, are made to me far more real, than any thing possessing flesh and blood ; and never could I submit myself as an instrument, in a matter of such vital importance to the human family, and to my own soul also, until this evidence was brought clearly to my view; and then, I no longer dared withstand, for fear of the immediate judgments of God, and of an eternal banishment from his presence. 5. It is not my province or duty, to labor to convince my fellow beings, that the contents of the foregoing pages are the subjects of divine and immediate revelation, from the Most High, through his holy and mighty Angels, for they will prove themselves; but it is my duty, and that which the Holy Angel requireth me to do, to declare, in the sincerity of my heart, to all the inhabitants of earth, that such is the solemn truth of God, and such it will forever remain. 6. And I do solemnly testify, that no natural wisdom, either of man or of woman, has dictatQi a sentence herein contained ; and 220 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK that I, tlie mortal agent, used in the hands of the Angel to pen this word, knew nought of the subject before me, only as opened and brought forward, word after word, by the mighty Angel. 7. And who is there among you all, my beloved fellow beings, that would dare withstand the requirements of a righteous and holy God, when brought thus plain before you, both by sight and feel- ings? not feelings wrought up by excitement, into wildness and fanaticism, nor feelings of self exaltation, to which the unsubdued passions and nature of man are so exceedingly prone, wishing to sound his name abroad in the world ; but by such feelings as come down from God, out of Heaven, and rest upon the soul, as a con- suming fire, until the requirement be fulfilled. 8. And be assured, all ye who may read this word, that I feel my nothingness, and unworthiness in the sight of my God ; and on Him does my poor soul daily depend for mercy and protection, as much as any of you. And I would much rather, if this would answer the mind and will of my God, never to have my personal name go abroad upon the earth; For if there be honor due, it is unto God, not unto man, who is at best, a poor worm of the dust, before God, his Creator. 9. Consider, O my fellow mortals below, that we are all alike in the hands of a just and holy God; and, that we are all created with immortal souls, which are accountable unto Him for every deed done in the body, while passing through the scenes of time, in this terrestrial state, whether they be good or whether they be evil. This our Lord and Savior plainly taught when he was upon earth. 10. Remember and bear in mind, my dear friends, that I, (the inspired writer,) have been called by the irresistible power of God, to act only as an agent under his Almighty influence, in conveying this word to all my fellow beings upon earth, who are, in their creation, as precious in the sight of a just and righteous God, as I, or any other one. But all professed Christendom should bear in mind, that God, from the foundation of the world, hath always no- ticed mankind for their works' sake ; whether they merited mercy, or whether they merited judgment. 11. And I do solemnly testify to all the human family, in the fear of that holy God who created me with immortality, that the society of people in which I live, either Leaders or any of its members, have had nothing to do in controlling and directing this word to the nations of the earth ; and that I, the inspired writer, liave not TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 221 been suflfered by the power of the Mighty Angel, to alter or vary from what he brought forth, whether it was in reproof and admoni- tion, directly to the society, or to the inhabitants of the earth. 12. But I have been compelled to write the foregoing pages, as held forth, by the Mighty Angel, to my view, and read aloud in my presence, without regard to any particular sect or denomination now in existence. And I do furthermore solemnly testify to the whole human family, that the testimonial evidences, which here fol- low, respecting this Sacred Roll, word and work, to the inhabitants of earth, were written, many of them, more than a hundred miles apart; 13. And that the inspired writers, had no knowledge, by any earthly communication, of the work and operations of the spirit of God in distant branches of the society, respecting this very Roll and Book, which is now, by the kind and tender mercy of an All- powerful and wise God, placed before us, that he that runneth may read and understand ; and wisely fear that God, by whom he was created with an immortal soul ; and before whom, I, with the rest of my fellow mortals in time, must shortly appear at his eternal bar of justice ; where we shall all receive the just reward of our works. 14. And I do testify to all the children of men, that my soul feels perfect peace and quietness as it respects this work ; for I have an indisputable evidence within my own soul, that the hand of God hath done this ; not the hand of man, or the power of evil. 15. And I do daily fear and love that God, by walking softly in his presence, who hath called me, with the rest of my dear breth- ren and sisters, (companions in tribulation,) from the paths of sin and death, to walk in the way of true gospel light, and life eternal, where a salvation through the spirit of the blessed Savior, is found, that is able to save the soul from sinful works in the present tense. 16. Where souls can walk, day by day, in true obedience to the revealed will of God ; and by this means are prepared at any time to do his will on earth, or to leave their house of clay, and enter eternity at his call, justified before Him, whose summons must shortly sound in every heart to bid farewell to earth and all its fleet- ing glories, and close their eyes to all her transitory enjoyments. 17. To be enabled to do my duty day by day, in the true fear of the Lord, regardless of all other personal, or private considerations, is all that my soul can pray for, ask or desire : And I do earnestly 222 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK entreat of my fellow beings, and of every reasonable mind, candid- ly to read the foregoing sacred pages from beginning to end, and seriously consider, and ponder well the subjects therein contained ; and this do, unclothed of prejudice from any quarter. Do not be hasty, beloved fellow mortals, in casting forth epithets of scorn and derision, before you know even the record of that solemn and weighty word, contained in this Roll and Book. 18. Give place in your hearts for sober and solemn reflections ; look not at this denomination, or that; but look with me, to that God who gave us being ; and to that sacred and solemn impression of eternal truth, which his Almighty hand hath stamped upon the foregoing pages. 19. And in the tenderest feelings of love and good will, to all my brethren and sisters of the human family, and in obedience to the direction of the Holy Angel, do I sound forth these sentences unto you, my companions and sojourners in time's dark vale below. And let all the inhabitants of the earth remember, of whatever na- tion they may be ; rich or poor, professors or profane, that by one just and righteous God, we must and shall all be judged, according to our works ; before hisjholy throne and tribunal of eternal justice, none can be wronged of that which is their just due. Philemon Stewart. NOTICE TO ALL WHO MAY READ THE FOREGOING SACRED PAGES. We, as a Society, feel it our duty to acknowledge that we have no more right, in our own natural wisdom, than any other society now existing on earth, to deviate from the true sense and meaning of the Word of the Lord, to favor our own personal views concerning any doctrine or matter contained in the Sacred Roll. But as it hath pleased God, in his infinite mercy and goodness, to select from among us, an instrument or agent, to declare his word and will to the inhabitants and nations of the earth, and (as is the case in many of the an- cient sacred writings,) there are some few passages in this Roll, that do not seem to us to express so clearly to the understanding, the real meaning of the Spirit, or what we believe to be the real meaning, we have taken the liberty to make a few notes to illustrate our views of some particular points, whicJi we think are entirely free from the prejudice of sectarianism ; and here we leave them, knowing that God is able, and will defend his own word and work. Note first, page 17, Sec. 10. By this we understand that He would have noticed them with his blessing and protection, as really^ according to their order, which is inferior to the or- der of grace, to which all souls must ultimately come, if they ever obtain an inheritance in the kingdom of God. Note second, page 23, Sec. 11. If this was to be understood as a command given to man in his primitive state, we consider that he was thereby equally bound to keep the whole original law and order of nature. See Genesis, Chap, i, 8 . Note third, page 44, Sec. 33. We do not consider that the expression, keep the laic of nature, is to be understood that any one can continue under the law of nature, and be justi- fied, after being called by the light of Christ, into the order of grace ; nay, he must then yield obedience to that call, and keep the law of grace, or lose his justification, and forfeit the Divine blessing and protection. See page 146, and 147. Note fourth. It is to be understood that the inspired writer who wrote this Book, had the full union and approbation of the visible leading authority of the Society, in doing the will of God, as revealed to him by immediate inspiration, through the Holy Angel, without regard to any individual or personal feel- ings whatever. TO PRINTERS. ErjAnnntions^ amendments and corrections. On account of the special requirement to lay tliis sacred Book before the public as soon as possible, it was transcribed in much haste and put to press without sufficient time for careful examination, in consequence of which, a variety of literal andjverbal mistakes have escaped detection. We have therefore prepared the following, in which are embraced the most material of these mistakes, including some few typographical errors. There may be other small errors discovered; such can be easily corrected by those who may reprint or translate it. Page 14, Sec. 7, for Fm read 1 am. 15, " 14, before St. John, insert Matt, xvi, 25; and Mark X. 29, 30. " 22, " 3, from the beginning of the Sec. to the word part; in the fourth line read as follows ; Bvt the irrational or animal propensities., which, is the inferior part., [through the serpent.^ soon, overruled his right reason., and placed upon him strong bands, ichich held him in, bondage to the laio of sin and death. " 30, " 5, f. there &e millions, r. there are millions, and f.hath r. have, " 32, " 5, f. days of his wrath r. day of his wrath. " 35, " ^0, f. fruits of his loins ., r. fruit of his \o\ns. " 35, at the end of Chap, v, add, Isaiah liii. 1, 2 & 3 verses. " 42, " 15, f. be false, & be true, r. are false, & are true. " 43, " 23, f. straight gate, r. strait gate ; the same in other places. " 45, " 37, f. or destroy, r. nor destroy; the same in other places. " 48, " 28, insert the word already, after with her. " 51, 8 & 9, to come in after Mark vii, and before 20, in page 50 ; also, Chap. XX, 34, 35, 36, to be transferred & placed before Luke xxi, 34. " 54, dele Luke xiv, & transfer verse 20, which follows it, to page 53, & place it between Chap, xiv & verse 26; & transfer the quo- tations from Luke xvii, 26 & onward, in page 53, &, place them directly after the quotation from Chap, xvi, 15, in page 54. 63, IL Thess. ii, 3 to 12, to come in before L John ii, 18. 64, " 12, f. have pleasure r. had pleasure. 66, " 13, f. pretended yoke, r. specious cloak. 77, " 4, f. which are not, r. which icere not. 78, " 9, f. Acts ii, r. Acts i. " Revelation i, 7, he cometh with clouds,* " Chap, xxii, 20, to come in after verse 17 in page 79. 96, " 12, after John, r. as related. 109, the quotations from Isaiah, to come in before those from Matthew. " 116, " 18, f. forgive the jn, r. forgive their persecutors. *The original expression in Greek, is "metaton nephelon," together with clouds, meaning clouds of witnesses endowed with his spirit, who will de- clare him to the world, with evidence that cannot be disputed. CORRECTIONS. 131, the quotations from Isaiah, Chap, xxvi & xxvii, down to day, to come in before Chap, xxxii, near the bottom of page 130. 141, " 39, f. landed forces, r. land forces. 148, " 49, f. penitence, r. penitents. 155, " 15, f. merchant-men, r. merchants. 165, Jeremiah, Chap, xxx, 23, 24, down to shall consider it, to come in before Jeremiah xxxi, on page 164. 165, the quotations from Zechariah, down to neighbor, to come in after those from Zephaniah, down to jealousy, in page 166. 179, " 33, f. to ])rophecy, r. to jirophesy. p. 200, the same. 181, " 9, f. will cease and will die, r. would cease and would die. 190, " 14, f vallies, r. valleys ; the same error occurs in other places. 197, " 9, f. fowls in heaven, r. fowls that soar in the heavens above. 219, " 6, bottom line, after the word contained, add. So as to vary the obvious meaning of the original. Notice. We freely give notice to those who may wish to reprint this Book, for the benevolent purpose of extending its sacred contents, agreeable to the Divine command, that it is our wish to have notice of it; so that whoever may feel disposed to undertake it, may, by application to the Society, if practicable, receive the necessary information respecting some corrections which we de- sire to furnish. Letters for that purpose may be addressed to Richard Bushnell or Frederic W. Evans, New Lebanon, Columbia county. New York. But if the great distance should preclude the possibility of getting returns in due season, we wish the errors printed at the end of the book, to be noticed and corrected in the places to which they refer, so as to make a correct copy. Note. The testimonies alluded to and required in the close of this first Part, page 218, will be comprised in a second Part not yet issued. PART II. BEING A SEQUEL OR APPENDIX TO THE SACRED ROLL AND BOOR, TO THE ]¥ATIOI¥S OF THE EARTH ^ CONTAliriNG THE TESTIFYING SEALS OF SOME OF THE ANCIENT PROPHETS AND HOLY ANGELS, WITH THE TESTIMONIES OF LIVING WITNESSES, OP THE MARVELOUS WORK OF GOD, IN HIS ZION ON EARTH. PRINTED IN THE UNITED SOCIETY; CANTERBURY, N.H. 1843. PREFACE. The most of the subject matter of the following pages has been written in compliance with the command of the holy Angel of God, who dictated his sacred word, comprising the first part of this work, entitled A Sacred Roll and Book to the nations of the earth. The inspired writers and testators of the word contained in this second part, have consented to the publication of the same, only in compliance with the requirement of God, feeling it a duty to acknowledge his mercy and goodness in this the fourth and last dispensation of his grace to man ; yet feeling, on every other consideration, great diffidence in offering their names to public view, desiring a secluded station in life, and a privilege to work out their own salvation by self-denial and the cross. It is true, they have been greatly privileged with the blessing of God, and made instruments in his hands, to aid in the execution of his work among the children of men, and they claim no greater merit, than the reward which is gained by obedience to his sacred word, with the rest of their gos- pel companions. It may be justly due to all, to say, that many of the testimonies are not in- serted entire, as it would swell the work more than would be consistent with our present bounds. But it has been the labor of the publishers, to preserve the inspired matter relating to this Sacred Roll and Book in its true spirit and meaning. We wish simply to publish to mankind the word of God as delivered unto us for that purpose, and to connect therewith such testimony, as is required by the Mighty Angel. There have been many other testimonies received, and now in manuscript, corroborating the truth, reality and authenticity of this sacred Book, and de- claring that it is the will of God, that it should go forth to the children of men, written by those who are no less worthy, than those whose testimonies are here published, being faithful wearers and bearers of the yoke and cross of Christ ; but for want of room, and as it is not our labor to prove by these the truth and divine origin of this work, they are omitted. It was judged advisable to select from among them, a portion from several of the different branches of our communion, to represent more forcibly, the unanimity and corresponding relation existing in the Zion of God upon earth. It may be asserted with truth and confidence, that God has a holy Church on earth, wherein He reigns, and all the living members thereof, are Wit- nesses to his word and work; though they remain a chosen and secluded people. We would further state, that it was our original design, to publish the whole of this work in one part entire; but owing to unavoidable circumstan- ces prejudicial to a speedy publication of that portion of the work embraced in this second part, we have been compelled to issue it in two parts. September, 1843. The Publishers. 223 FAI^T II. CONTAINING THE WORDS OF HOLY WISDOM, WITH SOME OF THE ANCIENT PROPHETS AND OTHER HEAVENLY MESSENGERS. TBE TESTIFYING SEAL OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH; REVEALED AT CANTERBURY NEW-HAMPSHIRE, JULY 2, 1843. 1. Bow down thine ear to hear O man, and thine heart to re- ceive O son of man, this most sacred word of your Heavenly Father, is the voice of me, the ancient Prophet Jeremiah, who art still alive, and dwelling in mansions not made with hands; yea, though the earthly tabernacle which I once inhabited, has, for thousands of years, been mouldered to dust, yet I am still alive in the spirit ; and in the power of my God I often go forth with his holy word to the children of men; and now I rejoice that the time has come for this, his Sacred Roll, to go forth to the nations of the earth, that all may be left inexcusable before his holy throne. 2. Therefore listen unto me, for I know the unwillingness of man to believe, at any time, the then present manifestation of the spirit of God ; it has been so in every past dispensation, and still remains so ; but this altereth not the purposes of the Almighty. 3. The voice of your God is. Yea and amen ; He that will lis- ten to my words of solemn warning, and reverence my holy word, who will incline his heart to obey my voice and his feet to walk in my paths, though he may dwell in the uttermost regions of the earth or roam the pathless desert, yet my blessing shall crown his soul ; my hand shall direct, and my arm shall defend him. But he that turneth a deaf ear to my word, and scorneth in his heart the calls of my mercy, who wandereth where he listeth, and tread- eth in forbidden paths, must yet meet my spirit in judgment. 4. And now all ye people, look back and see where those whom He had called as his chosen people in ancient days, missed the point, and failed of the blessing and protection of their God ; Was 224 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK it not by willfully rejecting the then present light and manifestation of his mind and will to them? Was it not by turning a deaf ear to the calls of his mercy, as sent forth unto them through his chosen messengers? Most certainly it was. 5. Therefore hearken, O ye nations of the earth, and listen all ye people, to this his Sacred Roll, as the voice of the living God in solemn warning and tender love ; and if you believe the words which I spake in days of old, believe me now, when I say that this Sacred and Divine Roll which is now sent forth unto you, is not the work of the vain and aspiring imagination of fallen man; but was directed by the holy spirit of the Lord your God, and con- tains those solemn truths to which every soul must bow, or finally fail of his protection and blessing; for He hath not sent forth his word in vain, nor will He strive with man for nought. 6. For lo his holy Angels are commissioned to bring, first his mer- cy, and should it be received in humbleness of heart and due con- trition of spirit, Amen, then his blessing and protection will crown the soul. Butif not, then, the voice of the Mighty One crieth. He that is holy let him be holy, and he that is filthy let him be filthy. 7. And to them who turn a deaf ear to his calls, doth He give that cup which He has prepared for them, even the vials of his wrath in heavy judgments : for the Lord your God hath commenced his final work with his creature man, who with wickedness hath so cor- rupted his way, in sin and filthy abomination, that the earth groaneth by reason of the weight thereof ; for the cry of the poor and op- pressed hath ascended to his throne, and the spirit of your God doth loudly call for justice and truth. 8. And now O man what art thou, that thou shouldst strive with the living God, who is able to destroy thy body with a breath, and cast thy soul in hell ? Wilt thou withstand the calls of his mercy, and shut thy soul from the glory of his presence ? Or wilt thou fall before Him, confess his holy power, and seek his mercy by obeying his holy word ? 9. Put not thy trust in earthly power, for whoso trusteth in earth- ly strength, leaneth upon a broken staff that shall pierce his hand ; but whoso trusteth in God, will find Him a shield that is able to cover, and an arm that is able to defend, when tribulation as a flood shall sweep over the land. Inspired Writer, William Tripure. 225 A HOLY AND DHINE ROLL WRITTEN BY THE HOLY PROPHET ELISHA, BEFORE THE ALTAR OF WISDOM AND LOVE, DECEMBER 14, 1842. REVEALED AT CANTERBURY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUNE 28, 1843. 1. Hearken all ye nations of the earth, and bow down all ye of high rank, of whatever grade or class, before the one true and living God ; and in his most holy fear meditate ye upon his good- ness and loving mercy, to warn you of approaching danger ; and humbly implore his favor, that you may learn his will and obey his word to his pleasure. 2. Behold I am a prophet, a servant of my God; before Him I bow, and before his throne I worship. His word is truth and everlast' ing righteousness to the soul that believeth and receiveth, and end- less misery and woe to the soul that refuseth to listen and obey. 3. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings shall the word of the Lord be sounded forth ; and mortals shall fear and tremble, because of truths, hidden truths revealed unto them, through means of God's own choosing; and all shall be left without excuse, both within and without the walls of Zion. 4. Holy, holy is the God of my salvation, and most holy is his name ; fear Him O ye inhabitants of earth, and praise Him ye inhabi- tants of Zion, because of his excellency saith the Holy Archangel of my God. 5. Awaken and be quickened, all ye who are slumbering in your sins, who revel in carnal delights and in the vain gratifications of a fallen corrupt nature; for Lo! the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, when your days of ease and pleasure shall be loathsome to you, and your riches, O ye noble ones, will be no more to you than dust. 6. Hearken ye and hear the word of your God which is unto ev- ery nation and people, for thus saith the voice of the Lord God of Heaven and earth ; I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and they that seek Me early shall find Me, and become wise and come- ly before Me. 7. I will turn the mirth of the proud, the giddy and vain into mourning, and the spirit of the oppressor into freedom and good 22G SACRED ROLL ANP ROOK will to the souls of allmon; for tlio time sluill b(^ when mortals shall fear my word, for I will send it forth to every nation on the face of the earth. 8. Judgments shall roll and roll ; yea, like the tide of the rolling deep, they shall ebb and flow, flow and ebb, until in my infinite wisdom I shall cause, for a season, the waters to be calm and beau- tiful. 9. I will again shake the heavens and the earth, and again I will spread sack-cloth and dust before those whom I have chosen to be servants in my holy house; for I am All-powerful ; Wisdom is mine, justice is also mine, and I will reward every one according to their works. 10. Those who lift up their swords, who raise their hands through ambition or revenge, against their fellow beings, let them beware of my great displeasure and heavy hand of cursing; for I will be known, feared and obeyed. Those who know Me not in time, shall know Me in eternity; and those who believe not my word, nor the divine source from which it is sent forth, I will meet in judgments, and close their days in unpleasantness and sorrow; because they shut their ears that they will not hear, and their eyes, that they will not see. 11. I am that I Am ; and mortal man whom I have created to be the image and likeness of Myself, shall tremble in my presence and bow down at the sound of my voice, or I will frown upon them with a frowrtof my displeasure, and blow upon their souls the blast, yea, the solemn blast of my vengeance, which will cause their souls to wither before Me, as the tender plant withereth before the merid- ian sun, 12. I am a God of justice, mercy, charity and love; therefore hearken ye unto Me ; for I will yet pour out my great and heavy displeasure upon the earth in my fury, because of her wickedness. 13. If ye heed not my word and work, O ye dwellers on earth, ye shall perish by the sword; for the time will come when it will be unsheathed and furbished, glittering in judgment, while on the other hand, if ye hearken unto Me, if ye receive my warning word and turn from the evil of your ways, my spirit will bear rule; my peace shall overshadow you, and you will begin to love righteousness and hate iniquity, to serve Me your God, and not the god of self 14. Come out, come out from among the haughty and proud, all TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 227 ye who hear the word of kind Heaven, all ye who are ready to lay down your lives to do my will, not to the destroying of the body, but that life of self and selfish passions which ye have indulged, and by so doing have wandered far from Me your God. Return unto Me as harmless babes by true confession and repentance, that my wings of protection may encircle you, that I may hold you as in the hollow of mine hand, from the persecution of the wicked, and the vain enticements of Satan. 15. The earth shall yet be in commotion, the fire of the ever blessed gospel, taught by my faithful Son, your blessed Savior, and revived through my anointing goodness, by the Mother of the New Creation, Ann Lee, shall burn and run as flaming fire among stubble; and souls shall be awakened by the sound of the heavenly harpers harping with their harps ; yea, by my holy and proclaiming Angels whom I will send to pass and re-pass through the earth, sounding the cheering trumpet of sweet liberty to the soul bound in sin, and to the seeker after true righteousness. 16. I AM, that sitteth upon my throne, will judge all souls ac- cording to their works. I will give freely to the seeker after good ; and the poor in spirit shall be nourished from my hand, and fed from the never failing fountain of my goodness. 17. Happiness is designed by Me for every creature whom I have created ; but how many there are, who by indulging the baser passions of a carnal nature, are ruined for life, disenabled in body and distorted in mind, must drag out years in misery, 18. How many pride themselves in afliuence and a great name among men ; yet how often cut down at noon ! How often dis- appointment lurks for her prey and seizes her captive ! O that ye would heed my word, before I call you to taste of my displeasure! Long, long have I borne with those whom I have created solely to worship and adore Me. 19. I will open their eyes through my wisdom, and teach them new and wonderful things. Many w^ill believe and turn from the evil of their ways, and many will still pursue their downward and self-pleasing road, until I can no longer feel any pleasure in their doings, or with-hold from them my hand of judgment. 20. O my Zion, my Zion ! bow down low, exceeding low, because 1 have blessed thee, and have in my glory shone upon thee with great brightness and beauty. 228 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK 21. Thy comeliness many shall yet flock to see; and thy light shall shine forth to every nation, kindred, tongue and people, be- cause thy inhabitants confess and forsake their sins, and offer holy offerings unto Me their God ; the smoke whereof ascendeth unto my throne like sweet smelling incense in my presence, instead of a stench of uncleanness to provoke Me to anger. 2*2. Here the simple and innocent lambs of the Savior, he can hold in his arms, and none can harm or hurt them so long as they obey his kind voice, and are contented to remain under his care and protection. 23. But how many there are who delight to behold the young and weak, captivated by vain seducers and filthy plot-leaders, and enslaved by that base and ungodly passion which knows no bounds, and seemeth to find no restraint. 24. And can a righteous God pass lightly over the doings of those who pretend to walk in my way and obey my word, yet only in the letter thereof, while their hearts are filled with uncleanness, and are far from Me? Nay, nay; for my spirit is not in them, nei- ther does my true word abound in their long-toned voices or fash- ionable prayers ; but like a heated furnace to refine gold, so I would my word should be to refine the soul of every human being. 25. My word is piercing even to the dividing asunder of the joints and marrow ; quick as -lightning, and loud as peals of heavy thunder. 26. No soul can appear before Me in peace, nor offer acceptable offerings to Me, unless they stand in justification, freed from a guilty conscience. 27. I am purity ; and those that gather under my hand of safety, that would dwell in the low valley of peace and quietness, must walk circumspectly before Me. Then I will enrich them with my blessing, and Satan shall never take from them that overcoming power with which I will clothe their spirits; for all power is mine, and the reins of justice I hold in my hand. 28. Come, come away all ye young and gay, saith the voice of the holy spirits, and prepare your souls for a never ending eternity ; walk ye in the pleasant paths of wisdom and love, that ye may be rightful heirs to a holy and sweet abode with saints and angels. 29. Remember, O remember, life is short, but eternity is never ending ; the sweet smelling flowers of the field soon pass away, and so do the beauty and vigour of youth and youthful pleasures. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 229 Though they hold forth tempting colors, you can have but the taste of one before the others are fled, and thorns often appear in their stead. 30. Therefore seek that treasure which is abiding, that fadeth not away, but is forever an anchor to the soul when trying scenes roll on, and affliction spreads her gloomy wings over your heads ; have your treasure in Heaven where moth and rust corrupteth not, and where thieves cannot break through and steal. 31. Time is ever on the wing, and God, in his own way and time, will bring to pass a work, a strange work ; for long He hath borne with his creatures whom He hath created ; therefore as a Holy Prophet of his choosing to sound his awakening and life- cheering trumpet of free salvation to every nation on the face of the earth, I say unto you. Take heed to your ways, all ye dwellers on earth, that ye be not found fighting against your God ; that ye be not found blaspheming his holy word sent forth unto you ; for I tell you of a solemn truth, if you are, your God will yet meet you in a strait place, and send forth his judgments upon you, unless you repent and turn from the evil of your ways. 32. If ye know not how to treat the givings of his Spirit, then be wise and mock not his word, lest in his fury He cast you off forever ; for He will be feared by mortals, and all must bow and confess his name Jehovah, the All-wise Creator of the world, and all that is therein. 33. Bow down and fear Him all ye people, for he is Alphine and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending. Inspired Writer, Hester A. Adams. A SKORT ROLL WRITTEN BY THE HOLY PATRIARCH ^OAfl; who lived in former days and proclaimed the word of the Lord unto the people; and who ceased not to prophecy, though he was ridiculed and MOCKED BY HIS HEARERS. COPIED BY INSPIRATION AT CANTERBURY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUNE 23, I8i3. 1. Come gather near all ye spirits now dwelling in tenements of mortal clay, and hear this my word ; for even as my Heavenly Fa- ther commandeth, so will I perform. On this Holy Roll, prepared by '230 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK Eternal Wisdom, who is one witli the Father, will I write my warn- ing word unto all nations. 2. I am Noah, a prophet of the Lord who dwelt on earth in an- cient days, and who prophecied unto the people concerning the flood of waters which the Lord, as a heavy judgment, would pour upon the earth and its inhabitants, because of the wicked abomin- ations therein. 3. When upon earth, I feared my God, and labored to do my duty by obeying his requirements ; and by many I have been called a righteous man and servant of God. Even so let it be. Truly, by living up to that light which God had given me, and obeying his re- quirements, so far was I found acceptable in his sight; and even so it will be with all souls, who do the same. 4. And now I call upon you to believe and receive my word ; and be assured it is from the same righteous servant of God, who built the Ark according to his commandments. 5. I am a friend and well wisher to every soul whom God hath created. I view the works of his creation, and say : O that I could see true righteouness, O Lord, in thy creature man! O that thy laws were regarded, that the earth might become flourishing as the fruitful garden of Paradise ! 6. O ye mortals ! My fellow brethren ! Will ye not hearken to my warning word and my declaration of truth, which now, even by the command of a just and righteous God, I sound forth unto you ? 7. The Lord of hosts has condescended to visit you in mercy ; and as a natural father instructeth his son how to become useful in society, a delight to himself and comfort to surrounding neighbors, so has God your Heavenly Father, given his word plain and famil- iar, that ye may become acceptable servants of his through time, and prove rightful heirs to his pure and peaceable kingdom in eternity. 8. Blessed be his word. The prophets that dwelt on earth many years ago, rejoice and give thanks in behalf of their fellow brethren; and may every soul now dwelling in a tenement of mortal clay, re- turn to please their Creator, and rejoice in works of righteousness; blessing God for his unbounded charity and wide extended mercy. 9. I am Noah, the prophet of the Lord. I dwell in mansions of eternal bliss, with Angels and happified spirits. My brethren the prophets, and my sisters the prophetesses, are alike enjoying the blessing of our Eternal Parents. And as a friend to all souls, I say, TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 231 Slight not the call of your God which is now sent in mercy to you, to awaken and prepare you for future happiness. O my fellow brethren, be not found like the people in ancient days, disputing and disbelieving the word which is now declared unto you ; for I tell you, your day is brighter, and your privilege far exceeding. 10. And what rational, candid inquirer after the truth, will not bow down to receive this the word of God sounded aloud by his mighty Angel, and written upon paper by a humble and devoted servant of his, who has sincerely labored to walk in true obedience to the requirements of his God, and hath given himself up to do his will? Who will not rejoice and be exceeding glad, that the day of knowledge has come? 11. Will the noble of the earth, the learned and wise, who are skilled in the fine arts and studies, be found like the Jews in an- cient days, when Christ the Messiah was sent unto them? Will they rise and oppose it, and say it is not of God? 12. And then shall the poor and mean of the earth, the unlearn- ed and untaught embrace it, and in thankfulness fulfill its require- ments, and thus receive his blessing and enter his kingdom before them? 13. Shall pride, arrogance, self-knowledge and wisdom, even in this enlightened age, shut out souls from Christ's pure kingdom? 14. Consider, and seriously reflect on the word, work and wis- dom of God. Hath it not been declared that the wisdom of God was foolishness to vain and proud man? 15. Then be not led astray, O ye men of good intellect, for I de- clare unto you that God is surely to work in the earth; and because of the wicked abominations therein. He hath purposed to send aw- ful and heavy judgments upon the inhabitants thereof; 16. And of this thing has given timely warnings, for repentance to take place; for unto his chosen people dwelling in Zion on earth. He hath committed his word which is to be spread abroad to all na- tions of the earth, that all may be left without excuse; and that all such as know Him not, may hear his word, and become wise with the knowledge of the truth. 17. So hear all ye people, the word which the Holy Roll and Book contains ; and know of a truth that it is his holy and sacred word; and furthermore, understand ye that it is unalterable. 18. Because of the wicked abominations of man, the Lord hath be- come displeased ; therefore, I warn all such as have been measurably 232 SACRED ROLL AND BOOK awakened, and have received conviction, to be wise and see that they judge not the givings of the Holy Spirit, with a rash and in- considerate judgment. See that ye be not found fighting against your own best good and comfort. 19. I warn you, (for this is my mission,) to be found ready to meet the calls of the spirit, and attend to the requirements as made plain in this Sacred Roll and Book ; for remember, as you treat these, so will you be treated by your God. 20. I solemnly warn all souls to take heed to their ways, and mind what they say, or how they move, as touching the holy and sacred things of God. 21. As regards the spiritual kingdom, at the head of which stand Christ and Mother, as is explained in the preceding pages, be it known unto you, that we the prophets, though called servants of God, were not exempt from bowing to Him in Christ and Mother Ann, as the Father and Mother of the new creation; notwithstand- ing there were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Joshua and prophets many. Therefore this is the way that every soul is to find happiness ; To bow to God wherever He has placed his name : bowing not to man or woman, but to the Anointing Spirit which Cometh from God. 22. The word of God as is communicated to you, is plain and easy to be understood. Fight not against it, but unite with it ; giving thanks, honor and glory to your God, for thus noticing you with his word. 23. The manifestation of God in this day, exceedeth any that has ever been previous to this ; and if souls refuse offered mercy, aw- fully will their souls lament it yet. For as truly as there is a God ruling and reigning in the eternal worlds, just so surely will He pour out his awful and heavy judgments upon the scoffer and scorn- er of his word. Therefore, as you consider the importance of your souls' salvation, so will you regard this saving word that is now sent unto you. 24. I am Noah the prophet; you have learned by historical account, something of the work which I did, and the same of many of the servants of God ; but the half ye have never learned. But if ye will believe the word of the Lord now sent unto you, well will it be with you : If not, you will be as the people unto whom I declared the word of the Lord in ancient days ; for they were found repenting when too late : and just so it will be with you. TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. 233 25. For the truth of God is being declared even as in that day : and souls who believe and repent, and return to seek God's favor, unto the same will God be merciful ; but such as disbelieve and disregard it, setting it aside as false prediction, will He sweep off in the flood of his judgment. 26. I bow to my God in thankfulness for the means He has pro- vided for his creature man to gain his favor, and bless the medi- um through which it is conveyed to his people. 27. But know this, all ye people, that this word has not been received without deep sufferings and heavy tribulation on the part of the Instrument chosen for the purpose. Of this I can testify unto you, for I have visited him many times while engaged in his duty, and ever found him bowed down under tribulation, possess- ing the solemn fear of God ; fearing to move the pen, save as di- rected by the holy Angel that read aloud the word unto him. 28. I viewed him as a prophet, even as Jeremiah, Isaiah and Daniel ; for by the same spirit was he led and governed, which was the spirit of eternal truth. 29. And though he may be ridiculed and laughed even to scorn, as I was when upon earth, it altereth not the word nor the work ; for it is unalterable, being declared by the power of the Most High. 30. And even so it was in the days when I prophecied of mighty and strange works ; Though I was disbelieved and laughed to scorn, I feared not, knowing I was under the influence of the spirit of God, and that what I proclaimed was his word; therefore I trusted in Him, and He led me to the knowledge of the truth ; and even so will it be with every devoted servant of God. 31. And now I speak unto you in the spirit of loving kindness, saying ; May the word of my Heavenly Father which is now before my fellow brethren, reach every ear and open every heart, and cause each rational person to forsake the sinful paths in which they have hitherto walked, and seek the one sure and only path which leadeth unto joys eternal. And thus my word endeth. Inspired Writer, Myra a. Bean. 234 WORDS OF THE LORD BY THE PROPHET MICAII; WllITTEN J5Y INSPIRATION AT ENl'IP^LD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AUGUST 9, 1842. 1. Thus saith the Prophet, I am one of the four and twenty- Prophets that have often visited this chosen vale, and have sounded my trumpet of love therein. Yea, I am an holy Prophet of the Lord, one that keeps the commandments of God, and follows the footsteps of the meek and lowly Savior and blessed Mother Ann. 2. And thus do I sound the words of truth from the Most High; even that which is given me of my Heavenly Father, will I declare before you O ye children of Zion. Yea, it hath pleased the Al- mighty to show unto his chosen Israel many things which He in wisdom and judgment will execute upon the earth and its inhabi- tants. Therefore doth the Lord thy God send unto thee by the voice of heavenly messengers, many solemn warnings and rebukes; that ye forget not his holy statutes and laws which He hath enacted for your safety and protection. 3. And now O ye children of Zion, hearken and give ear unto the law of your God, and make it your delight daily ; for the consum- mation of God's work with the children of men, will make a final separation between the pure children of light and those who walk in darkness : yea, it will divide between saint and sinner, flesh and spirit. 4. Therefore, bow low and bewail thyself O Zion, for the de- stroyer is passing through the land, to lay in ruins the habitations thereof; for the abominations which make desolate do cover the the earth as the waters cover the sea, and she has become polluted and defiled. 5. O ye children of this valley, know ye, I am one of the holy Prophets that did prophecy in the days of the ancient kings of Is- rael and Judah : yea, of the present day, of the glorious reign of the Messiah did I in the spirit of God prophecy. And ye now do behold the word of my God verified unto the faithful chosen Israel ; who stand even in this day as a warning in mercy to the nations, as did also the rebellious house of Ahab stand as a warning in judg- ment to the inhabitants who beheld them. 6. Wickedness and oppression did much abound on the earth when I dwelt in mortal clay, but surely it has increased, consid- TO THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. '235