the set time has come to favor Zion to Build it up in
strength power & glory to gather Israel to Build Jerrusalem
& Zion to fight for our liberty & freedom. we have sent the
Gospel forth & preached the Book of Mormon And the minstry
of Jesus on this continent in Ancient days. Now the time is come
to gather Israel & polish them. Their is a great excitement in
the world about slavery & the Abolitioneist are vary fearful that
we shall have the Negro or Indian as lslaves Here we have a
few that were prisioners that we have bought to save their lives
But what will the Abolitionest do If you owe them a dollar they
will Jog you up. Neither will they liberate the slave by buying
them & setting them free. The Master of slaves will be damned
if they Abuse their slaves. Yet the seed of Ham will be
servants untill God takes the curse off from them But they are
not all the slaves their is in the world. The whole world are
slaves to sin & wickedness & passion. I Have two Blacks
they are as free as I am. Shall we lay a foundation for
Negro slavery? No God forbid And I forbid. I say let
us be free. we will be rich but we must be rich in
faith first or we shall be rich in no other way. we must
lay A foundation to manufacture our own goods if we do
not we shall be slaves to our enemies we must stop being
so much dependant oupon our enemies & a foreign market
or it will make us trouble And this people must sceace getting
in debt to the merchants for if you will get in debt you
shall pay your debts But I say stop getting in debt let No
one come to me & complain that He has got in debt & the
man will sue him & ought to be cut off from the Church
for you that get in debt & wont pay your debts are the ones
that ought to be cut off from the Church. dont get in debt
go in the spring & get the Bark off the shrub oaks their is enough
in this valley to tan $200,000 worth of leather, & Here your
Hiydes are roting over the Earth & your are paying 50 cts pe[r] lb
for leather & you pay the merchants $80,000 annually for shoes
But instead of persueing this course if you will lay a foundation
for taning leather making cloth making what we want you
then lay a foundation to build & sustain Zion. I drove sheep
to this valley & bought others & Brought a carding machine
Here to card wool who will put it up I have done more to
stock this valley than any 4 men in the place. I want
others to do sumthing set up the mashine & make the cloth is there
any woman in this valley who will make me a suit of clothes
se[e] if I do not wear them. what is the spirit of the times
in the world if a woman pays a great price for an article
it is considered vary nice & all want some of the same but
you get a thing cheap & all are ashamed to wear it you are looked
upon with disdain but if you pay a great price you are vary
respectable. their is many practices not right to see the men
ride through the streets they go as though they were in a Hurry
to get to Hell. To men of wisdom such things look vain &
foolish but to the world it looks glorious & the mark of fellow[shiping]
with them is fine clothing & splendor. I want the Saints to
adorn themselves first their Heartts with faith & grace then
their Bodies with the workmanship of their own Hands if
it is silk & satin all the Better it will show your art

the set time has come to favor Zion to build it up in strength power & glory to gather Israel to build Jerrusalem & Zion to fight for our liberty & freedom. we have sent the Gospel forth & preached the Book of Mormon and the minstry of Jesus on this continent in Ancient days Now the time is come to gather Israel & polish them. Their is a great excitement in the world about slavery & the abolitionist are vary fearful that we shall have the Negro or Indian asslaves Here we have a few that were prisioners that we have bought to save their lives but what will the Abolitionest do If you owe them a dollar they will Jog you up. Neither will they liberate the slave by buying them & setting them free. The Master of Slaves will be damned if they Abuse their slaves. Yet the seed of Ham will be servants untill God takes the curse off from them but they are not all the slaves their is in the world. The whole world are slaves to sin & wickedness & passion. I have two Blacks they are as free as I am. Shall we lay a foundation for Negro Slavery No God forbid and I forbid. I say let us be free. we will be rich but we must be rich in faith first or we shall be rich in no other way. we must lay a foundation to manufacture our own goods if we do not we shall be slaves to our enemies we must stop being so much dependant oupon our enemies & a foreign market or it will make us trouble and this people must sceace getting in debt to the merchants for if you will get in debt you shall pay your debts but I say stop getting in debt let No one come to me & complain that he has got in debt & the man will sue him & ought to be cut off from the church for you that get in debt & wont pay your debts are the ones that ought to be cut off from the church. dont get in debt go in the spring & get the bark off the shrub oaks their is enough in this valley to tan $200,000 worth of leather, & here your hydes are roting over the Earth & you are paying 50 cts per lb for leather & you pay the merchants $80,000 annually for shoes but instead of persueing this course if you will lay a foundation for taning leather making cloth making what we want you then lay a foundation to build & sustain Zion. I drove sheep to this valley & bought others & brought a carding machine here to card wool who will put it up I have done more to stock this valley than any 4 men in the place. I want others to do sumthing set up the mashine & make the cloth is there any woman in this valley who will make me a suit of clothes so if I do not wear them. what is the spirit of the times in the world if a woman pays a great price for an article it is considered vary nice & all want some of the same but you get a thing cheap & all are ashamed to wear it you are looked upon with disdain but if you pay a great price you are vary respectable. their is many practices not right to see the men ride through the streets they go as though they were in a hurry to get to Hell. To men of wisdom such things look vain & foolish but to the world it looks glorious & the mark of fellowshiping with them is fine clothing & splendor, I want the saints to adorn themselves first their hearts with faith & grace then their bodies with the workmanship of their own hands if it is silk & satin all the better it will show your art