but we do not arive at this knowledge at once, but
as an Apostle said we have precept upon precept,
line upon line, here a little and there a little, [Isaiah 28:10] untill
we arive at a fulness of knowledge & glory even
that fulness that reigns in the Heavens. we
must begin to be governd by law here before we
are prepared to recieve those blessings. the whole
law has not been given & you cannot abide the whole
law as yet. if it had all been given, we should
have been smashed up & destroyed. A people
must become acquainted thoroughey with law before
they can abide it but the time has come when
we must have law oand order in our midst.
There has been some feelings of late in the
camp because some unruly boys have been floged
by the Marshall for thiere wickedness, but if
this camp is not willing to let law & order reign
here & put a stop to such wickedness I wish
you to let me know it & I will go away from
you for those that wish to sustain crime & corrup-
tion let them return & strike hands with the
mob & carry out there principles & be damm-
ed. but if you want to do right say so, this people
have been driven here for there desires to do
righteousness. And this wickedness shall be
put a stop to that has been manifest in the
camp by certain young people of late yes it will
be stoped if God come out & smites it by
Judgment. The Marshall did not whip
them hard enough, if He had they
would not have spit out there revenge
but it would have been whiped out of
them. If I am drove to the necessit of
whipping a person in such A case they will
not spit out revenge afterwards for I will
whip it out of them. Shall we any longer
sustain in our midst men that will carry
out the principles of John C Bennet and
but we do not arive at this knowledge at once, but
as an Apostle said we have precept upon precept,
line upon line, here a little and there a little, untill
we arive at a fulness of knowledge & glory even
that fulness that reigns in the Heavens. we
must begin to be governd by law here before we
are prepared to recieve those blessings. the whole
law has not been given & you cannot abide the whole
law as yet. if it had all been given, we should
have been smashed up & destroyed a people
must become acquainted thoroughly with law before
they can abide it but the time has come when
we must have law oand order in our midst.
There has been some feelings of late in the
camp because some unruly boys have been floged
by the Marshall for there wickedness, but if
this camp is not willing to let law & order reign
here & put a stop to such wickedness I wish
you to let me know it & I will go away from
you for those that wish to sustain crime & corruption let them return & strike hands with the
mob & carry out there principles & be dammed. but if you want to do right say so, this people
have been driven here for there desires to do
righteousness. And this wickedness shall be
put a stop to that has been manifest in the
camp by certain young people of late yes it will
be stoped if God come out & smites it by
Judgment. The Marshall did not whip
them hard enough, if he had they
would not have spit out there revenge
but it would have been whiped out of
them. If I am drove to the necessit of
whipping a person in such a case they will
not spit out revenge afterwards for I will
whip it out of them. Shall we any longer
sustain in our midst men that will carry
out the principles of John C Bennet and
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