whichwhich appears to us to be evidently wanting, when you declared in that you would not
turn your hand over to be one of the Twelve, and it seems to us impossible that you should
forget the caution of the Lord in the in June 1831 "let my servant beware for Satan ^Brother Lyman^ desireth to sift him as chaff". Brother Lyman we ask you, to
think for a moment of the great promises made to men in ^an^ the foundation of Jany 1841 who
have fallen, or who have apostatized us and remember that all those promises are upon cond^it^ions
We will name the Lord promised to crown him with glory if he continued;
also is declared without guile, did he "continue"? you remember
had great blessings in the same revelation, and the conditions of them all, that he continue
to observe the counsels of the Presidentcy. when was taken away, the Priesthood
continued with the quorum of the Twelve, with the fulness of the authority of the Priesthood,
and when you turned your heels against it, Satan had you in his [sive], and like chaff
you were blown away. Come back again, brother Lyman, and dwell in Zion, and
resume your duty enjoined upon you by the Lord, and preach for Zion in meekness, and
listen to the councils of the Presidency, the Church, and dare to arrogate to yourself
authority over your brethren. ordained you to the apostleship he was the
President of the quorum, and every member of that quorum whom Satan did not blow away
as chaff, have stood with and by him, and faced every storm with him, as you would
have done, if the light of the Spirit had been with you, "and he that gathereth not with us,
scattereth abroad".
Prest. Young by his persevering industry, untiring energy, and unexampled
faithfulness, has been enabled to gather the Saints into the mountains, to the very place that Joseph
had organized a company to explore: sent the Elders to almost every nation; translated the
book of Mormon, and the revelations into many languages, and published them to the four
quarters of the earth; and been enabled to defend the Saints from the unconstitutional aggressions
of our chief Magistrate. The God of Israel hath done [him] thus his servant Brigham, and
his faithful brethren who have stood by him while those who led away factions, have wasted
& are forgotten: many from your State and even some of your own posterity have found their way to Zion
which appears to us to be evidently wanting, when you declared in that you would not
turn your hand over to be one of the Twelve, and it seems to us impossible that you should
forget the caution of the Lord in the in June 1831 "let my servant beware for Satan Brother Lyman desireth to sift him as chaff". Brother Lyman we ask you, to
think for a moment of the great promises made to men in an the foundation of Jany 1841 who
have fallen, or who have apostatized us and remember that all those promises are upon conditions
We will name the Lord promised to crown him with glory if he continued;
also is declared without guile, did he "continue"? you remember
had great blessings in the same revelation, and the conditions of them all, that he continue
to observe the counsels of the Presidency. when was taken away, the Priesthood
continued with the quorum of the Twelve, with the fulness of the authority of the Priesthood,
and when you turned your heels against it, Satan had you in his sive, and like chaff
you were blown away. Come back again, brother Lyman, and dwell in Zion, and
resume your duty enjoined upon you by the Lord, and preach for Zion in meekness, and
listen to the councils of the Presidency, the Church, and dare to arrogate to yourself
authority over your brethren. ordained you to the apostleship he was the
President of the quorum, and every member of that quorum whom Satan did not blow away
as chaff, have stood with and by him, and faced every storm with him, as you would
have done, if the light of the Spirit had been with you, "and he that gathereth not with us,
scattereth abroad".
Prest. Young by his persevering industry, untiring energy, and unexampled
faithfulness, has been enabled to gather the Saints into the mountains, to the very place that Joseph
had organized a company to explore: sent the Elders to almost every nation; translated the
book of Mormon, and the revelations into many languages, and published them to the four
quarters of the earth; and been enabled to defend the Saints from the unconstitutional aggressions
of our chief Magistrate. The God of Israel hath done him thus his servant Brigham, and
his faithful brethren who have stood by him while those who led away factions, have wasted
& are forgotten: many from your State and even some of your own posterity have found their way to Zion