to those that want to go away from this place I
would say wait untill the time comes. I will
give you the key. North and South America
is Zion and as soon as the temple is done and
you get your endowment you can go and
build up statkes but dont be in haste, wait untill
the Lord says go. If you have the spirit of
God you can discover right from wrong. when
all is right with the priesthood is right ^&^ A man is
rises up and speaks in the spirit of God and
just right All will say Amen but when
a man rises up and talks as smooth as oil
if he is not right their will be many queries
about it, it will not satisfy ^edify^ the body I give
this as a key. You may go all over North
and South America & build up stakes when
the time comes. The whole continant of
America must be organized into districts
and presiding elders appointed over each
district, the time has come when all
things must be set in order. I have had these
things upon my mind a long time. the time
has come now for bickerings to scease theirre must
be a strict order of things, and we are no longer
bound to harbor black legs, counterfieters, boges
makers, we know all about them they have been
in our midst long enough. I advise all the Saints
to have no dealing with such men let them alone
the time has come that they should be wiped
out of our midst, let those men alone, let the ungod-
ly dealers alone. And as to the doctors who are in
our midst who are our enemies I would say let
them alone, for I have no boubt but that three
to one who have died in this place had a doctor
and I would say wo unto you Lawyers for their ^your^
to those that want to go away from this place I
would say wait untill the time comes. I will
give you the key. North and South America
is Zion and as soon as the temple is done and
you get your endowment you can go and
build up statkes but dont be in haste, wait untill
the Lord says go. If you have the spirit of
God you can discover right from wrong. when
all is right with the priesthood & A man
rises up and speaks in the spirit of God and
just right All will say Amen but when
a man rises up and talks as smooth as oil
if he is not right their will be many queries
about it, it will not edify the body I give
this as a key. You may go all over North
and South America & build up stakes when
the time comes. The whole continant of
America must be organized into districts
and Presiding elders appointed over each
district, the time has come when all
things must be set in order. I have had these
things upon my mind a long time. the time
has come now for bickerings to scease there must
be a strict order of things, and we are no longer
bound to harbor black legs, counterfieters, boges
makers, we know all about them they have been
in our midst long enough. I advise all the Saints
to have no dealing with such men let them alone
the time has come that they should be wiped
out of our midst, let those men alone, let the ungodly dealers alone. And as to the doctors who are in
our midst who are our enemies I would say let
them alone, for I have no boubt but that three
to one who have died in this place had a doctor
and I would say wo unto you Lawyers for your
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," August 18, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Wng