the truth the Lord God will bless
them, and they have nothing to
fear. If you will live up to this
you will rise, while those who do
not will go down. If this people will
observe this covenant, and follow
it one and all, (and here are the
leading men in these mountains be-
longing to several of the tribes, and
they feel well), thousands and hun-
dreds of thousands will embrace
this Gospel, and for ought I know
scores of thousands will become
members of this Church.

Now, if you will take hold of the
wheel and lift, it may be granted
unto us to accomplish this great
work, and I tell you that you will
receive the blessings of the Gospel,
such as you never received before, if
you will make up your minds to be
favourable and merciful unto them
in their filthiness, and in their
ignorance, these blessings are yours.
But if you get angry and kill
them, you will not obtain them.
Say to them, "if you steal and
destroy our property we will bear
with you, and while you are ignor-
ant we will bear with you," and
if this people will take this course
from this time forth, they will
feel the power of God more than
they ever did in these last days
before. (The congregation here
united in a loud "Amen.") And
you are finding it so, too.

Just give them what they want;
I tell you it is the cheapest way
to fight them. You can draw
them to you and make them bend
to anything if you use them well.
And if any man abuses them,
let him be dealt with by the
civil authorities, and in this way
you will succeed in the work you
have in view.

May God bless you all. Amen.

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the truth the Lord God will bless them, and they have nothing to fear. If you will live up to this you will rise, while those who do not will go down. If this people will observe this covenant, and follow it one and all, (and here are the leading men in these mountains belonging to several of the tribes, and they feel well), thousands and hundreds of thousands will embrace this Gospel, and for ought I know scores of thousands will become members of this Church.

Now, if you will take hold of the wheel and lift, it may be granted unto us to accomplish this great work, and I tell you that you will receive the blessings of the Gospel, such as you never received before, if you will make up your minds to be favourable and merciful unto them in their filthiness, and in their ignorance, these blessings are yours. But if you get angry and kill them, you will not obtain them. Say to them, "if you steal and destroy our property we will bear with you, and while you are ignorant we will bear with you," and if this people will take this course from this time forth, they will feel the power of God more than they ever did in these last days before. (The congregation here united in a loud "Amen.") And you are finding it so, too.

Just give them what they want; I tell you it is the cheapest way to fight them. You can draw them to you and make them bend to anything if you use them well. And if any man abuses them, let him be dealt with by the civil authorities, and in this way you will succeed in the work you have in view.

May God bless you all. Amen.