Oct 9, 1875
These forty thousand priest of the Lord and strive
to hender their building up the Kingdom of God,
and we have fulfilled as a people that part of the
Saviors parable of the Ten Virgins whare He says
that while the Bridegroom tarried they all slumbered
and slep. we have all slumbered ^and slept^ and the word of
the Lord to me is that it is time for this kingdom
of Priest to arise and trim their lamps and to
take oil in their vessels with their lamps & prepare
to go forth to meet the Bridegroom for He is at
the door. It is time for Zion to arise and let her
light shine I do hope that this body of Bishops
and Elders will carry out the council of president
Brigham Young to go to & organize our wards
into the United Order. Some Bishop say they cannot
see it, then let all such resign their office & let some
other man take it who has the light of Christ in
him and can see it, let no Bishop stand in the way
of the Kingdom of God. O ye Elders of Israel it
is time for us to set our Houses in order & prepare
for that which is to come. It is time for us to teach
our wives & children to lay aside the New York
Ledger and all other novels and store up ^in^ our minds
with the Revelations of God, And we should stop
sending thousands of Dollars out of the Country to buy
Novels to teach our children ^vanity^ and sustain our own
press and Evry family in Zion should take the
Juvinile Instructor, and our owne papers

Oct 9, 1875 These forty thousand priest of the Lord and strive to hender their building up the Kingdom of God, and we have fulfilled as a people that part of the Saviors parable of the Ten Virgins whare He says that while the Bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slep. we have all slumbered and slept and the word of the Lord to me is that it is time for this kingdom of Priest to arise and trim their lamps and to take oil in their vessels with their lamps & prepare to go forth to meet the Bridegroom for He is at the door. It is time for Zion to arise and let her light shine I do hope that this body of Bishops and Elders will carry out the council of president Brigham Young to go to & organize our wards into the United Order. Some Bishop say they cannot see it, then let all such resign their office & let some other man take it who has the light of Christ in him and can see it, let no Bishop stand in the way of the Kingdom of God. O ye Elders of Israel it is time for us to set our Houses in order & prepare for that which is to come. It is time for us to teach our wives & children to lay aside the New York Ledger and all other novels and store up in our minds with the Revelations of God, And we should stop sending thousands of Dollars out of the Country to buy Novels to teach our children vanity and sustain our own press and Evry family in Zion should take the Juvinile Instructor, and our owne papers