It may be well to remind who you are
dealing with when you shake hands with
L. D. Hickey, Not that I wish to boast,
But that my garments may be clean of your
blood, God called me, by Revelation to the
Apostleship, & as such, I preach, teach both,
day & night. And as such I write that you
& all that I great may find Rest in Christ.
I dont leave house, home & loved ones for
gain, or vain-glory. But wo was me
if I did not witness to you, what God,
by the prophets, & his Spirit had made known
to me, concerning the justification & [codta-]
tion of the people of Utah as well as all the world.
God by his prophet James gave the church
Revelation, upon Revelation, Before & after
you left Nauvoo. But you heeded them
not. Yet they stand on the Records of the
church this day. And you have to meet,
the fate, given. Your fathers drank the bitter
cup, & most of them are buried in a Strange
land, like the stubborn Hebrews, that Moses
led from Egypt, who died in the wilderness,
save Caleb & Joshua. [Numbers 14:38] And now if you, their
children, will not repent, But do as your
fathers did, down you will go to the Pit,
your Temples Sepulchures, &c &c, Don't
avail you any thing. To learn that I tell

It may be well to remind who you are dealing with when you shake hands with L. D. Hickens, Not that I wish to boast, But that my garments may be clean of your blood, God called me, by Revelation to the Apostleship, & as such, I preach, teach both, day & night. And as such I write that you & all that I great may find Rest in Christ. I dont leave house, home & loved ones for gain, or vain-glory. But wo was me if I did not witness to you, what God, by the prophets, & his Spirit had made known to me, concerning the justification & [codta-] tion of the people of Utah as well as all the world. God by his prophet James gave the church Revelation, upon Revelation, Before & after you left Nauvoo. But you heeded them not. Yet they stand on the Records of the church this day. And you have to meet, the fate, given. Your fathers drank the bitter cup, & most of them are buried in a Strange land, like the stubborn Hebrews, that Moses led from Egypt, who died in the wilderness, save Caleb & Joshua. And now if you, their children, will not repent, But do as your fathers did, down you will go to the Pit, your Temples Sepulchures, &c &c, Don't avail you any thing. To learn that I tell