or recorded in heaven therefore it appears to be vary important
that we do keep a true & faithful record in all things. while walking
in a rapid stream we cannot tread twice in the same water neither
can we spend twice the same time when we pass out of that
door the work of this meeting will be closed to us forever we shall
never spend the time of this evening again then should we not keep
a record of our work teachings & council which we give in this
meeting we should. again Elders go forth upon missions to the
Nations of the Earth the[y] have to Enter into a regular warfare the
Lord pours out his Holy Spirit upon them & they war with the world
the flesh, & the Devil, with kings, princes, Lords, Presidents & rulers
He is cast into prision the Lord delivers him. The Devil enters into
some of his converts & He lays hands upon them & he cast them out,
the saints are sick & he heals them, He prophesies in the name of
the Lord & his words come to pass. Rulers declair that He shall not
preach to the people on pain of death. He preaches the word of God &
many believe obey & rejoice in the Lord & he is protected by the
power of God. He goes upon the Sea the storms rage & he calms
the water & wind in the name of the Lord. He is shielded & guarded
by angels of God all the day long & he knows the power of God
is with him & reveals unto him all the evils that lie in his path
And yet he does not view thise great & important things of
value enough to make a record of them to spend a short time in
writing them & the circumstances & history of those blessings
unto him are lost both to the present & all future generation. are
these things wright I do not believe they are. I do not believe a man
is Justified in neglecting to record these things.

Now as an example should the Ten lost tribes of Israel suddenly
come pouring down upon us in the Land of Zion Led by the Holy prophets
of God what would be one of the first inquiries we should make
of them it would be whare are your records & history & the
revelations & dealings of God with you since you were lead away
under Shalmanezar king of Asyria? [2 Kings 17] O do let me see them &
read them & do let me [read] the Journal of your travels from the
North country to Our land of Zion & what would be our disappo-
intment should the prophets & Elders say O we have not got any
history of the dealings of God with us nor any Journal of our
travels we used to hear our Fathers say that there hath been
great & mighty things done in the Land whare we lived the savior
come & taught great & marvellous things & we had a glorious time
in coming here we smote the rocks & the mighty mountains of Ice
fell down with a great noise & great miriacles were wrought but
our Fathers had so much to do & we have had so much to do that we never
had any time to write any thing about it & we did not think that
any body would have any interest in it but ourselves & so we did
not write. would we not be awfully disappointed we should & so
with them should they ask for our records & say that Jesus & the Angels
had told th us that you was building up Zion & doing a great work
in the Earth & that great & glorious things were revealed unto you
& we now wish to read these things & should we tell them that we had
done as they had that we had not kept a record of any of these things
they would be like ourselves much disappointed, but if they & ourselves
should both keep a strict record of all that is useful then it would
add great Joy to both them & us. Then let us lay these things to heart
& keep a true & faithful record that we may be Justified befor God

or recorded in heaven therefore it appears to be vary important that we do keep a true & faithful record in all things. while walking in a rapid stream we cannot tread twice in the same water neither can we spend twice the same time when we pass out of that door the work of this meeting will be closed to us forever we shall never spend the time of this evening again then should we not keep a record of our work teachings & council which we give in this meeting we should. again Elders go forth upon missions to the Nations of the Earth they have to Enter into a regular warfare the Lord pours out his Holy Spirit upon them & they war with the world the flesh, & the Devil, with kings, princes, Lords, Presidents & rulers He is cast into prision the Lord delivers him. The Devil enters into some of his converts & He lays hands upon them & he cast them out, the saints are sick & he heals them, He prophesies in the name of the Lord & his words come to pass. Rulers declair that He shall not preach to the people on pain of death. He preaches the word of God & many believe obey & rejoice in the Lord & he is protected by the power of God. He goes upon the Sea the storms rage & he calms the water & wind in the name of the Lord. He is shielded & guarded by angels of God all the day long & he knows the power of God is with him & reveals unto him all the evils that lie in his path And yet he does not view thise great & important things of value enough to make a record of them to spend a short time in writing them & the circumstances & history of those blessings unto him are lost both to the present & all future generation. are these things wright I do not believe they are. I do not believe a man is Justified in neglecting to record these things.

Now as an example should the Ten lost tribes of Israel suddenly come pouring down upon us in the Land of Zion Led by the Holy prophets of God what would be one of the first inquiries we should make of them it would be whare are your records & history & the revelations & dealings of God with you since you were lead away under Shalmanezar king of Asyria? O do let me see them & read them & do let me read the Journal of your travels from the North country to Our land of Zion & what would be our disappointment should the prophets & Elders say O we have not got any history of the dealings of God with us nor any Journal of our travels we used to hear our Fathers say that there hath been great & mighty things done in the Land whare we lived the savior come & taught great & marvellous things & we had a glorious time in coming here we smote the rocks & the mighty mountains of Ice fell down with a great noise & great miracles were wrought but our Fathers had so much to do & we have had so much to do that we never had any time to write any thing about it & we did not think that any body would have any interest in it but ourselves & so we did not write. would we not be awfully disappointed we should & so with them should they ask for our records & say that Jesus & the Angels had told us that you was building up Zion & doing a great work in the Earth & that great & glorious things were revealed unto you & we now wish to read these things & should we tell them that we had done as they had that we had not kept a record of any of these things they would be like ourselves much disappointed, but if they & ourselves should both keep a strict record of all that is useful then it would add great Joy to both them & us. Then let us lay these things to heart & keep a true & faithful record that we may be Justified befor God