and the love of God our Father and the grace of Jesus
Christ our Lord be and abide with you all is the
sincere prayer of

Your Devoted Brother & Friend
In the Everlasting Gospel
Joseph Smith

City of Nauvoo
June 1st 1843

On the 11th a large Assembly of Saints met at
the Temple and were addressed by the Prophet.
His subject was upon

The Gathering — Baptism for the Dead — ^The^ Spirits
in prison. the Different Glories and the Godhead

He took for the foundation of his discourse the
words of Jesus to the Jews—"How oft would I
have gathered you together as a hen gathereth her
chicken under her wings but ye would not" [Matthew 23:37]

From his discourse I culled some of
the points and noted them in my journal. He
asked—

"What was the object of gathering the
Jews or the people [blank] of God together in any age
of the world? The main object was to build
unto the Lord an House whereby he could reveal
unto His people the ordinances and glories of his
Kingdom and teach them the ways of salvation; for
there are certain ordinances and principles which
when they are taught and practised must be
done in a House or Temple built for that purpose

This was ordained in the mind of
God before the world was and it was for this purpose
that He designed oft to gather together the Jews but
they would not.

It is for the same reason that
God gathers together the people in the last days

and the love of God our Father and the grace of Jesus Christ our Lord be and abide with you all is the sincere prayer of

Your Devoted Brother & Friend in the Everlasting Gospel Joseph Smith

City of Nauvoo June 1st 1843

On the 11th a large Assembly of Saints met at the Temple and were addressed by the Prophet. His subject was upon

The Gathering — Baptism for the Dead — The Spirits in prison the Different Glories and the Godhead

He took for the foundation of his discourse the words of Jesus to the Jews—"How oft would I have gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chicken under her wings but ye would not"

From his discourse I called some of the points and noted them in my journal. He asked—

"What was the object of gathering the Jews or the people of God together in any age of the world? The main object was to build unto the Lord an House whereby he could reveal unto His people the ordinances and glories of his Kingdom and teach them the ways of salvation; for there are certain ordinances and principles which when they are taught and practised must be done in a House or Temple built for that purpose

This was ordained in the mind of God before the world was and it was for this purpose that He designed oft to gather together the Jews but they would not.

It is for the same reason that God gathers together the people in the last days