return to the bosom of our familes after having great success
upon our mission and many souls as seals of our ministry.

Brother Hyrum Smith afterwards gave us
some beneficial counsel relative to our mission and advised
as best to only preach the first principles of the Gospel

Joseph then arose and gave to us some
of the precious things of the Kingdom in the power of the Holy
Ghost. He said in substance what I here record in
the following synopsis of
Joseph`s Charge to the Twelve!!

"Ever keep in exercise the principles of mercy
and be ready to forgive your brotherren on the first signs
of repentance and his asking forgiveness; and should we
even forgive our brother or our enemy before he ask it our
Heavenly Father will he equally as merciful unto us. We
ought also to be willing to confess all our sins and keep
nothing back.

Let the Twelve be humble and not be
exaulted and beware of pride. Seek not to exalt yourselves
one above another nor to excel one another but act for
each other's good. We should honorably make mention of
each other's name in our prayers before the Lord and before
our fellow men and not backbite and devour our brother.

Why will not man learn wisdom from
precept and example? Why at this late age of the world
must we be obliged to learn everything we know by sad
experience?

Must the new ones who are chosen to fill
the places of those who are fallen of the quorum of the Twelve
begin to exalt themselves until they get so high as to tumble
over and have a great fall? Must they do so and afterwards
go wallowing through the mire and be left in darkness & Judas
like be delivered to the buffatings of Satan as several of the
Twelve before? [Matthew 27:3-5] Or will they learn wisdom from experience
and be wise? O God give them wisdom and keep them
humble I pray!

return to the bosom of our familes after having great success upon our mission and many souls as seals of our ministry.

Brother Hyrum Smith afterwards gave us some beneficial counsel relative to our mission and advised as best to only preach the first principles of the Gospel

Joseph then arose and gave to us some of the precious things of the Kingdom in the power of the Holy Ghost. He said in substance what I here record in the following synopsis of Joseph's Charge to the Twelve!!

"Ever keep in exercise the principles of mercy and be ready to forgive your brothren on the first signs of repentance and his asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother or our enemy before he ask it our Heavenly Father will he equally as merciful unto us. We ought also to be willing to confess all our sins and keep nothing back.

Let the Twelve be humble and not be exaulted and beware of pride. Seek not to exalt yourselves one above another nor to excel one another but act for each other's good. We should honorably make mention of each other's name in our prayers before the Lord and before our fellow men and not backbite and devour our brother.

Why will not man learn wisdom from precept and example? Why at this late age of the world must we be obliged to learn everything we know by sad experience?

Must the new ones who are chosen to fill the places of those who are fallen of the quorum of the Twelve begin to exalt themselves until they get so high as to tumble over and have a great fall? Must they do so and afterwards go wallowing through the mire and be left in darkness & Judas like be delivered to the buffatings of Satan as several of the Twelve before? Or will they learn wisdom from experience and be wise? O God give them wisdom and keep them humble I pray!