Show dog d ai has I 1 returned to his vomit and the saw sw t that hat was washed to her wallowing in the mire A gain again if we sin wilfully after we have received e deiv ed the knowledge of the truth there re maibeth no more sacrifice for sin ain hut but a oer tai taio fearful Io looking kimo for of judgment and fiery ind indignation ignati on to come which shall devour these adversaries for he who cepis eth moses law died without mercy under udder two or three witnesses of how much more severe punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath bath sold his brother and denied the new and everlasting everl asti I 1 ng covenant by which he was sanctified c calling alling it an unholy y th thing ing g and doing despite to the spirit of grace 1 1 and again we say unto you that inasmuch as there be virtue in us and the holy priesthood hath bath been conferred upon us and the k keys ays eys of the kingdom hath bath not been taken from f in us for verily thus saith the lord aff of good cheer for the keys that I 1 9 gave ave unto you are yet with you therefore we say unto you van dear brethren in the name of the tha lord Lor jesus dJesus christ we deliver these characters unto the buffe tinge of satan until the day dav of redemption that they may be dealt with wilh according to their works and from henceforth the their ir works shall be made manifest and now dear and well beloved brethren and when we say brethren we mean those who have continued faithful in christ men women and children we feel to exhort you in the name of the lord jesus to be strong f uong in the faith in the new and everlasting ino 0 covenant and nothing frightened at your v our enemies for what has happened unto us as is is an evident token taken to them of damnation but bat unto us of salvation and that of god therefore hold on even unto death f for or he that seeks to save his life shall lose if it but he that loseth his life for my sake and the gospels gos pePs shall find it mayeth jesus christ IN I 1 brethren from henceforth let truth and righteousness prevail an ani 1 abound in you and in all things be temperate abstain from drunkenness and from swearing and from it all profane language and from everything which is unrighteous or unholy y also from enmity and hatred and covetousness and from every unholy desire be honest one with another for it that some have come short of these things and some have been uncharitable and have manifested greediness greed ineas because of their debts towards those who have been persecuted and dragged about with chains without cause and imprisoned such characters god hates and they shall have their turn of sorrow in the rolling of the great wheel for it colleth I 1 and none can hinder zion shall yet live though she to be dead remember that whatsoever measure you yon mete out to others it shall b bo bia o measured to you yon again we say unto you ton brethren ha be not afraid of your adversaries contend earnestly against mobs and the unlawful works of dissenters disse aters and of darkness and the very god of peace shall be with you and make a way for your escape from the adversary of your souls we commend you to god and the work of his grace which is ia able to make us wise unto salvation ammi AMEN J JOSEPH 0 SEPH SMITH jr |