Show v BAPTISM FOR tile tiie DEAD 4 anapu An Epistle alc tlc of the twelve apostles to the saints of the last days 1 the building of the tile temple templo of the lord in ill th thi city of or nauvo kauvo 0 is occue occupying ing the tile first place it in the tile exertions and prayers of of tile the shita it tit the present time knowing as they tiley do that if this buning bui bul iding ii i i not lot completed speedily tec roe ice tee shall le rejected us as a church with idith our dead tor for tilt tile lord our god hatli hath spoken it but bat while whilo man mani i art aru thus in ili laboring and watching and praying for this all ull import important allt ailt object ct there are miny very many more who wiio do iut rut thus come coma up nil to their eriv I 1 ge and their duty in ili this tiling thing and in fit many ces we are co confident 11 that their neglect ar ses from a want of proper unde ande of the principles upon which cli this building id is founded and ald aid by which it must be completed tiie the chil children drin of israel were v ere commanded to build a house in tile luid lind of promise stud and su so are the tile Sai sal saints of tile the last d days tys tvs as ou oil will sw see in it the re ite veld veli volition tion tiou given to joseph tiie tile seer 3 19 1841 wherein those ordinances may be revealed which have been hid tor for or hees ners even their anoint iu in it and washl mtr and baptisms for the dead where wherein liu ilu they may inert in solemn oleum ii it s for fur their menior memorial lab iab sacrifices and oracles in it their bioly holy 1 places ices and wherein they mav may may mas receive conversations conversations and statute sti sli tute and ju judgments for the tiie beginning of tile tiie and abc arc foundations of zion and the lile gloryann glo plo glory and honor and of all her muni chal ohal al the tha medium which god hath or in ili the tiie same rame revelation the cern command mand P to ta ali all ali the sains from afar as us well as those already gathered to this place to arise etli itil with one consent tind und huid hurld the temple tempie to prepare a lilace place where tha tile most moat high my manifest himself to his people no one is excepted who hath ought in ili his poss siou iou lou ion for what irive ye that ye have hive not not received and I 1 will require mine own will usury t salih glie the lord biord so thit tho who lve lve ive I 1 thousands hou sands of from crom th s come under the hie stilie smile law and nd are entitled to tile llie same saile blessings and privileges las as those who wiio have llave already gathered but som some may inay MV pay how call can this br I 1 am not there therdore ther eore I 1 cannot annot meet 1 ii I the tha temple tempi cannot be bap ba piled plied tied in ili tile the font the tili comand of heaTen beaten heaven is to you sou oil to all gather gillier and when you arrive here I 1 if it is foil fail found iid lid that bilat you have previously sent fent up of your gild gold or your silver sliver or your substance the li ti things ani and which rire tire required of you for this build building inc inz you will find your imme ti things and cotia cotis orations crift written in thie chebook the book of the lw of or tile the lord to 10 be C kept in ili th thi temple as ii ta wit witness iless liess rit fit your fj feivor or allo showing wink thit th 4 it yow yon yo ii area aron proprietor in ili th it tind are arv aro entitled ep titled to your shire shiro sh ire iro of the tho virges thereunto belon grig one of those privileges which ilg particularly attract illg lilg the trio notice of the llie saints at tile tiie iti nt ill moment li bachism bap ilni for the thu f 1 he dead ac in ili tiie tile tile tiie font which is so car far compi ded is as to be dedicated und severa several havo hava already attended to gik gin ordil 1 nance by which the sick have been made whole and taj th ariso ler ier set free but while we have apen caled to ad aini ter this o denance we vve kire kive ilive been lad rd to inquire into the tiie propriety of baptizing who linves not been oledie obedient nt and und assisted i isted to abid b u jd the place for baptism kni baj and il it seeing eean to ui ull to expect tint lint ili til it the great jehovah lehoven wiil will apu rott rolt such jn in for if tile tha church in mist inist be brought udder con demnati ort and brejt rejected acted with willi her tier deal deai if she slie odil to build bulla tha houe hore and its ill appurtenances why wily should not individuals of the church wlm who thus ii neglect come corns under tile the same condemnation for if they are to bit they kiy m ty as well be rejected without bi plim as no witti for their baptism can be of no avail before gd G d and tile tiie time to i 3 them inay bo be to bu buit bult budding ding iding tilt tho walls wails of or tiie tile house lud iud and chii is ac cordani to tiie the understanding it title arsta adl adi ng blitch wo we have llave re film who wiio n ii our keinan let lat st ft not be e sup supposed posea postA thit the tha sick and the aro are to ha ba denied tiie lie blessin ss of he file I 1 lord 8 4 house god forbid his lib eye is ever over them for good lie ite thit hath hatli not und c innot ignot obtain but saith in his liis heart I 1 K I 1 hilf iud I 1 would give nive fr freely eely jely li ii accept el nn freely as lie fie that cives gives of ilia jib abundance abu the temple is ial to bo be hullt built by tithing and consecration and every oue one is el at liberty to all alt tiley nuie nule in their ihm hearts lie lle arts arti so to do bili iun biu t the ell eli athing titi ingi required ulra is oo 00 one tenth of f all lin hin any possessed ul at tily tho commencement of the building and alid one vile tenth part of all his hii increase from that aine tillie till tiie the completion of the tile sanie same whether it be money or whatever lie may be ble bie blessed sed with ith many in ili oils dils place are arp laboring every tenth day faithe fur tile housand this la Is the alie t 11 t ing of or their income acome for they have not liin ilin elso else others would labor tiie the same but they arm are fick pick therefore excusable when they get pet well weil let them while there are others who appear to think their own hu huskiness siness of inore more importance than the tile lord s to r such ruch we would ak who gave yiu yhu siu your time lime 1 healthy leith beith strength and put yon you into but bui business and will you yon not helln begin quickly 6 to return wil wll i usury that wilch you have received our gadwill God will not wait always we wes would remind some two or three hundred elders eiders who offered to go ont out on oil missions some ix months month others one arand some two v year arg miel mill had hid their missions assigned them at the tiie general conference tb tu labor oil oll tile tilo temple that must or their names re we till t with willi us and we trish ilem them to call and aud take their names away and und give them up to the llie hi idius committee brethren you have ave as us great a an ti interest at stake in thir thin thing things as we have but as our master even tile the master marter builder of the tilt temple whose throne is oil on high has seen fit to tute us stewards iti ili some parts ol 01 his bis household we fei fel f el it imbor tint wit t tnt int for us to see fee to it thit our masler absley is w not defrauded defraud eil ell and aud especially specially by those wio who have buve pleda d thir th ir word their thein time their talento talents tu lento to ili lil llis services and we hope this tin s gentle hint wil wiil uil ices th ut we may rot be compelled to publish the names of those referred to probably some m may ay think they could have gone on oil a mis misi ion lon 7 ono oni but labor as no they have uio ulo means of loir boa lohrding ding tiling themselves veo but let such remember ill sit lint it several st score ore of brethren aud and sisters asters ili in bis his this big city offs offered ered to 0 o the genral conference to loard board one or more la boers oil on tile llie temple till I 1 Is lie lle s stine tine should be completed and but few of thos aa as yet yel have ind imd the lh opportunity of or boarding to hll all it such we would say you are not fore forgotten sitten we have your names ilo and nud we soon soot to seiti selli send some ona to your table tattle therefore put your houses louseg louses in order and never be ready reads to refuse tile tiie first offer of a griest priest lir birga stores of provisions will be required to cimpl te tle tle tie work bild hild no now w is the time for securing it while meat is ale plenty nty and can be I 1 lad had for oon or one half tile the v vitae itne dite that it call can at oilier s sa a sons nf of tile the year and he the weather we allier is cool and suitable for packing lt the bret brethren hren bren for two Iv indred mies nives around drive doivo their fat cattle and hogs lo 10 this ibis piare pidre where here they may be preserved and there vt uil ull ia be a supply till ainther another favorable favo able eason euson rolls round or till the tile end of tiie llie labor ilor now is the time to secure food now is tir tim time lime that tile llie trustee is ready to oct ive ivr your sour droves roves noves not llie tile th lean leau the trio halt anni onri the he blind and such that you cannot use it is fo tile ille ie lord and he lie w wants illas no such of fiering rink ring but it you want hig hij blessing give him ili ill best give him 4 good as lie has given you beds bells and beding bedding ding sock mittens shoes cl clothia othin of every des and store goods are sire for the colli comfort fort of the tiie laborers this tilis winter journeymen stone cutters quarrymen bearns and teamsters for drawing stone slone and nil all kinds of provision for men and leist helst are needed in ili abundance there are individuals who wiio have given nothing as et either as li thing or c thinking that they bhail shall ba be niile atile ta to do i great deal some soma time lime hence if they continue con tinne their present ii corne to their own use but this is a mistaken idey melt suppose pose that ili iii ill all should act upon this prin no one would do aught alight at present consequently the tile building must cease and this genera genena llon lion remain without a it house and the church ba be rejected then suppose the next generation laboi labor upon tile tila sime principle and the same ili in till nil succeeding generations tile the son of god would never have a place on earth to lay ly let every individual remember that hat thor ich ith ings and consecrations fire are required frota froin what they have and not what they tiley expect to hive have souie sonie time hence and are wanted for us use nse all money and other property designed for inci inai and consecrations to tile ike of the temple must hereafter be presented to the tiie trustee in trust Pre silent lent joeph joseph smith and en ter tend d at the recorder orders in the book beffre before referred to and all receipts receipt i now holden by individuals vi which they have ilava received of the building committee for property delivered to them inua must also be 18 forwarded to tha the recorders Ue corders cordera OM officio C for entry to the appropriation of said properly property according to tile tiie original design 1 tho the elders every where will instruct the breth ren both in public and in ili private in ill the principles and ad doctrine set forth in ili epistle so that thit every individual of tile the church may havo a perfect of his duty and iriv lg YOUNG HEBER C KIMBALL 9 ORSON PRATT WILLIAM SMITH LYMAN WIGHT WILFORD WOODRUFF JOHN TAYLOR A SMITH WILLARD RICHARDS cioto atu M cap cir 13 11 IMI tuesday 14 1 commenced opening ing and assort assorting ilig 1119 u lot of dry godda in ili llie the see set second second ond story of my new store situate situ ate on the north west corner of block the joiners and masons are betat yet it work in ili tile the lower part of the tho building tv 15 lra ira reply to t inquiries con cou c buim aim alm almon aimon on AV babbitt Bab bilt lilt the printing press ki flat d ac contained ili in a letter arl written itten at kirklind kiri Kirl lind id november 16 1841 by bv lester books brooks hind and Z tied fied coltrin acting president presidents and thomas burdick bishop and council lo 10 president joseph sinith and brigham Brig iuni luni young tcp mcp it was decided us follows it remains for almon aimon IV babbitt to coffier satisfaction if tie wi wishes eo to d according to tile the minutes of the conference you are doudt doubt less all uell well aware that ili iti ill all the stakes except I 1 those in hancock ancock II county illinois and lee county loma iowa hoere discontinued some time since by the first presidency as published in the times and seasons but bill as it ip pears that there are many in fit kirtland who wiio desiro desire to remain there and buld abuid up that place and is as you have made creat great exertions according to your letter to establish a printing press and take care of the poor ac since that period you may as well coutil continue lue operations ac to your desir desis 0 asins designs ns and go on with your pr ining and do what you c can an in righteousness to bu build up kirtland but do not stiffer yourselves to harbor the llie idea that kirtland kirt Kirl land laud will rise oil on the ruins of Nati it is the privilege or brethren emigrating from any quarter to I 1 come to this pace and it is not right to attempt in n persuade those who desire it to stop atoll short tile tiie tile foregoing is an extract from my letter in revis reply the twelve apostles were in council at elder kariba I 1 Is V 1 thursday Thu IG 16 williim in of ramus delivered to president joseph smith Si niti nill sole trustee in trusi the dei det deed d for tho the unsold and bond bonda d ints lots of lani land in ili tiie tile town of ramus namu bearing date dite december 8 1841 also hiso the tile plot of or tile tiie first maddi ion lo 10 to minu minn and the notes which auve been received of individuals rs what have pinc pint based lots rind the bonds bond se of r willlam william wil wll iam lam miller september 21 1840 and of ute parkins perkins november 26 1840 and of william J november 7 1840 and of john F charles chirles novem er 16 1841 for lots of land adjoining ramus and whai may hereafter be added to til ill the town pit a part of tile the lind included in will william wiiiiam iam lam millers bo bond I 1 id is iq included in tiles first addition to ramus and the ibe notes were transferred to tile tiie sote sole soe trustee LI ili trust for the benefit of or the whole church by hv a vot vota ot of the namus ramus Confere conference rice tice december 4 and nud 5 1841 after sifter applying app lvin ivin iring liing of said prop arty to liquidate the tho c claims of those from whom the tha town was burch ased lied and also piling two wo notes oven glyen by wiiiiam wightman whitman for money borrowed to toniy for the above property viz to lamin prentice 1145 ana and and jam iam jams james s cummins 50 09 lind some other small demands against said caid wightman ightman wil YiT winch which have reen contracted for thed the benefit bent beni git fit of tile tiie church 11 in ramus siqurd ay 18 1 I attended the tha city council and ind stated which I 1 had heard ponc eming ening from a person late from Md macomb comb ali all ani I 1 an all ordinance passed pasted so that per persons solin ordering any aar person peron to leave thi thir ir pie peaceable ceable ceabie homes could dould be dealt deitt with rigorously also presented the following follo resolved by city connol council of the city oNan yoo soo that he ilia hibit imbed and honorable 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