Taken from the missionary journal of Elder Peter P. Gould:
Feb. 13, 1999
"Behold, these counsels are of me and this wisdom is for your salvation, saith your Lord:
"You are of one faith, one hope, one baptism. You are of one church but not one body, because of the divisions which have and will arise among my people; and this, because you have not obeyed my voice, saying: ye must be one in temporal things and I will make you one in spiritual things.
"Do you not know my sons, that without the consecration of all that you have, and are, and desire to be, you cannot obtain the fullness of my glory? And except ye consecrate all, even ALL, unto me, the land of Zion cannot be redeemed.
"You ask why the weakness and death and decay both physical and spiritual have entered into the body. You ask why the work does not progress. Is it not because you are weak? You receive into your bodies the recompense of your deeds. I have called you unto wisdom and strength but my wisdom you have neglected to heed, and the recompense of sorrow and weakness both in mind and body you receive by pollution of your bodies with the meats of wickedness and death.
"Hear now, saith the Lord, If you would prosper it must be according to the counsel I have given.
"If you would have wisdom and strength to stand in the face of judgement and adversity gird up your loins even the loins of your minds. Put away the evil imaginations from your hearts and take hold of wisdom even the Word of Wisdom, which I have given. Keep my sabbaths also, and in doing these things you shall receive of the promise of the blessings of strength and wisdom and intelligence beyond the veil yea, even the mysteries of the kingdom shall be made known unto you.
"I have warned and forewarned you of the perils of meats in the last days how that all tables would be full of vomits and pollutions of wickedness.
"If you would be one appoint a storehouse in the land of Zion and my servant Randall Porrett shall be ordained as bishop and keeper thereof and ordained as a judge in the land of Zion. Let him take with him two counselors in whom is found the spirit of revelation with humility and meekness.
" And now I say, inasmuch as my servant Randall shall receive these things, he shall cleanse his house of all that offends my Spirit and devote his whole heart to the service of my people, and covenant before me to faithfully execute this office and calling, and to abide in wisdom according to my commands. And these things shall he do or he shall not be accepted by my people.
"Now I say unto you, my servant Randall: Behold, thou shalt receive the consecrations and offerings from among my scattered sheep as many as will heed these things and consecrate all unto me with a covenant and deed even as I commanded my servant Edward And thus he shall be thy example in all things for he was faithful, but my people rebelled.
" And now, I say unto you my servants heed these things and take up the work where the first elders did begin but my people in Zion did rebel, and thus they were driven off because they were not worthy of an inheritance in Zion. And because charity was found lacking in them behold the laborers in Zion did cease.
"Take heed to pray always that you may be delivered from temptation and adversity.
"Keep these sayings and the destroyer shall pass over the homes of the faithful but if not, the desolation of thy houses shall be great.
"Learn the parable of the lilies, and so shall the laborers in Zion be restored and the things of this world be turned upside-down.
"Even so, Amen."