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Section 68
1–5, The words of the elders when moved upon by the Holy Ghost are scripture; 6–12, Elders are to preach and baptize, and signs will follow true believers; 13–24, The firstborn among the sons of Aaron may serve as the Presiding Bishop (that is, hold the keys of presidency as a bishop) under the direction of the First Presidency; 25–28, Parents are commanded to teach the gospel to their children; 29–35, The Saints are to observe the Sabbath, labor diligently, and pray.
1. My servant, Orson Hyde, was called by his ordination to proclaim the
everlasting gospel, by the
Spirit of the living God, from people to people, and from land to land, in the
congregations of the wicked, in their
synagogues, reasoning with and
expounding all scriptures unto them.
1.
2. And, behold, and lo, this is an ensample unto all those who were ordained unto this priesthood, whose mission is appointed unto them to go forth—
2.
3. And this is the
ensample unto them, that they shall
speak as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost.
3.
4. And whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the
Holy Ghost shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the
power of God unto salvation.
4.
5. Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.
5.
6. Wherefore, be of good
cheer, and do not
fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I
was, that I am, and that I am to come.
6.
7. This is the word of the Lord unto you, my servant Orson Hyde, and also unto my servant Luke Johnson, and unto my servant Lyman Johnson, and unto my servant
William E. McLellin, and unto all the faithful elders of my church—
7.
8.
Go ye into all the world,
preach the gospel to every
creature, acting in the
authority which I have given you,
baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
8.
9. And
he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be
damned.
9.
10. And he that believeth shall be blest with
signs following, even as it is written.
10.
11. And unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the
times, and the
signs of the coming of the Son of Man;
11.
12. And of as many as the Father shall bear record, to you shall be given power to
seal them up unto eternal life. Amen.
12.
13. And now, concerning the items in addition to the
covenants and commandments, they are these—
13.
14. There remain hereafter, in the due time of the Lord, other
bishops to be set apart unto the
church, to minister even according to the first;
14.
15. Wherefore they shall be
high priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the
First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of
Aaron.
15.
16. And if they be literal descendants of
Aaron they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the
firstborn among the sons of Aaron;
16.
17. For the firstborn holds the right of the presidency over this priesthood, and the
keys or authority of the same.
17.
18. No man has a legal right to this office, to hold the keys of this priesthood, except he be a
literal descendant and the firstborn of Aaron.
18.
19. But, as a
high priest of the Melchizedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices he may officiate in the office of
bishop when no literal descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he is called and set apart and ordained unto this power, under the hands of the First Presidency of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
19.
20. And a literal descendant of Aaron, also, must be designated by this Presidency, and found worthy, and
anointed, and ordained under the hands of this Presidency, otherwise they are not legally authorized to officiate in their priesthood.
20.
21. But, by virtue of the decree concerning their right of the priesthood descending from father to son, they may claim their
anointing if at any time they can prove their lineage, or do ascertain it by revelation from the Lord under the
hands of the above named Presidency.
21.
22. And again, no bishop or high priest who shall be set apart for this ministry shall be tried or
condemned for any crime, save it be before the
First Presidency of the church;
22.
23. And inasmuch as he is found
guilty before this Presidency, by testimony that cannot be impeached, he shall be condemned;
23.
24. And if he repent he shall be
forgiven, according to the covenants and
commandments of the church.
24.
25. And again, inasmuch as
parents have children in Zion, or in any of her
stakes which are organized, that
teach them not to understand the
doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when
eight years old, the
sin be upon the heads of the parents.
25.
26. For this shall be a law unto the
inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized.
26.
27. And their children shall be
baptized for the
remission of their sins when
eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands.
27.
28. And they shall also
teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord.
28.
29. And the inhabitants of Zion shall also observe the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
29.
30. And the inhabitants of Zion also shall remember their
labors, inasmuch as they are appointed to labor, in all faithfulness; for the
idler shall be had in remembrance before the Lord.
30.
31. Now, I, the Lord, am not well
pleased with the inhabitants of Zion, for there are
idlers among them; and their
children are also growing up in
wickedness; they also
seek not earnestly the riches of eternity, but their eyes are full of
greediness.
31.
32. These things ought not to be, and must be done away from among them; wherefore, let my servant Oliver Cowdery
carry these sayings unto the land of Zion.
32.
33. And a commandment I give unto them—that he that observeth not his
prayers before the Lord in the season thereof, let him be had in
remembrance before the judge of my people.
33.
34. These sayings are
true and faithful; wherefore, transgress them not, neither
take therefrom.
34.
35. Behold, I am
Alpha and Omega, and I
come quickly. Amen.
35.
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