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Show SPIEITUAL WDJE SYSTEM. 259 for I did it, saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did Abraham ; and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice; and let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me ; and those who are not pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God ! for I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice ; and I give unto my servant Joseph, that he shall be made ruler over many things, for he hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen him. 21. And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment, she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law ; but if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all .these things for her, even as he hath said ; and I will bless him, and multiply him, and give unto him an hundred fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and hinds, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives hi the eternal worlds. And again, verily I say, let mine [handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his trespasses, and jthen shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she ;aas trespassed against me ; and I the Lord thy God will pless her, and multiply her, and make her to rejoice. ,f 22. And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put ,iis property out of his hands, lest an enemy come and iflestroy him, for Satan seeketh to destroy ; for I am the fLord thy God,, and he is my servant; and behold ! and [0, I am with him, as I was with Abraham thy father, fiven unto his exaltation and glory. |