of this generation, and especially
of this nation. Therefore, as I
have said in a former command-
ment, so I the Lord say again
unto my apostles, Go ye alone
by yourselves, whether in heat
or in cold, and cleanse your feet
in water, pure water, it matters
not whether it be by the running
streams or in your closets; but
leave these testimonies before the
Lord and the heavenly hosts;
and when you have all done
this, then gather yourselves to-
gether in your holy places, and
clothe yourselves with robes
of the holy Priesthood, and there
offer up your prayers according
to my holy law. Let him who pre-
sides be mouth and kneel at the
holy altar, and there let mine
Apostles bring all these testimo-
nies before my face and before the
heavenly hosts, and before the
justified spirits made perfect.
And thus saith the Lord
unto you, mine apostles, when
of this generation, and especially
of this nation. Therefore, as I
have said in a former commandment, so I the Lord say again
unto my apostles, Go ye alone
by yourselves, whether in heat
or in cold, and cleanse your feet
in water, pure water, it matters
not whether it be by the running
streams or in your closets; but
leave these testimonies before the
Lord and the heavenly hosts;
and when you have all done
this, then gather yourselves together in your holy places, and
clothe yourselves with robes
of the holy Priesthood, and there
offer up your prayers according
to my holy law. Let him who presides be mouth and kneel at the
holy altar, and there let mine
Apostles bring all these testimonies before my face and before the
heavenly hosts, and before the
justified spirits made perfect.
And thus saith the Lord
unto you, mine apostles, when
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"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," April 18, 1897, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 30, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OPyR