come out from their hiding places and go forth to waste and destroy with fire pestilence &c. The present mission is one of the most important missions ever undertaken. There has never been a time when a kingdom was established that was not thrown down, but this kingdom will never be thrown down. There has been a great many kingdoms and upon the ruins of these kingdoms is a kingdom to be built up by these few men that will stand forever. We are Legislators, set here to legislate for the best means whereby the chosen seed shall return that they might go to Jerusalem and receive the statutes they once rejected. Zion is the place where the tribes shall return and bring a present to the Lord of Hosts. Under existing circumstances it becomes necessary to have special pretexes and special places of gathering. We may want [p. [57]]