^aHearken, O ye people of my ^bchurch, saith the voice of him who dwells on high, and whose ^ceyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say: Hearken ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea, listen together.

 2 For verily the ^avoice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to ^bescape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither ^cear that shall not hear, neither ^dheart that shall not be penetrated.

 3 And the ^arebellious shall be ^bpierced with much ^csorrow; for their iniquities shall be ^dspoken upon the housetops, and their secret acts shall be revealed.

 4 And the ^avoice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, whom I have ^bchosen in these ^clast days.

 5 And they shall ^ago forth and none shall stay them, for I the Lord have commanded them.

 6 Behold, this is mine ^aauthority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my ^bcommandments, which I have given them to ^cpublish unto you, O ^dinhabitants of the earth.

 7 Wherefore, ^afear and ^btremble, O ye people, for what I the Lord have ^cdecreed in them shall be ^dfulfilled.

 8 And verily I say unto you, that they who go forth, bearing these tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, to them is power given to ^aseal both on earth and in heaven, the unbelieving and ^brebellious;

 9 Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the ^aday when the ^bwrath of God shall be poured out upon the ^cwicked without measure—

 10 Unto the ^aday when the Lord shall come to ^brecompense unto every man according to his ^cwork, and ^dmeasure to every man according to the measure which he has measured to his fellow man.

 11 Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear:

 12 Prepare ye, ^aprepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is ^bnigh;

 13 And the ^aanger of the Lord is kindled, and his ^bsword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.

 14 And the ^aarm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the ^bday cometh that they who will not ^chear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his ^dservants, neither give ^eheed to the words of the prophets and ^fapostles, shall be ^gcut off from among the people;

 15 For they have ^astrayed from mine ^bordinances, and have ^cbroken mine ^deverlasting covenant;

 16 They ^aseek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man ^bwalketh in his ^cown ^dway, and after the ^eimage of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth ^fold and shall perish in ^gBabylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.

 17 Wherefore, I the Lord, ^aknowing the calamity which should come upon the ^binhabitants of the earth, ^ccalled upon my ^dservant Joseph Smith, Jun., and ^espake unto him from heaven, and gave him ^fcommandments;

 18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—

 19 The ^aweak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man ^bshould not counsel his fellow man, neither ^ctrust in the arm of flesh—

 20 But that every man might ^aspeak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;

 21 That faith also might increase in the earth;