Hearken, O ye elders of my ^achurch, who have assembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Savior of the world; inasmuch as ye believe on my name and keep my commandments.

 2 Again I say unto you, hearken and hear and obey the ^alaw which I shall give unto you.

 3 For verily I say, as ye have assembled yourselves together according to the ^acommandment wherewith I commanded you, and are agreed as ^btouching this one thing, and have asked the Father in my name, even so ye shall receive.

 4 Behold, verily I say unto you, I give unto you this first commandment, that ye shall ^ago forth in my name, every one of you, excepting my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon.

 5 And I give unto them a commandment that they shall go forth for a little season, and it shall be ^agiven by the power of the Spirit when they shall return.

 6 And ye shall go forth in the power of my Spirit, preaching my gospel, ^atwo by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the sound of a ^btrump, declaring my word like unto angels of God.

 7 And ye shall go forth baptizing with water, saying: Repent ye, repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

 8 And from this place ye shall go forth into the regions westward; and inasmuch as ye shall find them that will receive you ye shall ^abuild up my church in every region—

 9 Until the time shall come when it shall be revealed unto you from on high, when the ^acity of the ^bNew Jerusalem shall be prepared, that ye may be ^cgathered in one, that ye may be my ^dpeople and I will be your God.