9. But before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked: 10. Wherefore lift up your voice and spare not, for the Lord God hath spoken; therefore prophesy, and it shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost; 11. And if you are faithful, behold, I am with you until I come: 12. And verily, verily, I say unto you, I come quickly. I am your Lord and your Redeemer. Even so. Amen. [Sidenote: Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge Visit the Prophet.] In December Sidney Rigdon came to inquire of the Lord, and with him came Edward Partridge; [4] the latter was a pattern of piety, and one of the Lord's great men. Shortly after the arrival of these two brethren, thus spake the Lord: {129} _Revelation to Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, given at Fayette, New York, December, 1830._ [5] 1. Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same today as yesterday, and forever. 2. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crucified for the sins of the world, even as many as will believe on my name, that they may become the sons of God, even one in me as I am one in the Father, as the Father is one in me, that we may be one. 3. Behold, verily, verily, I say unto my servant Sidney, I have looked upon thee and thy works. I have heard thy prayers, and prepared thee for a greater work. 4. Thou art blessed, for thou shalt do great things. Behold thou wast sent forth, even as John, to prepare the way before me, and before Elijah which should come and thou knewest it not. 5. Thou didst baptize by water unto repentance, but they received not the Holy Ghost; 6. But now I give unto thee a commandment, that thou shalt baptize by water, and they shall receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, even as the apostles of old. 7. And it shall come to pass that there shall be a great work in the land, even among the Gentiles, for their folly and their abominations shall be made manifest in the eyes of all people; 8. For I am God, and mine arm is not shortened; and I will show miracles, signs, and wonders, unto all those who believe on my name. {130} 9. And whoso shall ask it in my name in faith, they shall cast out devils; they shall heal the sick, they shall cause the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak, and the lame to walk; 10. And the time speedily cometh that great things are to be shown forth unto the children of men; 11. But without faith shall not anything be shown forth, except desolations upon Babylon, the same which has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.