_Revelation, given at Kirtland, Ohio, February 4th, 1831._ [6] 1. Hearken and hear, O ye my people, saith the Lord and your God, ye whom I delight to bless with the greatest of all blessings, ye that hear me; and ye that hear me not will I curse, that have professed my name, with the heaviest of all cursings. 2. Hearken, O ye Elders of my Church whom I have called, behold I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall assemble yourselves together to agree upon my word, 3. And by the prayer of your faith ye shall receive my law, that ye may know how to govern my Church and have all things right before me. 4. And I will be your Ruler when I come; and behold, I come quickly, and ye shall see that my law is kept. 5. He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple; and he that saith he receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is not my disciple, and shall be cast out from among you: 6. For it is not meet that the things which belong to the children of the kingdom, shall be given to them that are not worthy, or to dogs, or the pearls to be cast before swine. 7. And again, it is meet that my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., should have a house built, in which to live and translate. 8. And again, it is meet that my servant, Sidney Rigdon should live as seemeth him good, inasmuch as he keepeth my commandments. 9. And again, I have called my servant, Edward Partridge, and I give a commandment, that he should be appointed by the voice of the Church, and ordained a Bishop unto the Church, to leave his merchandise and to spend all his time in the labors of the Church: 10. To see to all things as it shall be appointed unto him, in my laws in the day that I shall give them. 11. And this because his heart is pure before me, for he is like unto Nathaniel of old, in whom there is no guile. 12. These words are given unto you, and they are pure before me; wherefore beware how you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of judgment. Even so. Amen. {148} [Sidenote: Revelation Giving the Law of the Church.] On the 9th of February, 1831, at Kirtland, in the presence of twelve Elders, and according to the promise heretofore made, [7] the Lord gave the following revelation, embracing the law of the Church: _Revelation, given February, 1831._ [8] 1. Hearken, O ye Elders of my Church, who have assembled yourselves together in my name, even Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, the Savior of the world, inasmuch as they believe on my name and keep my commandments. 2. Again, I say unto you, hearken and hear and obey the law which I shall give unto you;