42. And thus, even as I have said, if ye are faithful, ye shall assemble yourselves together to rejoice upon the land of Missouri, which is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies. 43. But, behold, I the Lord, will hasten the city in its time, and will crown the faithful with joy and with rejoicing. 44. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and I will lift them up at the last day. Even so. Amen. Shortly after the foregoing was received, at the request of Algernon Sidney Gilbert I inquired, and obtained the following: _Revelation, given June, 1831._ [6] 1. Behold, I say unto you my servant Sidney Gilbert, that I have heard your prayers, and you have called upon me that it should be made known unto you of the Lord your God, concerning your calling {180} and election in the Church, which I, the Lord, have raised up in these last days. 2. Behold, I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world, give unto you a commandment that you shall forsake the world. 3. Take upon you mine ordination, even that of an Elder, to preach faith and repentance, and remission of sins, according to my word, and the reception of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands. 4. And also to be an agent unto this Church in the place which shall be appointed by the Bishop, according to commandments which shall be given hereafter. 5. And again, verily I say unto you, you shall take your journey with my servants Joseph Smith, Jun, and Sidney Rigdon. 6. Behold these are the first ordinances which you shall receive, and the residue shall be made known in a time to come, according to your labor in my vineyard. 7. And again, I would that ye should learn that he only is saved who endureth unto the end. Even so. Amen. [Sidenote: Difficulty in the Thompson Branch.] The branch of the Church in Thompson, on account of breaking the covenant, [7] and not knowing what to do, they sent in Newel Knight and other Elders, to ask me to inquire of the Lord for them; which I did, and received the following: {181} _Revelation to Newel Knight, given at Kirtland, June, 1831._ [8] 1. Behold, thus saith the Lord, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, even he who was crucified for the sins of the world. 2. Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, my servant, Newel Knight, you shall stand fast in the office wherewith I have appointed you; 3. And if your brethren desire to escape their enemies, let them repent of all their sins, and become truly humble before me and contrite; 4. And as the covenant which they made unto me has been broken, even so it has become void and of none effect; 5. And wo to him by whom this offense cometh, for it had been better for him that he had been drowned in the depth of the sea;