22. And now, verily I say unto you, and this is wisdom, make unto {269} yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, and they will not destroy you. 23. Leave judgment alone with me, for it is mine, and I will repay. Peace be with you; my blessings continue with you, 24. For even yet the kingdom is yours, and shall be for ever, if you fall not from your steadfastness. Even so. Amen. [Sidenote: The Purposes the Prophet Seeks to Effect Through Church Organization.] On the 27th, we transacted considerable business for the salvation of the Saints, who were settling among a ferocious set of mobbers, like lambs among wolves. It was my endeavor to so organize the Church, that the brethren might eventually be independent of every incumbrance beneath the celestial kingdom, by bonds and covenants of mutual friendship, and mutual love. [Sidenote: A Visit to the Colesville Saints.] On the 28th and 29th, I visited the brethren above Big Blue river, in Kaw township, a few miles west of Independence, and received a welcome only known by brethren and sisters united as one in the same faith, and by the same baptism, and supported by the same Lord. The Colesville branch, in particular, rejoiced as the ancient Saints did with Paul. [13] It is good to rejoice with the people of God. On the 30th, I returned to Independence, and again sat in council with the brethren, and received the following: _Revelation, given April, 1832_. [14] 1. Verily, thus saith the Lord, in addition to the laws of the Church concerning women and children, those who belong to the Church, who have lost their husbands or fathers. 2. Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance, until their husbands are taken, and if they are not found transgressors they shall have fellowship in the Church. 3. And if they are not faithful, they shall not have fellowship in the {270} Church; yet they may remain upon their inheritances according to the laws of the land. 4. All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until they are of age. 5. And after that they have claim upon the Church, or in other words upon the Lord's storehouse, if their parents have not wherewith to give them inheritances. 6. And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the Church, and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor. Amen. [Sidenote: Literary Affairs of the Church Considered.]