Alvah Tippits 34.63 80.00 John H. Tippits 171.05 51.93 Henry Adams 11.13 8.75 Zebulon Adams 1.75 Caroline Tippits 151.06 107.00 David Bragg 5.00 1.06 Gustavus A. Perry 6.00 Total, $848.40; $100.00 for boots and shoes, to be left in Kirtland. The wise men appointed are John H. Tippits and Joseph H. Tippits. [Sidenote: The Covenant of Tithing.] On the evening of the 29th of November, I united in prayer with Brother Oliver for the continuance of {175} blessings. After giving thanks for the relief which the Lord had lately sent us by opening the hearts of the brethren from the east, to loan us $430; after commencing and rejoicing before the Lord on this occasion, we agreed to enter into the following covenant with the Lord, viz.: That if the Lord will prosper us in our business and open the way before us that we may obtain means to pay our debts; that we be not troubled nor brought into disrepute before the world, nor His people; after that, of all that He shall give unto us, we will give a tenth to be bestowed upon the poor in His Church, or as He shall command; and that we will be faithful over that which He has entrusted to our care, that we may obtain much; and that our children after us shall remember to observe this sacred and holy covenant; and that our children, and our children's children, may know of the same, we have subscribed our names with our own hands. (Signed) Joseph Smith, Jun. Oliver Cowdery, _A Prayer_. And now, O Father, as Thou didst prosper our father Jacob, and bless him with protection and prosperity wherever he went, from the time he made a like covenant before and with Thee; as Thou didst even the same night, open the heavens unto him and manifest great mercy and power, and give him promises, wilt Thou do so with us his sons; and as his blessings prevailed above his progenitors unto the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills, even so may our blessings prevail like his; and may Thy servants be preserved from the power and influence of wicked and unrighteous men; may every weapon formed against us fall upon the head of him who shall form it; may we be blessed with a name and a place among Thy Saints here, and Thy sanctified when they shall rest. Amen. [Sidenote: A Prophecy.] _November 30_.--While reflecting on the goodness and mercy of God this evening, a prophecy was put into our hearts, that in a short time the Lord would arrange His providences in a merciful manner and send us assistance to deliver us from debt and bondage. [Sidenote: School at Kirtland for the Elders.]