"34. The seventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the Twelve or the traveling High Council, in building up the church and regulating all the affairs of the same in all nations--first unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews; "35. The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys to open the door by the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ--and first unto the Gentiles and then unto the Jews. "36. The standing High Councils, at the Stakes of Zion, form a quorum equal in authority, in the affairs of the church, in all their decisions, to the quorum of the Presidency, or to the traveling High Council. "37. The High Council in Zion, form a quorum equal in authority, in the affairs of the church, in all their decisions, to the Councils of the Twelve at the Stakes of Zion. "38. It is the duty of the traveling High Council to call upon the seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several calls for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others. "39. It is the duty of the Twelve, in all large branches of the church, to ordain evangelical ministers, as they shall be designated unto them by revelation. "40. The order of this Priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed, to whom the promises were made. "41. This order was instituted in the days of Adam, and came down by lineage in the following manner:-- "42. From Adam to Seth, who was ordained by Adam at the age of 69 years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam's) death, and received the promise of God by his father that his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be preserved unto the end of the earth, "43. Because he (Seth) was a perfect man, and his likeness was the express likeness of his father's, insomuch that he seemed to be like unto his father in all things, and could be distinguished from him only by his age. "44. Enos was ordained at the age of 134 years and four months, by the hand of Adam. "45. God called upon Cainan in the wilderness, in the fortieth year of his age, and he met Adam in journeying to the place Shedolamak. He was 87 years old when he received his ordination. "46. Mahalaleel was 496 years and seven days old when he was ordained by the hand of Adam, who also blessed him. "47. Jared was 200 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam, who also blessed him. "48. Enoch was 25 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam, and he was 65 and Adam blessed him. "49. And he saw the Lord, and he walked with him, and was before his face continually; and he walked with God 365 years, making him 430 years old when he was translated. "50. Methuselah was 100 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam. "51. Lamech was 32 years old when he was ordained under the hand of Seth.