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Desiring to build the Fellowship, as commanded by the Lord, I was anxious to create a place for the Sisters of Zion.
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Yet at that time, I still had not found the Elect Lady the Lord has promised to call to help with this task.
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Undaunted, I returned to the Lord again in prayer to find out what I could do to help build this part of the Kingdom, and the Lord spoke to me, saying:
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Unto my servant, David, I say: I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I AM, YHWH; the beginning and the end, the Redeemer of the world;
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Behold, I see that thou once again desire to know concerning the organization of the Sisterhood.
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Yea, as I have said unto thee before, the High Priestess and Elect Lady that shall be called in my name as prophetess, seer, and revelator; she shall do this work in my name.
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¶ I have told thee the formation, and thou hast set it forth; but thou are of Melchizedek and these are my High Priestesses after the Order of the Sisterhood of Magdalene;
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Yea, after mine ascension into heaven, behold the flock was scattered and those that followed my servants Peter, James, and John were overtaken by those that followed my servant Paul;
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And these drown out the voice of my servant Mary; yeah even the wife of the Son of Man;
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Yet these could not be hid fully from the world, as her title, Magdalene, was a sign unto those with eyes to see and ears to hear that she too was a fisher of men.
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¶ And even when my servant Joseph sought to restore this Sisterhood, behold his wife Emma tried to raise her status before it was time;
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Yea, and she fought with her husband over his interpretation of my doctrine;
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And though both were far astray from my views on this, my doctrine, for neither fully understood the ways of the Lord in this matter,
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Still neither would come together in my name and thus the Church was scattered.
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¶ And my servant, Brigham Young took from his branch of my church the Sisterhood of Magdalene, and reinstated a Society after the order of men;
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¶ And my servant Wallace B. Smith did restore that which my servants Joseph and Brigham took away, yet did not allow them their own space in my Church;
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Thus these were merged with Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods.
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¶ And behold, what thou hast compiled pleaseth me, and I give unto thee a commandment to publish this work.
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And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have given this command unto you that I might bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men; Even so, Amen.