I gave unto them. ¶ But verily <​I say​> unto you, that I have decreed a decree which my people shall realize, inasmuch as they harken from this very hour unto the counsel, which I the Lord their God shall give unto them. Behold they shall, for I have decreed it, begin to prevail against mine enimies, from this very hour,— and by hearkening to observe all the words which I the Lorde their God shall speak unto them, they never cease to prevail until the kingdoms of the world are subdued under my feet, and the earth is again given unto the saints to possess it forever and ever.— But inasmuch as they keep not my , and hearken not to observe all my words, the kingdoms of the world shall prevail against them, for they were set to be a light unto the world, and to be saviors of men: and inasmuch as they are not the saviors of men, they are as salt that has lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing. but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. ¶ But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which have scattered shall return to the lands of their and build up the waste places of : for, after much tribulation, as I have said unto you in a former commandment, cometh the blessing. Behold this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulation, and the tribulation of your brethren; your redemption, and the redemption of your brethren; even their restoration to the land of to be established no more to be thrown down: nevertheless, if they <​shall​> pollute their inheritances, they shall be thrown down, for I will not spare them if they shall pollute their inheritances. Behold I say unto you, that the redemption of must needs come of power: Therefore, I will raise up unto my people, a man who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel, for ye are the children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham; and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched out arm: and as your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption of be: Therefore let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I said unto your fathers, mine angel shall go up before you, and not my presence, but I say unto you, mine angel shall go up before you, and also my presence, and, in time you shall possess the goodly land. ¶ Verily, verily I say unto you, my servant Joseph Smith Jr. is the man, to whom I likened the servant to whom the Lord of the vineyard spoke in the parable, which I have [p. 2]