On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.

I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.

The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me.

Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, / Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, / Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.