Yea, verily I say unto you, I gave unto you a commandment that you should build a house, in the which house I design to endow those whom I have chosen with power from on high.

“The restoration of this [sealing] authority is the leaven that saves the earth from being utterly wasted at the coming of Jesus Christ. When we get this truth firmly and clearly fixed in our minds, it is easy to see that there would be only confusion and disaster should Christ come and the power of sealing not be here” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, p. 219).

1838 - The Kirtland Camp arrived at their final destination with much excitement and pitched their tents in the public square of Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri. Elsewhere, the Saints in DeWitt were being fired upon by the mob outside the settlement and were forced to take up arms in self-defense. General Lucas of the Missouri Militia wrote a letter to Governor Boggs informing him of the situation, calling the Saints “base and degraded beings.” He offers his troops to help remedy the situation.

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