At 4:30 AM he was awakened and a voice spoke to him saying, "Get out of bed and write." He was obedient to this, and the the Lord gave him the following 12 statements, each prefaced with the words, "Tell My People."

1. Tell My people: I have gathered many of you to the Land of Zion.

2. Tell My people: You are here to build my Zion.

3. Tell My people: This is the day of your preparation.

4. Tell My people: I am waiting for you My people, to sanctify your lives.

5. Tell My people: To keep the Lord's day holy.

6. Tell My people: Come out of Babylon. Be not partakers of her ways.

7. Tell My people: Of the parable of the Ten Virgins, we are now in that time period.

8. Tell My people: My coming is near. Be ye ready.

9. Tell My people: Keep My commandments.

10. Tell My people: My word must become flesh.

11. Tell My people: Foretold calamities are coming to cleanse My people and the land of Zion.

12. Tell My priesthood: Go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.