The Prophecy of Enoch

In this number will be found an extract from the prophecy of Enoch, which was received by revelation, soon after the organization of the church, and first published in the "Evening and Morning Star." As it is a relic, too precious to be lost, we extract it for the benefit of the readers of the Times and Seasons. It gives us a specimen of the power Enoch obtained with God, by faith, for we are told "that by faith Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him." We trust that it will prove a stimulus, to the saints, to action, when they read of the great blessings enjoyed by the ancients and consider that they were men of like passions with ourselves, subject to all the evils and temptations with which we are surrounded; and that the same God, who conferred upon them such great privileges, "is the same yesterday to day and forever," and is "no respecter of persons," consequently is just as willing to hear and answer the prayers, and bestow as great blessings upon his children now as in days gone by: therefore, beloved brethren, let us gird up our loins and be faithful, knowing that the days draw near, and the time is at hand, when the just shall stand by faith.

As the greater portion of our readers, are those who have not had the priviledge[privilege] of being conversant with the former publications of this church, we

therefore, deem it proper to extract some articles from them. We have commenced, in this number a series of letters written by O. Cowdery, in 1834, on the subject of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the rise of the church, and the restoration of the Priesthood; these three subjects excite more curiosity, create more enquiry [inquiry], and cause more labor to answer, than any others of our faith. Therefore, that all who wish, may have the desired intelligence, we shall publish them from the pen of a living witness.