1 It is my will that my servant Warren A. Cowdery should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church, in the land of Freedom and the regions round about;
106:1-81 It is my will that my servant Warren A. Cowdery should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church, in the land of Freedom and the regions round about;
2 And should preach my everlasting gospel, and lift up his voice and warn the people, not only in his own place, but in the adjoining counties;
He should preach around his own place, and also in surrounding counties.
3 And devote his whole time to this high and holy calling, which I now give unto him, seeking diligently the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness, and all things necessary shall be added thereunto; for the laborer is worthy of his hire.
4 And again, verily I say unto you, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, and it overtaketh the world as a thief in the night—
5 Therefore, gird up your loins, that you may be the children of light, and that day shall not overtake you as a thief.
The Lord is coming soon.
So gird your loins.
6 And again, verily I say unto you,there was joy in heaven when my servant Warren bowed to my scepter, and separated himself from the crafts of men;
Everyone in heaven rejoiced when Warren bowed to my scepter.
7 Therefore, blessed is my servant Warren, for I will have mercy on him; and, notwithstanding the vanity of his heart, I will lift him up inasmuch as he will humble himself before me.
So I'll have mercy on him, even though his heart is vain (if he hunbles himself before me).
8 And I will give him grace and assurance wherewith he may stand; and if he continue to be a faithful witness and a light unto the church I have prepared a crown for him in the mansions of my Father. Even so. Amen.
I've made a crown for him in my Father's mansions.
Amen.
It looks like Warren Cowdery didn't get the crown that Jesus made for him (see v.8), judging by what the church's Elder's Journal later said about him:
We have often heard it remarked by slave holders that you should not make a negro equal with you or he would try to walk over you. We have found the saying verified in this pious doctor [Warren A. Cowdery], for truly this niggardly spirit manifested itself in all its meanness. Even in his writings (and they were very mean at best) he threw out foul insinuations, which no man who had one particle of noble feeling would have condescended to. But such was the conduct of this master of meanness.
Freedom, New York was Warren Cowdery's hometown.
