A Revelation through the Prophet James J. Strang, officially establishing the Order of Enoch according to the command of the Lord, given January 12, 1848.
1 On the twelfth of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty eight, the Order of Enoch was established on the Hill of Promise at Voree in pursuance of the command which came forth on the first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and foty-six,
2 By the union of James J. Strang, Benjamin G. Wright, Phineas Wright, Samuel Wright, Seth C. Childs, Lyman Reynolds, Luther T. Prindle, Anson N. Prindle, WIlliam Savage, Finley Page, Francis Cooper, and Samuel C. Hull,
3 By the consecration of all their substance and the organization of their families as one household, with James J. Strang as Patriarch of the household.
4 The Order now consists of about one hundred and fifty persons, having had considerable additions and several having drawn back from it.
5 Of the original members, Seth C. Childs, Lyman Reynolds and william Savage have drawn back.