He [Joseph Smith] then gave a relation of obtaining and translating the Book of Mormon, the revelation of the priesthood of Aaron, the organization of the Church in the year 1830, the revelation of the high priesthood, and the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out upon the Church, etc. Take away the Book of Mormon, and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none; for without a Zion and a place of deliverance, we must fall, because the time is near when the sun will be darkened, the moon turn to blood, the stars fall from heaven and the earth reel to and fro. Then if this is the case, if we are not sanctified and gathered to the places where God has appointed, [despite] our former professions and our great love for the Bible, we must fall, we cannot stand, we cannot be saved; for God will gather out his saints from the Gentiles and then comes desolation or destruction and none can escape except the pure in heart who are gathered, etc.