()t shall come to pass, that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children enrolled in the book of the law of God: while that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the vivid shaft of lighting ... These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaketh, He will also fulfill.〔Letter from Joseph Smith to William W. Phelps, 1832-11-17, reprinted in ("Let Every Man Learn His Duty" ), ''Evening and Morning Star'', vol. 1, no. 8, pp. 121–22 (January 1833).〕〔See also reprint in Joseph Smith (B.H. Roberts ed.) (1902). ''History of the Church'' 1:297–99.〕