Thus the work of building up the center place of Zion was commenced, and although the commencement was humble in the extreme, the final result shall be the erection of a city that shall be the crowning glory of the western world—a city from which shall go forth the law of the Lord unto all nations, for it is written: "The law shall go forth from Zion." [C]
[Footnote C: Isaiah 2:3.]
It shall be a city of refuge, for the Lord has said that "every man that will not take his sword against his neighbor, must needs flee unto Zion for safety." [D]
[Footnote D: Doc. & Cov. Sec. 45:68.]
The wicked will consider her inhabitants terrible, while the righteous out of every nation will come unto her with songs of everlasting joy in their hearts.[E]
[Footnote E: Doc. & Cov. Sec. 45:69-71.]
CHAPTER IV.
THE LAND AND THE CITY.
The land in which the city of Zion is to be built will ever be of interest to the saints, and I therefore give the following description of that section of Missouri.