[2]. Page 191, verses 3 and 4.

[3]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. ci. The revelation explains why the Saints were driven from Zion.

Chapter XXXIV.

A Press Established at Kirtland—Blessings upon the Prophet's Family—Responsibility for Lawless Acts in Missouri.

Dedication of the Printing Press.

December 18.—The Elders assembled in the printing office, and bowed down before the Lord, and I dedicated the printing press, and all that pertained thereunto, to God, which dedication was confirmed by Elder Rigdon, and my brother, Hyrum Smith. We then proceeded to take the first proof sheet of the reprinted Star,[[1]] edited by Elder Oliver Cowdery.

Strength and Weakness of Oliver Cowdery.

Blessed of the Lord is Brother Oliver, nevertheless there are two evils in him that he must needs forsake, or he cannot altogether escape the buffetings of the adversary. If he forsake these evils he shall be forgiven, and shall be made like unto the bow which the Lord hath set in the heavens; he shall be a sign and an ensign unto the nations. Behold, he is blessed of the Lord for his constancy and steadfastness in the work of the Lord; wherefore, he shall be blessed in his generation, and they shall never be cut off, and he shall be helped out of many troubles; and if he keep the commandments, and hearken unto the counsel of the Lord, his rest shall be glorious.