21. Do not borrow money of Saints or strangers.
22. Do not make promises to write or do other favors when you get home; wait until you get home, and then do all you reasonably can.
23. Do not praise the beauties of Zion, or magnify the virtues of the Saints. Fortify the people for the trials they must meet, as they will be tried in the furnace. Urge the people to stay and maintain the work abroad in the earth, by their works and their means. Thus they will gain strength to be able to stand when they do gather to Zion. If they must apostatize, it is better that they do so in their native land.
24. Start right, by avoiding all evil habits; never say in public or in private that you do not know the Gospel is true.
25. Get an understanding of the Gospel, and teach it as the spirit directs.
26. Get the spirit of your mission and keep it.
27. Seek learning by faith as well as by good study. If deficient in good English, acquire a knowledge thereof so as not to betray ignorance; but do not depend upon fine words or upon the learning of the world.
28. Live near the Lord, so that you can approach and appeal to Him on all occasions.
29. Let all your talents, affections and power be centered on the work of the ministry.
30. Seek to know the will of the Lord, and to do it. When success attends your labors, give God the glory.