“ Wherefore let my servants Sidney Gilbert and William W. Phelps take their former company, and let them take their journey in haste that they may fill their mission, and through faith they shall overcome;
10 And inasmuch as they are faithful they shall be preserved, and I, the Lord, will be with them.
11 And let the residue take that which is needful for clothing.
12 Let my servant Sidney Gilbert take that which is not needful with him, as you shall agree. ”

“ Revelation through Joseph Smith, on the bank of the Missouri River, McIlwaine's Bend, August 12, 1831. History of the Church 1:202-5.
1 Behold, and hearken unto the voice of him who has all power, who is from everlasting to everlasting, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. ”