Mr. Sydney Rigdon to the congregation of his Christian church about the year 1830.

'The information we have this evening received is of an extraordinary character, and certainly demanded our most serious consideration; and as the Apostle advised his brethren to “prove all things, and hold fast that which is good” so I would exhort you my brethren likewise, and to give this matter a careful investigation, and not turn against it without being fully convinced of its being an imposition, lest we should, possibly, resist the truth.” (see 1 Thessalonians 5:21)