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 {10} 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.