The Book of the Order of the Ancients

5. He who entereth the Order must be one who is dedicated to seeing the face of God and receiving from him the promise of eternal lives.

6. He must keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord his God, to do what is good and upright in the sight of God according to that which he commanded through Moses the lawgiver and through his servants the prophets.

7. He who seeketh to enter the holy order of God must be one who loveth that which the Lord loveth and hateth that which the Lord hateth.

8. He must keep all the evil far from him and love to do good, that his works may bear testimony of his righteousness before God and man; he must be governed by the principles of truth, righteousness, and justice in all he doeth while in this tabernacle of clay, having repented of his inclination to follow after the dictates of the flesh, no longer doing evil according to the selfishness and jealousy and contentious spirit which dwelleth in the natural man.

9. Every member of the Order must be dedicated to bringing into a bond of mutual love all those who are striving to live after the holy order of God.

10. To live after the order of the ancients means that they must live in the community of God's elect, holding all things common and loving one another as themselves.