As the name implies, Take Heed to Yourselves! is designed to give Latter-day Saints better understanding of their responsibilities as members of the Restored Church. Says the author: "I want to tell you the greatest need in the Church of Jesus Christ is repentance and more respect for divine authority, more willingness to keep the commandments of the Lord." In this volume President Smith cries repentance, tells of the standards of the Church, and warns that the time is short in which to prepare for the second coming of the Savior. "Entangle not yourselves in sin," he quotes from modern-day scripture, "but let your hands be clean, until the Lord comes." He speaks in a voice of solemn warning to the Church and to the world in this newest volume containing a compilation of his most important sermons and writings, heretofore unpublished. Take Heed to Yourselves! is both warning of things to come and wise counsel.