April 10^th Sunday
[FIGURE] A plesant morning A large congregation
of Saints met at the grove President William Law
addressed the assembly for about 1 hour

tThen Joseph the Seer arose in the power of
God reproved & rebuked wickedness inbefore the
people in the name of the Lord God. He wished
to say a few words to suit the condition of the general
mass. And I shall speak with authority of the
priesthood in the name of the Lord God, which
shall prove a savior of life unto life or of death
unto death. [2 Corinthians 2:16]

Notwithstanding this congregation profess to be
Saints yet I stand in the midst of all characters
and classes of men. If you wish to go whare God
is you must be like God or possess the principles which
God possesses for if we are not drawing towards God
in principle we are going from him & drawing towa-
rds the devil. yes I am standing in the midst of
all kinds of people. Search your hearts & see if
you are like God. I have searched mine & feel to
repent of all my sins. We have theives among us
Adulterers, liars, hypocritts. if God should speak
from Heaven he would command usyou not to
steal, not to commit Adultery, nor to covet, nor
deceive but be faithful over a few things

As far as we degenerate from God we desend
to the devil & looses knowledge & without knowle-
dge we cannot be saved & while our hertarts are filled
with evil & we are studying evil their is no room
in our hearts for good or studying good. is not
God good, theyea then you be good. if he is faithful
then you be faithful. Add to your faith virtue, to
virtue, knowledge, & seek for evry good thing [2 Peter 1:5]
the Church must be cleansed & I proclaim
against all iniquity. A man is saved no faster
than he gets knowledge for if he does not get
knowledge he will be brought into captivity by
some evil power in the other world as evil
spirits will have more knowlede & consequent
ly more power than many men who are

on the earth. hence it needs Revelation to
assist us & give us knowledge of the things of
God. What is the reason that the priest of
the day do not get Revelation. They ask ownly
to consume it upon their lust their hearts are
corrupt & they cloke their iniquity by saying
that their is no more Revelations. But if
any revelations are given of God they are univers
ally opposed by the priest & Christendon at large
for it reveals their wickedmess & abominations
many other remarks of interest were made
by the speaker I truly felt in my own heart
that it was a profitable meeting

on my return home I was soon met by one of
my old school mates & neighbours by the name of
Lewis Allen native of Avon Connecticut he had
called to visit Nauvoo & inquire into the principles
of the Latter Day Saints he herd Joseph the
Seer preach during the day & seemed much
better satisfied than he expected. he spent the
night with me & I lade before him the first
principles of the Gospel