Woodruffs reach Council Bluffs, Iowa.
29th Saturday [FIGURE] Presidents Young & Richards
Met at my tent And I called my family together
& I lade before them the conduct of Caroline
Barton & Sarah Brown in there night ramblings
with unprincipled, young, men. many things were
said upon the subject. They manifested a disposition
to live els whare and I wished them to do so if they
would not conduct better Elder Richards prophe-
syed to them in the name of the Lord that they
would see the day that they would be willing
to have there right arm severd from there body
if that would restore them to the place & station
they were now loosing. but in consequence of
there bad conduct I sent Caroline to her Father &
Mother & Sarah left my tent to seek some place
to stay she went to Br Bakers untill she could get
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August 30, 1846 ~ Sunday [FIGURE] 30th Sunday I met at the place of meeting with the 12 & church. Elder Kimbal addressed the Meeting I followed him. Elder Young followed & gave many principles of interest. said we must have exp- erience if we had done right & known how to have Magnifyed the Priesthood we should not have been driven from Jackson County but must have experiec in order to be prepared to govern the kingdom of God
President Young there addressed the meeting And said that it was an Eternal Principle that before God would chose A man to rule any part of his kingdom he must first learn to be ruled And that the Lord was preparing A people for that purpose & fifty years would not pass away before many who are now present will each rule over many more than what I do this day
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