August 1st Sunday. The congregation of the Saints assemb[led] [page covered]
under the Bower on the Temple lot at 10 oclok meeting opened
by singing & prayer Br Kimball Addressed the meeting for a
while & expressed his feelings upon a variety of subjects af[ter] [page covered]
which Br O Pratt preached A discourse upon the prophecies
of Isaiah & others concerning the building up of Zion in the la[st] [page covered]
days & thought many of those prophesies alluded to us in our pres
ent position such as Zion should be a city sought & not forsa[ken] [page covered] [Isaiah 62:12]
& that the munition of rocks should be a defence unto them [Isaiah 33:16]
the Lord sware that their corn & wine should no more be given
to their enemies, [Isaiah 62:8] & that the house of God should be built up[on] [page covered]
the tops of the mountain [Isaiah 2:2] &c He had the spirit of preachi[ng] [page covered]
& we were all edifyed, when He closed Dr Richards read a
letter from the commanding officer of the Battalion who
had gone with them to the Pacific spoke in the Highest term[s] [page covered]
of praise of them in all their procedings. Also A letter
from Captain Hunt on the 3rd of Feb was read. Br Kimb[all] [page covered]
made some remarks concerning our traiding with the India[ns] [page covered]
that we ought to Harken to council & keep our amunitio[n] [page covered]
& not trade with them at all at present the Indians left
our encampment in the night & whether they stole any thing
or not we do not yet know. Congregation came together aga[in] [page covered]
at 2 oclok the Bishops broke bread to the congregation Dr Richa[rds] [page covered]
read the revelation given at winter quarters & the whole s[illegible] [page faded]
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not sleep but a little time but should come forth out of our gr[aves] [page covered] with bodies that no mob could kill.
Br O Pratt preached a discourse upon the Prophecies of Isaiah & others concerning the building up of Zion in the la[st] [page covered] days & thought many of those prophesies alluded to us in our pres ent position such as Zion should be a city sought & not forsa[ken] [page covered] & that the munition of rocks should be a defence unto them the Lord sware that their corn & wine should no more be given to their enemies, & that the house of God should be built up[on] [page covered] the tops of the mountain &c he had the spirit of preachi[ng] [page covered] & we were all edifyed,
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