Log tabernacle built in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
17th The fore part of the day was taken up in business & teach
ing & council the spirit of the Lord was with the people
Among other subjects President Young s[p]oke upon the subject
of danceing & said that danceing was not an ordinance of the
gospel or of the House of the Lord. But the organization of man
is such that it requires A variety, singing stimulates the whole
system & the mental mind to such a degree that they want to
dance, this is well enough in its place, every thing that is calcula
ted to fill the soul with Joy is ordained of God & is prpoper for
the Saints if they acknowledge God in all things & do not sin
But dont mingle with the wicked world & sin but serve the
Lord with it. And the ownly lawful place to dance is in a tem-
ple or a place of endowment, you will never see any music
or danceing in Hell neither Joy or gladness will be there but
these things will be in Heaven many other interesting rema-
rks were made.
The afternoon & evening was spent in music and danceing
the old grey headed man, with the young man, maiden and
children went forth in the dance together & praised the Lord
in the dance and all was pieace and Harmony
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