7th Sunday I met with the saints At Brother And preached
to them Administered unto 2 that were sick. Atte-
nded meeting in the Evening came to see me and
spent several Hours with me he walked to Mr with me
He is quite unhappy at the present time He is now out of the church
and has not taken any active part in the work since his
And was cut off. I spent the night at Mr Burbanks
7th [FIGURE] I returned home by cars and recieved 3 letters from &
, And A letter and an Epistle from the presidency in Zion
All of which were full of good News. The following is a portion of the
contents or substance of it "They have universal health good crops plenty to
eat No sickness or Death of late are Prospering on evry hand are laying off three
new cities one at one at & one at valley
200 miles south of from 50 to 100 families had gone to form
a settlement at Sand Pittoh valley under the Presidency of Father
they had organized the Nauvoo Legion in the valley and it would
have been a source of Joy to the Saints throughout the Earth could they
have witnessed its movements on the day of its great parade to see a
whole Army of mighty men in martial aray ground their Arms not
by command but simply by request repair to the and with pick & spade
open the foundation for a place of worship & treat the pilasters beams & roof so
that we now have a commodious edifice 100 by 60 feet with brick walls whare
we assemble with the Saints from sabbath to sabbath & almost evry evening in the
week to teach, council & defise [devise] ways and means for the prosperity of the
Kingdom of God, and we feel thankful that we have a better house
or bowery for Public worship the coming winter than we have heretofore
had any winter in this dispensation. Also the walls of the are nearly completed. The baths at the warm spring house are
in Progress and the foundation is laid & the brick prepaired for an
extensive store house & granary and no exheertions are wanting on our part
to push forward the Public works as fast as tithing & means are put into
our hand. They spoke of their great celebration on the 24th July as being a day
long to be remembered. 15 brethren had arived from the gold country
some had plenty of gold some were as destitute as when they went on board
of the ship Brooklin. "The true use of gold was for paving streets
covering houses & makeing culinary dishes & when the saints shall have
preached the gospel raised grain & built up cities enough the Lord will
open up the way for a supply of gold to the perfect satisfaction of his
people. They hadve laid the foundation for a perpetual fund for the
purpose of gathering all the poor saints to Zion who cannot gather them
selves untill all the poor ar gatherd from , the United
States and all the World And $5,500 isas the first fruits of it is sent
to by the hand of Bishop to buy oxen to take the
poor with him to Zion this season & then Each year to return to the
