13 The Saints assembled this morning & was addressed by
E. T. Benson in the morning who spoke lengthy in the afternoon
the meeting was addressed By John Young J M Grant &
W Woodruff who expressed their feelings upon various subj-
ects B Young followed and advised to have the logs so close
that arrows could not be shot into the fort. He would prefer to
have many address the saints so as to get Ideas from many than
to have one occupy all the time. He wished the boundaries of the
citieys to be altered on the charter as their was a mistake in also the
name was to be altered from Cedar City to the Indian Name PAROWAN
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A meeting was called at 4 oclock to ascertain the minds of the Brethren it was found about 30 wished to go home 15 to get their families & the other 15 to remain at the great salt Lake each one made there excuse President Young then addressed them & said he would express his feelings upon the subject to those who wished to go home If you were now on a mission to France England or any other part of the Earth preaching the gospel you would not sit down & council together about going to get your families or go home untill your mission was ended. this is of quite as much importance as preaching the gospel for the time has now come when it is required of us to make the wilderness blos- som as the rose. Our mission now is build up stakes of Zion & fill these mountains with cities & when your mission is ended you are at Liberty to go & be free & ownly do right. When I go on a mission I leave my affairs in the hands of God.
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