31 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to I F Carter & sent him an account of
the money I had sent him it went via Calafornia
The quorum of the Twelve met on the 29th Dec & spent the
evening in conversation abot laying some plan to liberate
ourselves & familyies so we can be foot loose & go & preach
the gospel & leave a support for ourselves & families speches
were made by all the quorum present upon the subject
On the next sunday Jan 2nd 1853 President Brigham Young
& H. C. Kimbal met with the quorum of the Twelve & the
same subject was brought up & talked over & President
Young said the best way for the Twelve to get a living for
themselves & familis was to preach the gospel with all
their might & your means will come in your way T. B
Marsh once said he did not know what Joseph called the
Twelve for without it was to abuse them I told him if the
Twelve were faithful they would soon see the day that they
would have all the influence they could wield that day has come
He said laying plans in our present situation for perpetuity
was all a shadow we may lay plans but they may be frustrated
On the last day of Dec 1852 I looked over my Jounal &
recorded on the following page the result of my labour &c
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