2 , , 8 I spent the time in the Legislature

in this Church many of the people ask for things they cannot
Handle I see it evry day. I wish to exhort the people Here to an
item of our religion yet I am happy to say that the item that
I am about to exhort you to the people generally are ready to carry
out firstly I would say let us observe the mormon creed let
evry mind their own business evry one has weeds enough in
his own guarding to attend to without attending to the weeds
in his Neighbors garden for while you are attending to
the weeds of your Neighbor those in your own will grow vary
thick & tall & will finally spoil the good seed I am asstonished
that the people do not see that they can get along much better
without doing evil than with. if a person does you an injury dont
retaliate & you get a great advantage of the person doing the evil
if a person injures you do him good & you get the advantage
of him & the victory. Follow the counsel of Brother Snow and
improve your time in study & treasureing up knowledge childn
should have their times of recreations for if they are kept still
from seeing & knowing any thing appertaining to amusements till
they are 18 yars of age when they do get out they will act
vary wild, but let the children sow their wild oats do up the
dancing & frolicking while young that when they get older they m[a]y
read the Bible Book of Mormon & preach the gospel & do goog [good] on
the earth I want to know all their is on Earth in Heaven
& Hell so that no person shall know more than I do but
in obtaining this knowledge I do not wish to sin their is
no need of singing.

If the weather had been good I should have called upon
the people to have commenced diging out the foundation of the Temple
I want to lay the cornor stone of the Temple on the 6^th day of next
April if the Lord will if you want to know what size I am
calculating to build the Temple I will say I am expecting to
break ground 150 feet by 220 And the foundation for
the building to stand upon 20 feet deep & 20 feet wide
& 10 feet high the basement story will then commence on
the top of the foundation & that will be 16 feet high 8 feet under
ground & 8 feet above then the main building will commence
on the top of the basement story. what is there here in this
valley that should hendor this people from being Happy I am
happy because I do not fret about any thing that I cannot
do. I wont fret about any thing what Henders your
praying & praising God No body but your own selves if you
are seeking to weed your neighbors garden you will have
business enough, but this is a happy people I wish they
would prize their blessings. You have not got to mourn
as did the Ancients because their children would Apostitise
turn from God & be cursed Our children will not Apostitze
they will not have time but will have all they can do to perform
the work of God as it rolls upon them to prepare the kingdom
for the coming of Christ gather up the Nations &c Then be
happy & do the things required of you

I attended the prayer meeting in the Afternoon And preached
to the 14 ward school House in the evening to a crouded House
I took for my text the mormon creed mind your own
Business I told them what our own business was to preach