Dec 30th Sunday Conference opened at 10 oclock
addressed the people & was followed by President I was
not preasent & did not report. I attended in the afternoon
& Elder spoke in a vary interesting manner
concerning the fulfillment of , the
of Christ, the building of the , the blowing of the tru[m]p,
the opening of the seals, the pouring out of the plagues, the
of the dead &c. He said in 1829 He had this voice continually
ringing in his ears "Prepare ye the way of the Lord & make his
paths strait" After he was baptized he went to &
told that He knew he was a of God & wanted
him to inquire of the Lord for him when he obtained this
revelation recorded in the given Nov 1830
recorded on page 280 there the Lord told him to lift up his
voice long & Loud preparing the way for the second coming of the
Lord then I understood my former feelings.
I attended the meeting in the evening Br Ray spok 1st attempted
to speak to the people but vary soon chocked down with caughing
or sumthing in the throat & stoped. followed &
spoke at Length in a vary interesting manner upon a great variety
of subjects much to the of those who herd. Before the
close of the meeting I spoke to the people a few moments the following
are some of the remarks which I made
Brethren & sisters I feel to say a few words before closing I have
listened with attention to the teachings we have herd during
this afternoon & evening & I can bear testimony that they
are true. Elder Orson Pratt has spread before us this after-
noon the fulfillment of that grait chain of Prophesyies which
are to take place before the coming of the like a great
panarama spread upon the wall so that evry person can see &
behold it. Now can we realize that these great & glorious events
are to transpire within 40 years even in our day & the days of
our children. no we cannot but yet it will be so. The
has said that it was necessary to send missionaries through
this to preach to the people in order to save them
this I believe is true we as a people have got to rise up &
become pure & holy in order to be prepared to meet
the great events which are rushing upon us with the rapidity of
lightning we have got to make up our minds whether we
will keep a Celestial Law or what Law we will keep. It is
necessary for us to send messengers of salvation to stir up the
minds of the people as long as there can be found an Adulterer
a thief, a liar, a Blasphemer or a Parent in all Israel that does
not bow down morning & evening with his family & call upon the
name of the Lord. Let us seek to lay aside our sins & call upon
the Lord untill we do enjoy the Holy spirit continually. evry ma[n]
& woman in all Israel may know what law they are ceeping &
to what Glory they are bound. But all persons may know that they
will miss of a full salvation while they are committing sin of any
kind now let not the people think [it] strange because the
of this Church chastise them it is their duty & place to do ^it^ when
it is necessary. let us fully realize that we should not go to
sleep & be careless & indiferent towards the events which we
are called to pass through we should overcome the world the flesh
& the Devil, & trust in God for evry blessing. their is neither
Male nor female that finally overcome & receive a no matter how great the sacrifice may be in order to obtain
it but what will be satisfyed with the reward & would not
wish to obtain it ^on^ any easier term
