Wilford serves sixth term as member of Territorial Legislature.
6th Sunday I wrote 8 Letters to day to my family in answer
to theirs. I did not attend meeting through the day
President Young spoke to the people in the forenoon upon
the subject of mens Judging each other. He said He reproved
men for their acts but He was not prepared to cast men
down to Hell for their imperfections & acts untill he knew the
hearts of men & principles by which they were governed
He also said that a person always had to experience the oppositi[on]
& pass through sorrow, pain, & affliction before he could be
exhalted to glory & if a man had the exact glory that
Jesus had he would have to die in the same way & if a
man passed through this world without passing through
the dregs of poverty he would have to pass through it hereafter
before he could be exhalted to Eternal riches in their fulness
their is no other way for men to get an exhaltation but
to follow their file Leader. The Twelve have no right
to ask the Presidency why they do this or that or why they
tell the Twelve to do this or that ownly go & do as they are
told & this same principle should go through evry quorum
in the church & kingdom of God on Earth & ^when^ this rule is observed
then the kingdom will be ours.
He reproved the people for selling their land warrants said
the wicked would put those vary land warrants upon our
possessions & then there would be a fuss with the Mormons & that
was what the people of the world
Lorenzo Snow spoke to the people first & was followed by presid[ent]
Young. Brother Snow spoke upon the subject of obeying council
& following their leaders without inquiring why they are
called to do it
Dominicus Carter Preached to the people in the Afternoon
a Discourse upon the subject of the potter with his clay
& vessels of honor & dishonor [Romans 9:21] he spoke well. He was followed
by J. C. Wright. He bore testimony that the Lord has been
with this people from the beginning up to this day the gifts &
graces were manifest. He spoke of many of the sick being healed
even the dead had been raised to life. He spoke of the Law of
God a woman was under the Law of her husband & no other if
she obeyed his Law she was under no transgression because
her husband was her head & evry man & woman had a
head the Presidency of the Church is the head of the Church on
Earth & if we obey them we shall be saved. Elder Felshaw
followed & gave an Exertation to the Saints & spoke of the privilege
the Saints were now enjoying in fillmore in hearing from
so many of their brethren.
The people Assembled again at candlelight & were addressed by
O. Pratt ^spok^ upon the Law of consecration he made many good
remarks concerning the benefits of the Law of consecration
He was followed J. C. Little who spoke well bore a strong
testimony of the work of God & He was followed by
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