17^th Sunday I attended the meeting in the Tabernacle. Father Isaac
Morley spoke to the people for a short time & was followed by President
Brigham Young in a vary interesting manner. G D Watt reported &
it is published in the [blank] No [blank] Vol of the Deserett News I
attended prayer meeting in the evening circle. President Young asked
Elder Orson Pratt what He thought of his preaching that intelligent
beings would continue to learn to all Eternity. O. Pratt said that He believed
the Gods had a knowledge at the present time of evry thing that ever
did exhist to the endless ages of all Eternity. He believed it as much
as any truth that he had ever learned in or out of this Church. President
Young remarked that he had never learned that principle in the Church
for it was not taught in the Church for it was not true it was fals doctr-
in For the Gods & all intelligent Beings would never scease to learn
except it was the sons of perdition they would continue to decrease
untill they became dissolved back into their native Element & lost
their Identity.

In speaking of this people He said
if they would behave half deesent thiey would not be driven away from
this place

I attended meeting at the 14^th ward school House in the evening Elder
P. P. Preached a good discourse. He told the bishop to cut off all the
Liars thieves, Adulterers, & profane swarers from the Church for they
would rot the body if they continued on it. and many wicked men
would stick by the Church but they would never repent of their
sins their was a time when men could repent & have the spirit
of God but when that time was past men might pray till their
knees were callaced & they could not get the spirit of God. How long did
the people that were destroyed in the flood have to wait before they could have
the offer of the spirit of God or the gospel, they had to wait more than two
thousand years till after Christ came & was crusiphfied. He then went
& preached to the spirits in Prision. the gospel was then offered unto
them. And how has it been with the Jews they once saw the day when the

when the gospel was offered unto them but when theiry put to death
their king & savior the gospel was taken from them & given to the
gentiles it was also given to the Lamanites & ten tribes of Israel. the
first were to be last & the last first [Matthew 20:16] it will now come to the gentiles
first then to the ten tribes of Israel & to the Lamanite before it will go
to the Jews they will be the last to received it who has ever herd
of the Jews having the spirit of God, or the Gospel, or kingdom of God
offered to the Jews since they put to death Jesus Christ & the kingdom
went to the Gentiles. No one for it has never been done. they will go
home in unbelief & wickedness & rebuild Jerrusalem in that state & they
will be so far from the gospel that when the Gentiles come against them
to battle rifle their houses ravish their women & carry half of their
city into captivity & Jesus Christ comes & delivers them in the midst
of this hour ^of^ perrill & trouble they will not know him or even imagin
Ho he is till they ask him about his wounds & he tells them then
the gospel has to be preached to them & they repent & are baptized & receive
the first principles of the gospel.

He also said their was a promise
that the three Nephites & angels should visit the Lamanites but they could
not be sent to them with messages to recieve & obey the Mormons untill
all the Mormon Missionaries were righteous men & would not steal, lie,
sware or commit Adultery for if the Angels were to tell them to obey
the Mormons & they found the Mormons to do wickedly they would loose
confidence in both the Mormons & the Angels