Second Constitutional Convention held and petition for State of Deseret delivered to Washington, D.C.
2nd Sunday Amasa Lyman spoke to the people & was followed by
President Young who reproved the people. He considered the people
were not ownly asleep but working wickedness He considered many of
the people were like a company of Men rushing to a precepice on
a dark night on horsback whare neither horse nor rider could
see any thing but would soon be dashed to peaces. He wanted the
Elders to put away their velvet lips & smooth things & preach
sermons like pitch forks tines downwards that the people might
wake up. H C Kimball preached in the Afternoon & backed up
President Young in what he said. He spoke vary plain & p[oin]ted
He was followed by President Grant who rained down pitch-
forks & forked lightning figuratively speaking upon the Gentiles
who were working wickiedness upon this people & defileing the
females. He spoke vary plain & pointed. At the close of the
meeting I attended the prayer meeting or circle at the presidents
office the Calafornia Mail had came in and the time was spent
till dark in reading letters & papers some letters were from Dr
Bernhisel we learn from the papers that Armies are gathiering
at Kansas for civil war. and commotions are increasing in all
the Earth. I attended meeting at the 14 ward school house
& preached to the people I was followed by Brother Balantine &
Bishop Hoagland.
The Indian war continues. 3 more brethren
have been killed. Squash on[e] of the war chiefs was put in prision
& the report is that he cut his own throat He is dead
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