9th I called upon President Young at his office found also H C Kimb
J M Grant D ^H^ Wells A. Carrington N. V. Jones & others. I herd a
difficulty between N. V. Jones & Bringhurst stadted before the
presidency which resulted in sustaining Elder Jones & cutting off
Elder Bringhurst or disfel[low]shiping him. President Young had sent
Elder Jones to make led & Elder Bringhurst had not sustained him but
opposed him. F D Richards & company called upon the President
to settle all their matters as Agents for the Church abroad
Presidents Kimball & J. M. Grant spent the ramainder of the
day in the House of the Lord. I spent most of the day in the office
Some remark were made last sunday night relative to the famil[y]
of Joseph Smith. President Young said I have no fears with
regard to the children of Joseph God will take care of them
& all will be right
Remarks by W W. We have passed through another Conference &
such an won I never saw before. The Spirit of God is like a
flame among the Leaders of this people & they are throwing the
arrows of the Almighty among the people. J. M. Grant is
pruning with a sharp two edged sword & calling loudly upon
the people to wake up & repent of their sins. The Elders who have returned
are full of the Holy Ghost & power of God the account which they give
of their missions & the dealings of God with them have been vary
interesting & edifying unto the people
I attended meeting in the 14th ward this evening. I addressed the people
was followed by Bishop Hoagland who spoke well he reproved Brother
Ballantyne for the saying the Head or Bishop of the ward was out of the
way & while the Head was rong the body would be wrong. The Bishop said He
had done the best he could & He did not feel to take the reprof
Brother Balantyne arose & made his confession before the people which was
except.
W. Woodruff remarked that the people should learn a lesson
by that circumstance that no man in the Church has a right to reprove
any man that is over him in the priesthood if he sees that he is really doing
wrong He has a right to go to the man & pray him to desist but He has
no wright to speak of it to any one ownly to report it to those who are
over him that the evil may be corrected by proper authori[t]y
samuel Richards followed & spoke upon the same subject, much to
Edification. He was followed by Gilbert Clements who spoke lengthy
Bishop Hoagland spoke a short time & closed the meeting
The Bishops of this city were baptized to day & confirmed
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