Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
15th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Brother
George Sims spoke in the morning, gave quite a musical Physioliogical
discourse. He was followinged by Aropene the Utah chief he delivered
a powerful discourse & exhorted the Saints in the strongest manner to
follow their leaders & do right not drink whiskey or do wrong in any thing
I followed him & told the people to lay that exertation to heart as it was
given by a Lamanite chief I spoke at length which was reported
by J. D. Watt. I was followed By D. H. Wells who bore testimony
to what had been said
I attended the prayer Meeting. President Young had the minutes read
of his discourse on the 8th Aug 1844 at the ^re^organization of the Church
after this was read President Young said that he asked Br James to
Preached a funeral sermon he stuck up his nose about it & said if Brigham
Young wanted a funeral sermon preached he might preach it for he should
not do it. the Last time that I herd Sidney Rigdon preached He hised
for the fly & was going to take little [Queen] Vic[toria] by the nose. He also said there
is one thing I want done I want to have these stores removed for they
gathered all the trash of the City
I went to 15 ward & preached to the people. I followed David J Russ
I had the spirit of the Lord upon me & had a good meeting
{I spoke to President Young about my daughter Phebe. He did not wish to take any more young wives but would see that she was take up in due time.}
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