8th Sunday I attended meeting in the . Preached
in the morning upon the text "strait is the gate & narrow the way that
leadeth unto Eternal life & few there be that find it &c" [Matthew 7:14] He was followed
by President who preached one of the most comforting & inter-
esting discourses ever delivered to the people if we past our inspection
before we probably should & Jesus then we should be
quite safe. if all this people did not go to a celestial kingdom it would
be their own fault, but will all have the same exaltation & glory in
the Celestial Kingdom by no means there will be but few that go there
that will be crowned kings & Priests & Gods there will be many millions
in the Celestial Kingdom that will not be exhalted to those hier blessings
this People are a good people & they are advanceing faster than any
other people that ever lived it would not be 120 years insted of 365 before
this people would with the portion of Earth which they occupy be separated from
the wicked. the Lord will bless this people if you will do as well as you
know how all will be well with you many glorious remarks were
made by President Young all of which were reported by
I attended tohe prayer meeting in the evening President Young had
pamphlet read called the Holy Spirit & he made the following remarks
after hearing it read He said that Brother Pratt had got beyong [beyond] the
stars He had Carrelled them & got beyond them
President Young asked by what authority he had
proclaimed in Public that He (Brigham Young) was the man that
the Lord said he would raise up like unto "Phelps said Joseph
was gone & you are left to lead the People. B. Y that is no Argument
at all I may die & others be left that does not prove that I or they
would be the one refered to. If I thought I was the man I would not
tel of it. But I think I am the great man that none of the prophets
ever thought of or spoke of.
Orson Hyde said there was a man in professed to have a visit
from a Departed spirit he comes to him dressed in his temple
rob[e]s & the man he comes to has not had his endowments and
I want to know what you think of it I thought the whole of it
smelt strongly of Brimstone
President Young said now if the people in Provo can be made to
believe that that is a true visit about the third time he comes He
will say that this Church is not led by the man that ought to lead
it but the man that has thos visits will tell you that he is to lead the
Church. Now I will tell you how you may know it is fals a spirit
will not come to a man in the flesh without he appears in his glory
& men cannot endure his glory a resurrected body may come
& hide his glory, but that visitation is false it is not true
I went to the to meeting O Hyde & many
others were there as missionaries several spoke I followed with
few remarks & was followed by O Hyde
