2nd I spent the night day in the office President Young called
in in the afternoon also George A. Smith we conversed upon various
subjects herd one of G. A. Smith sermons read we conversed upon
the subject of the present excitement in the states concerning mormonism
we then went into the Temple Block to see the form of the first water
table made of white sand stone I then went into the president office
& spent the evening Bishop Blackburn was present the subject came up
of some persons leaving Provo who had Apostitized some though[t] that
Bishop Blackburn & President Snow was to blame Brother Joseph Young
presented the thing to president Young. But when the circumstances
were told President Brigham Young sustained the Brethren who pres-
ided at Provo He said they had done [blank]. The subjects of Eunuchs
came up & Joseph said that He would rather die than to be
made a Eunuch Brigham said the day would come when
thousands would be made Eunuchs in order for them to be
saved in the kingdom of God. The subject of women &
Adulterry came up Joseph Asked if a woman & man who
were married could commit Adultery Brigham said that Joseph
said they could not yet He was satisfied they could do wrong Presi-
dent Young said we cannot KClens the Platter because the people
will not bear it. Joseph I am willing to have the people clens the
platter if they can do it in righteousness & Judge righteous Judg-
ment. Brigham. This people never was half as well prepared
to execute righteousness as Now. I will tell you that when a man
is trying to do right & do some thing that is not exactly in order
I feel to sustain him & we all should. I wish there was some prophet
on Earth who could tell us just how much sin we must sustain before
we can chastize the people & correct their errors. The wicked may
go to the states & call for troops I dont think the people will get rich

to come after us they have got a long road to travel we have either
got to Join hands with sin & sinners or we have got to fight them
The subject of Adultery again came up Joseph said a man cannot
commit Adultery with his wife so says the revelation on the Patriarchs
Marriage yet a man can do rong in having connexion with his
his wife at times. Joseph Young aske said the Ancient Apostle said this
a man should not put away his wife fsave for the cause of fornication
if He did they would both commit Adultery. Brigham Young
said Joseph taught that when a womans affections was entirly
weaned from her husband that was Adultery in spiri[t] her
Affections were Adulterated from his He also said that there
was No law in Heaven or on Earth that would compel a
woman to stay with a man either in time or Eternity this
I think is true (but I do not know) that if a man that is a High
priest takes a woman & she leaves him & goes to one of a lesser
office say the Lesser priesthood or member I think in the
resurrection that that High Priest can claim her "Joseph
what if she should not want to go with him I should not
want a woman under those circumstances. Brigham I will tell
you what you will find that all those evil traditions & affectio[ns]
or passions that Haunt the mind in this life will all be done
away in the resurrection you will find then that any man who
gets a glory & exaltation will be so beautiful that any woman would
be willing to have him if it was right & wharever it is right
for the woman to go there she will be willing to go for all those
evils will vanish to which we are subject in this life. I have
told the people the truth Just as it is but others will at times
get up & tell the people that they will get no heaven ^[FIGURE]^ ownly what
they make in this life and that it will be in the next world as
it is in this now they do not mean whaat they say they do not
explain themselves Hence the people will not understand what is
said to them. Joseph said I wish I knew what my limits
were. Brigham Your limits are endless & you have not got half
way to the end of it yet. Now hwhen I was an Elder I was as
willing to correct an error in the Brethren as I am now. But
the people do not see it so. Now if you should be with the 12
or any body you would have a right to correct an error as
well as with a member but you could not correct them
by cutting them off from the Church because they are over
you in the priesthood. many other remarks were made at the time