3rd Sunday I attended meeting at the spoke was followed by a
few words from he exhorted the people to get
the spirit of the Lord & keep it. I met with my Quorum for
Prayer Prayed was mouth. I spent
several hours with President , D. H. Wells &
we took dinner with the President in the course
of conversation President Young said we must begin to look
out some good hiding places to put the women and children
& old men & provision & Prepare for another war I am
satisfied the Present one will fizzle out I would recommend
to lay up a good quantity of Dried Beans and peas they
will keep longer than any other grains & we want to find
a place which will be hard of access that cannot be taken
but that has water that cannot be cut off and we want
to go {[illegible shorthand] where it is warmer to the south} and store up provisions against a
time of Need. accompanied me &
we met with the Twelve in our Prayer Circle
Prayed & G. A. Smith was mouth They called upon the
Lord to ward off the blow of our enemies and that their
folley & wickedness might be made manifest in the Eyes
of the Nation and that the Judgments of God might rest
upon the wicked who were seeking the lives of the righteous
the views of the Brethren were expressed concerning the
illegal procedings of the court in and believed the
Lord would overrule it for the good of his people. I went
to Brother & returned home with Mrs
who was there while on the way home I learned that
an express came in saying that the court had adjourned
sine Die and the is to return to this is
good News it is reported that He dismissed Mr
saying that He was a damed Fool and did not know enough
to tell the truth but He kept , , He holds in custidy
