10th Sunday we have a rainy day. we held a meeting in a bowery we had
a large assembly From the various settlements meeting commenced by
singing & prayer by John Taylor all the Presidency was present also
W Woodruff J. Taylor E. T. Benson, L Snow, & E Snow of the Twelve
President Young addressed the people, and said I contempla[te] the scene
before me with a great Deal of satisfaction (tears were in his Eyes)
this assembly herd the gospel while scattered among the various
Nations of the Earth and through the means of that gospel you
have been gathered together in these valleys it is a novel sene. we
are here piled together in one place with all our imperfections and
traditions and if you are not what you ought to be you are the best
there is. He gave much good council & was Followed by President
Kimball who bore testimony to what had been said
In the afternoon Lorenzo Snow open by Prayer Joseph Young spoke
to the people Followed by John Taylor.
we had a rainy night Brother
Taylor and myself spent the night at Brother Steels.
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