9 I met with my Quorum in the morning I opened by Prayer Bishop
Hunter was mouth. I attended meeting at the Tabernacle G Q Cannon
preached was followed by Capt Hooper & President Young they all
spoke in the power of God. In the Afternoon President Young
delivered a powerful discourse to saint and sinner [FIGURE] He command-
ed the Elders who were going on missions in the name of the Lord
not to come home as merchants, or in carriages, nor to Bring
home any silk dresses or any thing Els to theire wives or children
nor to ownly have 2 shirts & pants to be descent and all they
bring home as wealth let it ^be^ men, women, & children, let it
be spent in Emigrating the poor many have gone to get wealth
for their families but I dont want this done any more Now go
to & gather the poor.

J. D. Ross spoke a short time the meeting
was dismissed and all the missionaries were called to meet at the
Historians office at half past 4 oclok. At 4 oclok President Young
with the Missionaries met at the Historians office. He asked the
missionaries if there was any one who could not go I do not
wish to oppress any one there are a plenty of Elderss who are
able & willing to go no one excused himself The names were
then taken or called over to know who could fit themselves out
and all were provided for. You Elders what do you think of
the commandment I give you let your carriages be filled with
old men and women and you pull a wheel barrow, and if their
is feble men & women put them in Hand Carts with springs
and draw them in. Some of the Brethren sould not fit up &
a contribution was taken up to Fit them up B Young $100, H C K $50,
W Woodruff $25, John Taylor $60, F. D. Richards $30, D Spences $12,
Fineas TYoung $160. Adjourned till 22nd Sept at the 70^s Hall for a
Blessing meeting all the Twelve should be present. President Young made
some remarks upon his commandments to the Elders He said that every

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man that had gone out on missions and turned merchants they
are not worth a groat, when they come home they are empty
in spirit and become beggarly poor. Brother P. P. Pratt began this
in England and He was beggarly poor, for years & Erastus Snow
and F. D. Richards came home merchants and they are poor
and Orson Pratt came home in carriages & with silks and
satins and he is poor. He spoke in the power of God and sharply
rebuked the Twelve & Elders for their spirit of speculation
which they indulged in and when such Elders get home they
have not the spirit of God in them. He was followed by
George F Hendry. Elders Erastus Snow O. Pratt, & H. C. Kimball
all bore testimony to what President Young had said was
true. H. C. Kimball refered to P. P. Pratt being in merchandize
and would not trust him $5 and Yearsley said that He
would not trust H. C. Kimball nor God Almighty. We shall
live while millions of such men are dead He bore testimony
in the power of God to what President Young had said.
He said that the Elders had been like blood suckers from
Here to England, and it is time for it to be stoped, and
let the women alone & not be corting them but let them
alone. many bring home women & wandt the president to
soon seal a woman to him this will soon kill him
President Young then spoke to Orson Pratt & said that
the Book debt was the worst trouble the Saints handsd to
contend with for 6 years. Orson Pratt has done more
to make that debt than any other man so many Books
are forced upon the people and they are forced to take them
or they will not be fellowshiped notw stop publisheding
& geting your portraits taken & fill the kingdom with
them & make the people pay for them, this keeps the
people poor and keeps them from Emigrating. Brother
Orson Pratt hade made some remarks saying that he had used
his own means and not any of the means of the Church He had got
it all by his publications. President Young said it all coome out of
the poor saints Just as much as tho he had begged it. J V. Long
reported President Youngs speech which pierced the bones & marrow

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and thoughts and intents of the Hearts of the Twelve Apostle and others of
who were present He spoke the truth in the name of the Lord with great
power & sharpness and power He reproved the sins of the Twelve & others
in a manner which made them feel by the power of God the necessity
of walking uprightly before the Lord, & to be free from all sin. At the adjournment
of the meeting we repaired to the Prayer room. Erastus snow Prayed & John
Taylor was mouth. (See privat Journal.)