JAN 1st 1861
This is the commencement of another new Year and of a vary
important year. the Prophet said whoever lived to
see 1860 would live to see the foundation laid for some most awful
bloody wars and whoever lived to see those two figgures come together
1866 would live to see a day when the Earth would be deluged in blood
in many places & wthere would be such awful distress & calamity that
it would be a vexation to hear the report of it. We may prepare
ourselves for an awful time in the United States. The hand writing has
been seen upon the wall And our Nations is doomed to diestruction
the United States will be visited this year with much affliction
more than they have ever seen since they have been a Free Govern[men]t
and it will increase yearly untill they are destroyed. they are like
the Ox going to the slaughter they know not the day of their visitation
The Judgments of God await them because of their wickedness and
while we are looking for the judgments of God to rest upon the
United States & Great Babylon at large let us turn our Eyes towards
Zion in these vallies of the Mountains and ask what state are the
people in are they righteous & keeping the commandments of God
and preparing themselves for the great things of God which await
them or are they lying, stealing, swareing, & mingling with the
drunken yes many of those who are calling themselves
Saints are doing these things and they have great need to repent
before the Lord. or they will Be damned & the Judgments of
God will rest upon them
seceded from the Union Dec 20, 1860
Convention voted to secede from the Union Jan 9, 1861 Yeas 84 Nays 15
seceded Jan 10th 1861, yeas 208 Nays 89
seceded Jan 10th [1861,] signed 11th Yeas 62 Nays 7.
seceded Jan 101 [1861,] Yeas 61 Nays 39
seceded Jan 26 [1861,] Yeas 113 Nays 17
seceded Feb 1, 1861 Yeas 156 Nays 7
The Dedication of the New Hall in the 13th ward
The assembly began to gather at 10 oclok at 11 oclok the House
was full. President & arived the
Meeting was opened by singing & President Young said we will now
have the Dedication Prayer offered By Wilford Woodruff the following
is the prayer offered up in the dedication of the House
O god the Fa we present ourselves before thee in the name
of Jesus Christ for the purpose of dedicating this house unto the Lord our
God we pray thee to grant unto us thy Holy Spirit that we may dedicate this
House unto thee in a manner which may be acceptable unto thee Lord
We dedicate the ground unto the Lord our God upon which the Foundation
of this building stands that it may be Holy. We dedecate the foundation
of this Hall, unto the Lord, the stone, the sand, clay, Lime & mortar and every
thing appertaining thereto that it may be Holy. We dedicate the walls of this
building the Adobies & mortar & evry thing appertaining thereto unto
the Lord that it may be Holy. We dedicate the windows the curtains, &
every thing conenected there with unto the Lord that they may be Holy. We dedic-
ate the cealing the cornish, with its ornamenting and all belonging thereto
that it may be Holy. We dedicate the roof with the shingles, nails, sheeting,
rafters, & everything connected therewith unto the Lord that it may be Holy
We dedicate the doors with the Hinges latches & locks and all belonging thereto
unto the Lord that they may be Holy. We dedicate the floor with all belong
the seats & all belonging there to that it may be Holy. We dedicate
unto the Lord our God this pulpit & stand with the quishions & stand
seats & triming that it may be the most Holy place for the priests of the
Lord to administer in Holy things. We dedicate the chandeliers with
the Lamps that they may be Holy unto the Lord. We dedicate this Build-
ing as a whole from the foundation stone to the top thereoff with
every thing appertaining thereto that it may be Holy unto the Lord
and we ask thee O God the Eternal Father wein askthe thee inname of Jesus
Christ that thou will except of the Dedecation of this House at the
Hands of thy people that it may be Holy, and will thou cloth
all of thy servants who shall administer in this House with the spirit
& & the that they may
to me many times in one minute after I have lain down & awaik
me up. mMany other interesting remarks were made By President
which I have not written but it was reported by
Brother Followed President Young and gave a vary good
Exertation to the people which waf [was] reported By J. V. Long. He was
Followed By Bishop who spoke of the Building of the House
the intention of it, & thanked the Lord for it & gave a good exerta-
tion which was reported He was Followed by Elder
who gave a good exertation & spoke of what we learn by experience &c
I followed Brother Lorenzo Snow & said we were in a great school &
the best ever esstablished upon Earth & that we had the best teacher
ever given to man in the flesh save Jesus ownly and when they taught
us principle we should learn them & apply them to our lives the same as
we expect our children to learn there lessons when they go to school
I was Followed by President Brigham Young who refered to what
I and others had said, he said we should never scease to learn
He spoke of Drunkenness & said if a man must drink to buy his liquor
& shut himself up and get drunk alone & not curse anybody or commit
sin when you are drunk always bless those around you & not curse them
but it is better not to get drunk at all
Brother spoke & gave a good Exertation
Meeting was dismissed by Bishop . There was a
large party in the Hall through the night danceing
