Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
19. I spent the day in the office. Elder Orson Hyde spent the afternoon
with us reading Josephus mostly He spoke of his mission in Sanpete and
the unwise course of Bishop Warren Snow, & George Pecock his first
councillor, they have squandered a large amount of tithing funds, co[u]nty
taxes &c & Brother Hyde thinks from Testimony guilty of stealing many
cattle. Elder Hyde delivered a vary interesting lerrcture at the 13 ward
Assembly room I bore testimony to the same the room was crouded
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it was natural for us to wish to make all men like ourselves but we must take men as we find them & deal with them as such there is a great variety in the kingdom of God You cannot find any two limbs or leaves of a tree or spears of grass just alike
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