7. Sunday we got the Eastern Mail, this morning I attended meeting at
the & spoke in the forenoon
In the afternoon President spoke to the people in the
spirit & upon Principle He spoke upon the subject of
the Patriarchal Marriage He said if a man took more than one
[FIGURE] wife upon the principle of passion instead of principle it will prove
a curse instead of a Blessing if a woman is sealed to a good man
she should be satisfied & attend to her own business & let her husband
alone & not be watching him all the time. Women are sealed to men
to bring forth children & not to gratify passion & much was said upon
this subject when he closed, He called upon Capt to
speak He made a good deal of music for the people. I met with the
all the Presidency & , & W Woodruff of the Twelve
in the . L. Snow Prayed & G A Smith was Mouth at
the close of Prayers came into the room & informed
President Young that what remains could be found of
had Just arived by consisting of a part of the scull ^&^ thigh
bones, they were brought into George A. Smiths House Before leaving the
circle room President Young said I want to say a few words to Brother
Orson Hyde At the opening of this general Conference I was there
one minute before the time, & Brother Hyde had opened the Conference
had prayers & singing & I must say I was mortified I am the president
of the whole Church & it is my place to preside at a general
Conference. did you ever know me [to] step foreward in the days of
& take his place & open a General Conference without he directed me
to do it, or did you ever know me interfere with the rights of any
man No you have not. I should have waited an hour after the
time before I should have opened the Conference but Brother Hyde
opened it before the time & he has served me the same several
times and I dont want to see it any more. Elder Orson Hiyde
said it never Entered my heart that I was doing wrong several
who were president [present] said it was 10 oclok & asked me to open the Conference
& I ownly done it to open the way for you. Brother George asked me this
Noon to open the Conference & I told him No for I had heard that
you was not pleased about it G A Smith said I did ask him & it
did not Enter into my heart but what all was right. Brother Hyde
said He would remember it for the future, I do not think any
one of the Twelve thought of it. President Young said Now I will
ask all of you, how would you feel if you had a work to do which
God & the heavens held you responsible for & just as you was about to
step forth to do it another man should rise up & take it out of your hands
Before the people as though you was not qualifyed to Do it or& was neg-
lecting your duty you would not like it you would feel schagrined
and so did I. Now we can see by this how easy it is for a man
to walk into a mud hole when they think they are walking on solid ground
then let us all profit by this example & be careful that we do not
interfere with the rights of others. We then went over to President
and spent the evening we heard the from the East read it
was up to the 1st of April
