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Journal Entry
16. Sunday We had a hard rain we met in the meeting house
& President Young spoke one hour & 12 Minutes. He advised
the people to get up 100 well disiplined, Mounted, men & to be in
readiness at a moments warning to defend you against all
Indians, & do oyour duty & say nothing to any man & call upon
Nobody to help yoo for you are able to help yourselves if a man
will not let his horse or saddle go make him go with it & defend
it & if he says he will not go tell him that he will go. Use up thes
wicked Indians who are killing the inhabitants & if these indians
who profess to be friendly will not help bring them to justice, do
not let them stay with you but treat them as Enemies, &
if white man will not help make him. There is not a Blessing
on Earth or in heaven that is good but what is ordained for a
good man. A wicked man cannot have them but a short time
while the good will inherit them forever. President Young spoke
upon the word of wisdom how hard it was for us to overcome but
"I will not let an appetite or passion master me. No man will
get rich by Joining hands [with] wicked men & devils.["] O Hyde followed
& spoke 5 minutes. J Taylor Dismissed the Meeting. President Young
Blessed the people. We took Dinner & rode to Moroni 22 mils
I spent the night with Brother Anderson it was cold & raining I
was quite sick through the night with the Cholera Morbus.
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President Young spoke upon the word of wisdom how hard it was for us to overcome but "I will not let an appetite or passion master me.