26. PI met with The Presidency and Twelve at President
Youngs office at about 12 oclok. The subjet of the Endowments & 2nd Anointings was presented when President Young said that the order of the 2nd anointing was for the persons to be anointed to be cloathed in their Priestly robes the man upon the right hand and wife or wifes upon the left hand. The Administrator may be dressed in his usual clothing or in his Priestly Robes as he may see fit. The meeting should be opened by Prayer then the Administrator should Anoint the man A King & Priest unto the Most High God. Then he should Anoint his wife or wives Queens & Priestess unto her husband. There should be but one man anointed at any one meeting. If more than one man is anointed in a day, They should come together and open by Prayer as though their had not been any meeting before and thus continue to the End.

President Young said when a woman was Anointed a Queen to a good man and he died & the woman was sealed to another man for time it was not necessary for her to be anointed a Queen again but if she was Anointed a Queen to a man who was not worthy of a wife & she is sealed to another man she should be anointed a Queen unto him. When a good man dies & his wives have not been anointed Queens unto him they may be anointed Queens to him after his death without any Proxey.
In speaking of the Endowments President Young said that
all persons who wished strickly to observedthe law of
the Celestial Marriage should not get married untill
they get their Endowments & are sealed at the Alter
There may be instances whare persons are Aged & infirm

and not Able to get to the Endowment House if they have
not had their Endowments may be sealed and in some insta-
nces I have given this permission & others have taken
the advantage of it & urged to be sealed without coming
to the Endowment House. I gave A Lyman the privilege of
sealing some in Sanbernadeno by his urgent request but it
will ^not^ avail any thing. Some may ask the question why
may we not seal & give Endowments abroad, because it
would destroy the object of the gathering The People
should be gathered at head Quarters whare they can
be taught in the things of the kingdom of God & be under
the direction of the Priesthood. President Young said that
when Persons come to get their Endowments should be clean
& pure A man should not touch a woman for 10 days before
getting their Endowments and the Twelve while travelling
should hold meetings with the male members as priesthood
meetings & teach these but they have to be handled in
wisdom or Evil will grow out of it

In speaking of the death of Joseph Smith the prophet
President Young said it was necessary for Joseph
Smith to shed his blood seal his Testimony with
his blood that his testimony might rest upon all
Nations that the wicked might be left without ecxcuse
in the day of Gods Judgments upon the wicked. if this
had not been the case he would not have been slain
in carthage jail. He sent away most of the Twelve
and a web was woven which brought about this Event
The subject of A sermon Preached by A Lyman
and published in the Millennium Star April 5, 1862,
in vol 24 was brought up & red & it was found to have
done away with the Efficasy of the blood of Christ President
B Young said he wished to know what the Twelve had to
say about it For he had a go[o]d deal to say about it
when you do away with the blood of the Savior you
do away with all the Gospel & plan of Salvation. If
this doctrin as Preached by A Lyman & some by

O Pratt be preached & published as the doctrine of
the Church & not contradicted by us it would not
be long before there would be syms [schysms] in the Church this
doctrin as preached in this sermon is fals doctrin
if we do not believe that it wouldas necesary for
Christ to shed his Blood to save the world, whare is
our Church it is nothing. This does not set well
upon my feelings. It is grievious to me to have the
Apostles teach fals doctrines Now if the Twelve will
sit down quietly & not contradict such doctrin
are they justified no they are not

In speaking of our Temporal Position President Young
said if we could get up Female releif societies & they
would use their influence to get the sisters to make their
own bonnetts & make & wear their own Homemade
clothing it would do much good

President Young said as A Philosipher I wish to
ask a question is there any Reflection or thought upon
any thing that does not Exist I think there is

At the close of the meeting we made an Appointement to meet
at the Endowment House at 12 oclok

I met in the Evening with the Jordan dam company
in the council chamber, then went to President Youngs
office & red the minutes of the day