Feb 20, 1870.
Sunday I did not attend meeting in the Forenoon Milo Andrus
spoke in the forenoon Afternoon G. A. Smith spoke 25 Minutes and
President Young 58 Minutes He spoke upon the gospel & made Evry
thing Plain if the religion of the Sectarian world did not
ketch or save us our religion would if sprinkling children was
not Baptism & not acceptable to God Baptism By immeresion
was & what harm was there in keeping the commandment of God it
would save a man while rejecting them would destroy a man
we met in the Prayer Circle with the Presidency & 12. I called upon
Brother Cannon in the Evening to see his Babies He had 4 young children
1 pair of Tweiens I then called upon the family of Brother James
Brown, He was gone North preaching. I then called upon Mother
Russell spent a few Moments I then called upon Elias Smith
& spent the Evening G. A. Smith & Brother Collester was there &
several other N. H. Felt had searched the Ancient Records of
the Smith Family & sent an account of some wills & other
Accounts of the family of Joseph Smith to G A Smith &
they were read over during the Evening with much interest
& comments made upon them
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He spoke upon the gospel & made Evry thing Plain if the religion of the Sectarian world did not ketch or save us our religion would if sprinkling children was not Baptism & not acceptable to God Baptism By immeresion was & what harm was there in keeping the commandment of God it would save a man while rejecting them would destroy a man
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