Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
21.
The Legislature of the State of Deserett met
to day & organized I was a Member of the senate Gov
Brigham Young delivered a short written Message & an oral one He
spoke plain these are interesting & important times all the United
States as it were are at war with us triying to pass Bills through
Congress to destroy us for our religion I received a long
letter from R. W. Scott upon the sheep Question & wrote
one in return I held a meeting with the Board of directors
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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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