23 We Met at 10 oclok A M. Musser Prayed L. Snow
spoke 45 Minutes He spoke of the Exhaltation of the Saints, the
Lord does not intend for the Saints to always live in dens &
caves of the Earth but to build good fine Houses & Mansions
when the Lord comes He will not Expect to Meet a Dirty lazy
People But expects to Meet the Zion of God with Refinement
& Glory as the Bride the Lambs wife already this zion is
attracting the Attention of the world we should continue to
improve when we were called to go South I continued to

improve untill the last Moment Expecting to burn Every thing up
Except what we took south with us & I wanted to burn as much
as I could, but when we returned from Provo I Believed we
were on our return to Jackson Co, & I shall still believe it untill
I learn to the contrary. Those who follow Brigham Young will be
much richer than those who do not we should feel that all we
have is on the Altar to build up the Kingdom of God with.
there is Nothing more glorious than to see an old man who
has grown Gray in the service of God, & in building up his work
as we grow older we should grow better & more kind to our fam-
ily. President Young says Politeness is in the heart & not in Bowing
& scraping. When Moses came out the people came out to see
him & did not come out with Banners & flags flying to greet
him as they do President Young. When we were called to go
South we united as the Heart of one Man & were ready to
Burn up Evry thing we had, the Lord tryed us in this
But when He found we would do as we were told he with-
held our hand from burning up our property & restored it
to us again in this I acknowlede the Hand of God in all things
I was drowned in the Pacific & it cured me of a Head
ake I had from my childhood. B Young jr spoke 32 M[inutes]
spoke of the improvements since we came here Said there was 47
families in St Thomas, & 43 Babies, & one death last year.
The U. S. Government sent an Army to drive us out of these M
Mountains & in three years they had a war that cost a
Million of lives & $4,00000000000 dollars & the Army
who came here turned traitors to the Government & did fight
against the North. some people are anxious to keep cattle
to go back to Jackson Co Mo with we shall not go
with ox teams but By Rail Road. R T Burton spoke
23 Minutes. In continually feasting there is danger of
Eating to Much, But no danger of Getting to much spiritual
food. In Nauvoo the Temple was built with gun ^trowel^ in one hand
& the sword in the other & what Peace we have here is in
consequence of our being ready to defend ourselves the first
council given was to build forts in Evry settlement the

the Neglect of this has cost this Territy Millions of
Dollars & many lives. Can we ask God to defend our
families, while we Neglect the council given us.
we should keep the word of wisdom word of wisdom & keep our arms
& amunition in good order we should set a good
Example in Zion & not be seen chewing tobaco & with a
pipe in our Mouth or drinking whiskey.

Afternoon Prayer By F. D. Richards. W Woodruff spoke 22
D H Wells spoke 9 M[inutes] President Young spoke 44 Minutes
He said the Gospel taught By Joseph Smith I testify is true
it is in the Bible Doctrin & Covenants & in the Book of Mormon
the Blessings of Life & health is in keeping the word of wisdom
Tea coffee whiskey, & tobacoe prepares the system for all
decseases that come along. Those who say they cannot
keep the word of wisdom it shows they cannot, those
who say they can such can keep the word of wisdom
The word of wisdom if carried out would add
to the lives of the rising generation 20 to 30 years how glorious
it would be to talk with an intelligent Man 100 years old
I say to my family & to my sisters if they would give
up their tea & coffee, they would be much better off I
want to say to the people Now go to & save all of your
wheat that you can & lay it up & dont sell it. I dont
think the Month of March has found me with less than
7 years of Bread on hand but I have had to let it go to men
who have let there wheat go for a song. When the people came
to these Mountains many had not Bread Enough to last
a week. But would say Brother Young will not let us starve
it is time you laid up your grain I know as God lives
that if we had done right, laid up our grain as we have
been councilled, we should not have been visited by the
grass hoppers. Our Brethren sent their flour to Mon-
tania for Nothing & I tryed to guide it, & I fear if the
people do not do Better there is a worse scourge to come
& Now sisters I want you to take hold & raise a
fiactiongry & you will soon Accomplish it if you will say the

the word you will soon have a woollen Factory Here
you also want to get your knitting Machine. How long before
we shall want a temple here not long I hope whare is
Ezra T. Benson He was here a short time since He is gone others
will be in his place but the kingdom of God will roll on
At the close of the Meeting we drove to Box Elder & spent the night
with Brother Snow 30 Miles