10 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended Meeting
in the 14 ward John R. Winder Bishop in the evening Br Ship spoke I followed
The city of Boston has been burning now for 24 hour ^$^100000000
dollar worth of property Destroyed. Telegraphs say 300 Acres of the Heart
of the city burned. I red in Meeting the latter part of the 4th section
of the Doctrins & Covenants containing the commandment of the
Lord to Newel K Whitney to go to the cityies of Albany New York,
& Boston & warn those cities of the utter Desolation which awated
them if they rejected the gospel & the Message sent to them if they did
their hour of Desolation was Nigh & their house should be left unto
them Desolate & this is the begining of the fulfillment I spoke about 40 M[inutes]
& was followed by O pratt
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