9 Sunday we Met at 10 oclok G Q Cannon having arived
He spoke 63 M[inutes] followed By W Woodruff 15 M[inutes]. I dined
with Phebe Sessions & Met in the Afternoon at 2 oclok
Prayer By Samuel W Richards. Wm R Smith spoke 12 M[inutes]
John W Hess spoke 5 M[inutes], Anson Call 7 M[inutes], Samuel W Richards
Joseph F Smith 35 G Q Cannon 15, W Woodruff 5 which
closed the conference. [FIGURE] Samuel W. Richards said whare a
Man had 2 or 3 wives one After the other and did not have but one
at a time He would still be in Poligamy in the next world
the same as though He had them all at one Joseph F Smith
thought Different from Br Richards. He though[t] in that way a man
Man would not be carrying out the Patriarchal Law of marriage
if that would have answerd he did not see the necessity of the
Lord commanding Joseph the Prophet to take several wifes at
the same time. An Angel of God stood by him with a drawn
sword and told him he should be slain & cut off from the Earth
and the Kingdom of God if he did not obey that Law G Q Cannon
was of the same opinion, that A man must have more than
one wife at a time in order to obey that Law But He said He
beliveved there would be men in the Celestial Kingdom that
had but one wife and some who had no wife and some
who had several wifes would not get there at all for good
Men died without having the Privilege and men would be
Judged according to their desires as well as their acts and
those men who died without the gospel and would have received
it if they had a chance will receive it hereafter & be saved in
the Celestial Kingdom so with those who would have received
the Patriarchal Order of Marriage oif they had a chance
will be saved in the Celestial Kingdom. W Woodruff
agreed with Brother Smith & Cannon in this principle
He spoke of the Temporal Blessings the Lord had poured
out upon those who had Entered into it faithfully At the
close of the Meeting we took cars & rode to S L City 10 m[iles]
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