President John Taylor, Dear Brother, I feel like writing a few lines to you this morning. I have felt for a few days like breaking out of my prison house some here in St George. I met in council with E. Snow and the presidency of the St George stake, on friday night. I felt a desire to attend the quarterly conference and con[si]der- ded to do so, but as the U. S. Marshall Armstrong and Clerk of the Commissioner at Beaver was expecting to attend conference on both days; I concluded not to go untill sunday. So I attended the Bishops Meeting in the morning at 9 oclock upon the subject of trying to collect means for the firnishing finishing of the Manti Temple All the Bishops promised to do all thy could to acompli- sh it. At 10 oclock I went into the stand, and I dont know that there would have been much more su^r^prise if a man had risen from the Dead & gone there; for although I had been 3 1/2 months in St George very few persons knew that I was in the county, as I had ownly privately met with some of the prayer circles. In the Afternoon I had the privilege of speaking to a full house including the U. S. Officers. I did not hesitate to speak plainly and bear my testimony of our mission to the world, and our responsibility to God and our fellow men in the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and when Nations and rulers passed laws against the Laws & Commandments of God it was better to obey God rather than man. I felt free in my spirit Brother Snow spoke in the forenoon At the Close of the meeting I passed out by the Marshal who conversed