was there disorder. I will admit Isaac Hill was out of ordor
to go into a store in the mids of a contention & undertake to tantili-
ze a mans feelings while He was in anger under pretence of reproving
him for swearing A far better way would have been for him to have
waited untill He was calm & composed & took him one side & in a
friendly manner said Br Hosea I think your course in the store was
not calculated to dignify your office as captain of the policee and as
A member of the Seventies He would then have recieved it vary
different from what He did. I know it is natural for Br Hill to tan-
talize, But that is no excuse for Br Hosea Stout to fight him, He should
have said I am A peace maker And magnifyed his office with dignity
& honor but instead of that He desended to the spirit of a tantilizer
& fell to fighting & swearing. Policeemen should be men of more noble
minds than to desend to such things, or suffer their spirits to mingle
with such low degrading things. Hosea Stout did desend to anger &
swearing which was disgraceful to a Policee man And men that
will practice such things are not fit for policeeman I know the
policeemen here are not Just right for they will get together for
hours together make fun, toll tales, drick whiskey & get drunk and
that is why they are so angry all the while, And they dont pray
when they come together if they did when they saw fighting &
contention they would do as John Lytle did when he parted Stout
& Hill says He (as he steped between them & shoved one one way & the
other the other way) get out of the way stop your fighting I am a peace
maker & wont have it. I never struck a man in my life though
I have parted many who were fighting I never saw the day but that
I thought myself to good to strike a man. Now to the Policee I sawy
stop your baldadash pray with each other now if I have not told
the truth tell me of it. I mean to reprove the Policee if we dont
get better men in the valley I will vote against them, they have
confessed they are angry I want to see the Police officiate in their office
without getting angry if they do not they disgrace their office. I
know how Brother Hosea Stout feels concerning the spirits that murdered
the Prophets & still hang around us, but dont you know that devils
are going to the mountains as well as Saints, we have some of the mea
nest spirits among us on earth the net has halled in good and bad
And I am watching them continually, And we have some of the
best men with us that swear that are guilty of crime yet they wou-
ld lay down their lives for us & for this cause, there are others who
will not gather with the Saints because they think the Church is not pure
enough for them & they think themselves vary pure & will wait untill
the Saints get pure Holy & righteous & during all this time they will
live with the world in the midst of wickedness of every kind & think
it all well. We have good men & bad men among us, but if I see a bad
man or good man that needs reproof I will give it to him but will
I go into a store & strike A man? no would it make him any better? No
but we should be saviors benevolent & kind & imitate the example
of the Savior. men ignorantly fan the flame of mobocracy I have
feelings about it, And often say cut his infernal throat still I do not me-
an any such thing I am not good enough to do such A thing. The God of
Israel was A God of war when Israel went over the read sea & the
enemies followed the Lord commanded the waters to overflow them
And it obeyed when I get good enough then I can fight to If I have
power to command the elements. Isaac Hill ought to have known better
than to have done as he did He is no more fit for a High Priest than
The policee are for their office, when they were by themselves He

was there disorder. I will admit Isaac Hill was out of ordor to go into a store in the mids of a contention & undertake to tantilize a mans feelings while he was in anger under pretence of reproving him for swearing A far better way would have been for him to have waited untill he was calm & composed & took him one side & in a friendly manner said Br Hosea I think your course in the store was not calculated to dignify your office as Captain of the policee and as a member of the Seventies he would then have recieved it vary different from what he did. I know it is natural for Br Hill to tantalize, but that is no excuse for Br Hosea Stout to fight him, he should have said I am a peace maker and magnifyed his office with dignity & honor but instead of that he desended to the spirit of a tantilizer & fell to fighting & swearing. Policeemen should be men of more noble minds than to desend to such things, or suffer their spirits to mingle with such low degrading things, Hosea Stout did desend to anger & swearing which was disgraceful to a Policee man and men that will practice such things are not fit for policeeman I know the policeemen here are not Just right for they will get together for hours together make fun, toll tales, drick whiskey & get drunk and that is why they are so angry all the while, and they dont pray when they come together if they did when they saw fighting & contention they would do as John Lytle did when he parted Stout & Hill says he (as he steped between them & shoved one one way & the other the other way) get out of the way stop your fighting I am a peace maker & wont have it. I never struck a man in my life though I have parted many who were fighting I never saw the day but that I thought to myself to good to strike a man. Now to the Policee I say stop your baldadash pray with each other now if I have not told the truth tell me of it. I mean to reprove the Policee if we dont get better men in the valley I will vote against them, they have confessed they are angry I want to see the Police officiate in their office without getting angry if they do not they disgrace their office. I know how Brother Hosea Stout feels concerning the spirits that murdered the Prophets & still hang around us, but dont you know that devils are going to the mountains as well as Saints, we have some of the meanest spirits among us on earth the net has halled in good and bad and I am watching them continually, and we have some of the best men with us that swear that are guilty of crime yet they would lay down their lives for us & for this cause, there are others who will not gather with the Saints because they think the church is not pure enough for them & they think themselves vary pure & will wait untill the Saints get pure Holy & righteous & during all this time they will live with the world in the midst of wickedness of every kind & think it all well. We have good men & bad men among us, but if I see a bad man or good man that needs reproof I will give it to him but will I go into a store & strike a man? no would it make him any better? No but we should be saviors benovelent & kind & imitate the example of the Savior. men ignorantly fan the flame of mobocracy I have feelings about it, and often say cut his infernal throat still I do not mean any such thing I am not good enough to do such a thing. The God of Israel was a God of war when Israel went over the read sea & the enemies followed the Lord commanded the waters to overflow them and it obeyed when I get good enough then I can fight to If I have power to command the elements. Isaac Hill ought to have known better than to have done as he did he is no more fit for a High Priest than The policee are for their office, when they were by themselves he