that place had more trouble than we did, but I now
will ask if they suffered in their feelings as much as
they would have done if they had anticipated the trouble
& known it before No, for they could not bear it the
Anticipatin of trouble or Happines is far beyongd the
reality in this life. Some think they could not bear the
troubles that this Church have passed throgh, but I have passd
through it & bourn it well enough & never felt better
than I have in the midst of the persecutions of the Saints
We talk of sacrafize do we sacrafize in the building
of this Kingdom If I had millions & used it in
the building of this Kingdom bwould it be sacrafize No
If I was called to go & preach the gospel all the days of
my life & never see my family again it would not
be sacrafize what is our reward for our labour & faithfu-
lness it is Thrones, Kingdoms, principalities Eternal
Lives & a seat among the Gods then is it sacrafice No
such thing I believed that all would be better to gather togethe[r] [page covered]
with the saints than to remain in the world I thought all wou-
ld be honest I laid aside all my account Books I thought I
should not need to keep any accounts with the saints but I
have found it quite different many do not fell disposed to pay
their debts if they can geg red [get rid] of it. many of the saints are
fearful. The little time that I talked on the stand to Judge Bro-
cchus their was more suffering in the flesh ^&^ in spirit in the
few minutes & for months afterwards than you would suffer
in reality in years of persecution many in their imagin-
ation saw us all hung, shot, drown murdered massacred in
evry imaginable shape that you could think off & one reaso[n] [page covered]
that you suffer so much more than you expected here in
Zion is you have brought yourselves with you but at last
you will lay down self & it will go to the dust now I want
to give a text for evry body to preach from & that is
take a course to restore confidence throughout the whole
land of Zion & the whole kingdom of God let confi-
dence be restored to all men by an upright course
of life & doing right unto all & practice it commence
with your Family your children. If you give your child
any thing for instence a trunk to put their things in dont
never go to that trunk or disturb those things in any wise
without the special leave of your child so by your wife any
thing that she possesses or that you give her never disturb
that or take any thing that is hers without her leave so
let the wife do by the Husband never disturb any thing
that is his without his leave so with children they
should never touch any thing that is their parents
without their leave. I never opened a trunk belong[ing]
to one of my wives in my life but once & that was to get
a portrait to send to the states as I could not wait for
her to return before the messenger left then from your
families let this principle go through your neighborhood
& throughout the whole kingdom of God pay all men what you
owe them fulfill your promises and if your Neighbors Horse
ox cow or any thing that He has is suffering by your door feed
it & save its life as you would if it was your own

that place had more trouble than we did. but I now will ask if they suffered in their feelings as much as they would have done if they had anticipated the trouble & known it before No, for they could not bear it the anticipatin of trouble or happines is far beyongd the reality in this life. Some think they could not bear the troubles that this Church have passed throgh, but I have passd through it & bourn it well enough & never felt better than I have in the midst of the persecutions of the Saints We talk of sacrafize do we sacrafize in the building of this Kingdom If I had millions & used it in the building of this Kingdomwould it be sacrafize No If I was called to go & preach the gospel all the days of my life & never see my family again it would not be sacrafize what is our reward for our labour & faithfulness it is Thrones, Kingdoms, principalities Eternal Lives & a seat among the Gods then is it sacrafice No such thing I believed that all would be better to gather togethe with the saints than to remain in the world I thought all would be honest I laid aside all my account Books I thought I should not need to keep any accounts with the saints but I have found it quite different many do not fell disposed to pay their debts if they can gag red get rid of it. many of the saints are fearful. The little time that I talked on the stand to Judge Brocchus their was more suffering in the flesh & in spirit in the few minutes & for months afterwards than you would suffer in reality in years of persecution many in their imagination saw us all hung, shot, drown murdered massacred in evry imaginable shape that you could think off & one reason that you suffer so much more than you expected here in Zion is you have brought yourselves with you but at last you will lay down self & it will go to the dust now I want to give a text for evry body to preach from & that is take a course to restore confidence throughout the whole land of Zion & the whole kingdom of God let confidence be restored to all men by an upright course of life & doing right unto all & practice it commence with your family your children. If you give your child any thing for instence a trunk to put their things in dont never go to that trunk or disturb those things in any wise without the special leave of your child so by your wife any thing that she possesses or that you give her never disturb that or take any thing that is hers without her leave so let the wife do by the Husband never disturb any thing that is his without his leave so with children they should never touch any thing that is their parents without their leave. I never opened a trunk belonging to one of my wives in my life but once & that was to get a portrait to send to the states as I could not wait for her to return before the messenger left then from your families let this principle go through your neighborhood & throughout the whole Kingdom of God pay all men what you owe them fulfill your promises and if your Neighbors Horse ox cow or any thing that he has is suffering by your door feed it & save its life as you would if it was your own