many of the most Noble spirits that ever dwelt in flesh
like Jesus and the Apostles have been meekly submitting to
the ordimances of the gospel, and like little children have
been subject to the Authority of the Holy Priesthood And have
made evry sacrefize required and laboured day & night to
build up Zion that the honest in Heart & the meek of the Earth
may have A place to flee to in order to escape the just judgment
of ^that^ God whose rod is now suspendend in the Heavens and is about
to fall inupon the Earth and lay great Babylon with all of Her
greatness, pomp power, and glory in the dust. My prayer to God
is that evry Elder of Israel & Saint of God throughout the whole
Earth may be incouraged to labour dilligently & faithfully
while the day of Harvests lasts for soon night will come when
No man can work. theyn ^they^ will be just as sure of their reward
As was their chief captain & Head.

March 3, 1849 ~ Saturday

3rd I wrote A letter to Mr W^m B. Goodyear Anapolis Md. I
Also recieved A letter from Wesley Siddle. Br Whipple called upon
me And spent the Afternoon I had A good time with him we covnnvers
upon A variety of subjects Among other things He informed me that
the Utah Lake abounded with the largest kind of the Mountain
trout some As much as two & thre feet in length And that all
thae small & large streams puting out of the Mountains Also
Abounded with trout. BI went with Br Whipple into Boston
on my return I Assisted in the Baptizing of two individuels
in the sea in the midst of the Ice Br Bird Administered the ordi-
nance in 3 feet of water they were the first He Baptized yet it
was well done.

March 4, 1849 ~ Sunday

4^th Sunday The United States is without A President to day
President Polk went out last night President
Taylor is installed to morrow Hence there is no president today
I met A congregation of Saints And many strangers at Brother
Birds for A meeting At 2 oclok Elder Whipple from the valley of
the Salt Lake was present. Elder J P Haven from the Bluffs
Also And A vary full House. I Addressed over one hour & had
much of the Spirit of God resting upon me And bore A strong
testimony unto the people preached the first principles of the
gosple And spoke of the general Bareings of the work of God
in the present Dispensation. In speaking of the body of Christ
And members in particular I told them I had seen men in
my travels without Arms, legs, some without eyes, &c but I had
never seen A man going about without A head. And As A natu-
ral body without A head would dye so the Church without ^a^ Head
would die.

Br Whipple followed me & made some vary good
remarks And edeyfying He said notwithstanding the Jews had Apostitized
the right of the kingdom belonged to them & Jesus came & set up the kingdom
among them they rejected it He took the kingdom from the Jews gave it
to the gentile all that were in the kingdom went to the gentiles with the
Kingdom of God. The Gentiles in like manner have Apostictized And have
not continued in the goodness of God still they have A rightt to have the
kingdom of God set up among them in the last days And Joseph Smith
being warned & commanded of God has recieved the gospel from the hand
of an Angel, preached it to the gentiles set up the kingdom for the last time
among them they have rejected it. it will now again be taken from them
& given to the Jews & all in the kingdom will go to the Jews with it & many will
come from E. W. N. S & sidt down with A[b]ram &c while the ^gentiles^ children of the kingdom will be cast out

many of the most Noble spirits that ever dwelt in flesh like Jesus and the Apostles have been meekly submitting to the ordimances of the gospel, and like little children have been subject to the Authority of the Holy Priesthood And have made evry sacrafize required and laboured day & night to build up Zion that the honest in Heart & the meek of the Earth may have A place to flee to in order to Escape the just judgment of that God whose rod is now suspended in the Heavens and is about to Fall upon the Earth and lay great Babylon with all of Her greatness, pomp, power, and glory in the dust. My Prayer to God is that evry Elder of Israel & saint of God throughout the whole Earth may be incouraged to labour dilligently & faithfully while the day of Harvests lasts for soon night will come when No man can work, then they will be Just as sure of their reward As was their chief captain & Head.

March 3, 1849 ~ Saturday

3rd FIGURES I wrote A letter to Mr Wm B. Goodyear Anapolis Md. I Also recieved A letter from Wesley Siddle. Br Whipple called upon me And spent the Afternoon I had A good time with him we conversed upon A variety of subjects Among other things He informed me that the Utah Lake abounded with the largest kind of the Mountain trout some As much as two & three feet in length And that all the small & large streams puting out of the Mountains Also Abounded with trout. I went with Br Whipple into Boston on my return I Assisted in the Baptizing of two individuals in the sea in the midst of the Ice. Br Bird Administered the ordinance in 3 feet of water they were the first He Baptized yet it [FIGURE] was well done.

March 4, 1849 ~ Sunday

[FIGURE] 4th Sunday The United States is without A President to day President Polk went out last night President Taylor is installed to morrow. Hence there is no president to day I met A congregation of saints And many strangers at Brother Birds for A meeting At 2 oclok Elder Whipple from the Valley of the Salt Lake was present. Elder J P Haven from the Bluffs Also And A vary full House. I Addressed over one hour & had much of the Spirit of God resting upon me And bore A strong testimony unto the People preached the first principles of the gosple And spoke of the general Bareings of the work of God in the present Dispensation. In speaking of the body of Christ And members in particular I told them I had seen men in my travels without Arms, legs, some without eyes, &c but I had never seen A man going about without A head. And As A natural body without A head would dye so the Church without a Head would die.

Br Whipple followed me & made some vary good remarks And edefying He said notwithstanding the Jews had Apostitized the right of the kingdom belonged to them & Jesus came & set up the kingdom among them they rejected it He took the kingdom from the Jews gave it to the Gentile all that were in the kingdom went to the gentiles with the Kingdom of God. The Gentiles in like manner have Apostitized And have not continued in the goodness of God still they have A rightt to have the kingdom of God set up among them in the last days And Joseph Smith being warned & commanded of God has recieved the gospel from the hand of an Angel, preached it to the gentiles set up the kingdom for the last time among them they have rejected it, it will now again be taken from them & given to the Jews & all in the kingdom will go to the Jews with it & many will come from E. W. N. S. & sit down with Abram &c while the gentiles children of the Kingdom will be cast out