meeting in an interesting manner & gave good teaching He said A
man by seeking that which did not belong to him would loose
that which He seemeth to have As in this case Br Andrews by
unlawfully marrying this woman is now left without any wife
there is no Elder in this Church [who has] any right to marry A woman to
a man who has A living wife, many men act like fools as soon as
they get an idea that women should obey their husbands & be passive in
their hands they will go to the woods & get a bundle of sticks & com-
mence whiping their wives to make them obey them in the first
place A Husband should be a righteous man A man of God & rule his
houshold in righteousness & govern his wife with kindness & love & not
with A rod, club, or his fist, his conduct to his wife should be such
that she will love him with all of her heart And He should pray to
God that his wife & children which are jewels given him might be
saved & not taken from him that not any thing need be lost which
the father hath given him. He said that many men through their con-
duct would have taken from them that which they had & given to another
He said that when A man had A jewel given to him he ought to prize it &
treasure it up & take good care of it & in process of time other jewels
might be given him of the Lord, but He should not undertake to
steal them for He could not keep them, And A man should not
be in a hurry to obtain any blessing or exhaltation that is not for
him & when he has proved himself faithful in all things before
God there is no good thing that will be withheld from him in
time or eternity & many other good instructions were given

President Joseph Young followed with interesting remarks
& gave it as his opinion that Br Andrews ought to be cut off from
the Church for Adultery, most of the quorum of the Twelve
spoke upon the subject Also the presidents of the Seventies After
which it was moved & carried that Milo Andrews be cut off
from the Church for Adultery. it was Also moved And carried
that the woman be cut off from the Church fromor Adultery. It
was moved & carried that they both be left in the hands of the
Presidents of the Seventies meeting then Adjurned And the
Twelve went into the recorders office & met in council

December 22, 1847 ~ Wednesday

22nd I met in council with the Twelve, the Epistle was read &
prepared for the Press some other letters read

December 23, 1847 ~ Thursday

23^rd I went over the river with the quorum of the Twelve and spent
the night at Council Point we had a meeting I addressed the meeting
and was followed by Brother Joseph Young we had A good meeting 10 m[iles]

December 24, 1847 ~ Friday

LOG TABERNACLE CONFERENCE

24^th This conference was opened at 10 oclok according to appointment, Prayer
By O. Pratt W Woodruff Addressed the meeting upon the object of calling
the conference & was followed by O Pratt upon the same subject, much
interesting teaching & instruction was given through the day by A number
who addressed the meeting. The Brethren on that side of the river during
the last three weeks had built A Log Tabernacle for this & other conferences
65 feet by 40 we felt that they had done A great work in so short A time.
After doing the business of the day the quorum of the Twelve spent the
evening in council at Br Richards I spent the night at Br Guymans

December 25, 1847 ~ Saturday

[page torn] [25] The conference was Addressed to day By Presidents Young &
others of the Twelve upon A variety of subjects such as emegrating
to the west, the Brethren on the east side of the river, to assist President
Young & others on the west side with teams & waggons, much interesting

meeting in an interesting manner & gave good teaching. He said a man by seeking that which did not belong to him would loose that which he seemeth to have as in this case Br Andrews by unlawfully marrying this woman is now left without any wife there is no Elder in this church who has any right to marry a woman to a man who has a living wife, many men act like fools as soon as they get an idea that women should obey their husbands & be passive in their hands they will go to the woods & get a bundle of sticks & commence whiping their wives to make them obey them in the first place a husband should be a righteous man a man of God & rule his houshold in righteousness & govern his wife with kindness & love & not with a rod, club, or his fist, his conduct to his wife should be such that she will love him with all of her heart and he should pray to God that his wife & children which are jewels given him might be saved & not taken from him that not any thing need be lost which the father hath given him. He said that many men through their conduct would have taken from them that which they had & given to another. He said that when a man had a jewel given to him he ought to prize it & treasure it up & take good care of it & in process of time other jewels might be given him of the Lord, but he should not undertake to steal them for he could not keep them, and a man should not be in a hurry to obtain any blessing or exhaltation that is not for him & when he has proved himself faithful in all things before God there is no good thing that will be withheld from him in time or Eternity & many other good instructions were given

President Joseph Young followed with interesting remarks & gave it as his opinion that Br Andrews ought to be cut off from the Church for adultery, most of the quorum of the Twelve spoke upon the subject also the presidents of the Seventies after which it was moved & carried that Milo Andrews be cut off from the church for adultery. it was also moved and carried that the woman be cut off from the Church for adultery. It was moved & carried that they both be left in the hands of the Presidents of the Seventies meeting then adjurned and the Twelve went into the recorders office & met in council

December 22, 1847 ~ Wednesday

22nd I met in council with the Twelve, the Epistle was read prepared for the Press some other letters read

December 23, 1847 ~ Thursday

23rd I went over the river with the quorum of the Twelve and spent the night at Council Point we had a meeting I addressed the meeting and was followed by Brother Joseph Young we had a good meeting 10 m

December 24, 1847 ~ Friday

LOG TABERNACLE CONFERENCE

24th This conference was opened at 10 oclok according to appointment, prayer by O. Pratt W Woodruff addressed the meeting upon the object of calling the conference & was followed by O Pratt upon the same subject, much interesting teaching & instruction was given through the day by a number who addressed the meeting. The Brethren on that side of the river during the last three weeks had built a Log Tabernacle for this & other conferences 65 feet by 40 we felt that they had done a great work in so short a time. After doing the business of the day the quorum of the Twelve spent the evening in council at Br Richards I spent the night at Br Guymans The conference was addressed to day by Presidents Young & others of the Twelve upon a variety of subjects such as emegrating to the west, the Brethren on the east side of the river, to assist President Young & others on the west side with teams & waggons, much interesting