A Lyman & company for days not to go I could not stay
them. Now I want you to go & you wont go I want to have
you go to Iron Co. the people here are so full of wheat & good
things that they loath it. If you dont want to pay your
tithing the Lord dont want you tithing untill you go into Hell
if you dont want to save yourself nor your children
nor your dead dont pay your tithing if you do want to save
then pay your tithing for it is for your Benefit not
mine you cannot do the Lord any good in it or Add to
his glory But it is for yourself. The cattle have come
in well of late And I think the Best has been sent in
you should be industrious & saving. I dont want my children
to b lazy if I die I dont want any man to foster them in
idleness make your cloth yourself I wish my boys
had to work as I did for a living.
~ Monday
Monday Oct 6thConference Assembled according to
Adjournment singing & Prayer By W W Phelps
President Young said the time had come to commence
the business of the semianual conference the business
of the last conference was productive of more good
than any conference we ever held. the keeping
of the word of wisdom has done much good I will be
exceding glad when we arive at wisdom in all things
the word of wisdom was given in Kirtland 20 years
ago for the benefit of all Saints when we live 20
or 50 years longer we shall see that we do not
understand much of the word of wisdom we are
but babes in understanding wisdom who understands
it, was all spoken that might be spoken their is but
one ysystem of explaining any revelation & that is the Rev-
elation of Jesus Christ in the heart of man when He
possesses the Holy Ghost. We are forbidden to use meat in hot
weather. Hot drinks & tobaco is not good for man you should
not eat to over load your stomach. their is a greater
lack in my system of wisdom of tempering my food &
exercise than in eating meat or tobaco. Tithing is com
ing sin so fast their will not be room to receive it
I wanted this conference to come together so I could
see their faces not to scold them. I want to se their
faces they look better to me than all the glories of
the Earth. I said when the Brethren got out of prision I wanted to sit & look at them three weeks. Our
graineries & stoor House are full of wheat & good things
If this people are rich Beautiful & Happy I am with
them. If they are miserable I am still with them if this
people arenotcrowned&savednone ofus will
be it is in vain for one man to build himself up &
neglect his brothers interest. He will fail in it. we
must begin to manifacture all we want or we are slaves
to every thing in all the Earth. Evry thing is against
Mormonism & Mormonism is against evry thing everything
is against us. Hear it O Earth for the kingdom of God is
against all Earth & Hell this is true & we shall fight
A Lyman & company for days not to go I could not stay
them Now I want you to go & you wont go I want to have
you go to Iron Co. the people here are so full of wheat & good
things that they loath it. If you dont want to pay your
tithing the Lord dont want you tithing untill you go into Hell
if you dont want to save yourself nor your children
nor your dead dont pay your tithing if you do want to save
then pay your tithing for it is for your benefit not
mine you cannot do the Lord any good in it or add to
his glory but it is for yourself. The cattle have come
in well of late and I think the best has been sent in
you should be industrious & saving, I dont want my children
to be lazy if I die I dont want any man to foster them in
idleness make your cloth yourself I wish my boys
had to work as I did for a living.
~ Monday
Monday Oct 6th Conference assembled according to
adjournment singing & Prayer by W W Phelps
President Young said the time had come to commence
the business of the semianual conference the business
of the last conference was productive of more good
than any conference we ever held. the keeping
of the word of wisdom has done much good I will be
exceding glad when we arive at wisdom in all things
the word of wisdom was given in Kirtland 20 years
ago for the benefit of all Saints when we live 20
or 50 years longer we shall see that we do not
understand much of the word of wisdom we are
but babes in understanding wisdom who understands
it, was all spoken that might be spoken their is but
onesystem of explaining any Revelation & that is the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the heart of man when he
possesses the Holy Ghost we are forbidden to use meat in hot
weather. Hot drinks & tobaco is not good for man you should
not eat to over load your stomach. their is a greater
lack in my system of wisdom of tempering my food &
exercise than in eating meat or tobaco. Tithing is com
ing in so fast their will not be room to receive it
I wanted this conference to come together so I could
see their faces not to scold them I want to see their
faces they look better to me than all the Glories of
the Earth I said when the Brethren got out of
prision I wanted to sit & look at them three weeks Our
graineries & stour house are full of wheat & good things
If this people are rich beautiful & happy I am with
them. If they are miserable I am still with them if this
people arenotCrowned&savednone ofus will
be [FIGURE] it is in vain for one man to build himself up &
neglect his brothers interest He will fail in it. we
must begin to manifacture all we want or we are slaves
to every thing in all the Earth evry thing is against
Mormonism & Mormonism is against evry thing everything
is against us Hear it O Earth for the kingdom of God is
against all Earth & Hell this is true & we shall fight
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," October 5, 1851 - October 6, 1851, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/yPDR