[the promises] made to Abraham He brought up the Catholics & showed
they were not the ones for their Priesthood had not the
privilege of either wives or children and the greates
Blessing to Abraham consisted in his seed & posterity
It could not be the protestants they did allow one wife
to be sure but no more so when they come to the kingdom
of God and find Abram Isaac & Jacob there with their
many wives concubines & children there they the protistant
Christian Nations if they had power would cast out those
patriarchs out of the kingdom for having more wives than one
& concubines & many children & for having the Names of which
they would call their Bastard children written on the Gates of
of the New Jerrusalem they would point the finger of scorn
at these things so they would not agree. But when we come to
the Latter Day Saints we find them the ownly people on Earth
that suit the case exactly in evry respect and they are the
the kingdom of God & hold the keys of that kingdom & they
fell disposed to honor & respect their Father Abraham & their
children & desire to render unto Israel all that belongs unto them
He was followed By O Hyde & W. Woodruff who bore testimony
to the same subject & expressed their feelings plainly

November 22, 1852 ~ Monday

22nd we had a tremendious snow storm

November 23, 1852 ~ Tuesday

23rd The Roads are Blocked up with snow Bulah was taken
quite sick to day

November 24, 1852 ~ Wednesday

24^th Bulah is vary sick to day

November 25, 1852 ~ Thursday

25 Our chi[l]d grows worse

November 26, 1852 ~ Friday to November 27, 1852 ~ Saturday

26 & 27 Our child is getting better Mrs Woodruff has
been on a visit to Brother Benbows as his wife was vary
sick

November 28, 1852 ~ Sunday

28 Sunday the roads are vary bad I drove to cottonwd
after Mrs Woodruff but she started for home & arived
before me 25 mils

November 29, 1852 ~ Monday to November 30, 1852 ~ Tuesday

29^th & 30. I spent the time making fence vary stormy

December 1, 1852 ~ Wednesday to December 4, 1852 ~ Saturday

Dec 1, 2, 3, & 4 I spent the time making picket fence before
my house it is vary stormy weather

December 5, 1852 ~ Sunday

5^th Sunday O Hyde Preached & I followed him

December 6, 1852 ~ Monday to December 11, 1852 ~ Saturday

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 I spent this week making fence

December 12, 1852 ~ Sunday

12^th Sunday I spent the day at home writing

December 13, 1852 ~ Monday

Dec 13 Monday The Legislative Assembly of the Territory
[FIGURE] of Utah met this morning in the Counsel House
at 10 oclok the House was organized by Appointing J. M. Grant
Speaker & Thomas Bullock Clerk. And the counsel was
organ[ize]d By appointing Willard Richards President & James
Furguson Clerk W Woodruff E. T. Benson & Lorenzo Snow of the
Twelve were member of the House, & O Hyde P. P. Pratt G. A. Smith
& F. D. Richards of the 12 in the counsel the members took seats

the promises made to Abraham He brought up the Catholics & showed they were not the Ones for their Priesthood had not the privilege of Either wives or children and the greates blessing to Abraham consisted in his seed & posterity It could not be the protestants they did allow one wife to be sure but no more so when they come to the kingdom of God and find Abram Isaac & Jacob there with their many wives concubines & children there they the protistant Christian Nations if they had power would cast out those patriarchs out of the kingdom for having more wives than one & concubines & many children & for having the Names of which they would call their Bastard children written on the Gates of of the New Jerrusalem they would point the finger of scorn at these things so they would not agree. But when we come to the Latter Day Saints we find them the ownly people on Earth that suit the case exactly in evry respect and they are the the kingdom of God & hold the keys of that kingdom & they fell disposed to honor & respect their Father Abraham & their children & desire to render unto Israel all that belongs unto them He was followed by O Hyde & W. Woodruff who bore testimony to the same subject & expressed their feelings plainly

November 22, 1852 ~ Monday

22nd we had a tremendious Snow storm

November 23, 1852 ~ Tuesday

23rd The roads are blocked up with Snow Bulah was taken quite sick to day

November 24, 1852 ~ Wednesday

24th Bulah is vary sick to day

November 25, 1852 ~ Thursday

25 Our child grows worse

November 26, 1852 ~ Friday to November 27, 1852 ~ Saturday

26 & 27 Our child is getting better Mrs Woodruff has been on a visit to Brother Benbows as his wife was vary sick

November 28, 1852 ~ Sunday

28 Sunday The roads are vary bad I drove to cottonwd after Mrs Woodruff but she started for home & arived before me 25 mils

November 29, 1852 ~ Monday to November 30, 1852 ~ Tuesday

29th & 30. I spent the time making fence vary stormy

December 1, 1852 ~ Wednesday to December 4, 1852 ~ Saturday

Dec 1, 2, 3, & 4 I spent the time making picket fence before my house it is vary stormy weather

December 5, 1852 ~ Sunday

5th Sunday O Hyde Preached & I followed him

December 6, 1852 ~ Monday to December 11, 1852 ~ Saturday

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 I spent this week making fence

December 12, 1852 ~ Sunday

12th Sunday I spent the day at home writing

December 13, 1852 ~ Monday

Dec 13 Monday The Legislative Assembly of the Territory [FIGURE] of Utah met this morning in the Counsel House at 10 oclok the House was Organized by Appointing J. M. Grant Speaker & Thomas Bullock Clerk. And the Counsel was Organized by appointing Willard Richards President & James Furguson Clerk W Woodruff E. T. Benson & Lorenzo Snow of the Twelve were member of the House, & O Hyde P. P. Pratt G. A. Smith & F. D. Richards of the 12 in the Counsel the members took seats