for the reign of Christ, & to fulfill the promises which was made
to the Ancient Prophets & Patriarch which promises they drew from
the Heavens by their faith & faithfulness before the Lord & saw the
work that lies before us by the spirit of inspiration revelation dreams
& the visions of Heaven. Thus it has been that A combination
of causes of eternal & important consequence has stimulated the Proph[ets] [page covered]
Apostles & Elders to action untill they have resolved in their hearts that
for Zion^s sake they would not hold their peace & for Jerrusalem sake
they would not rest, untill their righteousness goes forth as Brightness
& salvation as A Lamp that Burneth. Yea the time has come for the
Lord to esstablish his kingdom on the earth & to make A short work of it
& overthrow the Kingdom of the devel, for He has held dominion on
the earth for many generations & in one instance undertook to
claim his right to all the Kingdoms of the world before the Lord wh[en] [page covered]
He showed the Savior all the kingdoms of the world & proffered to
give them to him if He would fall down & worship him, when in
fact the Poor Devil did did not own one foot of land on the eart[h] [page covered] [Matthew 4:8-9]
I feel also that the time has come when we can no more preach salvatio[n] [page covered]
to those of the gentiles who have rejected the Prophets & killed them &
cast the saints & the gospel out of their midst, the last time I was
through the United States I could not preach salvation to the peop[le] [page covered]
but I could have the spirit of God to preach damnation to them fo[r] [page covered]
they were worthy I tried to preach a gospel sermon in the Temple
in Nauvoo to many of the world who were present But it was hard
work to do it. But I could tell them about their spilling the
Blood of the Prophets & the judgments that must follow them
& that they had not got done with Joseph Smith but he would yet r[ule] [page covered]
in judgment against them & condemn them.

I will close by relating An circumstance that transpired when I was in
the eastern states on my return ofrom England I went to the state of
Connecticut (my native place) to get my father to bring to Zion. I
thought if Joseph was Justifyed in giving commandment to have hi[s] [page covered]
bones taken to be buried in Canaan, that I was Justifyed In taking my
living father & gathering him with the Saints & while At his house
was visited by my Fathers sister Aunt Wheeler who was naturly a
good woman & A strenuous Prysbeterian while conversing about our lea[ving] [page covered]
& going so far off she asked me with tears in her eyes if I suppo[sed] [page covered]
we could find any Christian society to associate with. I replyed for
Gods sake & our sake I hope not, she gazed at me with amazement
& wondered why I should feel so. I replyed that the Christians of
this generation in the United States had persecuted us to all intents &
purposes had burned our dwellings, given our goods to the flames
had murdered our Brethren, sistiers, wives & children had mart[yred] [page covered]
our Prophets, Patriarchs, & Apostles & driven the remainder o[f] [page covered]
us from their midst & should we now desire their society & see[k] [page covered]
their religion? No I would rather be in the midst of the griselly b[ears] [page covered]
of the rocky mountains, or mingle with the society of the savages [in] [page covered]
the forest, than to longer mingle with such Christians or longer
bear the fruits of their religion

August 9, 1847 ~ Monday

9^th I spent the day in making A saw pit

August 10, 1847 ~ Tuesday

10^th I spent the day in preparing timber for our dwellings in the for[t] [page covered]
we decided by council to enclose one Block of 10 acres with dobys [adobies] &
buildings as a fort or fortification.

August 11, 1847 ~ Wednesday

[page folded] [11^th] I spent this day in framing timber the company also comm[enced] [page covered]
[page folded] [l]aying their wall on one side of the lot one doby & a half thick 2 1/2

for the reign of Christ, & to fulfill the promises which was made to the Ancient Prophets & Patriarch which promises they drew from the Heavens by their faith & faithfulness before the Lord & saw the work that lies before us by the spirit of inspiration revelation dreams & the visions of Heaven. Thus it has been that a combination of causes of eternal & important consequence has stimulated the Prophet Apostles & Elders to action untill they have resolved in their hearts that for Zions sake they would not hold their peace & for Jerrusalem sake they would not rest, untill their righteousness goes forth as brightness & Salvation as a Lamp that burneth. Yea the time has come for the Lord to esstablish his kingdom on the earth & to make a short work of it & overthrow the Kingdom of the devel, for He has held dominion on the earth for many generations & in one instance undertook to claim his right to all the Kingdoms of the world before the Lord when He showed the Savior all the kingdoms of the world & proffered to give them to him if He would fall down & worship him, when in fact the Poor Devil did not own one foot of land on the earth I feel also that the time has come when we can no more preach salvation to those of the gentiles who have rejected the Prophets & killed them & cast the saints & the gospel out of their midst, the last time I was through the United States I could not preach salvation to the people but I could have the spirit of God to preach damnation to them for they were worthy I tried to preach a gospel sermon in the Temple in Nauvoo to many of the world who were present but it was hard work to do it. But I could tell them about their spilling the blood of the Prophets & the judgments that must follow them & that they had not got done with Joseph Smith but he would yet rule in judgment against them & condemn them.

I will close by relating a circumstance that transpired when I was in the eastern States on my returnfrom England I went to the State of Connecticut (my native place) to get my father to bring to Zion. I thought if Joseph was justifyed in giving commandment to have his bones taken to be buried in Canaan, that I was justifyed In taking my living father & gathering him with the Saints & while at his house was visited by my Fathers Sister Aunt Wheeler who was naturly a good woman & a strenuous Prysbeterian while conversing about our leaving & going so far off she asked me with tears in her eyes if I supposed we could find any Christian society to associate with, I replyed for Gods sake & our sake I hope not, she gazed at me with amazement & wondered why I should feel so, I replyed that the Christians of this generation in the United States had persecuted us to all intents & purposes had burned our dwellings, given our goods to the flames had murdered our Brethren, Sisters, wives & children had martered our Prophets, Patriarchs, & Apostles & driven the remainder of us from their midst & should we now desire their society & seek their religion? No I would rather be in the midst of the griselly bears of the rocky mountains, or mingle with the society of the Savages in the forest, than to longer mingle with such Christians or longer bear the fruits of their religion

August 9, 1847 ~ Monday

9th I spent the day in making a saw pit

August 10, 1847 ~ Tuesday

10th I spent the day in preparing timber for our dwellings in the fort we decided by council to enclose one block of 10 acres with dobys & buildings as a fort or fortification.

August 11, 1847 ~ Wednesday

11th page folded I spent this day in framing timber the company also commenced laying page folded their wall on one side of the lot one doby & a half thick 2 1/2