is to be redeemed from the power & dominion of the Devil
& the heavens with all the prophets that have ever lived are inluded
in the great work the Elders who are before me today have
this great battle to fight & the victor to win I never saw
a time in any age of my life when I have had more
desire to live than at the present time I want to see the w[or]k
progress, the kingdom rise that it may become esstablisd
in all the Earth & the effects that will follow. yes the Elders
should improve their time in treasuring up knowledge &
counsel for you will want it when you go the Nations
of the Earth dont spent your time in playing cards
dice chess or in any such foolish way but improve the
time to the best advantage & seek to conquer yourselvs
& preside over yourselvs & bring all your passions in subj[ectio]n
to the law of Christ as our president has taught us One
item which I count of importance I wish to speak off
I wish to exhort the 70^s & Elders to keep a Journal &
History of their lives for the record & history of this
church & kingdom will be wanted in a future day ther
has been no dispensation on Earth the procedings of
which will be more interesting than the one in which we
live. Should we ever have the privilege in our resurrected
bodies of visiting other planits & the inhabitants of the same we
should want to learn the history of that people if they had
kept no records of their lives, & the dealings of God with them
so we could get their History we should feel much disap-
pointed so would they should they visit us. it is true
that Joseph Smith kept a History of his own life & those
things in some measure connected with him He is now
dead but his life & Testimony is now being published to the
world in seperate peaces in our publications. Also president
Young has scribes who are recording his daily acts & life
which is right & good, but does that record the life
History & dealings of God with the many thousands
of the Apostles & Elders who are or will be in all the world
among evry Nation under Heaven No varrily No. then
all ye Elders of Israel write your History & the dealings of
God with you in all the world for your own benefit
& that of your posterity, for the benefit of the House
of Israel, for the benefit of Jew & Gentile for the benefit
of futur generations, & in fine for the benefit of those
celestial beings from other planets who may see fit to
visit us either in time or eternity & wish to visit our
libraries & peruse the History of the inhabitants of the
Earth esspecially the Saints in the last dispensation & fulness
of times then write & do not neglect it; many other
remarks were made by the speaker which are not recorded
Here

Brother Wood next made a few remaks said He
would do all the good He could would follow the counsel of the prophets
& leave his conscience in the states for He believed the people would
be led by the Holy Ghost if they followed the counsel of the prophets, who
were set to lead them He thought they were safer than his conscience
for paul once thought in all good conscience that He was doing
Gods will by persecuting the saints so his conscience decvd him

is to be redeemed from the power & dominion of the Devil & the heavens with all the prophets that have ever lived are inluded in the great work the Elders who are before me to day have this great battle to fight & the victor to win I never saw a time in any age of my life when I have had more desire to live than at the present time I want to see the work progress, the kingdom rise that it may become esstablisd in all the Earth & the Effects that will follow. yes the Elders should improve their time in treasuring up knowledge & counsel for you will want it when you go the Nations of the Earth dont spent your time in playing cards dice chess or in any such foolish way but improve the time to the best advantage & seek to conquer yourselvs & preside over yourselvs & bring all your passions in subjection to the law of Christ as our president has taught us One item which I count of importance I wish to speak off I wish to exhort the 70s & Elders to keep a Journal & History of their lives for the record & history of this Church & Kingdom will be wanted in a future day ther has been no dispensation on Earth the procedings of which will be more interesting than the one in which we live. Should we ever have the privilege in our resurrected bodies of visiting other planits & the inhabitants of the same we should want to learn the history of that people if they had kept no records of their lives, & the dealings of God with them so we could get their History we should feel much disappointed so would they should they visit us. it is true that Joseph Smith kept a History of his own life & those things in some measure connected with him He is now dead but his life & Testimony is now being published to the world in seperate peaces in our publications. Also president Young has scribes who are recording his daily acts & life which is right & good. but does that record the life History & dealings of God with the many thousands of the Apostles & Elders who are or will be in all the world among evry Nation under Heaven No varrily No. then all ye Elders of Israel write your History & the dealings of God with you in all the world for your own benefit & that of your posterity, for the benefit of the House of Israel, for the benefit of Jew & Gentile for the benefit of futur generations, & in fine for the benefit of those celestial beings from other planets who may see fit to visit us either in time or Eternity & wish to visit our libraries & peruse the History of the inhabitants of the Earth esspecially the saints in the last dispensation & fulness of times then write & do not neglect it; many other remarks were made by the speaker which are not recorded Here

Brother Wood next made a few remaks said he would do all the good he could would follow the counsel of the prophets & leave his conscience in the states for he believed the people would be led by the Holy Ghost if they followed the counsel of the prophets who were set to lead them. He thought they were safer than his conscene for paul once thought in all good conscience that he was doing Gods will by persecuting the saints so his conscience decvd him