let the Saints of God come together & Hear the Elders teach
Apply your Hearts unto wisdom & get it. If I am full of
the spirit of God I shall not get any more than I want
It is the duty of all to come Here that can come & let the
power of Eternity rest upon us And you should not be asleep
but wide awake. When I contrast the present with the past
situations of the Saints I[t] gives me a great variety of feelings,
Both good & Bad Joyful & sorrowful I have seen this
people waiding through a school of affliction they then
were prayful & had faith their trying situation made
them remember the Lord their God. But now prosperity
is heaped upon you And as this people are to be tryed in all
things when prosperity comes some forget God wax fat
& rich do not realize the Blessings they are enjoying. some
who are in poverty abroad desire to gather with the saints
when they arive & get rich they forget what they have
Been. Could you see the feelings of thousands now
who are abroad who desire with all totheir hearts to come
Here they would be willing to lick up the dust of your feet
if they could but be Here they still are with the wicked
Bring them Here they look upon many who were poor
but now rich, they then desire to be rich also they want
gold & will soon be willing to sacrifice the society of the
Saints & go to the gold mines & plunge themselves again
into Hell as it were from whare they came to gratify an
unlawful desire thus it is with many men some were
to go to the plat to Bear River & keep a ferry to get gold
& wait on wicked ungodly men to get gold whare are
their minds like the fools eyes. I told them I would
not wait on the devils for loads of gold I would rather
stay here & serve the Lord. All I want of property is
to serve the Lord & build up his kingdom with it. I suppose
many of the Brethren & sisters are much tryed to think
they cannot have all they want. I will tell you what
to do, do all you can to day & let the rest go untill to morrow
do your duty to day and all will be right what
good would it do you to Have 999 years to search & Hear the revelations
& commandments of God if we have no time to carry one of
them out? If any one wants to get more revelations than they
improve upon they are greedy dogs. It will take 20 years to do the
work that God has revealed through the Mouth of his servant
Joseph which He laid out for us to perform before his death
even during the last year of his life to say nothing of what He
gave before. I will tell you your duty. Command your minds
from evry thing that is not for you to day & sit & worship God
not sit & sleep But worship the Lord today, go home at the close
of the meeting & get your food & rest then come to meeting again
ponder & reflect upon the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ & his sufferi-
ngs. if their is anything necessary to be done do it if an ox or an
Ass falls into the pit pull him out, drive any Beast out of your Neigh
bors grain & put up the fence. Do you meditate do you pray in
your families & in secret to get the spirit of God. you say you
have my ^your^ tryials I Have mine I will tell some of them Brethren will
come Here to meeting on Monday morning go through my field leave
my fence down let their cattle & Horses eat my wheat

let the Saints of God come together & hear the Elders teach Apply your hearts unto wisdom & get it. If I am full of the spirit of God I shall not get any more than I want It is the duty of all to come here that can come & let the power of Eternity rest upon us and you should not be asleep but wide awake. When I contrast the present with the past situations of the Saints It gives me a great variety of feelings, both good & bad Joyful & sorrowful I have seen this people waiding through a school of affliction they then were prayful & had faith their trying situation made them remember the Lord their God. But now prosperity is heaped upon you and as this people are to be tryed in all things when prosperity comes some forget God wax fat & rich do not realize the blessings they are enjoying. some who are in poverty abroad desire to gather with the saints when they arive & get rich they forget what they have been. Could you see the feelings of thousands now who are abroad who desire with all their hearts to come here they would be willing to lick up the dust of your feet if they could but be here they still are with the wicked Bring them here they look upon many who were poor but now rich, they then desire to be rich also they want gold & will soon be willing to sacrifice the society of the Saints & go to the gold mines & plunge themselves again into Hell as it were from whare they came to gratify an unlawful desire thus it is with many men some were to go to the plat to Bear River & keep a ferry to get gold & wait on wicked ungodly men to get gold whare are their minds like the fools eyes. I told them I would not wait on the devils for loads of gold I would rather stay here & serve the Lord. All I want of property is to serve the Lord & build up his kingdom with it. I suppose many of the Brethren & Sisters are much tryed to think they cannot have all they want. I will tell you what to do, do all you can to day & let the rest go untill to morrow do your duty to day and all will be right what good would it do you to have 999 years to search & hear the revelations & commandments of God if we have no time to carry one of them out. If any one wants to get more revelations than they improve upon they are greedy dogs. It will take 20 years to do the work that God has revealed through the mouth of his servant Joseph which he laid out for us to perform before his death even during the last year of his life to say nothing of what he gave before. I will tell you your duty. Command your minds from evry thing that is not for you to day & sit & worship God not sit & sleep but worship the Lord today, go home at the close of the meeting & get your food & rest then come to meeting again ponder & reflect upon the cause of the Lord Jesus Christ & his sufferings. if their is any thing necessary to be done do it if an ox or an ass falls into the pit pull him out, drive any beast out of your Neigh bors grain & put up the fence. Do you meditate do you pray in your families & in secret to get the spirit of God. you say you have your trials I have mine I will tell some of them Brethren will come here to meeting on Monday morning go through my field leave my fence down let their cattle & horses eat my wheat