And Exhaltation. I have exhorted my new comers to go down
to the south before they settel Here & help to build up a stake
if you remember the words of God in the days of Joseph
says Ye are laying the foundation of a great work and ye
know it not. [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33] we are now preparing to have a state
soon, soon the Brethren will come by 101001000 & 10000
We have at Parowan 80 men & Boys we want to have
evry man who knows any thing about making Iron
go to Iron Co. & make Iron. As long as we have to buy
evry thing & pay 3 prices for it we shall be poor. I
would rather mak our own ware & ploughes than to be a slave
to Missouri or Ill. I never dreamed that when I or any Elder
had a mission to preach the Gospel or build up Zion to ask
to be dismissed or return home untill my work was
closed such an Idea Never Enterd my brain. If the
Saints will scatter abroad & settle these far vallies we can
come up here & present our tithings & offering & come & wor
ship as they did in Jerrusalem come & raise 1000 Bushels
of wheat & potatoes & say to the Nations of the Earth come
& Eat & do sumthing to build up Zion.
Afternoon President Young sayes we hear the Brethren Arise
& return thanks for the Blessings received we can respond to it
the work is of all importance to the Human family the
Brethren are all willing to do right & they say Lord not
my will but thine be done. If the Lord should say come
& preach to us we would say Amen to it the Lord has his
means to carry on his work And also his own means to do it
when the peoples hearts are prepared to do the will of
God the victory is ours if we come to understanding so
as to have the organization of the kingdom of God so that
evryone acts in unison like a beautiful peace of machinery
we gain the victory. we shall then know how to order our
speech & conversation aright Before God this is a good
people cannot we be better we have faith & knowledge
cannot we have more of it yes their is an Eternity of it. we
have learned to obey by the things we suffer but what do we
behold their is evil surmising, speaking, & doing. the Evil intruder
has not left us. who is keeping this commandment that loves
his Neighbor as He does himself will save his Neighbor
Garden & crops &c we shall then believe & practice all
the commands we shall Have one common interest. I
dont care what you believe if you practice right & act
as though you loved the Lord & then you will do right their
is no school like your own experience when I herd Geore
A. Smith speak I thought of former days when men
from Canida & other places stop 50 miles this side of Kirtland leave the money with the wife go & see Joseph
& say how I love you. But let Joseph Ask him for a
few dollars & they would instantly dodge at it while in
the world you would go away now you are here I canot
get you to go to the far vallies because Warsaw & carthage
are not there. I felt like crying abot Amasa company they
were ready to go to Hell. How ready the people are to go to Hell
let the Eyes of the Saints be open. I had to plead with
and exhaltation. I have exhorted my new comers to go down
to the south before they settel here & help to build up a stake
if you remember the words of God in the days of Joseph
says Ye are laying the foundation of a great work and ye
know it not. we are now preparing to have a state
soon, soon the Brethren will come by 101001000 & 10000
We have at Parowan 80 men & boys we want to have
evry man who knows any thing about making Iron
go to Iron Co. & make Iron as long as we have to buy
evry thing & pay 3 prices for it we shall be poor I
would rather mak our own ware & ploughes than to be a slave
to Missouri or Ill. I never dreamed that when I or any Elder
had a mission to preach the Gospel or build up Zion to ask
to be dismissed or return home untill my work was
closed such an Idea Never enterd my brain. If the
Saints will scatter abroad & settle these far vallies we can
come up here & present our tithings & offering & come & wor
ship as they did in Jerrusalem come & raise 1000 bushels
of wheat & potatoes & say to the Nations of the Earth come
& eat & do sumthing to build up Zion.
Afternoon President Young sayes we hear the Brethren arise
& return thanks for the blessings received we can respond to it
the work is of all importance to the Human family the
Brethren are all willing to do right & they say Lord not
my will but thine be done. If the Lord should say come
& preach to us we would say Amen to it the Lord has his
means to carry on his work and also his own means to do it
when the peoples hearts are prepared to do the will of
God the victory is ours if we come to understanding so
as to have the organization of the kingdom of God so that
evryone acts in unison like a beautiful peace of machinery
when we gain the victory we shall then know how to order our
speech & conversation aright before God this is a good
people cannot we be better we have faith & knowledge
cannot we have more of it yes their is an Eternity of it. we
have learned to obey by the things we suffer but what do we
behold their is evil surmising, speaking, & doing. the Evil intruder
has not left us. who is keeping this commandment that loves
his Neighbor as he does himself will save his Neighbor
Garden & crops &c we shall then believe & practice all
the commands we shall have one common interest I
dont care what you believe if you practice right & act
as though you love the Lord & then you will do right their
is no school like your own experience when I herd Geore
A. Smith speak I thought of former days when men
from Canida & other places would stop 50 miles this side of
Kirtland leave the money with the wife go & see Joseph
& say how I love you. But let Joseph ask him for a
few dollars & they would instantly dodge at it while in
the world you would go away now you are here I canot
get you to go to the far vallies because warfare & carthage
are not there I felt like crying abot Amasa company they
were ready to go to Hell. How ready the people are to go to Hell
let the Eyes of the saints be open I had to plead with
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," October 5, 1851, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/xkBP