of the city of Zion the peculiarity of that city having a
pillar of fire by nigh & a cloud by day resting over
the Habitations of the saints Elder Pratt spoke quite
leangthy upon these points when He closed He was
followed by Elder W. Woodruff who spoke briefly
upon a few item He manifested much pleasure in once
more meeting with the Saints said He had been on
a mission to the East nearly two years He could not
give so flattering account of matters as Elder Pratt
Had for the field in the Eastern states had been
like the gleaning of grapes after the vintage was
done thare had been Baptized in his field of
labour about 200 since he had been on his mission. As
there had been much said about the poor coming to kanesville
Elder Woodruff remarked that He had recieved council from
the Presidency in the valley to stretch out his arms and
gather all He possibly could to Zion. And when the Lord tells
me to do any thing or I receive council through the proper
sourse I go at it with all my might And I can neither
eat Drink or sleep in peace except the work that is requ-
ired of him me to be performed is progressing about right
I have laboured hard to gather out the people according to
the instructions given me. One company started from
Philadelphia under Elder Gibson of [blank] I Also started from
Boston on the 9^th with 209 And from St Louis with 225
& we arived here in safety & there are a few poor who
came with me who cannot go through & will stop here & if
in my zeal to carry out the instruction of the Presidency I
have been instrumental in causing more poor saints to come
to Kanesville than ought to have come it has been an
error of the head & not of the heart. I feel to sustain
Elder Hyde in the course He has taken here in taking a stand
against drunkenness gambling stealing Bogasmaking & iniquiti[es]
of all kinds. there is order in the kingdom of God. the
Presidency inof the Church are the first to receive & give instructi[on]
to the whole Church & Elder Hyde is the president in this
place & the one to receive & give instructions & He is accoun[table]
for his course to the Presidency of the Church, other remar[ks]
were made & was followed by Elder Hyde who said that wha[t]
Elder Woodruff had done was all right & would work for good
& other remarks were made He then gave council for the
Brethren who had farms to sell & were thinking of going to the
valley to take this as an omen that it was right for them [to]
go if they could sell them for what they were worth
to sell them & go if not to stay and till them unless
they felt disposed to give them to some poor brethren

the conference was dismissed & though there had not bee[n]
a shower of rain but once since last fall & the bow had
not been seen since last year yet as soon as meeting was
dismissed the clouds gatherd the rain poured down the
Bow appeared And it was a matter of observation with
many of the world as well as Saints. I spent the night at
Elder Hydes

of the city of Zion the peculiarity of that city having A pillar of fire by nigh & a cloud by day resting over the Habitations of the saints Elder Pratt spoke quite lengthy upon these points when He closed He was followed by Elder W. Woodruff who spoke briefly upon a few item He manifested much pleasure in once more meeting with the saints said He had been on a mission to the East nearly two years He could not give so flattering account of matters as Elder Pratt Had for the field in the Eastern States had been like the gleaning of grapes after the vintage was done thare had been Baptized in his field of labour about 200 since he had been on his mission. As there had been much said about the poor coming to kanesville Elder Woodruff remarked that He had recieved council from the Presidency in the valley to stretch out his arms and gather all He possibly could to Zion. And when the Lord tells me to do any thing or I receive council through the proper sourse I go at it with all my might And I can neither eat Drink or sleep in peace except the work that is required of me to be performed is progressing about right I have laboured hard to gather out the people according to the instructions given me. One company started from Philadelphia under Elder Gibson of [blank] I Also started from Boston on the 9th with 209 And from St Louis with 225 & we arived here in safety & there are a few poor who came with me who cannot go through & will stop here & if in my zeal to carry out the instruction of the Presidency I have been instrumental in causing more poor saints to come to Kanesville than ought to have come it has been an Error of the head & not of the heart. I feel to sustain Elder Hyde in the course He has taken here in taking a stand against drunkenness gambling stealing Bogasmaking & iniquities of all kinds. there is order in the kingdom of God. the Presidencyof the Church are the first to receive & give instruction to the whole Church & Elder Hyde is the president in this place & the one to receive & give instructions & He is accountable for his course to the Presidency of the Church, other remarks were made & was followed by Elder Hyde who said that what Elder Woodruff had done was all right & would work for good & other remarks were made He then gave council for the Brethren who had farms to sell & were thinking of going to the Valley to take this as an omen that it was right for them to go if they could sell them for what they were worth to sell them & go if not to stay and till them unless they felt disposed to give them to some poor brethren

the conference was dismissed & though there had not been a shower of rain but once since last fall & the bow had not been seen since last year yet as soon as meeting was dismissed the clouds gatherd the rain poured down the Bow appeared And it was a matter of observation with many of the world as well as Saints. I spent the night at Elder Hydes