Cincinnati is much of a place of business I sayw while there the Dead & wounded
taken from the Flora caused by the bursting of the connecting pipes I took water
at Cincinnati for Wellsville rising of 400 miles I also passed another boat
that had run against a snag store her hull & sunk at Wellsville I took
the stage to Kirtland 90 miles & whene I arived at Kirtland I was almost
asstonished I at the alteration in the place since I was there in May
1834 for when I left there was but few buildings & most of them shanties
but now on my returen I fou^n^d a city as it were arising from the hills
& dales & a temple standing in its midsts with its steeple pointing
towards heaven in honor of that God who commanded it be built
& framed the materials of which it was made. It was truly a happy
season to my soul to again meet the inhabitants of Kirtland those with
whom I had endured perils & tribulations I visited the house of the lord &
its contents & I saw that which I did not expect to behold in my generation
& among these things I say the Egyptian mummies & also the Book of
Abram written by his own hand in ancient form. On last sabbath
I had the privelege of going up to the house of the Lord in Kirtland to
worship with my Beloved Brethren I kno not ownly had the privilege of
hereing the word of God in company with about 1,000 Saints from the
sacred desk but also of declaring the word of God unto them. my happiness
hath been great to behold the work of God in these last days & Allthough
the gentiles rages & the priest imagin vain things yet the work of God will roll on
in spite of all these things untill babylon shall fall Israel be gathered & Christ
reign

I am mow about to commence a cours
of study perhaps shall enter school on the morrow what length of tim[e] it
will take me to accomplish it I am unable to say I may spend the private
part of my time for several years in this place. I intend to leave school in
the spring a sufficient time to visit my parents & frends in the east & proclaim
the gospel unto them I expect to spend the ^ensuing^ summer in Connecticut I
am perfectly reconciled with my lot in life I never enjoyed myself better in
life than at present. I am now experiencing what I have looked for several
years ownly the blessings of God are greater than I ever expected to
behold. enjoy or even hear from in my generation if you ever
travel through this county I desire you to visit Kirtland once more as
I understood yesterday by Elder Johnston that you called upon him
in this place & inquired for me I supposed at It was a year or

Cincinnati is much of a place of business I saw while there the Dead & wounded taken from the Flora caused by the bursting of the connecting pipes I took water at Cincinnati for Wellsville rising of 400 miles I also passed another boat that had run against a snag store her hull & sunk at Wellsville I took the stage to Kirtland 90 miles & whene I arived at Kirtland I was almost asstonished at the alteration in the place since I was there in May 1834 for when I left there was but few buildings & most of them shanties but now on my returen I found a city as it were arising from the hills & dales & a temple standing in its midsts with its steeple pointing towards heaven in honor of that God who commanded it be built & framed the materials of which it was made. It was truly a happy season to my soul to again meet the inhabitants of Kirtland those with whom I had endured perils & tribulations I visited the house of the lord & its contents & I saw that which I did not expect to behold in my generation & among these things I say the Egyptian mummies & also the Book of Abram written by his own hand in ancient form. On last sabbath I had the privelege of going up to the house of the Lord in Kirtland to worship with my Beloved Brethren I not ownly had the privilege of hereing the word of God in company with about 1,000 Saints from the sacred desk but also of declaring the word of God unto them. my happiness hath been great to behold the work of God in these last days & Allthough the gentiles rages & the priest imagin vain things yet the work of God will roll on in spite of all these things untill babylon shall fall Israel be gathered & Christ reign

I am mow about to commence a cours of study perhaps shall enter school on the morrow what length of time it will take me to accomplish it I am unable to say I may spend the private part of my time for several years in this place. I intend to leave school in the spring a sufficient time to visit my parents & frends in the east & proclaim the gospel unto them I expect to spend the ensuing summer in Connecticut I am perfectly reconciled with my lot in life I never enjoyed myself better in life than at present. I am now experiencing what I have looked for several years ownly the blessings of God are greater than I ever expected to behold. enjoy or even hear from in my generation if you ever travel through this county I desire you to visit Kirtland once more as I understood yesterday by Elder Johnston that you called upon him in this place & inquired for me I supposed It was a year or