Oct 7^th 1867

Mothers should Educate your children to pray to have
Faith in God, To learn the Bible Book of Mormon & doctrin
& Covenants, & all good principles & the Deserett Alphabet
should be taught so that our children should understand.

3rd Our Young Ladies should be taught Business to attend
stores Telegraph Offices, &c 4^th we want 500 teams to
come & draw 3 loads of Rock each so that we may build
the Temple they should have a waggon that will draw
8000 lbs & with 5 yoak of good oxen. 5^th we want
100 young Men to go on a Mission to Dixie

6^th All young Men & Madens old Enough to Marry are
required to Marry & fulfill the Law of God. All young men
7^thwho are 25 years old who do not Get Married in one
Month will be required to Pay $200 in cash into the
perpetual Emigrating Fund

7. Let the people lay up their wheat as they have been told for
years. 8^th Let the people learn the Law of Life how to live
At the close of his remarks John Taylor spoke 32 M[inutes]
9^th text let the Elders preach what they know & not tell
what they do not know & speculate on what would have
been had Adam not sined, had Christ not died, had
the world not been made &c for you know Nothing
about it. W Woodruff Followed & spoke 15 Minutes &
said when I Entered this Tabernacle yesterday morning
& gazed upon the vast sea of Fases for a few mo[me]nts
I could hardly tell whether I was in a vision or
whether it was a reality what I saw but I was soon conv
inced that I stood in the Great Tabernacle of our God
in which was Assembled some 6 or 8000 of the Latter day
Saints. We have had given us a certain Number
of text to preach from I consider it the duty of
the Elders to pay attention to these subjects when given
to them 1^st was the Emigration. The Lord has gathered
us from the Nations through ^the gospel of^ of Christ He requires us
to do all we can to gather the poor Saints from the Nations
of the Earth it is our duty to impart of our substance for that purpose

Oct 7th 1867

Mothers should Educate your children to pray to have Faith in God. To learn the Bible Book of Mormon & doctrin & Covenants, & all good principles & the Deserett Alphabet should be taught so that our children should understand. 3rd Our Young Ladies should be taught Business to attend stores Telegraph Offices, &c 4th we want 500 teams to come & draw 3 loads of Rock each so that we may build the Temple they should have a waggon that will draw 8000 lbs & with 5 yoak of good oxen. 5th we want 100 young Men to go on a Mission to Dixie 6th All young Men & Madens old Enough to Marry are required to Marry & fulfill the Law of God. All young men who are 25 years old who do not get Married in one Month will be required to Pay $200 in cash into the perpetual Emigrating Fund 7. Let the people lay up their wheat as they have been told for years. 8th Let the people learn the Law of Life how to live At the close of his remarks John Taylor spoke 32 Minutes 9. text let the Elders preach what they know & not tell what they do not know & speculate on what would have been had Adam not sined, had Christ not died, had the world not been made &c for you know Nothing about it. W Woodruff Followed & spoke 15 Minutes & [FIGURE] said when I Entered this Tabernacle yesterday morning & gazed upon the vast sea of Fases for a few moments I could hardly tell whether I was in a vision or whether it was a reality what I saw but I was soon conv inced that I stood in the Great Tabernacle of our God in which was Assembled some 6 or 8000 of the Latter day Saints. we have had given us a certain Number of text to preach from I consider it the duty of the Elders to pay attention to these subjects when given to them 1st was the Emigration. The Lord has gathered us from the Nations through the gospel of of Christ He requires us to do all we can to gather the poor Saints from the Nations of the Earth it is our duty to impart of our substance for that purpose