MayApril 2930 1869

the Evening about going to the Muddy

May 1, 1869 ~ Saturday

May 1st We met a 10 oclok in the Basement of the Tabernacle
for a 2 days Meeting My son Wilford & several of ofthe
St Thomas settlement had come up to attend the conference
Our conference was opened By prayer By D. H. Wells President
B Young spoke 50 Minutes D. H. Wells 63 M[inutes] in the forenoon I visited
Brother Johnsons Garden at Noon. He had a great variety of
grapes flowers & shrubery. in the Afternoon Joseph Young spoke
28 Minutes W Woodruff spoke 37, H. S. Eldridge 30 Minutes I
spent the Evening in visiting the saints & the night in company with
Wilford at the Family of Frank Woolley

May 2, 1869 ~ Sunday

May 2nd I visited many of the Saints also the sunday school
Our Meeting [assembled] at 10 oclok G Q Cannon spoke 58 M[inutes]
B Young jr 32 Joseph W Young spok 10 M[inutes] President B
Young spoke 8 Minutes. He said if you want to know why we
want to settle this Southern Country one reason is this, if
the Nation Makes war upon us again we want some place to go
to whare we can have a safe place to keep our women & children in
while we have to defend our homes. Afternoon president Joseph
Young spoke 36 Minutes G. Dunford spoke 13 M[inutes] President B Young
spoke 60 Minuts & said I do not know that I have spent
one Moment to reflect whether I should be saved or not. I know
that I am serving a God that will do right & He has given
me a work to do And I ask God to Give me Grace and
wisdom to perform it & I leave all Events in his hands. He then
read the word of wisdom & said this people never saw the
day that they were willing for God to rule over us in all things
there is not one in a thousand willing for it. During the whole
war we were the ownly People in the United States who
were safe in person & property they did not call for any
Men I am Glad of it. The Nation is agoing to have war
& Blood up to there Horses Bridles & they will be destroyed
I have sPaid to this people more than two Million of Dollars
and they would hunt up some Gentile to give it to him there is
still many tares with the wheat among this people what shall we do
with them let them grow with the wheat untill the Harvest