W Woodruff spoke 35 Minutes H. S. Eldridge 20 D. H. Wells 55.
President Young held a meeting at Bever G Dunford spoke
27 Minutes B Young Jr 28, G Q Cannon 40, {President}Joseph Young 30,
& President B Young 30 Minutes they then came on to Parawan
& we held another Meeting in the Evening Joseph Young spoke 45
President Young 24 Minutes He said I wish to live untill I can see
Zion redeemed & the centre stake built up & the Saints of God
sanctified Before the Lord. The people think if they were sealed
up in the things of God they would loose sight of all earthly
things but this is not the case. If we can understand this to
know the things of God & his ways would be to know how
to till the Earth & to Manufacture all we want. There is
no such thing as a kingdom without law. There is a Law
that Governs & controlls all things. They controll the Elem[en]ts
to bring them together to supply us with Evry thing we need
there is a system & Law to Evry Branch of knowledge, and
if we ownly understood it we should know how to do any
thing right that perfect system we should understand and
carry out we have this system in spiritual things so must
we become in temporal things. It is said you cannon Eat yor
cake & keep it to But our cooperate system comes nearer to it
than any thing Els I know of. I want this system in the
Hands of the poor & not the rich alone, & theLet the poor have the Ben-
efit of it
~ Monday
26. We travelled to Cedar & held a Meeting H. S. Eldridge
spoke 6 minutes B Young jr 3 M[inutes], Joseph Young 25 Minutes D. H. Wells 38, & President B Young 28 M[inutes]. President Young spoke asked do you keep the word of wisdom do you pray if
not it is hard living you know whether you do or not God is
the Man twho is carrying this work on we work with him
I tell you in the name of God, that it is our duty to live our
25 Sunday D. H. WellsH. S. Eldridge & myself left Bever &
drove to Parawan. 35 Miles we held a Meeting at 2 oclok
W Woodruff spoke 35 Minutes H. S. Eldridge 20 D. H. Wells 55
President Young held a meeting at Bever G Dunford spoke
27 Minutes B Young jr 28, G Q Cannon 40, {President}Joseph Young 30,
& President B Young 30 Minutes they then came onto Parawan
& we held another Meeting in the Evening Joseph Young spoke 45
President Young 24 Minutes He said I wish to live untill I can see
Zion redeemed & the centre stake built up & the saints of God
sanctified Before the Lord. The people think if they were sealed
up in the things of God they would loose sight of all Earthly
things but this is not the case. If we can understand this to
know the things of God & his ways would be to know how
to till the Earth & to Manufacture all we want. There is
no such thing as a kingdom without law. There is a Law
that Governs & controlls all things. They controll the Elements
to bring them together to supply us with Evry thing we need
there is a system & Law to Evry Branch of knowledge, and
if we ownly understood it we should know how to do any
thing right that perfect system we should understand and
carry out we have this system in spiritual things so must
we become in temporal things It is said you cannon Eat yor
cake & keep it to But our cooperate system comes nearer to it
than any thing Els I know of. I want this system in the
Hands of the poor & not the rich alone, &Let the poor have the Benefit of it
~ Monday
26. We travelled to Cedar & held a Meeting H. S. Eldridge
spoke 6 minutes B Young jr 3 Minutes, Joseph Young 25 Minutes
D. H. Wells 38, & President B Young 28 Minutes, President Young
asked do you keep the word of wisdom do you pray if
not it is hard living you know whether you do or not God is
the Manwho is carrying this work on we work with him
I tell you in the name of God, that it is our duty to live our
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