April 14, 1855 ~ Saturday

April 14^th I spent this day with the Presidency Twelve & missionarr[ies]
who met at the 70^s Hall we had an address from President
Young & others I met this evening with the Universal scientific
in their Annual meeting

April 15, 1855 ~ Sunday

15^th Sunday I Attended meeting in the Tabernacle President
Grant Preached in the morning upon natural Phylosophy & was
followed by President Young both discourses were vary interesting &
were taken by the reporters I met O Hyde Preached in the afternoon

April 16, 1855 ~ Monday to April 21, 1855 ~ Saturday

16 to 21 I spent this week mostly Gardning I met this
evening with the Universal scientific society

April 22, 1855 ~ Sunday

22nd Sunday I met with the quorum of the 12, & the missionaries
at the 70^s Hall at 8 oclock for the purpose of blessing &
setting apart the missionaries & ordaining men to the ministry
there were over 100 set apart by the laying on of hands to their
various missions among the Lamanites this was done by the
Twelve & seventies I blessed about 40 persons & ordained 10
seventies in company with Joseph Young & A. P. Rockwood
our meeting closed at 3 oclock the missionaries were addressed
By O Hyde & E. T. Benson we then went to the prayer circle
& arangements were made for us to go south with President Young
Capt R Ingals has been arested for the crime of abduction
& a bill found against him forom the Grand Jury after several
days trial it was withdrawn from the court

April 23, 1855 ~ Monday to April 24, 1855 ~ Tuesday

223 & 24 I spent the time labouring in my garden

April 25, 1855 ~ Wednesday

25^th I spent ^the day^ at work & in the evening I attended the first meeting
of the Deserett Theological Society the Presidency Twelve & a
large assembly of saints were present & we herd an interesting
address from President Young upon Theology which was taken
by the reporters

April 26, 1855 ~ Thursday to April 28, 1855 ~ Saturday

26 27^th & 28 I spent the time mostly ploughing & planting potatoes

In company with the Twelve in the evening we laid hands upon
John L. Smith who lay vary sick with the inflamitory rheumatism
not able to move any part of his body except one hand. He was appointed
to go on a mission we rebuked his desease & set him apart to this mission
O Hyde was mouth He manifested much faith in going & resolved to SHIP)
if he had to be carried on a bed. I then attended the universal cientific
society.

April 29, 1855 ~ Sunday

29^th Sunday I spent the day at home writing an account of
Josephs interview with the Potawatamie chiefs. O Pratt Preached
a vary interesting discourse at the Tabernacle on the resurrecti[on]
O Hyde preached in the afternoon I attended the prayer circle
in the evening

April 30, 1855 ~ Monday

30^th I spent the day at home

May 1, 1855 ~ Tuesday to May 4, 1855 ~ Friday

May 1, 2, 3, & 4, I spent this time wattering wheat the grasshoppers
are destroying nearly all the crops of the Earth