After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve
& High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was
brought up says shall I Break the
word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of
tea: No wisdom is justified of her children, the subject
was discused in an interesting manner all concluded
that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters accor-
ding to the wisdom which God gave that a
forced abstainance was not making us free but
we should be under bondage with a yoak upon
our necks. I walked out & spent the night at
Br
November 8, 1841 ~ Monday
8
th A rainy day I worked upon my house
November 9, 1841 ~ Tuesday
9
th I went to lime kill [kiln]
November 10, 1841 ~ Wednesday
10
th I drew about 800 lath for my house
November 11, 1841 ~ Thursday
11
th I spent the day in lathing my house
November 12, 1841 ~ Friday
12
th I drew home a load of lime & boards
November 13, 1841 ~ Saturday
13
th I spent the day in lathing & night in the City Council
November 14, 1841 ~ Sunday
14
th Sunday I met in Counsel with the Twelve
visited the sick spent the evening at from had an interview
with capt & Elders
& dined at my house I am now
in the midst of hundreds that I have Baptized
throughout America, the Islands of the
Sea &c that have been gatherd
together to through the influ
ence of the gospel. preached to
a large congregation at the
November 15, 1841 ~ Monday
15
th I laid a floor in my bedroom
November 16, 1841 ~ Tuesday
16 I run 12 bushels of lime for plastering & rode in
company with 2 1/2 miles on the prairie
to Br I bought
four acres of land
of him in section 32 for [FIGURE] $44 dollars I paid him
