was deffinately No. if he Died he wished to
Die a natural death. if he lived he should live
unto the Lord, if he died he should die unto
the Lord. He manifested a great desire to lifve
if it was the will of God that he might again
return to Nauvoo. He was deprived of his
reason ^during^ some portion of his sickness his
whole conversation at such times was about
Nauvoo, how he should get there, & his
friends, spoke of his mother freequently.
The night before his death, he had his reason
& bore a strong & faithful testimony of the
truth of the fulness of the Gospel as taught
by the Latter Day Saints. Stated that it would
not be long before the Kings & great men of
the earth would call for the mountains & rocks
to fall upon them to hide them from the wrath
of the Lamb of God that was to be poured out
upon the earth for soon would the nations
of the earth be deluged with the judgments of
God, & with many other words did he testify
of those things that would spedily come to
pass.

I learned that Elder Barnes
suffered by going with poor boots & wet feets
from place to Place He was slow to make his
wants known to the brethren & some were
to slow to administer to his wants untill he
got sick. But evry attention was paid him
after he was confined to his bed but it was to
late.

I enquired if their was any writings that he
left as a Journals but could find nothing but
the following lines as a correspondance in Poetry
between himself & his intended Miss Susan Conrad
which shows the strong fidelity of his heart
which was characterestic of the man throug evry
action of his lifife

was deffinately No. if he Died he wished to Die a natural death. if he lived he should live unto the Lord, if he died he should die unto the Lord. He manifested a great desire to live if it was the will of God that he might again return to Nauvoo. He was deprived of his reason during some portion of his sickness his whole conversation at such times was about Nauvoo, how he should get there, & his friends, spoke of his mother freequently. The night before his death, he had his reason & bore a strong & faithful testimony of the truth of the fulness of the Gospel as taught by the Latter Day Saints. Stated that it would not be long before the Kings & great men of the earth would call for the mountains & rocks to fall upon them to hide them from the wrath of the Lamb of God that was to be poured out upon the earth for soon would the nations of the earth be deluged with the judgments of God, & with many other words did he testify of those things that would spedily come to Pass. I learned that Elder Barnes suffered by going with poor boots & wet feets from place to Place. He was slow to make his wants known to the brethren & some were to slow to administer to his wants untill he got sick. But evry attention was paid him after he was confined to his bed but it was to late.

I enquired if their was any writings that he left as a Journal but could find nothing but the following lines as a correspondance in Poetry between himself & his intended Miss Susan Conrad which shows the strong fidelity of his heart which was Characterestic of the man throug evry action of his lifife