He unbosomed his feelings in the House of his friends gave much important instruction
to the Elders which was not reported he urged upon us ^the absolute necessity of giving strict heed to obey^ to give heed to his teachings and
councils ^and the revelations of the Lord to the Church^ and be wise in all things that Zion and her stakes might be redeemed and
esstablished ^no more to be thrown down^ in esstablished. He said that the Kings of the Earth would yet come to
behold the glory of Zion and great and glorios blessings would be bestowed upon the
Saints in the last days. Hiram Smith followed Joseph and bore testimony to the truth
of what he had said. He ^&^ was followed by Oliver Cowdery who made but few
remarks He exhorted the Saints ^Elders^ to keep within the bounds of their knowledge
and let the great mysteries of the kingdom alone, for the gentiles had not a knowledge
even of the first principles of the gospel, for it is far better to preach what the people
would call the small things of the Kingdom than to enter into the visions of
Isaiah, Ezekiel, and John. He was followed by Elder Sidney Rigdon with
a few remarks. Then the Twelve were called upon to break bread ^which was distributed to the^ to the multi-
tude, (as Jesus did in the days of the Apostles ^who eat and were filled^) And the multitude eat and were filled
and rejoiced together at the closed of the feast thanks was returned to the
Lord for his blessings with uplifted hands to heaven which was at the ^Thanks was returned at the meeting closed at the^
setting of the sun. But The House was again filled at candle light
and the meeting again commenced with much interest. The prophet Joseph
^President Smith^ requested the congregation ^Elders^ to speak their feelings freely and sing exhort or
pray as the spirit should give utterance. The meeting continued during the
whole night many of the gifts were poured out upon the people. and at break
of day the meeting was ^we were^ dismissed and we returned to our homes
I also spent the night of the 7^th in the Temple with several of the
Elders in prayer and praise before the Lord the Holy Ghost rested upon
us and the spirit of prophesy was given unto ^us^ and many things were
shown us by the Holy Spirit. April 9^th Sunday The patriarch Joseph
Smith opened the meeting in the morning by prayer and read the twelvth
Chapter of the 2 second Book of Nephi and preached from it during the forenoon
in the afternoon Elders Kimball, O Pratt, and S. Rigdon, spoke followed by the
Prophet Joseph ^April 9^th president Smith spoke in the afternoon^ He & said in the name of the Lord that the judgments of God would
rest upon those men who had professed to be his friends and friends to humanity
and the ^in^ building up Kirtland the ^a^ stake of Zion, but had turned traitors to him and
to interest of the Kingdom of God had given power into hands of our enemies
against us, and they had oppressed the poor Saints, and had become covenant
breakers for which they will feel the wrath of God, he said they had become
whited walls and sought to bring distress upon the Saints

April 13^th 1837 I married Phebe W Carter daughter of Ezra & Sarah
Carter of Scarborough Maine I was married at the house of President Joseph Smith

He unbosomed his feelings in the House of his friends gave much instruction to the Elders he urged upon us the absolute necessity of giving strict heed to obey his teachings and councils and the revelations of the Lord to the Church and be wise in all things that Zion and her stakes might be redeemed and esstablished no more to be thrown down. He said that the Kings of the Earth would yet come to behold the glory of Zion and great and glorios blessings would be bestowed upon the Saints in the last days. Hiram Smith bore testimony & was followed by Oliver Cowdery who exhorted the Elders to keep within the bounds of their knowledge and let the great mysteries of the kingdom alone, for the gentiles had not a knowledge even of the first principles of the gospel, it is far better to preach what the people would call the small things of the Kingdom than to enter into the visions of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and John. He was followed by Elder Sidney Rigdon with a few remarks. the Twelve break bread which was distributed to the multitude, ( who eat and were filled) Thanks was returned at the meeting closed at the setting of the sun. The House was again filled at candle light President Smith requested the Elders to speak their feelings freely and sing exhort or pray as the spirit should give utterance. The meeting continued during the whole night many of the gifts were poured out upon the people. at break of day we were dismissed I also spent the night of the 7th in the Temple with several of the Elders in prayer and praise before the Lord the Holy Ghost rested upon us and the spirit of prophesy was given unto us and many things were shown us by the Holy Spirit. , April 9th president Smith spoke in the afternoon & said in the name of the Lord that the judgments of God would rest upon those men who had professed to be his friends and friends to humanity and in building up Kirtland a stake of Zion, but had turned traitors to him and to interest of the Kingdom of God had given power into hands of our enemies against us, and they had oppressed the poor Saints, and had become covenant breakers for which they will feel the wrath of God, he said they had become whited walls and sought to bring distress upon the Saints

April 13th 1837 I married Phebe W Carter daughter of Ezra & Sarah Carter of Scarborough Maine at the house of President Joseph Smith