of your visitation the work is beginning to be seen
by the Saints. when J. C. Bennet went forth to
try to destroy the Saints, A little company of us
went before God and asked him to take away his
power, and it fell like lightning from Heaven
We asked for Duncan not to be Govornor He was
not but he is now dead and damned. We asked
for Reynolds to be taken away. he soon shot
himself & went to Hell. Carlin is dead and so
our enemies have fallen on evry hand. whare is
the officers of Government in Washington
seven were hurled into eternity in an instant by
the bursting of a big gun. the bitter branches
are beginning to be cut off. take care O, man how
you oppose this work for their is a gGod in Israel
cannot you practice virtue & holiness in this
Church yes and it is the corrupt & wicked
that oppose the work. go out & do good and work
righteousness.

W. W. Phelps said we want to
get up a general meeting in Nauvoo as a kind of
convention and we want to do the same in all
the saintstates. He remarked that General Smith had
undertaken a great work even unto the fulfilling
of the Prophets relating to this dispensation A
contribution was taken up for Joseph Smith
to meet a debt $100 dollars was donated another
hundred loaned. Conference was Adjurned
untill 2 oclok Saturday to hear a discourse from
Elder Taylor on politicks.

About three
hundred elders volunteered to go out preaching
this season their mames [names] were taken to be
published in the Times & Season. ^344^

of your visitation the work is beginning to be seen by the Saints, when J. C. Bennet went forth to try to destroy the Saints. A little company of us went before God and asked him to take away his power, and it fell like lightning from Heaven we asked for Duncan not to be Govornor he was not but he is now dead and damned. We asked for Reynolds to be taken away, he soon shot himself & went to Hell. Carlin is dead and so our enemies have fallen on evry hand, whare is the officers of Government in Washington seven were hurled into eternity in an instant by the bursting of a big gun, the bitter branches are beginning to be cut off, take care O, man how you oppose this work for their is a God in Israel cannot you practice virtue & holiness in this church yes and it is the corrupt & wicked that oppose the work, go out & do good and work righteousness.

W. W. Phelps said we want to get up a general meeting in Nauvoo as a kind of convention and we want to do the same in all the states. He remarked that General Smith had undertaken a great work even unto the fulfilling of the Prophets relating to this dispensation A contribution was taken up for Joseph Smith to meet a debt $100 dollars was donated another hundred loaned conference was Adjurned untill 2 oclok Saturday to hear a discourse from Elder Taylor on politicks.

About three hundred elders volunteered to go out preaching this season their names were taken to be published in the Times & Season.