Then I would exhort you to go on & continue
to call upon God untill you make your calling
& election sure for yourselves by obtaining
this more sure word of Prophesey & wait
patiently for the promise untill you obtain it
Many other vary useful remarks were made
on the occasion By Joseph the Seer

Elder G. A. Smith followed with a few remarks
I also followed him & meeting closed for
one hour, & we met again. I opened meeting
& spoke upon revelation obeying the commandments
by building the Nauvoo House
was followed By G. A. Smith on the same subjct
Elder Lorenzo Snow then spoke sumwhat
lengthy concerning his mishion to England which
was interesting then our meeting closed

We all rode to Lima & took supper with Calvin
Bebe & while we were conversing with Br
Joseph & Br Morley Br Joseph made the
following remarks. The way to get along in
any important matters was to gather unto
yourself wise men experienced & aged men
to assist in council in all times of trouble
handsome men are not oft wise & strongminded
men but the strength of a strong minded
man will create corse features like the rough &
strong bough of the oak. You will always
discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines
of his features sumthing of the mind of the
man

Excitement has almost become the
essens of my life when that dies away I feel
almost lost when a man is reigned up contin-
ually by excitement he becomes strong &

Then I would exhort you to go on & continue to call upon God untill you make your calling & election sure for yourselves by obtaining this more sure word of Prophesey & wait patiently for the promise untill you obtain it Many other vary useful remarks were made on the occasion By Joseph the Seer

Elder G. A. Smith followed with a few remarks I also followed him & meeting closed for one hour, & we met again. I opened meeting & spoke upon revelation obeying the commandments by building the Nauvoo House was followed By G. A. Smith on the same subject Elder Lorenzo Snow then spoke sumwhat lengthy concerning his mishion to England which was interesting then our meeting closed

we all rode to Lima & took supper with Calvin Bebe & while we were conversing with Br Joseph & Br Morley Br Joseph made the following remarks. The way to get along in any important matters was to gather unto yourself wise men experienced & aged men to assist in Council in all times of trouble handsome men are not wise & strongminded men but the strength of a strong minded man will create corse features like the rough & strong bough of the oak. You will always discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines of his features sumthing of the mind of the man

Excitement has almost become the essens of my life when that dies away I feel almost lost when a man is reigned up continually by excitement he becomes strong &