~ Thursday
18th
Elders O. Hyde H. C. Kimball and O. Pratt
arived in the city also President B. Young we
met together had some council. I wrote a letter
to the Prophet, advising the Elders who have
families in Nauvoo to go immediately to them &
for all the authorieties of the Church to assemble
at Nauvoo for a council, by order of the quorum of
the Twelve Wilford Woodruff Clerk, B. Young President
After which Elder O. Hyde and myself accompanied
Sister Voice to take tea with a sister who was attending
to a house near the state house fronting the common.
we walked all over the house & took a view of the
furniture it could not have cost much less than
one hundred thousand dollars to have furnished the
it. After tea we walked to meeting in a hall in
Washington st opposite Boydston hall Elder
Hyde had advertised to preach upon the murder
of Joseph and Hyram Smith and take up a collection
at the close to pay his expenses home.
The following is a brief synopsis of the same
The speaker read the 24 ch Matthew 9 to 14 verses
as the foundation of some remarks. Said he would
much rather leave the strife of men, and spend
his time in speaking of the gospel of Jesus Christ
But it is my design to night to speak upon the death
of the prophet & patraiarch. Some might think because
of the death of the men it would put a stop to the
work but not so. when God has sent a maen at any
time they were opposed by the world, for any gener-
ation, that has a prophet of God in their midst they
see his weakness as touching human nature & the
people are wactching for iniquity & they spend all
their time talking about any thing they see him
do that does not accord with their traditions &
tell a great many falshoods about him but entirely
forget and overlook all the good he does. It was
~ Thursday
18th [FIGURE] Elders O. Hyde H. C. Kimball and O. Pratt arived in the city also President B. Young we met together had some council. I wrote a letter to the Prophet, advising the Elders who have families in Nauvoo to go immediately to them & for all the authorities of the church to assemble at Nauvoo for a council, by order of the quorum of the Twelve Wilford Woodruff Clerk B. Young President After which Elder O. Hyde and myself accompanied Sister Voice to take tea with a sister who was attending to a house near the state house fronting the common we walked all over the house & took a view of the furniture it could not have cost much less than one hundred thousand dollars to have furnished it. After tea we walked to meeting in a hall in Washington St opposite Boydston hall Elder Hyde had advertised to Preach upon the murder of Joseph and Hyram Smith and take up a collection at the close to pay his expenses home.
The following is a brief synopsis of the same The speaker read the 24 ch Matthew 9 to 14 verses as the foundation of some remarks. Said he would much rather leave the strife of men, and spend his time in speaking of the gospel of Jesus Christ But it is my design to night to speak upon the death of the Prophet & Patriarch. Some might think because of the death of the men it would put a stop to the work but not so, when God has sent a men at any time they were opposed by the world, for any generation, that has a prophet of God in their midst they see his weakness as touching human nature & the people are watching for iniquity & they spend all their time talking about any thing they see him do that does not accord with their traditions & tell a great many falshoods about him but entirely forget and overlook all the good he does. It was
