came on a Sunday. I attended at the Tabernacle
The people were addressed in an interesting discourse by Orson Hyde. In the afternoon
by Elder Wilford Woodruff who was followed by President Brigham Young
Next day the new year was celebrated by the usual
social manner. I delivered an address to the inhabitants of the Fourteenth
Ward in the forepart of the day and was followed by several others
In the evening I attended a party at the Social Hall. The
time was mostly spent in music and dancing. We had however an
interesting address from President Brigham Young on
Dancing and Music
"I consider this a suitable place to give some instruction. We have
assembled here to have music and dancing. The world have had very strange
ideas concerning these things. They have supposed it was very wicked
for a Christian to dance or hear music. Many preachers of the day
have said that fidling and music came from hell; but I say there is
no fiddleing inor music in hell. There is not a fiddler in hell
nor any music of any kind. Music belongs to heaven to
cheer God angels and men. If we could hear the music there
is in heaven it would overwhelm mortal man
The Lord gave us that organ that makes
music so delightful to man and the Devil has stolen music and
many other things that was ordained of God for the benefit of man
and he has turned it to an evil use; but music and dancing
is for the benefit of the holy ones and if those who come here to
night are not holy and righteous and do not feel to worship and
praise God they have no business here
What strange ideas the world have of a Prophet
They would expect to see a man with finger nails a foot long
with his hair hanging to his hips his body covered with dirt and
filth his head bowed down ^in sorrow^ for the sins of the world and that
came on a Sunday. I attended at the Tabernacle
The people were addressed in an interesting discourse by Orson Hyde. In the afternoon
by Elder Wilford Woodruff who was followed by President Brigham Young
Next day the new year was celebrated by the usual
social manner. I delivered an address to the inhabitants of the Fourteenth
Ward in the forepart of the day and was followed by several others
In the evening I attended a party at the Social Hall. The
time was mostly spent in music and dancing. We had however an
interesting address from President Brigham Young on
Dancing and Music
"I consider this a suitable place to give some instruction. We have
assembled here to have music and dancing. The world have had very strange
ideas concerning these things. They have supposed it was very wicked
for a Christian to dance or hear music. Many preachers of the day
have said that fidling and music came from hell; but I say there is
no fiddleingor music in hell. There is not a fiddler in hell
nor any music of any kind. Music belongs to heaven to
cheer God angels and men. If we could hear the music there
is in heaven it would overwhelm mortal man
The Lord gave us that organ that makes
music so delightful to man and the Devil has stolen music and
many other things that was ordained of God for the benefit of man
and he has turned it to an evil use; but music and dancing
is for the benefit of the holy ones and if those who come here to
night are not holy and righteous and do not feel to worship and
praise God they have no business here
What strange ideas the world have of a Prophet
They would expect to see a man with finger nails a foot long
with his hair hanging to his hips his body covered with dirt and
filth his head bowed down in sorrow for the sins of the world and that
