feel the Spirit of God and the spirit of peace resting upon them
while they are beneath this roof; and may we understand our duty
towards them in all things

We pray thee to hear us and to accept of
this dedication

We pray thee also to bless the quorum of the
Twelve Apostles the Seventies and all the authorities and quorums
of the Church and bless those of thy Servants who are among
the nations of the earth and grant that they may be inspired
to send us accounts of their works that we may be enabled to
keep a true and faithful record so that when we have gone
into the world of Spirits the Saints may read be blessed in
reading our record which we have kept.

We ask thee O God Lord to grant these
our requests and every other blessing which thou see^st^ we
need and in the end of our probation may we be saved
in thy Kingdom and the glory of our salvation we will
ascribe to God the Father through JChrist our Redeemer: Even
so, Amen.

Arrival Of The First Hand Cart Companies

September the 26^th 1856

Word was brought in the evening before that two of the Hand-
Cart Companies were camped between the two mountains and
would be in to-day. So President Young called together
a body of Lanceers "Ballo's Brass Band" and the "Nauvoo
Brass Band" and with President Kimball General Wells
Professor Carrington and many other citizens hein carriages
he went out to meet them and to escort them into
the city

feel the Spirit of God and the spirit of peace resting upon them while they are beneath this roof; and may we understand our duty towards them in all things

We pray thee to hear us and to accept of this dedication

We pray thee also to bless the quorum of the Twelve Apostles the Seventies and all the authorities and quorums of the Church and bless those of thy Servants who are among the nations of the earth and grant that they may be inspired to send us accounts of their works that we may be enabled to keep a true and faithful record so that when we have gone into the world of Spirits the Saints may be blessed in reading our record which we have kept.

We ask thee O Lord to grant these our requests and every other blessing which thou seest we need and in the end of our probation may we be saved in thy Kingdom and the glory of our salvation we will ascribe to God the Father throughChrist our Redeemer: Even so, Amen.

Arrival Of The First Hand Cart Companies

September the 26th 1856

Word was brought in the evening before that two of the HandCart Companies were camped between the two mountains and would be in to-day. So President Young called together a body of Lanceers "Ballo's Brass Band" and the "Nauvoo Brass Band" and with President Kimball General Wells Professor Carrington and many other citizensin carriages he went out to meet them and to escort them into the city