when A man is chastized he gets angry & will
not endure it. The reason we do not have the
secrets of the Lord revealed unto us is because
we do not keep them but reveal them. we do not
keep our own secrets but reveal our difficulties
to the world even to our enemies then how would
we keep the secrets of the Lord Joseph says I can
keep a secret till dooms day

He spoke of
love what greater love hath any man than that he
lay down his life for his friend [John 15:13] then why not
fight for our friend untill we die & many other
things of interest was spoken

Elder B Young arose & said one thing lay with
wait on his mind ie that we should be prepared
to keep each commandment as it came from
the Lord by the mouth of the prophet & as the Lord
had commanded us to build a Temple we
should do it spedily

December 20, 1841 ~ Monday to December 24, 1841 ~ Friday

20^th 21^st 22^nd, 23^rd & 24^th was exceding cold I spent the
week as usual at the store & to work at my house
&c

December 25, 1841 ~ Saturday

25^th Christmas Day was an interesting day indeed to
the Twelve we were invited to a Christmas supper
at Mr Hiram Kimball'^s it was excellent slaying &
I got a horse & slay & & carried the wives of the
Twelve to Mr Kimballs & home again to the after
our meeting broke up our company consisted of
B Young H. C. Kimball O. Pratt W. Richards Jo. Taylor
& W. Woodruff All with our wives except W. Richard
who waited upon Sister Hyde we had an
excellent feast & before we left Mr Kimball made
each one of the Twelve a present of a lot of land
& mad[e] out a bond for a deed of the whole quorum
each lot worth $50 making $3600 dollars in
all. My Lot was No 4 Block 12 in kimball second
Addition to Nauvoo A warrent tee deed to be
given on or befor the 5^th day of June AD 1842

A year ago this Christmas I was in London Eng &
took dinner with Br & Sister Morgan in company
with Br Kimball but we are now again with our families

when a man is chastized he gets angry & will not endure it. The reason we do not have the secrets of the Lord revealed unto us is because we do not keep them but reveal them, we do not keep our own secrets but reveal our difficulties to the world even to our enemies then how would we keep the secrets of the Lord Joseph says I can keep a secret till dooms day. He spoke of love what greater love hath any man than that he lay down his life for his friend then why not fight for our friend untill we die & many other things of interest was spoken

Elder B Young arose & said one thing lay with wait on his mind ie that we should be prepared to keep each commandment as it came from the Lord by the mouth of the prophet & as the Lord had commanded us to build a Temple we should do it spedily

December 20, 1841 ~ Monday to December 24, 1841 ~ Friday

20th 21st 22nd, 23rd & 24th was exceding cold I spent the week as usual at the store & to work at my house &c

December 25, 1841 ~ Saturday

25th Christmas Day was an interesting day indeed to the Twelve we were invited to a Christmas supper at Mr Hiram Kimball's it was excellent slaying & I got a horse & slay & & carried the wives of the Twelve to Mr Kimballs & home again after our meeting broke up our company consisted of B Young H. C. Kimball O. Pratt W. Richards J. Taylor & W. Woodruff. All with our wives except W. Richards who waited upon Sister Hyde we had an excellent feast & before we left Mr Kimball made each one of the Twelve a present of a lot of land & made out a bond for a deed of the whole quorum each lot worth $50 making $600 dollars in all. My Lot was No 4 Block 12 in Kimball second Addition to Nauvoo A warrent tee deed to be given on or befor the 5th day of June AD 1842 A year ago this Christmas I was in London Eng & took dinner with Br & sister Morgan in company with Br Kimball but we are now again with our families