and unto they servants the Presidency of thy church & we dedicate this
House unto the[e] from the Foundation to the top thereof And we pray that
the spirit & power of the Devil may never have Dominion over any man
or power or place in the mind of any man who labours in this room
we pray that thou wilt bless us O Lord with thy holy spirit that we may
never profane they name in this house or dishonour the Holy priesthood
or bring reproach upon thy cause or grieve thy Holy spirit in any way
& we ask the[e] to bless us & to prosper us in all things & we pray that thou
wilt bring to our rememberance all things which is necessary to the writing
of this history & that papers & documents & all things necessary may be
brought to us to enable to compile a right, usful, & proper History. I
pray the My Father in Heaven that thou wilt bless these my brethrn
that are my companions in this office that our hearts may be united
in the bonds of the Holy Priesthood according to the Anointings & Endow-
ments givingen unto us that we may be one in spirit, in heart, in faith,
works as touching the cause & kingdom in which we are ingaged
& we ask the to bless all things that pertain to this office & we pray
that when thy servants Brigham, Heber, & Jedediah may come to visit
us that they may feel the spirit of God & the spirit of peace resting
upon them & that they may feel at home with us while they are beneath
this roof and may we understand our duties towards them & in all
things.

we pray thee to hear us in all things & to accept of this
dedication & we pray thee to bless our households our wives & children
from this time forth & forever. we pray thee also to bless the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles The Seventies & all the Authorities & Quorums
of thy Church. And bless those of thy servants who are among the Nations
of the Earth & grant that they may be inspired to send tous an account
of there works that we may be enabled to keep a true & faithful
record that when we have gone into the world of spirits that the saints
of God may be blessed in reading our record which we have kept
we ask the O Lord to grant these our request & every other blessing
which thou seest we kneed And in the End of our probation may we
be saved in thy kingdom & the glory of our salvation we will ascribe
to God the Father through Christ our Redeemer even so Amen

I spent the day in the office compiling History

September 16, 1856 ~ Tuesday

16^th I spent the day in the office on History. I attended the meeting of the Female
relief society in the 14^th ward in the evening

September 17, 1856 ~ Wednesday

17^th I spent this day on History

September 18, 1856 ~ Thursday to September 20, 1856 ~ Saturday

18 19 & 20. I spent these three day thrashing my wheat with an old
craige threshing Machine they broake out 3 cast Iron Cogs at one time
& 4 iron teeth at another time still we so patched it up that we were enabled
to finish it

September 21, 1856 ~ Sunday

21^st Sunday [FIGURES] H. C. Kimball B. Young J. M. Grant, Joseph &
John Young preached in the Forenoon & by the power of the priesthood &
the Holy Ghost they sent arrows into the harts of men & at the close of
the meeting President Young called upon all the congregation who were
for God & who would covenant to keep his commandments to rise upon
their feet & evry person rose in the congregation

B in the Afternoon Leo Hawkins read the 5 chapter of the book of Helaman
& the propheccy of Samuel the Lamanite then B. L. Clap spoke a short time