Benjamin F. Johnson came in & asked council of President Young
in behalf of sister Babbitt what she should do in setling the
esstate. He advised her to chuse Capt Hooper & B. F. Johnson to
settle the esstate for Brother Johnson to go to Kanesville in the spring
He thought sister Babbitt was a good woman & would enjoy Mormonism
again

Brigham H. Young arived to day called upon President Young
who was glad to see him. He had been with A. O. Smoot to St Louis
Nauvoo & Keokuk. Nauvoo looks Desolate weeds growing up in the
streets. He went to Emma Smiths mansion but could not see any
of the family. He said Emma had instilled into the minds of her children that
it was President Young who had caused the deaths of Joseph & Hiram Smith
(an idea more fals never entered the Human soul. President Brigham Young
said he thought that Joseph would have as hard work to dig her out of
Hell in the next world as he did in this

Brother Young informed us that Eldridge was quite sick thought that Brother
Smoot would be here on Friday

I attended the Missionary meeting at Farmington the Historians office
President Young addressed the meeting in the spirit & power of God &
reproved & rebuked in the power of God & gave great & glorious teachings
unto us upon principles of the Kingdom of God. G. D. Watt reported
see report. We had the Law of God containing many questions
by which the Missionaries were weighed it was a soul searching meeting

November 4, 1856 ~ Tuesday

4^th President J. M. Grant F. D. Richards met with me at the
Historians office & we assigned the Missionaries their various fields of
of Labour through this city

At 2 oclok President B. Young called into the office Dimmock Huntington
called into the office with Pintets & anothe Indian. President Young question
Him with regard to some accusations made By Dr Hurt against some men
in Filmore. President Young said that Dr Hurt had laboured Hard to
find fault against this people in order to have sumthing to write to washington
A Young man came in by the name of George W. Hughs who had
came from the Army & been baptized offered himself as a missionary
to teach the young people. President Grant gave him good council
& he went his way. The Presidency, The Twelve, the seventies
the High Priests, the Bishops with their Council all met in
the social Hall & President Brigham weighedYoung ^weighed^ the whole of
them in the scales of the Celestial Law of God & there were
but vary few that weighed clear in evry point President
Young taught the people good doctrin & in a fatherly spirit
[FIGURE]

November 5, 1856 ~ Wednesday

5^th I spent the day in the office. I wrote a Letter to EBrother Kington
I had an interview with President J. M. Grant & F. D. Richards
upon the subject of the gospel scales used to weigh the people &
its effects I spent the evening at home we had a snow storm
during the night

November 6, 1856 ~ Thursday

6^th Presidents Kimball & GJ M Grant called into the Historians office
& conversed upon principle. Brother Kimball said that any man
that was faithful in the priesthood would have all the blessings
He could imagin or think in his heart and when Father Joseph
Smith was on his dying bed I asked him to bless me so it might
be written as he had blessed me several times & it was not written
but Father Smith told me to write down every thing that I could think
of in my heart or imagin & he would sign it & it should come
to pass but He said a man must keep the Commandments of God

Benjamin F. Johnson came in & asked council of President Young in behalf of sister Babbitt what she should do in setling the Esstate. He advised her to Chuse capt Hooper & B. F. Johnson to settle the Esstate for Brother Johnson to go to Kanesville in the spring He thought sister Babbitt was a good woman & would enjoy Mormonism again

Brigham H. Young arived to day called upon President Young who was glad to see him He had been with A. O. Smoot to St Louis Nauvoo & Keokuk. Nauvoo looks Desolate weeds growing up in the streets. He went to Emma Smiths mansion but could not see any of the family He said Emma had instilled into the minds of her Children that it was President Young who had caused the deaths of Joseph & Hiram Smith (an idea more fals never entered the Human soul. President Brigham Young said he thought that Joseph would have as hard work to dig her out of Hell in the next world as he did in this

Brother Young informed us that Eldridge was quite sick thought that Brother Smoot would be here on Friday

I attended the Missionary meeting at the Historians office President Young addressed the meeting in the spirit & power of God & reproved & rebuked in the power of God & gave great & glorious teachings unto us upon principles of the kingdom of God. G. D. Watt reported see report. We had the Law of God containing many questions by which the Missionaries were weighed it was a soul searching meeting

November 4, 1856 ~ Tuesday

4th President J. M. Grant F. D. Richards met with me at the Historians office & we assigned the Missionaries their various fields of of Labour through this City

At 2 oclok President B. Young called into the office Dimmock Huntington called into the office with Pintets & anothe Indian. President Young questioned Him with regard to some accusations made By Dr Hurt against some men in Filmore. President Young said that Dr Hurt had laboured Hard to find fault against this people in order to have sumthing to write to washington A Young man came in by the name of George W. Hughs who had came from the Army & been baptized offered himself as a missionary to teach the young people. President Grant gave him good Council & he went his way. The Presidency The Twelve, the seventies the High Priests, the Bishops with their Council all met in the social Hall & President BrighamYoung weighed the whole of [FIGURE] them in the scales of the Celestial Law of God & there were but vary few that weighed clear in evry point President Young taught the people good doctrin & in a fatherly spirit [FIGURE]

November 5, 1856 ~ Wednesday

5th I spent the day in the office I wrote a Letter to Brother Kington [FIGURE] I had an interview with President J. M. Grant & F. D. Richards upon the subject of the gospel scales used to weigh the people & its effects [FIGURE] I spent the evening at home we had a snow storm during the night

November 6, 1856 ~ Thursday

6th Presidents Kimball & J M Grant called into the Historians office & conversed upon principle Brother Kimball said that any man that was faithful in the priesthood would have all the blessings He could imagin or think in his heart and when Father Joseph Smith was on his dying bed I asked him to bless me so it might be written as he had blessed me several times & it was not written but Father Smith told me to write down every thing that I could think of in my heart or imagin & he would sign it & it should come to pass but He said a man must keep the Commandments of God