August 29, 1854 ~ Tuesday

29 Aug I left the canyon & returned to the city 25 m[iles]

August 30, 1854 ~ Wednesday

30 I went into Harkers Canyon & got a load of pine
for posts spent the night in the canyon 25

August 31, 1854 ~ Thursday

31 I returned home to the city 25
I received 3 letters & wrote 2 to Ilus & Bernhisel

September 1, 1854 ~ Friday

Sept 1^st I went into dry creek canyon & got
a load of post & spent the night at at Brother
Lovreigns 25

September 2, 1854 ~ Saturday

2nd I returned home to the city 25

September 3, 1854 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday Orson Pratt spoke to the people upon
his mission to the states

September 4, 1854 ~ Monday

4^th Sept I rented my dwelling House to day to
Mr Perry for $1300 for 6 months & a half till the 1^st May
for the governmt officer who had command of the troops

September 5, 1854 ~ Tuesday to September 9, 1854 ~ Saturday

5 to 9 I spent this week moving out of my house
& choring & preparing the House for company

September 10, 1854 ~ Sunday

10^th Sunday G. A Smith preached & was followed by
Elder O Hyde in the forenoon & O pratt in the aftern[oon]
upon the law of consecration & followed by O Hyde

September 11, 1854 ~ Monday to September 16, 1854 ~ Saturday

11^th to 16 I spent this week drawing wood out of City
Creek Canyon I hiered Robert Scowles Scholes & Thomas
Wheeler for $1 p[e]r day & board. Wilford & Bulah were
both taken sick

September 17, 1854 ~ Sunday

17^th President Young preached this afternoon & spoke
upon the Law of consecration & had an interesting
conversation in our prayer circle the subject of
of Elder Orson Pratt publishing the Seer & the doctrin it
contained was brought up in conversation President Young
said He ought not to have published the marriage cerimony
it was sacred & one of the last cerimonies attended to in the
Endowments & ought not to have been given to the world Brother
Pratt said that He thought it was no harm as the Plurality
of wives & its doctrins was to be published to the world
He said He should not have done it if He had thought ther
had been the least harm in it President Young said He
was satisfied that ^He^ entended no wrong in it He said that
the doctrin tought in the Seer that God had arived at that
state whareby He could not advans any further in knowledge
power & Glory was a fals doctrin & not true, that thare
never will be a time to all Eternity but when all the Gods
of Eternity will sceace advancing in power knowledge
experience & Glory for if this was the case Eternity would
scease to be & the glory of God would come to an end but all
of celestial beings will continue to advance in knowlede
& power worlds without end Joseph would always be a hed
of us we should never ketch up with him in all Eterni[ty]

August 29, 1854 ~ Tuesday

29 Aug I left the canyon & returned to the city 25 m

August 30, 1854 ~ Wednesday

30 I went into Harkers Canyon & got a load of pine for posts spent the night in the canyon 25

August 31, 1854 ~ Thursday

31 I returned home to the city 25 FIGURES I received 3 letters & wrote 2 to Ilus & Bernhisel

September 1, 1854 ~ Friday

Sept 1st I went into dry creek canyon & got a load of post & spent the night at at Brother Lovreigm 25

September 2, 1854 ~ Saturday

2nd I returned home to the city 25

September 3, 1854 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday Orson Pratt spoke to the people upon his mission to the states

September 4, 1854 ~ Monday

4th Sept I rented my dwelling House to day to Mr Perry for $1300 for 6 months & a half till the 1st May for the Government officer who had command of the troops

September 5, 1854 ~ Tuesday to September 9, 1854 ~ Saturday

5 to 9 I spent this week moving out of my house & choring & preparing the House for company

September 10, 1854 ~ Sunday

10th Sunday G A Smith preached & was followed by Elder O Hyde in the forenoon & O Pratt in the afternoon upon the law of consecration & followed by O Hyde

September 11, 1854 ~ Monday to September 16, 1854 ~ Saturday

11th to 16 I spent this week drawing wood out of City Creek Canyon I hiered Robert Scholes & Thomas Wheeler for $1 per day & board. Wilford & Bulah were both taken sick

September 17, 1854 ~ Sunday

17th President Young preached this afternoon & spoke upon the Law of consecration & had an interesting conversation in our Prayer Circle the subject of of Elder Orson Pratt publishing the seer & the doctrin it contained was brought up in conversation President Young said He ought not to have published the marriage cerimony it was sacred & one of the last cerimonies attended to in the Endowments & ought not to have been given to the world Brother Pratt said that He thought it was no harm as the Plurality of wives & its doctrins was to be published to the world He said He should not have done it if He had thought ther had been the least harm in it President Young said He was satisfied that He entended no wrong in it He said that the doctrin taught in the Seer that God had arived at that State whareby He could not advans any further in knowledge power & Glory was a fals doctrin & not true that thare never will be a time to all Eternity when all the Gods of Eternity will sceace advancing in power knowledge experiance & Glory for if this was the case Eternity would scease to be & the glory of God would come to an End but all of celestial beings will continue to advance in knowledge & power worlds without end Joseph would always be a head of us we should never ketch up with him in all Eternity