~ Monday
22nd we spent the fore part of the day in the Legislature I took dinner with
the Presidency & Twelve & members of the council I Attended the seventies
Meeting in the evening Elder O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F. D. Richards
of the Twelve were present & a house full of the presidents of
the 70s. The first business that was Attended to was to
Bring up G P. Stiles for Adultery. He imphatically Denied it although
the testimony was strong against him. A. P. Rockwood was in the
stand, & he did not know twhat to do with him I bore it as long as I
could. I arose in the stand & said George P Stiles I am going to ask
you a question & if you are innocent you should proclaim your innocence
but if you are guilty dont you deny it before God the Holy Ghost & these
witnesses if you do the Judgments of God shall follow your footsteps
from this hour till you go to your Grave & from then[ce] to Hell {If I had felt the Spirit of God
I should have said that the man that stand on that [verily] that will follow you to your grave} He did not deny it
nor acknowledge it. He was then cut off from the Church. Elder O Hyde
spoke then I followed & the spirit & power of God rested upon me like a
Burning flame & so it did upon Brother Snow & Brother Richards as they spoke
& we all advised the first presidents of the Seventies to go forward &
present a resignation of their Presidency to President Young & let
some men take the place who could magnify it. Hancock & Z
Pulsipher said they would & B L Clapp spoke. We had the spirit
& power of God rest upon us like fire shut up in our bones & revealed
many things unto us. I went home & I did not feel like going to
bed I felt as though I wanted to set up & pray all night
~ Tuesday
223
I met in the Legislative Council there was no spirit to
transact Business L Snow moved that President Kimball should give us
an address. President Kimball said I do not feel much like speaking to
day I feel feeble in body, & want my Liberty to act as I am moved
by the Holy Ghost. but He began to talk & the power of God came upon
him & he spoke for an hour I followed him & the room was filled
as with consumeing fire & all the member of the House came in & they
all spoke untill sundown & the House was filled with the spirit of God
almost to the consuming of our flesh & many things were revealed
which were marvelous
I attended the Bishops meeting in the evening. Bishop Hunter O Hyde
W. Woodruff L. Snow & F D Richards & the fire of God still burned in
us & many things were said I never spent such a day & night in
Israel
~ Wednesday
234th I spent a part of the day in the office. President Kimball came
in & talked a while & I went into the office to see president Young &
I reported to him what we had done in relation to the Presidents of
the seventies & Judge Stiles in cutting him off for Adultery &
President Young approved of what we had done. I met a short
time with the committee on the Judiciary the 5 vol of the U. S.
statutes at Large was given me to examine to see what Laws
were applicable to this Territory. President Young toldt me to
go through this city & remove all the stumbling block I could find
& whare I found a Bishop or any other man that was in his way
to remove him & put a better man in his place
In company with F. D. Richards S Richards & Wm Kimball I
visited the 7th ward & removed Bishop Perkins & put in James
G. Willie in his Place. this seemed to be necessary in order to let
the work roll on
~ Monday
22nd we spent the fore part of the day in the Legislature I took dinner with the Presidency & Twelve & members of the Council I Attended the seventies meeting in the evening Elder O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F. D. Richards FIGURES of the Twelve were present & a house full of the presidents of the 70s The first business that was Attended to was to Bring up G P. Stiles for Adultery He imphatically Denied it although the testimony was strong against him. A. P. Rockwood was in the stand & he did not knowwhat to do with him I bore it as long as I could. I arose in the stand & said George P Stiles I am going to ask you a question & if you are innocent you should proclaim your innocence but if you are guilty dont you deny it before God the Holy Ghost & these witnesses if you do the Judgments of God shall follow your footsteps from this hour till you go to your Grave & from there to Hell {If I had felt the Spirit of God I should have said that the man that stand on that [illegible] that will follow you to your grave} He did not deny it nor acknowledge it He was then Cut off from the Church. Elder O Hyde spoke then I followed & the spirit & power of God rested upon me like a Burning flame & so it did upon Brother Snow & Brother Richards as they spoke & we all advised the first presidents of the seventies to go forward & present a resignation of their Presidency to President Young & let some men take the place who could magnify it. Hancock & Z Pulsipher said they would & B L Clapp spoke we had the spirit & power of God rest upon us like fire shut up in our bones & revealed many things unto us. I went home & I did not feel like going to bed I felt as though I wanted to set up & pray all night
~ Tuesday
23 FIGURES I met in the Legislative Council there was no spirit to transact Business L Snow moved that President Kimball should give us an address. President Kimball said I do not feel much like speaking to day I feel feeble in body. & want my Liberty to act as I am moved by the Holy Ghost. but He began to talk & the power of God came upon him & he spoke for an hour I followed him & the room was filled as with Consumeing fire & all the member of the House came in & they all spoke untill sundown & the House was filled with the spirit of God almost to the consuming of our flesh & many things were revealed which were marvelous
I attended the Bishops meeting in the evening. Bishop Hunter O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F D Richards & the fire of God still burned in us & many things were said I never spent such a day & night in Israel
~ Wednesday
24th I spent a part of the day in the office. President Kimball came in & talked a while & I went into the office to see president Young & I reported to him what we had done in relation to the Presidents of the seventies & Judge Stiles in cutting him off for Adultery & President Young approved of what we had done I met a short time with the committee on the Judiciary the 5 vol of the U.S. statutes at Large was given me to examine to see what Laws were applicable to this Territory. President Young told me to go through this City & remove all the stumbling block I could find & whare I found a Bishop or any other man that was in his way to remove him & put a better man in his place
In Company with F. D. Richards S Richards & Wm Kimball I visited the 7th ward & removed Bishop Perkins & put in James G. Willie in his Place. this seemed to be necessary in order to let the work roll on
