inhabitants of the Earth and the people are waxing worse &
worse and are becomeing filled with all manner of lying
deceavings robing owhoredoms, murders Blasphemies & wicked-
ness of evry kind. Yea Emperors, Kings, Princes, Lords
Presidents Govornors Judges and all the Ruellers of the whole
Earth as well as the people have become so corrupt before
God that He is angry with them and the Lord is begining
to visit them with war & bloodshed & with pestilence tempest
thunder lightning & great hail, whirelwinds & devouring fire
this is plainly manifest in our own Nation even the
United States which is corrupt above all other Nations. they
have sought the destruction of the Saints of God in this land
but the Lord has faught the battles & preserved his Saints
The Lord hath done ^it^ his work has been visible before our eyes
and we will acknowled[ge] his hand therein. The United States
Govorment sent fourteen thousand men including souldiers
& teamsters to Utah to put to death Brigham Young Heber
C. Kimball Daniel H. Wells The Twelve Apostle & other leaders
of the Church. they travelled One thousand Miles & expended
some thirty Millions of Dollars to accomplis hedthis evil design
even to shed the Blood of the Lords aniointed. But the Lord
Hedged up their way they had to spend the winter in the
snows of the everlasting rocky mountains and live upon
the flesh of their animals and when they did enter our
valies and cities it was by the permission of the prophets
& Saints of God for whom they had come one thousand
miles to slay, and instead of haveing the privilege of sheding
the Blood of the Prophets in Utah but vary few of them
have been permitted to behold their faces. President
Buchannan also sent Judges & officers to this territory
who are filled with wickedness, madness and abominations
of evry kind. they have also laid secret plans to destroy
the prophets & bring distress upon the people by their
decrees from the Judgment seat but the saints have called
upon the Lord in mighty prayer & the Lord has heard &
answered them & he has taken away the wisdom of the
Judges and their power and their folley is manifest in
the eyes of the people and the power of God is manifest in
all these things and he has preserved his prophets Church
& Kingdom, against all the wrath of the President, Congress,
their armies, Judges and all the Devils who enter into
the tabernacles of men to fight against God & his saints
Judge Sinclair has held an open United States Distrit
Court tofrom the 4^th day of Oct. up to the last of Dec
being 88 days and tried all in their power to get
up some action against Brigham Young & the leaders
of the Church but have accomplished a solumn Nothing
ownly tried to persecute James Furgerson & have not
been enabled to do much of that for the Lord has held
them so fast that they have not been enabled to accom-
plish any evil plan which they have laid The God
of Israel hath laid the foundation of his church and kingdom
upon the Earth in these last days & he has guided it by
his Almighty power up to the present day he has preserved
his Saints in the midst of all the ware fare against them

inhabitants of the Earth and the people are waxing worse & worse and are becomeing filled with all manner of lying deceavings robing whoredoms, murders Blasphemies & wickedness of evry kind. Yea Emperors, Kings, Princes, Lords Presidents Govornors Judges and all the Rulers of the whole Earth as well as the people have become so corrupt before God that He is angry with them and the Lord is begining to visit them with war & bloodshed & with pestilence tempest thunder lightning & great hail, whirlwinds & devouring fire this is plainly manifest in our own Nation even the United States which is corrupt above all other Nations, they have sought the destruction of the Saints of God in this land but the Lord has faught the battles & preserved his saints The Lord hath done it his work has been visible before our eyes and we will acknowledge his hand therein. The United States Govorment sent fourteen thousand men including souldiers & teamsters to Utah to put to death Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Daniel H. Wells The Twelve Apostle & other leaders of the Church, they travelled One thousand Miles & expended some thirty Millions of Dollars to accomplish this evil design even to shed the Blood of the Lords anointed. But the Lord Hedged up their way they had to spend the winter in the snows of the everlasting rocky mountains and live upon the flesh of their animals and when they did enter our valies and cities it was by the permission of the prophets & saints of God for whom they had come one thousand miles to slay, and instead of haveing the privilege of sheding the Blood of the Prophets in Utah but vary few of them have been permitted to behold their faces. President Buchannan also sent Judges & officers to this territory who are filled with wickedness, madness and abominations of evry kind, they have also laid secret plans to destroy the prophets & bring distress upon the people by their decrees from the Judgment seat but the saints have called upon the Lord in mighty prayer & the Lord has heard & answered them & he has taken away the wisdom of the Judges and their power and their folley is manifest in the eyes of the people and the power of God is manifest in all these things and he has preserved his Prophets Church & Kingdom, against all the wrath of the President, Congress, their armies, Judges and all the Devils who enter into the tabernacles of men to fight against God & his saints Judge Sinclair has held an open United States District Courtfrom the 4th day of Oct. up to the last of Dec being 88 days and tried all in their power to get up some action against Brigham Young & the leaders of the Church but have accomplished a solumn Nothing ownly tried to persecute James Furgerson & have not been enabled to do much of that for the Lord has held them so fast that they have not been enabled to accomplish any evil plan which they have laid. The God of Israel hath laid the foundation of his church and kingdom upon the Earth in these last days & he has guided it by his Almighty power up to the present day he has preserved his saints in the midst of all the ware fare against them