Dec 2nd

against us up to this day & through this whole sceneery of
alarm of war & the approach of the Enemy President Young
has been as calm & scerene as a Mays summers morning
and all the time has said victory would be hours & that
Blood would not be shed & he has diffused ^this same spirit^ throughout the
whole Church & kingdom of God esstablished in these mounta-
ins and all the armies of Zion have gone out to war as
calm & composed as though they were going into the field
to their daily labour & now the Armies are returning
out of the mountains of snow to their homes with the
same spirit of composure & quietude as they went out
thanking God that the words of the prophets have been
fullfilled in their behalf & as they pass thby the Habitation
of President Young they give him a quiet salute & pass
on in silence to their homes Hewhile He gazes upon the
passing Army of Zion with a Heart filled to overflowing
with thanksgiving & praise to the God of Israel who had
fulfilled his words which he had been inspired by the
Holy Ghost to utter unto his brethren & was also thankful
that He was surrounded with Brethren who were servants
of God & were united to gether in faith & love to carry
out his instruction & thereby claim the protection &
Blessings of Almighty God upon them, as He walks through
the city under the sable shades of night he beholds &
feels the diferent between the Army of Zion & the camp of
the wicked. Hundreds of men who have Just returned from
the Armey of Israel in the mountains arive in the city in
the city in the night, camp by the road side, have been
two months in the mountains of cold & snow not a
murmer is heard to escape their lips, or the sound of
Blasphemy, or oath, or filthy language, or contention
one with an other. No one reeling under strong drink
but kindness quietiude & Joy filles evry heart & the
spirit of God fills evry bosom. This contrast is vary
great when compared with the Gentile armies & cities

After I returned to my house and about to return to
rest I heard a nock at my door I Bid the visiter come
in when Brother Robert Scholes appeared my hiered
man He had been in the mountains two months with
my Horses in the Army He started at midnight the
night before & had traveled all the latter part of the
night & through the day, many of the men had given out
& the horses had to draw a heavy load of them

December 3, 1857 ~ Thursday

3rd This is Fast day I attended meeting at the 14^th ward
school house a part of the day & spoak to the people a short
time I told them the Lord had fulfilled the words of President
Brigham Young by stoping our enemies & not giving them
power to come in without our sheding their Blood or they sheding
ours the Lord had fought our Battles &c. I spent the
evening in the office

Dec 2nd

against us up to this day & through this whole sceneery of alarm of war & the approach of the Enemy President Young has been as calm & scerene as a Mays summers morning and all the time has said victory would be hours & that Blood would not be shed & he has diffused this same spirit throughout the whole Church & kingdom of God esstablished in these mountains and all the armies of Zion have gone out to war as calm & composed as though they were going into the field to their daily labour & now the Armies are returning out of the mountains of snow to their homes with the same spirit of composure & quietude as they went out thanking God that the words of the prophets have been fullfilled in their behalf & as they passby the Habitation of President Young they give him a quiet salute & pass on in silence to their homeswhile He gazes upon the passing Army of Zion with a Heart filled to overflowing with thanksgiving & praise to the God of Israel who had fulfilled his words which he had been inspired by the Holy Ghost to utter unto his brethren & was also thankful that He was surrounded with Brethren who were servants of God & were united to gether in faith & love to carry out his instruction & thereby claim the protection & Blessings of Almighty God upon them, as He walks through the city under the sable shades of night he beholds & feels the diferent between the Army of Zion & the camp of the wicked. Hundreds of men who have just returned from the Armey of Israel in the mountains arive in the city in in the night, camp by the road side, have been two months in the mountains of cold & snow not a murmer is heard to escape their lips, or the sound of Blasphemy, or oath, or filthy language, or contention one with an other. No one reeling under strong drink but kindness quietude & Joy filles evry heart & the spirit of God fills evry bosom. This contrast is vary great when compared with the Gentile armies & cities

After I returned to my house and about to return to rest I heard a nock at my door I Bid the visiter come in when Brother Robert Scholes appeared my hiered man He had been in the mountains two months with my Horses in the Army He started at midnight the night before & had traveled all the latter part of the night & through the day, many of the men had given out & the horses had to draw a heavy load of them

December 3, 1857 ~ Thursday

3rd This is Fast day I attended meeting at the 14th ward school house a part of the day & spoak to the people a short time I told them the Lord had fulfilled the words of President Brigham Young by stoping our enemies & not giving them power to come in without our sheding their Blood or they sheding ours the Lord had fought our Battles &c. I spent the evening in the office