mormon to the various Indians chiefs from the Cherekees
to Florida He gave Ross the Cherikee chief one he made
many remarks upon that subject. He made one Error
in saying that the Indians would not imbrace the work
of God or be gathered by the Gospel untill they had gone
through among the Gentiles & trodden them down as
the Book of mormon declairs But the book of Morm-
on declairs that they shall be gathered

He was followed by Lorenzo Snow & Samuel Richards
both spoke much to the Edification of the People

December 15, 1855 ~ Saturday

15^th I wrote 7 letters to my family to Mrs Woodruff
to Phebe, Susan, Bulah, Moroni, Emma & Sarah which
I sent By mail. I spent the afternoon on a committy
on Education

December 16, 1855 ~ Sunday

16^th Sunday the mail came in to day & brought me
a letter from Mrs Woodruff. P. P. Pratt Preached to
the People in the forenoon upon the practical duties of life
but I was at home writing. President Young Preached in
the afternoon & I reported his sermon the following is
a synopsis of the same

President Youngs text was Arise & shine O Zion for ^thy light is come^
& the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee [ Isaiah 60:1] He said I have
always felt since I have been called to preach to speak of the
practical things of evry day life insted of some great misterry
a long way ahead in theEternity which the people do not know nor
never will as the thing tought does not exhist I felt in the
begining of my being called to the ministry that I had no right
to preach except I was filled with the spirit of Revelation
& prophesy as the Ancients & I feel the same to day in order
to be qualified to preached we should be filled with Reve-
lation I do not consider that any man is qualified to preach the
Gospel & the sayings of the prophets unless he is filled iwith the
spirits of the prophets. We are commanded to arise & shine
but for us to sit down & say that we believe in this work
we believe that ^Joseph^ was a prophet, and still not carry out the
work which we are commanded to do, not to build up or
beautify Zion we shall find that we shall miss of our aim
we shall not enter into the Celestial kingdom we shall not
enter through the gates. We must show to the Lord that
we are willing to fulfill What he requires of us and
this we shall not do unless we are willing to arise & shine,
but how are we to [do] it. we have got to build up Zion and
we have got to make Zion the most holy and polished, Refined
& beatiful place upon the face of the whole Earth. So we may
expect to see Zion in all that beauty majesty & glory which
God has spoken of. But the people do not understand the
things of God. I will prophesy that unless this people
will rise up & build up Zion as God has commanded
usthem they will be removed out of their place & another
people will be raised in their stead who will perform the work
& this I say in the name of God. I also say in the name of the Lord
that the desendants of Ephraim who are among the Gentiles

mormon to the various Indians Chiefs from the Cherekees to Florida He gave Ross the Cherikee chief one he made many remarks upon that subject. He made one Error in saying that the Indians would not imbrace the work of God or be gathered by the Gospel untill they had gone through among the Gentiles & trodden them down as the Book of mormon declairs. But the book of Mormon declairs that they shall be gathered

He was followed by Lorenzo Snow & Samuel Richards both spoke much to the Edification of the People

December 15, 1855 ~ Saturday

15th [FIGURE] I wrote 7 letters to my family to Mrs Woodruff to Phebe, Susan, Bulah, Moroni Emma & Sarah which I sent By mail. I spent the afternoon on a committy on Education

December 16, 1855 ~ Sunday

16th Sunday [FIGURE] the mail came in to day & brought me a letter from Mrs Woodruff. P. P. Pratt Preached to the People in the forenoon upon the practical duties of life but I was at home writing. President Young Preached in the afternoon & I reported his sermon the following is a synopsis of the same

President Youngs text was Arise & shine O Zion for thy light is come & the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. He said I have always felt since I have been called to preach to speak of the practical things of evry day life instead of some great misteries a long way ahead inEtearnity which the people do not know nor never will as the thing tought does not exhist I felt in the begining of my being called to the ministry that I had no right to preach except I was filled with the spirit of Revelation & prophesy as the Ancients & I feel the same to day in order to be qualified to preache we should be filled with Revelation I do not consider that any man is qualified to preach the Gospel & the sayings of the prophets unless he is filled with the spirits of the prophets. We are commanded to arise & shine but for us to sit down & say that we believe in this work we believe that Joseph was a Prophet, and still not carry out the work which we are commanded to do, not to build up or beautify Zion we shall find that we shall miss of our aim we shall not enter into the Celestial kingdom we shall not enter through the gates. We must show to the Lord that we are willing to fulfill What he requires of us and this we shall not do unless we are willing to arise & shine, but how are we to do it, we have got to build up Zion, and we have got to make Zion the most holy and polished, Refined & beautiful place upon the face of the whole Earth. So we may expect to see Zion in all that beauty majesty & glory which God has spoken of. But the people do not understand the things of God. I will prophesy that unless this people will rise up & build up Zion as God has commanded them they will be removed out of their place & another people will be raised in their stead who will perform the work & this I say in the name of God. I also say in the name of the Lord that the desendants of Ephraim who are among the Gentiles