January 1, 1856 ~ Tuesday

JAN. 1^st, 1856 ^Tuesday^ I spent the day at home writing

January 2, 1856 ~ Wednesday

2nd I spent the day in Joint session. All the officers of the
Territory were Elected the Judges, & Notary Public of the co[u]nties
The commissioners, Treasurers, Auditors, Marshalls, surveyors &
Attorney Generals, The Chancellors & Regency of the University
of Deserett. I was appointed as one of the Regency.

January 3, 1856 ~ Thursday

3rd I spent the day In the council I attended meeting in the
evening. Elder J. C. Wright Preached was followed by J. C. Little
& E. T Benson. J. C. Wright spoke upon honesty, paying Debts,
making no dishonest contracts, his teaching was good Elder
Little backed up Brother Wrights testimony & exhorted the people to
go to & build up the place as the presidency had directed. E. T Benson
spoke of men proving themselves true in this Church & kingdom
& then they would be blessed, to trust in God for their reward

January 4, 1856 ~ Friday

4^th I spent the day in Joint session

January 5, 1856 ~ Saturday

5^th I spent the day in council. The Judges secretary Babbitt
[FIGURE] Marshall Haywood, capt Hardy with all the attendant
train came in this evening their was a mistery hanging
over the company which is almost unexplainable part of the company
were prisioners among whom was babbitt he wore chains a
part of the way about half in Earnest & half in Jest. I received
14 Letters from My Family 3 from Mrs Woodruff 2 from
Phebe & Susan 1 From Willford, Bulah, Moroni Sarah & 2
from Emma. I was truly glad to hear from home

January 6, 1856 ~ Sunday

6^th Sunday I wrote 8 Letters to day to my family in answer
to theirs. I did not attend meeting through the day
President Young spoke to the people in the forenoon upon
the subject of mens Judging each other. He said He reproved
men for their acts but He was not prepared to cast men
down to Hell for their imperfections & acts untill he knew the
hearts of men & principles by which they were governed
He also said that a person always had to experience the oppositi[on]
& pass through sorrow, pain, & affliction before he could be
exhalted to glory & if a man had the exact glory that
Jesus had he would have to die in the same way & if a
man passed through this world without passing through
the dregs of poverty he would have to pass through it hereafter
before he could be exhalted to Eternal riches in their fulness
their is no other way for men to get an exhaltation but
to follow their file Leader. The Twelve have no right
to ask the Presidency why they do this or that or why they
tell the Twelve to do this or that ownly go & do as they are
told & this same principle should go through evry quorum
in the church & kingdom of God on Earth & ^when^ this rule is observed
then the kingdom will be ours.

He reproved the people for selling their land warrants said
the wicked would put those vary land warrants upon our
possessions & then there would be a fuss with the Mormons & that
was what the people of the world

January 1, 1856 ~ Tuesday

JAN. 1st, 1856 Tuesday I spent the day at home writing

January 2, 1856 ~ Wednesday

2nd I spent the day in Joint session. All the officers of the Territory were Elected the Judges, & Notary Public of the counties The commissioners, Treasurers, Auditors, Marshalls, surveyors & Attorney Generals, The Chancellors & Regency of the University of Deserett. I was appointed as one of the Regency.

January 3, 1856 ~ Thursday

3rd I spent the day In the council I attended meeting in the evening. Elder J. C. Wright Preached was followed by J. C. Little & E. T Benson. J. C. Wright spoke upon honesty, paying Debts, making no dishonest contracts, his teaching was good Elder Little backed up Brother Wrights testimony & exhorted the people to go to & build up the place as the presidency had directed. E. T Benson spoke of men proving themselves true in this Church & kingdom & then they would be blessed, to trust in God for their reward

January 4, 1856 ~ Friday

4th I spent the day in Joint session

January 5, 1856 ~ Saturday

5th I spent the day in council. The Judges Secretary Babbitt [FIGURE] Marshall Haywood, capt Hardy with all the attendant train came in this evening their was a mistery hanging over the company which is almost unexplainable part of the company were prisioners among whom was babbitt he wore chains a part of the way about half in Earnest & half in Jest. I received 14 Letters from My Family 3 from Mrs Woodruff 2 from Phebe & Susan 1 From Willford, Bulah, Moroni Sarah & 2 from Emma. I was truly glad to hear from home

January 6, 1856 ~ Sunday

6th Sunday I wrote 8 Letters to day to my family in answer [FIGURE] to theirs. I did not attend meeting through the day President Young spoke to the people in the forenoon upon the subject of mens Judging each other. He said He reproved men for their acts but He was not prepared to cast men down to Hell for their imperfections & acts untill he knew the hearts of men & principles by which they were governed He also said that a person always had to experience the opposition & pass through sorrow pain & affliction before he could be exhalted to glory & if a man had the exact glory that Jesus had he would have to die in the same way & if a man passed through this world without passing through the dregs of poverty he would have to pass through it hereafter before he could be exhalted to Eternal riches in their fulness their is no other way for men to get an exhaltation but to follow their file Leader. The Twelve have no right to ask the Presidency why they do this or that or why they tell the Twelve to do this or that ownly go & do as they are told & this same principle should go through evry quorum in the church & kingdom of God on Earth & when this rule is observed then the kingdom will be ours.

He reproved the people for selling their land warrants said the wicked would put those vary land warrants upon our possessions & then there would be a fuss with the Mormons & that was what the people of the world