I would not. I have made sacrifices a great many
times. The Lord has promised a hundred fold and
I have taken this course to get rich—to give all
I had, and God has given me many blessings in
consequence. If I have been too bold in asking then
be you too bold in giving. Give your all and
God will repay as much again."

In the afternoon Parley Pratt took up
the subject of the morning. He said they not only
wanted the gold and the silver but we want you
and your wives and children and all you have
He then spoke of the policy of Joseph in Egypt
and closed by saying

"Does the Saints here in Boston
know they are identified with the laying of the foundation
of a great and mighty work that is to enclude
all the great and glorious purposes of God which
are to be fulfilled in the last dispensation and
fulness of times. And I prophesy in the
name of the Lord that whether the Boston Saints
or who may stand for it or rise against it
that almost numberless millions will celebrate
that day when the foundation of this work
was laid."

Elder George A Smith followed
upon the subject of what ^seems^ to the people but small
things in the revelations of God in variosus ages
but showed their great importance in the issue
and instanced the building the ark &c. He
also took up the gathering and treated the meeting
to a spice of common ^sense^ versus the mysteries and
concluded with an illustrative anecdote of how
Elder Kimball was sent for by a certain people
and brought forty miles to preach the mysteries
and the amusing sequel of how he read them
a lesson of practical religion

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I would not. I have made sacrifices a great many times. The Lord has promised a hundred fold and I have taken this course to get rich — to give all I had and God has given me many blessings in consequence. If I have been too bold in asking them be you too bold in giving. Give your all and God will repay as much again."

In the afternoon Parley Pratt took up the subject of the morning. He said they not only wanted the gold and the silver but we thank you and your wives and children and all you have He then spoke of the policy of Joseph in Egypt and closed by saying

"Does the Saints here in Boston know they are identified with the laying of the foundation of a great and mighty work that is to enclude all the great and glorious purposes of God which are to be fulfilled in the last dispensation and fulness of times. And I prophesy in the name of the Lord that whether the Boston Saints or who may stand for it or rise against it that almost numberless millions will celebrate that day when the foundation of this work was laid."

Elder George A Smith followed upon the subject of what seems to the people but small things in the revelations of God in variouss ages but showed their great importance in the issue and instanced the building the ark &c. He also took up the gathering and treated the meeting to a spice of common sense versus the mysteries and concluded with an illustrative anecdote of how Elder Kimball was sent for by a certain people and brought forty miles to preach the mysteries and the amusing sequel of how he read them a lesson of practical religion