President Woodruff narrated in detail the circumstances that
existed in Kirtland when so many apostatised giving great trials
& trouble to the Prophet Joseph. Half of the quorum of the Twelve
fell away & all these circumstances gave evidence that we must
rely on the Almighty in all our labors & that truth & fidelity
are the only safeguards to salvation. He admonished the saints
to avoid the spirit that induced that apostacy & to seek the spi-
rit of God to guide us aright. He narrated his mission to Fox
Islands with others, where he baptised 100 souls & organ-
ised a branch & God was with them. He spoke of the death
of Joseph & Hyrum & the peculiar events connected with it. He
also alluded to the death of David Patton & the death & dep-
arture of many of the Twelve, with other great men who died in
the faith, but he never felt to mourn for them because they
had done their work. He spoke of the return of many to
the church who had fallen away, but were not the men they
were before. He spoke of the doctrine of Baptism for the dead
& asserted its grandeur & validity, & the perpetuity of the marriage
covenant &c. He discoursed on the United Order & said he believed
in that order & stated that if ever we enter the Celestial Kingdom
it will be in that order. He narrated the establishment of the U
nited order in Sunset & in Brigham City. These things have passed
& have been abolished not because the principle is wrong but
because the people were not prepared for it. He urged the saints
not to sell their homes. He felt to say, Wherever there are a
people ready to enter the United Order he would enter into
it & if, there is an element here in Logan prepared to go into that
order, he would appoint Apostle Moses Thatcher to supervise
it. He bore a faithful testimony to the truth of the work of
God upon the earth