May 6, 1882
amounting to $388,048.11 cts Erastus Snow then spoke one hour
& 8 M[inutes]. He read the 19 ch of Exidus & 6 verse and the Lord said unto
the House of Irsrael "ye shall be unto me a kingdom of Priests" W. Woodruff
spoke 20 M. The statistics gave Cache valley stake 7307
members 10902 Officers & Members, 5036 children under
8 years of age & 15938 souls At the close of the Meeting I ret[urn]ed
to Smithfield it was vary cold & windy. 16 Miles

May 7, 1882 ~ Sunday

7. Sunday I rode to Logan and Met in conference at 10 oclok
Samuel Smith Prayed Lorenzo Snow spoke 55 Minutes J F
Smith 53 M Joseph says can we say that that which is
perfect has not come are not the revelations & commandments
of God perfect. is not the Gospel of Christ & the Holy Priesthood
which God has revealed unto us perfect although we ourselves
may mot [not] have ariven to that state of Perfection which it is
our privilege to obtain Br Joseph read a part of the 2 ch of
the Book of Jacob concerning the sins of the Peopl and made
remarks upon it. At the close of the Meeting I went on to the top
of the Tower of the Temple in the rain and had a view of the
different departments of the Temple and found the work going
on vary well but I find a Number of changes have had
to be made in the arangements of the Temple from the origional
Plan in order to prepare for the work of the Temple this is
for the want of a thorough Knowledge by the Architect of
what was needed in the work of a temple so that he could
have drawn the original plan correctly. we Met in the
Afternoon at 2 oclok. The Authorities of the Church were then
Presented and sustained F. D. Richards spoke 48 Min
John Taylor one hour & 16 Minutes

May 6, 1882 amounting to $388,048.11 cts Erastus Snow then spoke one hour & 8 Minutes. He read the 19 ch of Exidus & 6 verse and the Lord said unto the House of Israel "ye shall be unto me a kingdom of Priests" W. Woodruff spoke 20 Minutes. The statistics gave Cache Valley stake 7307 members 10902 Officers & Members, 5036 children under 8 years of age & 15938 souls At the close of the Meeting I returned to Smithfield it was vary cold & windy. 16 Miles

May 7, 1882 ~ Sunday

7. Sunday I rode to Logan and Met in conference at 10 oclok Samuel Smith Prayed Lorenzo Snow spoke 55 Minuts J F Smith 53 Minutes. Joseph says can we say that that which is Perfect has not come are not the Revelations & commandments of God Perfect, is not the Gospel of Christ & the Holy Priesthood which God has revealed unto us Perfect although we ourselves may mot not have ariven to that state of Perfection which it is our privilege to obtain? Br Joseph read a part of the 2 ch of the Book of Jacob concerning the sins of the People and made remarks upon it. At the close of the Meeting I went on to the top of the Tower of the Temple in the rain and had a view of the different departments of the Temple and found the work going on vary well but I find a Number of changes have had to be made in the arangements of the Temple from the origional Plan in order to prepare for the work of the Temple this is for the want of a thorough Knowledge by the Architect of what was needed in the work of a temple so that he could have drawn the original plan correctly. we Met in the Afternoon at 2 oclok. The Authorities of the Church were then Presented and sustained F. D. Richards spoke 48 Min John Taylor One hour & 16 Minuts