~ Saturday
March 2nd ^1861^
I spent most of the day in the Endowm[en]t House we gave Endowm[en]ts to some
30 persons Presidents Young & Kimball officiated is [in] sealing, teaching & co. [confirming]
~ Sunday
3rd I attended my Prayer circle in the morning Bishop Sheets Prayed, R.
Burton was mouth. Thomas B. Broderick preached in the morning. Presid[en]t
Brigham Young Preached in the afternoon a vary interesting discourse, as
all his sermons are reported I do not pretend to write them or make a
synopsis of them ownly occasionally I record an item or two which I
will now do. He said in speaking of the coming of Christ "If Christ had
come & taken possession of the kingdom & set up his rule & governm[en]t upon
the Earth
in the days of Noah, Moses, or at his first coming or even now
He would have Entirely defeated his own plan He would have cut off the agency
of man the Lord will not come to rule upon the Earth untill all the spirits
appointed to tabernacle in the flesh in this world have come & taken tabernacles
& been born, this Church & Kingdom has got to grow & progress in its present
organization untill the Zion of God is built upon the Earth & the New Jerrusalem
build & the bride prepared for her husband & when all things are prepared
Christ will come & take the kingdom & reign over the Earth but we are
not yet prepared for that Event if Christ was to come now to reign you
would not like his dictation as well as you do mine for I am more like
you than He is and he would be more strict in his deal[ings] & dictation
ywith you than I am. The Lord intends to try us & prove us whether we will
build up the kingdom & gather the saints in our poverty &c." At the close of the
meeting the President said in the vestry, speaking of our government He said
Our Nation will not Have a general war all at one & then be setteled in a year
or two but the spirit of war, madness & disunion will increase for a number
of years they will commence to fight little by little & keep increase untill
they will have a general mash up & destruction throughought the
Land. I spent the evening at home
~ Monday
4 March 1861 This day Abel Lincoln is Inaugurated as the President
of the United States, or that portion of it which is left. I attended
the Election of the President & Board of Directors of the D A & M. AgSociety
the following persons were Elected Edward Hunter President, J R. Winder
John Nebeker, Wm Wagstaff, N. H. Felt, A. P. Rockwood, Levi E.
Riter Directors, J. C. Little Treasurer, T. Bullock Secretary. I
spent most of the day in the office I examined the Congressional Globe of 1859, [18]60 On Polygamy
~ Saturday
March 2nd 1861 I spent most of the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to some 30 persons Presidents Young & Kimball officiated is in sealing, teaching & co. confirming
~ Sunday
3rd I attended my Prayer Circle in the morning Bishop Sheets Prayed. R. Burton was mouth. Thomas B. Broderick preached in the morning. President Brigham Young Preached in the afternoon a vary interesting discourse, as all his sermons are reported I do not pretend to write them or make a synopsis of them ownly occasionally I record an item or two which I will now do. He said in speaking of the coming of Christ "If Christ had come & taken possession of the kingdom & set up his rule & government upon the Earth [FIGURE] in the days of Noah, Moses, or at his first coming or even now He would have Entirely defeated his own plan He would have cut off the agency of man the Lord will not come to rule upon the Earth untill all the spirits appointed to tabernacle in the flesh in this world have come & taken tabernacles & been born, this Church & Kingdom has got to grow & progress in its present organization untill the Zion of God is built upon the Earth & the New Jerrusalem build & the bride prepared for her husband & when all things are prepared Christ will come & take the kingdom & reign over the Earth but we are not yet prepared for that Event if Christ was to come now to reign you would not like his dictation as well as you do mine for I am more like you than He is and he would be more strict in his dealings & dictation with you than I am. The Lord intends to try us & prove us whether we will build up the kingdom & gather the saints in our poverty &c." At the close of the meeting the President said in the vestry, speaking of our government He said [FIGURE] Our Nation will not Have a general war all at one & then be setteled in a year or two but the spirit of war, madness & disunion will increase for a number of years they will commence to fight little by little & keep increase untill they will have a general mash up & destruction throughought the Land. I spent the evening at home
~ Monday
4 March 1861 This day Abel Lincoln is Inaugurated as the President of the United States, or that portion of it which is left. I attended the Election of the President & Board of Directors of the D A & M.Society the following persons were Elected Edward Hunter President, J. R. Winder John Nebeker, Wm Wagstaff, N. H. Felt, A. P. Rockwood, Levi E. Riter Directors, J. C. Little Treasurer, T. Bullock Secretary. I spent most of the day in the office I examined the Congressional Globe of 1859, 60 On Polygamy
