when I see a saint eat & lie down & sleep without praying I think that man is in the road to ruin. there is sufficient before our eyes to cause us to pray. I do not think there ever was a greater miracle than this people coming here & doing what they have done How has this been accomplished by the faith of the faithful of this people & the blessings of the Lord upon us. I have often wondered why so few out of the thousands who hear the testimony of the servants of God have ...

good place there to make a settelment of the saints I can tell you that we intend to fill many places yet if they will let us alone. Brother Cummings says that the mountains are much higher than here that shows that the vallies are lower than here. Those places are filled with streams & the streams with fish & the fish with Eggs. The subject of Claytons printing some revel- ation & keys came up President Young said that He thought He should put a stop to people ...

June 26, 1857 ~ Friday 26th I called upon the president in the morning I spent the day in the office June 27, 1857 ~ Saturday 27th I wrote a Letter to Brother Robert H. Porter & to the Rush valley Branch of the Church signed by O Hyde W Woodruff & F D Richards. The Nauvoo Legion came out to day G A Smith A Lyman & myself walked ...

April 19, 1858 ~ Monday April 19th 1858 I spent the day in preparing to move 3 loads to provo April 20, 1858 ~ Tuesday 20th I took up most of my choice budded peaches, plums, Apricotts grapes &c and loaded them in Brother Wandles carriage to take to Beaver April 21, 1858 ~ Wednesday 21 I took two horse teams went to Jordons Mill, got 47 bushels of wheat Ground went to Union ville and spent the night my ...

June 101 had made war upon us & wished to destroy us because of our religion thinking that it would be popular but He found that Congress would not sustain him in it he had got into a bad scrape and wished to get out of it the best he could now he wants pece because he is in the wrong & has met with a strong resistance by a strong high minded people in these mountains which he did not expect to meet, we are willing to give him peace upon any terms ...

February 7, 1859 ~ Monday Feb 7 I spent the day scraping I met with the board of Directors in the evening we Elected J. C. Little Treasurer & agreed to talk with Wm G. Mills for corresponding secretary & T Bullock for secretary James A Little made a good report of his Travels & lectures February 8, 1859 ~ Tuesday 8th Luke Johnson started home this morning I spent the day scraping. I spent the evening with President

June 3, 1859 ~ Friday June 3rd In company with Brothers Smoot, Eldridge, & Harris I rode to Great Salt Lake City & drove some stock I was quite weary, distance to Fort Harriman & Back 40 mils June 4, 1859 ~ Saturday 4th I sold a yearling steer to Robert Martin for $9 per cwt it weighed 304 lbs $27.36 cts Brother Hamblin called in the office to day and left ...

July 13 Ruler England Had And Catherine was one of the greatest Sovreigns of Russia But Poligamy I think has a tendency to bury up the talent of women H. C. K. is it worse to be a mans second wife than to be a horewhore G I dont know that it is. Here Mr Greely closed his interigations. Took his hat Bowed to the company & retired After Mr Greely left conversation turned upon the oppositi- on of our enemies President ...

16 thirty years. He commenced by saying Mr President Gent- lemen & Ladies I am happy to meet with you here to night esspecially to see so many females I havent seen a woman before since I have come into this ere place not that belong to this people & I dident expect to see one while I was here well I do declair I am glad to see so many women here to night I thought I was ownly going to meet a few poor printers. I dident expect to see any women at ...

September 22, 1861 ~ Sunday Sept 22nd 1861 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning J. C. Little Prayed Hosea Stout was mouth. I attended the meeting at the Tabernacle G Clements preached in the forenoon upon Home Agricultural, in the afternoon H. C. Kimball A. Carrington spoke followed by President Young we met at 6 oclok aPresident Young D. H. Wells W Woodruff J. Taylor &