April 6, 1853 ~ Wednesday [FIGURE] April 6th 1853 The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints commenced this morning & this day was one of the most interesting ever witnessed by the Church since its organization. The procedings of the day is published in the Deserett News of April 16 1853 so I will not record it here I will say however that the four Corner Stones of the Temple in Great Salt Lake City [were laid]. The presidency laid the S.E. ...

July 1, 1863 ~ Wednesday July 1st 1863 I spent the day mostly in my garden July 2, 1863 ~ Thursday 2nd I spent most of the day in the Endowment House I sealed 13 couple I spent the afternoon at home July 3, 1863 ~ Friday 3rd [FIGURE] I attended the grand Union Ball in the Theater it being the Largerst party I ever attended. 40 cotillons were on the floor at once I staid till near 2 oclok the party did not ...

August 24, 1867 ~ Saturday Aug 24, 1867 Left American Fork & rode to Provo in 2 hours. 15 M[iles] took breakfast at Bishop Millars & Met in the New meet- ing House for the purpose of Dedicating it to God it was built of the Prysbeterian order the People were some 12 years in building it the House was filled to overflowing galleries & all at 10 oclok & the Meeting opened by singing & the dedi- cation Prayer was offered By Elder

March 13 I was pressed in spirit to go to Quincy Illinois and visit the the saints who had fled their from their persecuters in Missouri I immediately ^March 13^ I took my wife ^Family^ & child into my waggon and started on the 12th March and arived ^March 13 I took my family and started for Quincy where I arived^ in Quincy on the 16. I dined with Emma Smith at Judge Clevelands I then went on the bank of ...

Thy testimony will remain on histories page and be numbered among the prophets of God as one of the noble spirits whom God has sent through the Loins of Abraham and Joseph to fulfill a Noble mission upon the Earth in the last dispensation and fulness of times. God Bless Thee Noble Muse. Thy soul is as pure as the criystleal stream that flows from its snowy bed. Out of the Heart the mouth speaketh. The thoughts of thy soul are before the world to read Let them read. It will live ...

March 11, 1857 ~ Wednesday 11th I spent the fore part of the day setting out vines & currants the after noon in the office March 12, 1857 ~ Thursday 12th I set out 5 Almonds & 25 peach trees one Apricott & one plum in my Garden this fore noon I spent the afternoon in the office March 13, 1857 ~ Friday 13 I spent the day in the office March 14, 1857 ~ Saturday ...

NDec 7th President Young called into the office and spent about an hour with us I spoke to President Young about our getting [FIGURE] out the History of Joseph striped of all of its appendages and to be published as the plain History of Joseph Smith, he said let it rest at present, we shall not do any thing about it now. President Young said in speaking of the Temple we I herd a man say to day we would go back to

1st To regulate all Temple service and all other service in strict accordance with the aforementioned word 2nd Call a council of the Elders and authorities of the Church to convene at a place of your appointing in Salt Lake City on the 15th of September AD 1890, it being the Hebrew New year. Let special messengers be sent with authority (two at least) to the E[l]ders and authorities of that people which call themselves The true Latterday Saints, to invite them to sit also in council with you and when thus convened, let ^all^ unite in ...

Jan 1, 1877 this it seems a great many of the people know nothing about it. It is true that Solomon built a Temple for the purpose of Giving Endowments but from what we can learn of the History of that time they gave vary few if any Endowments and one of the High Priest was murdered by wicked and corrupt men who had already began to apostitize because he would not reveal those things appertaining to the Priesthood that was forbidden for him to reveal untuill he came to the ...

June 15, 1878 of Angels hovering over them and around about them and also an immens pillar of a cloud over them and I heard the singing of the most beautif[ul] music the words "Now is esstablished the Kingdom of our God and his Christ and He shall reign forever and Ever, and the Kingdom shall never be Thrown down for the Saints have overcome" and I saw people coming from the River and different places a long way off to help build the Temple, and it ...