10 am meeting at the stand. Pres[idents] O. Hyde W. Woodruff, J. Young, H. Clark The meeting was called to order by El. Hyde. the choir sung a hymn. Prayer was made to our Father in heaven after which the choir sung "The Lord will comfort Zion." W. Woodruff arose & s[ai]d br. sis & friends I arise bef[ore] u with very peculiar [illegible] & with a heart full of grati[tude] to my H Father—yes I rej[oice] that while the Temple of the Lord stands bef me pointd to heaven. We live in one of the most important periods since chaos rolled out & if I must have chosen my time to dwell on the Earth it is the time that we r now in, to live in our age of the world the most important we need no fiction for reality has spoken in the loudest thunders & we of all want to see from da[y] to da the rise & progress of the Ch[urch] [o]f the LDS. the many 1000s of S[ain]ts that r now dwell[in]g on the Earth—they have been seekg after this time even in the days of old. there r 1000s of S[ain]ts now bef me who have sought the same thing. the Gospel of J C. which he preached & tried to open the eyes of the Jews that they might see the Gos of their forefathers, & he even gave up his life in the [FIGURE] [cross]. I have perused the rev[elatio]ns of J. C they were prin[ciples] that r set forth in divine truth. I am like one of old who s[ai]d Lord they have digged down the altars, &c [1 Kings 18:30] by & by Elijah found there were 1000 of similar S[ain]ts in existence when I became the El[der] of the LDS. I have heard within the last 12 yrs wt I never expected to see or hear I have seen & heard the great & grand principles of the Gospel. it is true ye L D S have had to pass thru a narrow path, & you never co[ul]d rece an exalt if u never walked such a road. have the Bible the B of Mor & u will find they have had to walk the same road. it was their dom[inion] & exalt. & glories & they overcame by their works on the Earth—all will centre in a grand focus. let us bear oppression, bec[ause] our lives have been harassed. others have been in the same way & the reward is at the end of the journey. there has been a miracle wrought in these days if there never was one bef, in rearing a temple as it were with a sword in one hand & a trowel in the o[the]r while I have been away in the same labor of love we have sent up our prayers to our Fa[the]r in heaven in your behalf & we have end[eavore]d to bear off the word of the Lord & we have not lab[ore]d in vain. the work of the L[or]d has never been more prosperous in England than at this time we had represented in good standing bet[ween] 11 & 12000 & they r ab[ou]t emigrating to Cal. they have only our S[ain]ts in England all in union we have pub[lishe]d 3000 D. & Cs & sold 1000 bef I left—I sent the proclamation on to all the m[embers] of Parl[iament], circulated it in Wales, to the Jewish Rabbis. We have not been idle in the Land I feel more & more conf[i]d every da[y] of my life & when the report reached us that they were burning out the S[ain]ts & rather than to shed blood to go to the Rocky mountains it made a revival among them & they felt as a general thing that it was fulfilling the B of Mor I feel to say that I rej[oice] in the same faith & prin[ciples] that I have done for the last few yrs. I dont profess to preach here bec[ause] u have had the Shepherds of Israel to lead u & that in the B of Mor, D & C & every eternal principle that emanates from God & that we may have