to me with a flying Roll from Gladden Bishop & wished to tech
me I herd him awhile I then asked him if He believed
Joseph Smith was a prophet of God & set up the Kingdom of God
on the Earth & ordained Twelve Apostles to build up that Kingdom
in all the world He said he did I then told him as I was
one of those Twelve Apostles that I should be damned if I
was not in a situation to Judge him & all other men that that
I come in contact with whether their work was of God
or the Devil and I know your Rooll & work is of the Devil
& not of God while you say I shall be damned if I dont
received it. we know the Lord is with the leaders of this
people we know through the wisdom which God has given
president Young he has fed & preserved this people in the wilderness
& in other places & has done well we know he has done well &
that he is the good shepherd that feeds the flock A true shephrd
does not stand in need of telling the flock all the time that
He is the good [shepherd] for the flock knows it without being told of it
met for prayer in the evening

Brother David Fulmer made some good rem[ar]ks & was followed
by brother Kimball who brought up the parable of the threshing
floor & compared it with this place & people He gave good
instruction was follow by W. Woodruff who requested
the people to contine their labours on the Temple

March 21, 1853 ~ Monday to March 23, 1853 ~ Wednesday

21, 22, 23 I spent the time on the Temple Ground On the 23rd
the large barn owned by Hornor & Egan was burned to the
ground with several horses

March 24, 1853 ~ Thursday

24^th A severe snow Storm

March 25, 1853 ~ Friday to March 26, 1853 ~ Saturday

25 26^th My time spent on the temple ground

March 27, 1853 ~ Sunday

27^th Sunday Elder John L Smith addressed the meeting
& spoke well after he closed
President Brigham Young arose & said many interesting
things concerning the Gladdenites & Apostates in this pla[c]e
his discours is published in the Deserett News vol 3, No 10
which is highly interesting was followed by P P Pratt J Taylor
& W Woodruf I also preached in the evening in the 14 ward school hous

March 28, 1853 ~ Monday to March 31, 1853 ~ Thursday

28 29 30 & 31 was spent on the temple Ground

March 30, 1853 ~ Wednesday

[FIGURE] 30^th I wrote 4 letters to I F Carter Ezra Carter
J. M. Bernhisel & H. S. Eldridge. I also wrote a letter
to Levi Stewart to be opened at St Louis

[FIGURE] I sent $1000 by Levi Stewart to Sanbon & Carter

April 1, 1853 ~ Friday to April 2, 1853 ~ Saturday

April 1 & 2nd I spent the time on the temple ground

April 3, 1853 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday Meeting was addressed by Erastus Snow &
followed by A Lyman we had a good meeting attended
praying circle in the evening

April 4, 1853 ~ Monday to April 5, 1853 ~ Tuesday

4 & 5 I spent my time at hard labour to prepare
the Temple ground for laying the Cornor Stones of the Temple

to me with a flying Roll from Gladden Bishop & wished to tech me I herd him awhile I then asked him if He believed Joseph Smith was a prophet of God & set up the Kingdom of God on the Earth & ordained Twelve Apostles to build up that Kingdom in all the world He said he did I then told him as I was one of those Twelve Apostles that I should be damned if I was not in a situation to Judge him & all other men that that I come in contact with whether their work was of God or the Devil and I know your Roll & work is of the Devil & not of God while you say I shall be damned if I dont received it. we know the Lord is with the leaders of this people we know through the wisdom which God has given president Young he has fed & preserved this people in the wilderness & in other places & has done well we know he has done well & that he is the good shepherd that feeds the flock A true shephrd does not stand in need of telling the flock all the time that He is the good shepherd for the flock knows it without being told of it met for prayer in the evening

Brother David Fulmer made some good remarks & was followed by brother Kimball who brought up the parable of the threshing floor & compared it with this place & people He gave good instruction was follow by W. Woodruff who requested the people to contine their labours on the Temple

March 21, 1853 ~ Monday to March 23, 1853 ~ Wednesday

21, 22, 23 I spent the time on the Temple Ground On the 23rd the large barn owned by Hornor & Egan was burned to the ground with several horses

March 24, 1853 ~ Thursday

24th A severe snow Storm

March 25, 1853 ~ Friday to March 26, 1853 ~ Saturday

25 26th My time spent on the temple ground

March 27, 1853 ~ Sunday

27th Sunday Elder John L Smith addressed the meeting & spoke well after he closed President Brigham Young arose & said many interesting things concerning the Gladdenites & Apostates in this place his discours is published in the Deserett News vol 3, No 10 which is highly interesting was followed by P P Pratt J Taylor & W Woodruf I also preached in the evening in the 14 ward school hous

March 28, 1853 ~ Monday to March 31, 1853 ~ Thursday

28 29 30 & 31 was spent on the temple Ground

March 30, 1853 ~ Wednesday

[FIGURE] 30th I wrote 4 letters to I F Carter Ezra Carter J. M. Bernhisel & H. S. Eldridge. I also wrote a letter to Levi Stewart to be opened at St Louis

[FIGURE] I sent $1000 by Levi Stewart to Sanbon & Carter

April 1, 1853 ~ Friday to April 2, 1853 ~ Saturday

April 1 & 2nd I spent the time on the temple ground

April 3, 1853 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday Meeting was addressed by Erastus Snow & followed by A Lyman we had a good meeting attended praying circle in the evening

April 4, 1853 ~ Monday to April 5, 1853 ~ Tuesday

4 & 5 I spent my time at hard labour to prepare the Temple ground for laying the Cornor Stones of the Temple