December 22, 1856 ~ Monday

22nd we spent the fore part of the day in the Legislature I took dinner with
the Presidency & Twelve & members of the Council I Attended the seventies
meeting in the evening Elder O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F. D. Richards
[FIGURES] of the Twelve were present & a house full of the presidents of
the 70^s The first business that was Attended to was to
Bring up G P. Stiles for Adultery He imphatically Denied it although
the testimony was strong against him. A. P. Rockwood was in the
stand & he did not know twhat to do with him I bore it as long as I
could. I arose in the stand & said George P Stiles I am going to ask
you a question & if you are innocent you should proclaim your innocence
but if you are guilty dont you deny it before God the Holy Ghost & these
witnesses if you do the Judgments of God shall follow your footsteps
from this hour till you go to your Grave & from there to Hell {If I had felt the Spirit of God
I should have said that the man that stand on that [illegible] that will follow you to your grave} He did not deny it
nor acknowledge it He was then Cut off from the Church. Elder O Hyde
spoke then I followed & the spirit & power of God rested upon me like a
Burning flame & so it did upon Brother Snow & Brother Richards as they spoke
& we all advised the first presidents of the seventies to go forward &
present a resignation of their Presidency to President Young & let
some men take the place who could magnify it. Hancock & Z
Pulsipher said they would & B L Clapp spoke we had the spirit
& power of God rest upon us like fire shut up in our bones & revealed
many things unto us. I went home & I did not feel like going to
bed I felt as though I wanted to set up & pray all night

December 23, 1856 ~ Tuesday

223 [FIGURES] I met in the Legislative Council there was no spirit to
transact Business L Snow moved that President Kimball should give us
an address. President Kimball said I do not feel much like speaking to
day I feel feeble in body. & want my Liberty to act as I am moved
by the Holy Ghost. but He began to talk & the power of God came upon
him & he spoke for an hour I followed him & the room was filled
as with Consumeing fire & all the member of the House came in & they
all spoke untill sundown & the House was filled with the spirit of God
almost to the consuming of our flesh & many things were revealed
which were marvelous

I attended the Bishops meeting in the evening. Bishop Hunter O Hyde
W. Woodruff L. Snow & F D Richards & the fire of God still burned in
us & many things were said I never spent such a day & night in
Israel

December 24, 1856 ~ Wednesday

234th I spent a part of the day in the office. President Kimball came
in & talked a while & I went into the office to see president Young &
I reported to him what we had done in relation to the Presidents of
the seventies & Judge Stiles in cutting him off for Adultery &
President Young approved of what we had done I met a short
time with the committee on the Judiciary the 5 vol of the U.S.
statutes at Large was given me to examine to see what Laws
were applicable to this Territory. President Young told me to
go through this City & remove all the stumbling block I could find
& whare I found a Bishop or any other man that was in his way
to remove him & put a better man in his place

In Company with F. D. Richards S Richards & W^m Kimball I
visited the 7^th ward & removed Bishop Perkins & put in James
G. Willie in his Place. this seemed to be necessary in order to let
the work roll on

December 22, 1856 ~ Monday

22nd we spent the fore part of the day in the Legislature I took dinner with the Presidency & Twelve & members of the Council I Attended the seventies meeting in the evening Elder O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F. D. Richards FIGURES of the Twelve were present & a house full of the presidents of the 70s The first business that was Attended to was to Bring up G P. Stiles for Adultery He imphatically Denied it although the testimony was strong against him. A. P. Rockwood was in the stand & he did not knowwhat to do with him I bore it as long as I could. I arose in the stand & said George P Stiles I am going to ask you a question & if you are innocent you should proclaim your innocence but if you are guilty dont you deny it before God the Holy Ghost & these witnesses if you do the Judgments of God shall follow your footsteps from this hour till you go to your Grave & from there to Hell {If I had felt the Spirit of God I should have said that the man that stand on that [illegible] that will follow you to your grave} He did not deny it nor acknowledge it He was then Cut off from the Church. Elder O Hyde spoke then I followed & the spirit & power of God rested upon me like a Burning flame & so it did upon Brother Snow & Brother Richards as they spoke & we all advised the first presidents of the seventies to go forward & present a resignation of their Presidency to President Young & let some men take the place who could magnify it. Hancock & Z Pulsipher said they would & B L Clapp spoke we had the spirit & power of God rest upon us like fire shut up in our bones & revealed many things unto us. I went home & I did not feel like going to bed I felt as though I wanted to set up & pray all night

December 23, 1856 ~ Tuesday

23 FIGURES I met in the Legislative Council there was no spirit to transact Business L Snow moved that President Kimball should give us an address. President Kimball said I do not feel much like speaking to day I feel feeble in body. & want my Liberty to act as I am moved by the Holy Ghost. but He began to talk & the power of God came upon him & he spoke for an hour I followed him & the room was filled as with Consumeing fire & all the member of the House came in & they all spoke untill sundown & the House was filled with the spirit of God almost to the consuming of our flesh & many things were revealed which were marvelous

I attended the Bishops meeting in the evening. Bishop Hunter O Hyde W. Woodruff L. Snow & F D Richards & the fire of God still burned in us & many things were said I never spent such a day & night in Israel

December 24, 1856 ~ Wednesday

24th I spent a part of the day in the office. President Kimball came in & talked a while & I went into the office to see president Young & I reported to him what we had done in relation to the Presidents of the seventies & Judge Stiles in cutting him off for Adultery & President Young approved of what we had done I met a short time with the committee on the Judiciary the 5 vol of the U.S. statutes at Large was given me to examine to see what Laws were applicable to this Territory. President Young told me to go through this City & remove all the stumbling block I could find & whare I found a Bishop or any other man that was in his way to remove him & put a better man in his place

In Company with F. D. Richards S Richards & Wm Kimball I visited the 7th ward & removed Bishop Perkins & put in James G. Willie in his Place. this seemed to be necessary in order to let the work roll on