is right. In what way is this to be done? By sealing upon
the head of the prophet Joseph those keys to remain in the
Church & kingdom of God untill the winding up scene
the Elders of this Church know those keys were sealed
upon the head of Joseph Smith & still remain in the Church
what are they to accomplish? As the saints could not
be perfect in former days with out the Latter day Saints
Neither can we be perfect without our Fathers who have
died for many generations & these keys of Elijah confirmed
upon the president of the Church are to seal the fathers to their
children the children to their fathers, & to assist in wedlding
the great link connecting evry gospel dispensation togeth-
er I see the wheat growing in this dispensation ripening for the
Harvest I see the taerres also growing for the burning I saw [say] to t[h]e
wheat & tearares grow on I sawy to the Goats & sheep both to
go ahead unto the End, the Saints of God are increasing
in knowledge fast but they have got to be a hundred times
better, wiser & advance in knowledge befor the end. I have
watched the windings & progress of this people & the spirits
that surround them I have seen many arise as it were to
Heaven & in a moment of temptation fall down to Hell and loose
their hop[e]s of glory. I know the spirits of men & the invisible
spirits that affect men & operate upon them better than
I do the faces of men. I want to speak a little upon natural
philosophy we sow the grain it dies, rots in the ground & then it
brings forth A Hundred fold the elements which surrounded
us produce these effects if we had a correct knowledge of the
elements & knew how to control & separate them we could
make Bread as well out of the elements as Jesus did when
He fed the multitude. [Matthew 14:15-21] the day will come when we can go [on]
a Journey without taken any food with them would have
power to make it as they went along. Many other interesting
remarks were made by the president.
Amasa Lyman followed spoke upon the word of wisdom said
if a man was wise in eating drinking & they would begin to
learn wisdom in work & walking would walk & not
be weary run & not faint for they would have wisdom
enough to stop before they got weary [Doctrine and Covenants 89:20]
At the close of the meeting President Young invited All the
Twelve to come & dine with him we did so And feasted
upon A fine large turkey supposed to be the first ever killed
& eat in the valley we had A good time in the upper room
of prayer. Capt Hunt met with us at the Dr office in the
evening He made a report of the situation of Williams Ranch
said He wanted to sell to our people a company was to be organ-
ized to go down & settle a stake or colony & to buy him
out Brother Hunt Brought some papers & Letters from
the states. One paper contained the account of the appo-
intment of the Govornor & other officers for Utah Terri-
tory & spoke of Mass Meetings being held in the free states
expressing public sentiment against the fugitive slave Bill
~ Monday
3rd
I met with the quorum of the Twelve at Brother
Bensons Elder P P Pratt president prutem [pro tempore] there were present
P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff E. T. Benson C C Rich the meeting was
opened by prayer By C C Rich. P. P Pratt then presented
is right. In what way is this to be done by sealing upon the head of the prophet Joseph those keys to remain in the Church & kingdom of God untill the winding up scene the Elders of this Church know those keys were sealed upon the head of Joseph Smith & still remain in the Church what are they to accomplish as the saints could not be perfect in former days with out the Latter day Saints Neither can we be perfect without our Fathers who have died for many generations & these keys of Elijah confirmed upon the president of the church are to seal the fathers to their children the children to their fathers, & to assist in welding the great link connecting evry gospel dispensation together I see the wheat growing in this dispensation ripening for the harvest I see the tares also growing for the burning I say to the wheat & tares grow on I say to the Goats & sheep both to go ahead unto the End, the Saints of God are increasing in knowledge fast but they have got to be a hundred times better, wiser & advance in knowledge befor the end I have watched the windings & progress of this people & the spirits that surround them I have seen many arise as it were to Heaven & in a moment of temptation fall down to Hell and loose their hopes of glory I know the spirits of men & the invisible spirits that affect men & operate upon them better than I do the faces of men I want to speak a little upon natural philosophy we sow the grain it dies, rots in the ground & then it brings forth a hundred fold the elements which surrounded us produce these effects if we had a correct knowledge of the elements & knew how to control & separate them we could make bread as well out of the elements as Jesus did when He fed the multitude. the day will come when we can go on a Journey without taken any food with them would have power to make it as they went along. Many other interesting remarks were made by the president.
Amasa Lyman followed spoke upon the word of wisdom said if a man was wise in eating drinking & they would begin to learn wisdom in work & walking would walk & not be weary run & not faint for they would have wisdom enough to stop before they got weary
At the close of the meeting President Young invited all the Twelve to come & dine with him we did so and feasted upon a fine large turkey supposed to be the first ever killed & eat in the valley we had a good time in the upper room of prayer Capt Hunt met with us at the Dr office in the evening He made a report of the situation of Williams Ranch said he wanted to sell to our people a company was to be organized to go down & settle a stake or colony & to buy him out Brother Hunt brought some papers & Letters from the states one paper contained the account of the appointment of the Govornor & other officers for Utah Territory & spoke of Mass Meetings being held in the free States expressing public sentiment against the fugitive slave bill
~ Monday
3rd FIGURES I met with the quorum of the Twelve at Brother Bensons Elder P P Pratt president prutem there were present P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff E. T. Benson C C Rich the meeting was opened by prayer by C C Rich. P. P Pratt then presented
