I had rather hear brethren appear small th[an] large I had rather see a man hold his brother up than pull him down. Preach what will save men the same that converted you will convert them.

President Young spoke with great Plainness and Power. He called upon thHis councillors & the Twelve to wake up & get rid of there selfishness & get the spirit of God & Edify the people He called upon the whole people to covenant with upli- fted hands to Heaven to obey his council which we all did.He told the people to go to & build graneries & continue to lay up grain untill they had bread to last them seven years & not sell their grain to any body untill they had done this & stop sending their bread stuff to the gold mines & stop going to the gold mines to stay at home & attend to there own business, stop carrying grain to the distilleries to be made into whiskey, stop making whiskey & stop drinking whiskey, and if you will do this I promise you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you will suffer no famine

I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Brother Taylor President Young preached to the people which were two vary interesting discourses the spirit & power of God was upon them & their teachings were vary plain & full of instruction there is a far greater outporing of the spirit of God upon the Presidency & Twelve & the Saints in general than ever before there is some great Events at the door of this generation which will effect both Zion & great Babylon.

I should judge from my feelings And intimations of the spirit of God that the endowment had commenced & that the Lord had commenced pouring out some special blessings upon the Saints in Nauvoo but time will determin whether this is the case. My soul has been much refreshed and edefyed of late in reading the Book of Mormon the time has come for its sayi[n]g[s] to be fulfilled

W. Woodruff addressed the people & said that when I look upon the mountains & vallies & hills & dales & both in the Heavens & on Earth I behold a great variety in all the works of God & in looking upon the portr- ait of the Presidency & Twelve I see no two men or things look alike & what constitutes a part of the glory of God is the great variety of his works so in the preaching of the Presidency & Twelve each man might preach upon a different subject & Handle it in a different manner yet all by the same spirit & will edify the people. so I feel incouraged to think that notwithstanding such a great flood of light & truth has been presented to this people since the commencement of this conference that the Lord will still give me sumthing that may edify the people this evening. I would warn the people to give heed to the strong teachings & exertations which they have

we left the City rode to the American fork took dinner then met in the afternoon with the saints in that place President Young addressed the saints. He said I will say a few words upon those subjects which we feel interested in at the present time I feel interested in all things that concern this people many want to know what will be the result of this summers troubles or movements the hand of God is visible in all things with us he has brought us to our present position of peace and has hedged up the way of our Enemies. He spoke much to our Edifycation

Joseph often taught us in the name of the Lord & was clothed upon with much of the Holy Spirit, and his teachings were vary instructing & Edfying.

The experience which the Saints have gained in passing through these trials has been of exceeding value to them. They have learned that God can take care of his own work, and that they need not worry nor yield to anxiety or doubt concerning its management.

the original design in organizing Sunday Schools and Im- provement Societies among us was, that the children and youth of the Saints should be made wise in the principles of the Gospel and their faith be developed in the revelations of God

We again met the Saints in the eve- ning at Sister Vose room & had a very interesting time in speaking of the goodness of God & breaking bread unto the church the spirit of God rested upon us & our souls were edefyed & the Sisters manifested their faith & Strength in the work of God in which they were engaged & notwithstanding some