we traveled 7 miles & stoped for the night September 20, 1844 ~ Friday 20th We passed through the locks slowly. I spent the day in perusing an interesting work entitled "Narrative & recollections of Van Demans Land During a three years captivity of Stephen S Wright together with an account of the battle of Prescot in which he was taken prisioner; his imprisonment in Cannda; Trial, Condemnation and transportation to Australia. His terrible sufferings in the british Penal colony of Van Demands and return ...

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL tember, and these were the first baptisms performed by proper authority upon any of the islands of the sea (to my know- ledge) in this dispensation. Before we left Kirtland some of the leading apostates there had tried to discourage Brother Hale about going upon his mission, telling him he would never baptize any one, and he had better remain at home. When Captain Eames offered himself for baptism, I told Brother Hale to go and baptize him, and prove ...

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. called the Isle of Holt. We arrived at noon, and I preached to the people at night in their school-house, and had an attentive audience. I spent the night with John Turner, Esq., who purchased a copy of the Book of Mormon. On the following day we returned to Fox Islands, and as St. Paul once had to row hard to make the land in a storm, we had to row hard to make ...

Jan 2nd 1872 Church appeared in the Court room to answer to the writ Fitch & Hemstead appeared as his council & asked for Bail. Bates the Prosicuting Attorney also Asked for Bail & Put the sum at $500000. MCKean the Judge Refused Bail But put President Young into the Hands of the Marshall to be confined in one of President Youngs own Homes then President Young returned to his own house ...

Sept 23 1860 Joseph Young spoke gave a good exertation but I have lost the minutes for the present Brigham Young spoke and said I dont want to say much at this time though I reflect much & could say a good deal. I expet that it will appear a Novel thing for a man to preach the funeral sermon of his wife or sister or any of his own Family but I had rather preach the funeral sermon of my own Family or call upon my Brothers to do it ...

Gov came here to enforce the law on all people. Gov expressed his feelings about the destruction of the press. Joseph—spoke of imprisonment in Mo— Ford spoke of the Constitution Joseph said we were willing to pay for it if it were intended to resist the Gov of the state. ^treason^ if People believed they were endeavoring to defend themselves it was all right. 1/4 past 10 A.M. Gov left. 1/2 past 12 noon. Reed said he had got the magistrate on a pin hook the magistrate had committed them without ...

and come home with the first company in the Spring I think He will be better satisfied to do that, than to come home this fall. Well it seems that the Utah Judges have formed a platform for the Elders to stand upon & Decide whithch they will do some God or Bad and the Decision thy make will Decide their Destiny for all time & Eternity when John Sharp went back on his family his covenants his religion & his God It cast a gloom over the minds of Many ...

Deny the faith or Dishonor God I have but few days to live here on Earth I have a long Eternity to spend on the other side of the veil & After the resurrection And if I do my Duty there is No power beneath the Heavens that can deprive me of the society of my wives & children after the resurrection to dwell with them forever in the family organization of the Celestial world, while those who desert them & deny the faith & back out to save a few months imprisonment will have their families & Celestial ...

25th June, and then that he and others had gone to Car- thage on the day before; I immediately mounted my horse and hastened to Carthage, alone; I arrived at Ham- ilton's tavern just as dinner was announced. After din- ner, of which Josep and Hiram partook, Captain Smith (of the Carthage Greys)—the Magestrate—called the case of Joseph and Hiram Smith for "riot", for examination; they being considered as prisoners, togther with some fifteen of the City Council and policemen, who were also prisoners; all of whom ...

for the Lord's sake and mine and for the general good of the cause you will entirely put a stop to all Elders bringing hundreds of letters with them to this country. it has been wholly through the mercy of God that we have not been entirely ruined by it. This Government are altering many of their laws and drawing the reins very tight on many things and this is one of them: it matters not whether letters are sealed or unsealed or whether there be any directions or address upon them or whether they are open ...