September 11, 1836 ~ Sunday Sept. ^11th^ Sunday rode to Br Camps Preached at his house & communed with the Saints Spent the night at Clapps ^4. m[iles]^ September 12, 1836 ~ Monday Walked to Br Lanes & spent the day in writing. 4 September 13, 1836 ~ Tuesday 13 Spent the day at Br Lanes in writing September 14, 1836 ~ Wednesday 14th Spent the day at Br Lanes in writings felt some ...

March 23, 1837 ~ Thursday March 23rd I repaired to the house of the Lord at an early hour in the morning to spend the day in prayer and fasting with the saints in Kirtland, as this was a day set apart for that purpose. Immediately after entering the house in com pany with several other Elders, I went within the veil and we bowed down before the Lord in the aronic stand & offer'd a morning sacrifice, & the Spirit of God rested upon us ...

& many glorious things not now to be named would be bestowed upon the saints, but all these things are better imagined than spoken by the children of Jacob President Oliver Cowder followed Hiram Smith & made but few remarks but verry appropriate, he called upon the Elders to keep within the bounds of their knowledge & to let the great myster ies of the Kingdom alone for the gentiles had not a knowledge even of the first principles of the gospel. that it was far better to preach what ...

of the Sisters we expect to get the nails & glass & with the assistance of the Brethren we expect to do the rest. I will proclaim in publick & in private that the sisters bought the glass & nails by penny subscription. Chuse ye this day wholm ye will serve. [Joshua 24:15] We shall call upon this vast multitude for a donation to buy powder & fuse rope. We want the brethren to do as much as the sisters. We do not intend to finish ...

one stone was left upon another & Christ said that Jerrusalem should be trodden down of the gentiles untill the times of the gentiles be fulfilled which has been the case to the vary letter untill the present generation. [Luke 21:24] Will not God in like manner as truly & faithfully bring to pass those great, important and tremendious events upon the heads of the gentile world which have been proclaimed by the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah,

Zion should be redeemed & be built up a Holy City, that the glory & power of God shou ld rest upon her, & be seen upon her that the watchman upon mount Ephraim might cry arise ye & let us go up unto zion the city of the Lord our God, that the gentiles might come to her light & kings to the brightness of her rising. That the Saints of God may have a place to flee to & stand in Holy places while judgment works in the earth that when ...

Sept 5th 1870 since the war commenced & Finally a French Army has surrendered of some 120000 men to the King of Prussia including the Emperor Napoleon whether the war will scease or whether the Prussians will besiege Paris time will determin. [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Azmon Woodruff September 6, 1870 ~ Tuesday to September 9, 1870 ~ Friday 6 to 9. I spent the time on the farm. September 10, 1870 ~ Saturday ...

—29—Presidents Joseph Smith and O. Cowdery addressed the Saints in the Temple. Joseph blessed the peo- ple in the name of the Lord, and said, if we would be faithful, we should arise above our embarrassments, and be delivered from the hands of our enemies. —30—I wrote an article on faith, which was published in the Messenger and Advocate. Feb. 19—I attended meeting at the Temple. President Joseph Smith had been absent on ...

called the board of controll it was then Edited by William Smith And published by S Brannan from the 10th No to the 26 After which S Brannan was both publisher And Editor to the 50 No after which it was Edited by P P Pratt. The New York Prophet is Published by S Brannan & Edited by P P Pratt. thus end eth an account of the publications of our periodicals up to the present time. The Lord God has spoken concerning Zion of the ...

not sleep but a little time but should come forth out of our gr[aves] [page covered] with Bodies that no mob could kill. We were much edifyed wi[th] [page covered] all the remarks He made. the meeting opened with A shout of Hosannah to God & the Lamb repeated three times with its Amen Br Young said the Ancient of days was not as far off as many supposed. At the close of the meeting I returned to rest meditating u[pon] [page covered] what I had herd An appointment was made for ...