Br Young when you go before the Lord remember me & pray that thus I may be sustained in my office by those with whom I ^am^ surrounded & fill my mission with dignity & honor to the cause give me such cou[n]cil as you in your wisdom think proper & I will follow it according to the best ability that God shall give me Remember me to the Twelve, The Lords anointed, & all who inquire after me. That the God of Israel will be your shield & sustain you & the Twelve & all the faithful ones in the prayer of your Friend & Brother in the Truth

Liverpool Oct 1st 1845 President Brigham Young Beloved Broth & Presidet in the Kingdom of God whom I love of a truth for the truth sake that dwelleth in you I seat myself once more in this life to make an address to you with pen & ink I have now lying Before me this letter from you of Dates Feb 11 by A Fielding June 27th & lastly Aug 21st All of whom I feel thankful for all the favors for you may rest assured they operate upon my spirits like a live coal from off the Alter which kindle a flame in my soul. I feel to magnify ^inspired & uphold^ the name of God for the manner he has sustained you since the death of Joseph & Hyrum & the way he is giving a signal victory to the citizens of Zion the City of Joseph, I look upon it myself as a great omin of & evidence that the time had come to favor Zion & that her Land & light must & will spe[dy] spedily go forth propelled by the spirit & strength of the God of Israel untill Zion arises will all her strength power bea[u]ty & glory untill she fully accomplishes all that the Ancient prophets anticipated

I want the Anointed of the Lord to remember me in their prayers that I may have power to fill my place & station & overcome evry obsticle And I am resolved to wage a warfare with both men & Devils in the name of Jesus Christ & by virtue of the Holy priesthood & the keys of the kingdom of God untill I can perfect stand in the lot & place that God & the president of the Church has appointed me.

we have all this consolation of knowing that there is a God who will guide the Storm unto the End, and give every man and nation their just due—for which we feel thankful; we can see the word of God and prophecies of Joseph, Brigham and other prophets, ancient and modern, fast fulfilling upon the Earth, espe- cially in the United States.

I was with the President till 1/2 past 10 o'clock hearing the Washington and other letters read; your joint letter to President Young shows the dark shade of the political Horizon; all right, there is a God in Israel who will guide the storm and pay every man and Nation their just due; and may God Almighty hasten it is my prayer; the words of Joseph, Brigham and the prophets are fulfuilling.

The preaching of the First Presidency has been soul tirring indeed. We may safely say in a measure that such sermons were never heard before, as have been delivered unto us of late by the prophet of God, and they are weighing the people, and the people feel that they are dealing with the quickening spirit and power of God which discerned and knows their hearts and they feel the importance of repentance and baptism for the remission of sins and leading holy lives before God that we may be prepared for the events which await the whole earth. In some of the settlements in Davis County every one has gone forward and been re-baptized, and we anticipate the same result will follow in G. S. L. County.

We are in the commencement of a great reformation, the Presidency are preaching the strongest and most heart searching & powerful sermons that I ever heard delivered in the church and kingdom of God

The cares which rest upon President Brigham Young and his counsellors are immense, but the Lord gives them wisdom to foresee the evils and warn the Saints to pre- pare for them. The course of Zion is onward. Come, brother Zera, and cast in your mite.

President Young was so lame in his feet that He had to be carried in a chair By 3 men all through the house but at last before we closed the power of God came upon him He aros from his chair walked unto the stand and spoke 30 Minuts in the power of God in the last sentance He uttered he struck the lowar stand with his hickory cane full of knots that sunk the knots into the solid wood so deep that they will remain there for a generation if their holes are not filled up. I have sent to the Editor of the News this day, all the procedings of the day, the prayes, speaker &c but when you read the speach of president Young, you will never learn by that all that He said for we could not publish it. the services occupied 3 Hours.

The Death of our beloved President has cast a gloom over the entire community yet, there is a degree of resignation that one could scarcely have antici- pated which clearly indicates that