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a stronger connection with our God. I tell you, to have a connection with this pple rather than with the thrones
of the world. try to [illegible] [ink blot] still the trials that ar placed on us remember we ar not alone for we have the
child[ren] of Israel & our fathers. I feel that we have fulfilled the command of God in building in that Temple
u shall have your reward in the Eternal world. I desire u will still act in union & as your grievances
have been laid bef the lamb & have not rec^d redress now make them known to the great God his
ears r open to the prayers of the S^ts & the time will come that we will be perfectly satisfied for the trials that
we have had. this is the 1^st time that I have add[resse]^d u since the Temple has been built & it may be the
last. I have desired for a long time that priest & pple Jew & Gentile ma[y] understand the principles. I will sa[y]
as Paul once did that he verily tho^t he was doing God service, & when his eyes were opened he felt for his
kindred & when I see that we have had a good constitution, & an shelter from the storm & when I see a dagger
thrust into the heart of the eagle. I have been ashamed when I have travelled among the crowned heads
of Europe & have been told of the pers[ecutio]ⁿ & asked where is your boasted protection, but who can stand
in the end. In America stands in her own light, if the mormons were the only people that wo^d suffer
it wo^d not be so much but look at Greece & Rome, & u see the works of ruin over which this land stands
I sa[y] they r here & my own country & my own Gov[ernmen]^t will feel it, by & by it will fall on their own heads
when they have s[ai]^d Aha Aha &c. Europe is making capital ^out^ of American mobocracy. I rejoice this
morning & have the priv[ilege] of standing this da[y] with my aged Fa[the]^r in your midst. I rej[oice] . . . seeing so many
of the S[ain]^ts who r trying to overcome the world, keep their integrity, let us still be faithful & seek God
let us leave vengeance in the hands of the Lord & I am willing to risk my destiny with this pple & where
this pple lives I will live &c & we r tied by the ties the strongest in nature. I am satisfied with the cause.
as am I [illegible]. I have been sufficiently acquainted with the course to remain & sustain every man in his place.
I have tried to fulfil my mission to the best advantage. I will sa[y] that while br Hyde stays here I feel
perfectly to coincide with my b[re]t[hre]n the 12 to give counsel. I want my friends to rece[ive] his counsel & let
it be an end of controversy while he remains with us. I am a passenger in your midst. these r the
feelings that I have this morning. the L^d has not forgotten his pple. Zion will yet arrive & clothe
herself in her beautiful garments. I feel that I have got a little glimpse of the work of the last days
the L^d has sworn that he will gather Israel & the foundation will yet be more glorious, & they will again
build Jerusalem. when the Gentiles reject the Gospel it will be time to take it to the Israelites by & by the