O Hyde opened by Prayer & spoke upon our position and the day in which we live. Said the gospel had been beging among the Gentiles for 30 years & he believed the time was seen over. He believed the time [was] at hand when the Gentiles would beg for the Gospel. ...
W. Woodruff prayed and ... to Curse & destroy our Enemies who would not repent but seek our destruction. ...
O Pratt spoke and said that as Brother Hyde first remarked that in attempting to pray this morning his tongue was all doubled up and seemed hard work to speak. O Pratt said that it made him think of Brother Whitmer. Before he saw the Angels he had to struggle hard with the powers of darkness and in one instance the Devel appeared in the form of a personage and he had to Contend with that person & overcome him. Then an angel of God appeared to them. Joseph said that Moses was visited by the Devil and He said to Moses son of Man worship thou me. He told the Devil that He was a son of God and he would not worship him. Soon the Lord appeared to him. ...
O Hyde Said the He must Confess that he was more Stupid & dull than He wished to be. He thought it was in Consequence of going without food & tobaco, Which he had been in the habit of useing. He said if we get the spirit of the Lord & pray in the spirit we shall be agreed.
[Wilford Woodruff] ... We want the Holy spirit & we will ask for that and we will ask the Lord to Hold the Congress of the United States & all our Enemies in that way that the will of God may be done. He said this year would be more filled with Judgments upon the wicked than any year we have seen & 1860 will be far more so.
E. T. Benson said that He fasted 3 days and was blessed in it and thought we should not be discouraged but fast & Pray and ask the Lord for what you want. Now if we use Coffee, tobaco, whiskey, & stuff ourselves with meat we will be like the Gentiles & cannot expect much of the spirit unless we prepare our bodies for it. I believe that Good will grow out of this meeting.
G. A. Smith said ... As to the Congress of the United States their is not ten men but what want to Cut the throats of the Presidency & Twelve Apostles and I want to Pray God to Curse them & give them No power over us & I want to pray for the removal of the armey. ...
We all dressed in our [temple] robes. Lorenzo Snow prayed & F D. Richards was mouth and prayed long and asked for many things for the Church & Kingdom of God. ...
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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