Mormon History, Saturday, September 13th, 1845

[Apostle John Taylor diary] I went to the Seventies' Hall to a festival given by the 11th Quorum, we had been invited several days previous to hearing an account of the mobbing. It was repulsive to my feelings to attend a meeting of that kind at a time when the brethren were in distress, and to rejoice when others were in trouble, indeed my heart did not feel to rejoice; but I felt sorrowful when I reflected that a number of the brethren were rendered houseless and homeless by a few reckless desperadoes in consequence of their adherence to the gospel. What rendered it more trying for them was, that they had it in their power to destroy their persecutors, and yet in consequence of our counsel endured it patiently, and looked tamely on to see their houses and property destroyed for the gospel and the kingdom of heaven's sake; they are good and faithful men or they would not have done it.
We had a pleasant time at the Seventies' Hall, and every thing moved off well.

[source: 'The John Taylor Nauvoo journal, January 1845-September 1845,' BYU Studies 23:3 (1983) edited by Dean C. Jessee]