[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15th + I met in council with the Twelve High Council & Bishops. The camp of Israel is divided into streets, Blocks, and wards And A Bishops appointed over each ward to see to the poor, widows, and to keep an account of what each man is doing. And the Twelve High Council and Bishops meet each week to do Business and to carry business teaching & instructions to the Saints in each ward.
There is begining to be murmerings through the camp and much wickedness that the Lord is not pleased with. The Saints appear at the presant time some as the children of Israel did while in the wilderness & the Nephites on this continant. At times they would forget their God and turn to wickedness. And while in council this evening the High Council Asked President Young for some teaching.
He arose and said He had no teaching to give at present but to cry repentance to the people, And he would begin with the High Council. They must repent and the camp of Israel must repent or it would not be long before A man Could not bear the priesthood upon his head in there midst And the Twelve would have to flee out of there midst and go to the mountains which would be a great curse to this people.
H C Kimball arose and related a dream. Said He was travelling with President Young vary fast and they thought they could fly and they flew through the air and lit down upon a large plain. And they saw it coverd with large groups of snakes and they had to jump from place to place to get over them but they lay still while they were in there midst. Brother Young said the interpetation was the people were full of evil and speaking evil of them but would not grumble while they were present.
[source: 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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