[Brigham Young Sermon] President Young spoke principally of the liberty & light of the gospel that very few knew what the phrase meant. That, we should always try to do that which would result in the most good & that it was sufficient for us a man could not know that unless by revelation from Heaven. That is enough for us to know what is necessary to be done to-day to be of the most utility, without thinking of the course necessary to be pursued for the same purpose to morrow or next day. Heber spoke of the majority of our cultivating union one with another & banishing all selfishness from our hearts, that we may become acceptable servants in the sight of the Lord. Elder O. Pratt's speech principally related to the utility & the necessity of the improvement & cultivation of their time and talents God has given us showing that a contrary course would result in the depravity of our morals. After the meeting was dismissed, all the officers in the camp met together at President Young's wagon to counsel upon matters relative to our crossing the river to morrow. It was proposed by the President that a quantity of poles should be procured this afternoon, that with their assistance 4 wagons might be lashed together abreast & drawn across the river without danger of being overturned. accordingly 3 or 4 wagons immediately started off in pursuit of them. -- Horseshoe Creek, Wyoming [Horace K. Whitney Journal, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah..]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
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