[Brigham Young Sermon] This evening the brethren of the camp were called together at President Young's wagon to receive instructions pertaining to our future movements '" President Young then stated that it was necessary that some individuals should go back to meet the next company of brethren in order to pilot & assist them on the road & that it would be advisable to select them for that purpose that had families who would need their help, in preference to single men who had no such demands upon them. He said he was willing that 6 or even 8 or 10 individuals should go, as they deemed proper '" At length the following men were chosen or volunteered their services, viz.: Phineas H. Young, Aaron Farr, George Woodward, Eric Glines & Rodney Badger. '" President Young proffered them the use of the wagon which has formerly drawn the '"Revenue Cutter'". '" They are also to take 3 horses with them, 1 for riding the other 2 to draw the wagon. He then stated his wish that there should be a meeting held to-morrow commencing at 9 A.M., & this to be under the supervision of the Bishops, as himself with some of the brethren of the Twelve, intended to accompany the 5 men as far as the river to see them safely across & also to draw ashore the rafts we have left behind '" That he wished every man in the camp punctually to attend meeting at the time appointed, except those who were stationed on guard, & that there should be no fishing, hunting, &tc. on the Sabbath Day. He further said that when we arrived at Ft. Bridger, there would probably be some trading done, & that there would be men chosen for that purpose, but that if a man wished to make a trade for himself, let him do it & step aside & not stand in the way of others who also wished a chance '" that he himself had been hindered from trading by the latter circumstances, & that if they would let him trade at the Fort first, both the men & boys would get better bargains, '"for,'" said he, '"if there is any burthen [burden] to be born, I would rather bear it. I consider myself better able to bear it than any other man in the church & would rather by throwing out $10 as a bait lose it at once, than that any of you should lose twenty-five cents '" these are my feelings, & God knows it & so does every man who knows my heart.'" -- South Pass, 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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