[Brigham Young Sermon] President Young made a few preliminary remarks, when praise to God for the safe return of so many of the Battalion was given by shouting '"Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, give Glory to God and the Lamb, for ever and ever, Amen, Amen, and Amen.'" He then made some very pointed remarks, stating that the battalion saved the people by going into the army. If they had not gone, Missouri was ready with 3000 men to have wiped the saints out of existence. Young reiterated his feelings toward United States officers, and also described the plan and order of the city similar to Wednesday evening. He requested the battalion to build a bowery on the temple lot tomorrow, which they agreed to. He did not close his remarks until about 10 when he ceased being very hoarse. -- Salt Lake City [Pioneer Camp of the Saints, Journals of Thomas Bullock. Will Bagley, ed. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2007. 245]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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