[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 20th This is the last day of our meeting with the Saints at the Log tabernacle. The congregation was addressed at some length by Br G. A. Smith upon A variety of subjects giving advise to the saints not to locate on the river bottom but go to the bluffs & north whare there is a plenty of timber & open farms whare there is plenty of room. Also advised them to pay their tithing & not admit of making use of Ardent spirits, & spoke upon other subjects & was followed by W Woodruff who backed up the testimony of Br Smith after which several business matters were taken up.
The Afternoon & evening as usual was spent in singing, music, & dancing. At the close President Young addressed the meeting in an interesting manner, And said He wished the Saints to get so quick in their understandings that when they herd his rex that they might know his whole sermon without his preaching it or stoping to explain evry item. And his text was now let the Saints stop dancing for if you get up parties all over the country here and go to danceing sin and iniquity will grow out of it. But all has been right here thus far. I have watched you & all has been in quiete & peacable & good order & the spirit of the Lord has been here. And the President dissmissed the people pronounceing the Blessings of God upon the people.
I with several other of the brethren spent my time with Br Richards who was vary kind in entertaining the Saints.
[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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