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"We put up at the " Townshend House," kept 

 by a Mormon with three wives. As we arrived 

 on Sunday we went to hear service performed 

 at the Tabernacle, an immense building capable 

 of accommodating 8000 people ; we heard some 

 very fine music and good singing, and a very 

 indifferent sermon, after which we went, ac- 

 cording to custom, to pay our respects to the 

 President, Brigham Young. 



I have copied out verbatim an extract from 

 one of Brigham Young's sermons, which I 

 clipped from a Salt Lake paper, and which will 

 probably give a better idea of the character and 

 eloquence of this remarkable man than any 

 description of mine. 



" Brigham 5 s ultimatum to his wives, from one 

 of his recent sermons : 



" I wish my women to understand that what 

 I am going to say is for them as well as others, 

 and I want those who are here to tell their sisters, 

 yes, all the women in the community. I am 

 going to give you from this time till the 6th 

 October next for reflection, that you may deter- 



