One evening In the latter part of January last <​1843​> a few <​number of​> yo[u]ng people assembled at the house of , who addressed them in a very able manner, warning <​warned​> them against the various temptations to which young peop <​youth is​> exposed, and proposed that <​gave​> an appointment be given out expressly for the young, when he would again address them. An appointment having been given out, a meetig was held at the house of Elder Billings, when gave them <​gave them​> such instruction and advice as was eminently calculated to a reformation in the conduct of his yong friends. <​and another​>

A similar meetig by appointment was held in the ensu[i]ng week at Bror [Aaron] Farr’s schoolroom, which was filled to overflowing. s delivered an <​delivered​> address<​es​>, exhorting the young people to study the Scriptures, and enable themselves to “give a reason for the hope within them”, and to be ready to go on to the stage of actions, when their present instructors and leaders had gone behind the scenes. He also exhorted them to be careful in <​also to​> keeping good company, and to keep pure and unspotted from the world.

The next meeting was appointed to be held at My house, and notwithstandng the inclemency of the weather, my house <​it​> was completely filled at an early hour. as usual deliverd an address, warnig his hearers against giving heed to their youthful passions, and exhorting them to be obedient and to pay strict attention to the advice and command of their parents, who were better calculated to guide the pathway of youth them [than] they themselves.

My house being too small, the next meetig was appointed to be held at the lodge room <​in the [illegible] hall​> over my store. I was present and addressed the yong people for some time. I expressed <​expressing​> my grattitud to for havng commenced this glorious work which would be the means of dong a great deal of good. The <​and said the​> gratitude of all good men & of the youth would follow him thro’ life, and he would always look back upon the winter of 1843 with pleasure. I said I experienced more embarrassment in standig before them than I should before kings & nobles of the earth; for I knew the crimes of which they were guilty, and knew precisely how to address them; but that my yong friends were guilty of none of them & therefore that I hardly knew what to say. I advised them [p. 10a]