said that while he had been listening to the remarks made he had had many thoughts of a variety of character roll through his mind. He referred to the feelings he had when he first embraced the gospel also when he left his native country to dwell in this land. He had then some idea that God would set up a kingdom but did not think it would present itself in the form in which he now sees it. He hardly expected to live to see it, but thought his children would, and felt to rejoice at his situation to [p. [182]]