"Saturday the 29th ... the Prest then sed that his text was that he Should revolt at the idea of going eney further with this Company while they ware in possession of the Spirit which they then possessed[.] from this said he[,] I shall make my discourse[,] he spoke about one hour the import of which was that the excess of dancing & frollocking[,] playing cards[,] dice[,] domonoes[,] chequers[,] dice &c some of which have been cairied on excessively for the last few days was leading to worse evils to a neglect of duties to carlessness[,] recklessness[,] to quarrells[,] divisions[,] discontions[,] to sin & death, he allso added that civel recreation was no harm i not caried to excess when they had danced anough they would quit & would go into their waggons & not forgit to thank the Lord that they had the privelage of so doing & to pour out his spirit uppon them & the camp &c, but this had not been done, he spoke many other things thar ware to the same import...
"Br [Wilford] Woodruff then made a few remarks 1st Stating that he owned the hand & kissed the rod & that he ment to reform[.] he then advised that those that had cards[,] to burn them[,] dice & chequers like wise[.] Colonel Markam then arose & confessed that he had done wrong that he had indulged in all kinds of amusements & that his mind had been darkened by so doing[.]
"Orson Pratt then arose & said that what had been said was good & that thare was a world of knowledge for us to obtain & it was better to imploy our leasure moments in ecquiring it, for said he[,] thare is a great meney books in the camp full of knowledge, & he reckamendded that we Should Spend our leasure moments in the perusal of them in stead of other amusement such as had been previously practised in the camp &c[.] ...
https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/sources/15304170227183021957-eng/harmon-appleton-milo-diary-1847-april-july?firstName=Luke&surname=Johnson
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