Sir,

As the prophet was expatiating on the character of John, and Jesus, I had a very fair view of his person, and to my astonishme[n]t behold a person of about 37 ye[ars o]f age, and destitute of all those qulifications so essential to the life & well bei[n]g <​interest​> of the man of the keen[e]st Memory, the razer.— for if men generally did noted shaving oftener than the Mormn prophet— shaving shops would be of little use,— indeed if he shaves at all I think it must be for fashions sake, for I would judge him to be a beardless hero of about 37 <​or 8​> years of age, and the way he explaind the differnce between the holy Ghost in the form of the Dove & the sign of the dove,— and criticalley noticed all the nice distin[c]tions, & closed that part of his subject by calli[n]g on all the learnd men present of our denomntin [denomination] or any denomnation present, to come forward and refute <​through the greek or Hebrew or any other language​> what he had said [illegible] & when they had done it he pledged himself to prove them ignorant before all the world,— there were many learned men prsnt [present], but no one accepted the offer, and a fairer one they could not have,—

The way way the prophet uses his lungs when he addresses a great multitude in open air, would be a caution to any body else— when he get Engaged— & he always is engaged in [wha]tever he undertakes, he roars— with so that it may well be said of all prsnt,— those who will may hear— & in all his appearence before a public assembly he is purely “Sui Generiis.”— and is governd by the govern[in]g spirit & not by any of the dogmas of the Schools,— thousan[d]s hung on his lips in breathelss silence, while he explained the whole histry Alphas an & omegas of the prodigil Son.— and although he occupied near three hours in his miltefarius [multifarious] observation, his st[a]nding auditors seemed at the close as though they wished he had only coverd his text,— and as the & seemed as much dilighted as surprisd at the wonderful of <​appernce [appearance]​> of the poor retur[n]ing penitent in which he gave a particular key which unlocked the whole my[s]tery— [p. [1]]