Joseph made to soft soap and he had no doubt he meant to tell there were as fine men as him. When he returned from and related the history of his mission to brother Johnson— brother Johnson said, “well you are a fine man, but there is a possibility you may be more so”; and so he would say to , “he is a fine man but there is a possibility he may be more so.[”] As to the papers he believes in a variety of subjects, he likes some wise peices and would like some a little wiser. If he saw a piece presented for publication wherein the doctrines were incorrect he should be unwilling to have it published untill it was corrected. He was favorable to the plan of having men attend the meetings and [p. [240]]