Oct 12, 1883 This was a day of fasting and Prayer with the leaders of the Church I took a Bath and wash
in the Morning and went to the Endowment House at 9 oclok
to receeive the washing of feet as it was done in Kirtland
47 years ago By the Prophet Joseph Smith as an Initiarytory
ordinance into the school of the Prophets Remarks were made
By the Presidency & others. President John Taylor washed
the feet of Zebedee Coltrin as He was the ownly man living
that was in the first school of the Prophets organized by Joseph
Smith in Kirtland ^in 1833^. Then Zebedee Coultrin washed the feet
of President Taylor. Then President Taylor washed the
feet of his two councillors & all the Twelve Apostles except C. C. Rich who was sick & John Henry Smith in England
He washed the feet of 38 in all At the close of this ceremony
we partook of Bread & wine as a sacrament as they did
in the Temple in Kirtland which closed the labor of the day
Oct 12, 1883 This was a day of fasting and Prayer with
FIGURES the leaders of the Church I took a Bath and wash
in the Morning and went to the Endowment House at 9 oclok
to receive the washing of feet as it was done in Kirtland
47 years ago By the Prophet Joseph Smith as an Initiatory
ordinance into the school of the Prophets Remarks were made
By the Presidency & others. President John Taylor washed
the feet of Zebedee Coltrin as He was the ownly man living
that was in the first school of the Prophets organized by Joseph
Smith in Kirtland in 1833. Then Zebedee Coultrin washed the feet
of President Taylor. Then President Taylor washed the
feet of his two councillors & all the Twelve Apostles except
C. C. Rich who was sick & John Henry Smith in England
He washed the feet of 38 in all At the close of this ceremony
we partook of Bread & wine as a sacrament as they did
in the Temple in Kirtland which closed the labor of the day
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," October 12, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/28wz