Wilford Woodruff Papers

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December 06, 1843 ~ Wednesday

6th Our case with Madison came on to day Elias
Smith attended to it for us, confessed Judgment
which let the debt run 70 days it was merely
$46 dollars. I began to get a little better in health

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Week 49 - “To Keep Them in the Right Way”

It is our duty, brethren, to live in that way and manner before our God that we will find no difficulty in administering in any of the ordinances of the kingdom of God; we should live so that the spirit and power of the Holy Ghost will rest down upon...

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Who is Wilford Woodruff?

Wilford Woodruff was the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is known for his success as a missionary and his meticulous record keeping. For more than 64 years, he kept a daily journal of his interactions with thousands of individuals, the inspired discourses of early Church leaders, his missionary efforts in the United States and Great Britain, and his service as an apostle, and later prophet, from 1839 to 1898. Over 25,000 people are mentioned in his Papers.

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As I read [Wilford Woodruff's] writings, I'm able to gain that inspiration, that all the different trials that he went through and how each time he turned to the Lord and there's instruction and inspiration in those words of his documents, that helped me through my trials to strengthen my relationship with my Savior, Jesus Christ.

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