Wilford Woodruff Papers

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December 01, 1865 ~ Friday

Dec 1. [FIGURE 9] we arose this morning in the midst of one of the most
terrible driving snow storm I ever witnessed it looked vary
gloomey there were several teams from Salt Lake going to the
coal beds but they started back for hom...

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Week 48 - “By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled”

The greatest calling with which any people can be called is to have placed in their hands the Gospel of Christ, and the power to build up his kingdom upon the earth. The Lord has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the world, and things t...

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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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I served my mission in some of the same areas that Wilford Woodruff did in England. That gives me a little bit more purpose and excitement as I work on the project.

Jacob Edmunds