Wilford Woodruff Papers

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December 09, 1884 ~ Tuesday

9 [FIGURE 9] Azmon called upon me this Morning & I wrote a
Letter to Henry Woodruff F D. Richards & myself
had a Meeting with Bishop Rawlins & Nathan Tanner
to settle an old difficulty of 10 yea...

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Week 50 - “May Christ Lift Thee Up”

We should live so as to enjoy the Spirit of revelation that we may know the will of God concerning us in all things. You should not live for yourselves alone for if your affections are not placed on the Lord Jesus Christ and you do not possess charit...

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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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Looking through the stories of the restoration through Wilford Woodruff’s journals and letters has added greater depth to my understanding of the restoration than I had before, because we can hear about the sacrifices that the pioneers made or that the early Saints made.

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