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December 10, 1884 ~ Wednesday

10 I spent the day in the offic we had a hard wind
[FIGURE 9] and it blew over a train of cars none dangerously
hurt Mrs Woodruff is quite poorly confined to her bed

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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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I also have an ancestor from Herefordshire, her name's Mary Field and she's the daughter of William Field and he was part of the United Brethren. His family joined the church and went to America and so that helped me know how much Heavenly Father was aware of me, because he put me in the place literally where she was born.

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