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Dec 6, 1838

Journal Entry

December 06, 1838 ~ Thursday

Dec 6th The voice of the Spirit of the Lord was unto us arise & be going & through the mercy of God Phebe
was enabled to rise & walk & continue her journey. after being confined here 4 days our whole bill was
ownly $6.62 the man treated us kindly may the Lord bless him we travled to Richmond Ia & put up for the
nighit in an Inn Phebe had to journey by faith not by sight [2 Corinthians 5:7] 14 mile

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Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
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Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
On the morning of the , the Spirit said to me: "Arise, and continue thy journey!" and through the mercy of God my wife was enabled to arise and dress herself and walked to the wagon, and we went on our way rejoicing.
Daybook (3 October 1838 - 4 March 1839)
Dec 6th Through the mercy of God we were enabled to continue our journey after being confined here 4 days our whole Bill for 4 days was $6.62 cts the man treated us kindly & may the Lord bless him we travled to Richmond Ia & put up for the night on an Inn Phebe had to journey by faith not by sight 14 miles
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
On the morning of the 6th of Decem- ber, the Spirit said to me, "Arise and continue thy journey," and through the mercy of God my wife was enabled to arise and dress herself, and walked to the wagon, and we went on our way re- joicing.

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Dec 6, 1838