Synopsis of W. Woodruff travels & Journals from
1834 to 1853 Inclusive making Nineteen years
Travled during this period through England Scotland Wa | 80558 | miles |
Held public meetings & preached | 1395 | times |
I Attended in the vineyard 86 conferences | 86 | conferences |
I Attended Elders counsels | 123 | counsels |
I Attended General Conferences of the Church | 15 | conferences |
I Attended 217 counsels with the Presidency & 12 | 217 | counsels |
I met 15 times with the High Counsel | 15 | Times |
I Baptized (696) Assisted in baptizing thousands of others | 696 | Baptized |
I confirmed 1004 I helped confirm thousands | 1004 | confirmed |
I was baptized for 36 Dead friends | 36 | Dead |
I ordained 4 Patriarchs | 4 | Patriarchs |
I ordained 10 Bishops | 10 | Bishops |
I ordained 24 High Council | 24 | H Counsel |
I ordained 25 High Priests | 25 | H Priests |
I ordained 13 Seventies | 13 | Seventies |
I ordained 162 Elders | 162 | Elders |
I ordained 142 Priests | 142 | Priests |
I ordained 63 Teachers | 63 | Teachers |
I ordained 13 Deacons | 13 | Deacons |
I ordained 1 president & 2 counsellors of a stake | 3 | Zion |
I assisted the Twelve in ordaining 275 Elders & Seventies in Nauvoo not counted in the above | April 18th | 1842 |
I Administered unto the sick by laying on of Hands | 498 | sick |
I blessed 135 children | 135 | Blessed |
I Administered the marriage covenant to | 13 | couple |
I Planted 51 churches | 51 | churches |
I esstablished 77 Preaching Places | 77 | |
I Had 10 mobs rise against me | 10 | mobs |
I recorded in my Journals 30 of Joseph Smith | 30 | sermons |
I Recorded 25 of the sermons of the Twelve | 25 | Apostles |
I wrote 1557 Letters | 1557 | Letters |
I Received 1063 [letters] | 1063 | |
I collected for the Temple in kirtland & Nauvoo | $1674 | dollars |
I Procured subscribars for our Papers | 205 | subscribars |
I Printed the Times & seasons & Nauvoo Neighbor
in company with John Taylor for two years
we sterrotyped the Doctrins & Covenants
I Printed 2500 copies of the Millennium Star
I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Covents
And secured the copy wright in England
I Published 20,000 Proclamations of the Twelve Apostles
I have been ordained during the foregoing period
To the office of Teacher Priest Elder member
of the second quorum of seventies first quorum
of seventies & to the quorum of the Twelve Apostles
I blessed 45 missionaries Appointed to go to the world
I received my washings & Anointings sealings
And Endowments under the hand of President
Brigham Young
I received the washing of feet under the hand
of President Heber C. Kimball
I was Appointed a member of the Regency
And met with them 16 days 16 days
I was Appointed a chaplain in the Nauvoo Legion
I was elected a member of the Legislature
And spent with them 107 days
I was Appointed Clerk & Historian of the Twleve Apostles
I Attended the dedication of the Temple ground
in the city of the Great Salt Lake And the laying
of the cornor stones of that Temple on the 6 April 1853
I spent 111 day in overseeing the tithing hands
while diging out the foundation for the Temple
JAN 1st 1854. Sunday I attended meeting at
the Tabernacle the people were addressed in an inter-
esting & ediyfying manner in the morning By Elder
Orson Hyde. In the afternoon By Elder Wilford Woodruff
& Followed By Presenident Brigham Young. He spoke as He always
does much to the edifycation of the People
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