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Dec 31, 1856

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December 31, 1856 ~ Wednesday

31^st I met in council with the Legislature all in Joint assembley
till one oclok there was a good spirit made manifest they adjo[urne]d till
Friday. I went with my family & took dinner with Bishop
Smoot & we had a good time. I met with President Young &
Twelve & the missionaries at the Historians office & we heard
the report of all the missionaries & a vary interesting address from
President Brigham Young who spoke in the power of God upon
our enemies & said the spirit of the Lord told him that inasmuch
as he had delivered us through all our troubles thus far while in
the land of our Enemies that if we would trust still to him & do [o]ur
duty the Lord would bless us & still deliver us & that we need not
have any fears.

See the following page for the end of the year

Dec 31^st 1856 Thus another Year is closed & past & gone with all its train
of good & evil. It has been an importanyt year in the History of the world in many
respects also in the History of the Church. the gathering of the people with Hand Carts
the commencement of the refermation the Death of J. M. Grant, the great exer-
tion to save the people in the snows of the mountains. But the following year I
believe will be greater still both with the world & Zion. I pray that the spir[it] [page torn]
of God will attend me & my brethren in the Priesthood that we may be saved
from all evil & pthe power of the Devil and have power to build up the kin[gdom] [page torn]
of God on the Earth

[rest of page blank] A Synopsis of my Labours in 1856 I Travled four hundred & sixty four 464 Miles I Attended 55 Meetings 55 Meetings I Preached 47 Discourses 47 sermons I Attended 2 General Conferences 2 Conferen[ces] I Attended the prayer circle with the & 12 25 Times I Baptized 7 Persons 7 Baptize I confirmed 26p8 persons 268 Confirmed I ordained 1 Elder 1 Elder I ordained 22 Seventies 22 Seventies I set apart & Blessed 130 Missionaries 130 Missionaries I unto 11 sick persons 11 sick I spent 40 days in the 40 days I spent 7 evenings with the Regency 7 evenings I spent 30 days making Manuscript for 30 days I Held 7 meeting with the 7 Meetings I Recieved 28 Letters 28 Recieved I wrote 61 Letters 61 Letters
I was Appointed Assistant Historian & comm-
enced labour in the on the 15 day of April 1856
& spent my whole time in the office except while
in the Legislature up to this date. I was called
upon to preside over the Missionaries in the & I attended of ^a meeting^ some kind
nearly evry evening in the week during the winter

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I pray that the spirit of God will attend me & my brethren in the Priesthood that we may be saved from all evil & pthe power of the Devil and have power to build up the kingdom of God on the Earth

~ Wilford Woodruff

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