[FIGURE] Jan 1st 1866.
Is it possible that I have lived to see 1866. Yes I have and may the
Lord preserve me through this year in purity & in righteousness and
all the faithful of his Saints & hedge up the way of all the wicked who
seek to fight against
Nine of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met at the
at 10 oclok viz Wilford Woodruff , C. C. Rich
& . & was North
& , was in .
at half past 10 oclok we walked over the road & called upon President
& Elder O. Hyde as our speaker informed President Young
that we had called to pay our respects to him & to wish him a happy
New Year President Y & to congratulate him on the pleasing prospects
that surround us at the opening of 1866. President Young shook
hands heartily with all the Quorum and freely Exchanged Blessings
after spending 30 minuts with the President, we then walked to
President we all wished him a happy New Years
& Brother Kimball blessed us & prophesied upon our heads He told Br
Orson Hyde, that He should overcome all things & come out with a
clean sheet in the End without spot or Blemish, & should be crowned
in Glory in the presence of God & his Brethren as saw him 30
years ago, and I pronounced the same Blessing upon all the & any man who attempts to ride yoo will be rode himself
& any man who opposes you will fall & I say to you Brother
that you shall come off clear in the End you have passed through trials
as well as the rests of us and I will say concerning
who is trying to go into the Presidential Chair on the down fall of the
I will say in the name of the Lord that He shall go
under as Douglass did & the shall rest upon our
Enemies who seek our destruction. He blessed us all &
much good upon Israel & Evil upon her Enemies. Sister was present & Enjoyed herself well, while we were there
the band was playing in the street. We next visited President . He was also Happy to see us & greeted us warmly we then
called upon G. A. Smiths family was treated to a fine feast of
Apples. Elder John Taylor furnished us with 3 sleighs
and we all rode & called upon family & spent a few
moments with them we also rode through the & called upon the
Mayor & took some Home made wine with him we then
called upon Govornor who greeted us with Great welcome
we then went to Elder & took dinner with him there we
separated. I spent the Evening at the writing the proced-
ings of the day & listening to giving his views of the
dividing the in the days of & the kind of Barges the
Jaredites made to cross the ocian in to the Land of America &
many items of the History of the & [Ether 2:16-17]
