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Dec 15, 1869

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December 15, 1869 ~ Wednesday

15. I was sent for this Morning they thought my child was dying
I went home & found the child vary louww we thought He was dying in
the Evening He was past swallowing any thing, He finally revived, & thirsted
for water being parched up with fever we fed him with water untill

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President Young said in relation to Joseph Smith return- ing the Plates of the Book of Mormon that He did not returne them to the Box from where He had Received But He went im a cave in the Hill Comoro with Oliver Cowdry & deposited those plates upon a table or shelf & in that room were deposited a large amount of gold plates containing sacred records & when they first visited that Room the sword of Laban was Hanging upon the wall & when they last visited it, the sword was drawn from the scabbard & lew upon da table & a Messenger who was the keeper of the room informed them that that sword would never be returned to its scabbard untill the Kingdom of God was Esstablished upon the Earth & untill it reigned triumphant over Evry Enemy Joseph Smith said that Cave contained tons of choice Treaassures & records

~ Brigham Young

I was informed that one of my children was night unto death it had Been sick about one week it was Delights youngest child I returned home & administered to it & it revived But was vary low through the night

~ Wilford Woodruff