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Day in the Life

Jan 26, 1880

Journal Entry

January 26, 1880 ~ Monday

26 Keys crossed It was quite windey and cold I spent the forenoon reading
the Afternoon Doctoring sheep In the Evening Br Watkins arived
from St Joseph and Brought me 6 letters from George Reynolds
in the Peneitentiary from Tenney, Alread, Sarah, Sylvia nd
and some Papers Br Watkins staid with me through the night
I read Coates lectures against Mormonism which was the inspiration
of the Devil and full of lies I Prayed the Lord to give me his Holy
spirit and light and truth I went to Bed filled with Prayer and
Meditation I fell asleep and slept untill about midnight. I awoke
The Lord poured out his spirit upon me and opened the vision of
my mind so I could & comprehend in a good measure the mind and
will of God and his purposes concerning our Nation and the inhabitants
Keys crossed A crown of Zion and when the vision of my mind was open
to comprehend the situation of our Nation, their wickedness
Abominations & corruptions and the Judgments of God and destruc-
tion which awaited them and when I comprehended the great and
Mighty responsibility which rested upon the Quorum of the Apostles in the
sight of God and the Heavenly Hosts, My head became a fountain of
tears and my Pillow was wet as with the dews of heaven and sleep
departed from me and the Lord revealed unto me our duty

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Tenney, Ammon Meshach
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
249 mentions
488 mentions
18 mentions
28 mentions
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
Family
Thompson, Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
135 mentions
Family

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St. Joseph, Apache County, Arizona Territory

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Religious - Revelation, 26 January 1880

In the Wilderness, . Thus saith the Lord unto my ser- vant, Wilford Woodruff, I have heard thy prayer and will answer thy petition. I will make known unto thee my will concern- ing the nations who encumber the land of promise, and also concerning Zion and her inhabitants. I have already revealed my will concerning the nation through the mouth of my servant Joseph, who sealed his testimony with his own blood, which testimony has been in force upon all the world from the hour of his death. What I the Lord have revealed in that testament and decreed upon the nation, and upon all the nations of the earth, shall be fulfilled, saith the Lord of hosts. I the Lord have spoken and will be obeyed. My purposes shall be fulfilled upon this nation, and no power shall stay my hand. The hour is at the door when my wrath and in- dignation will be poured out upon the wick- ed of the nations. Their murders, blas- phemies, lyings, whoredoms, and abomina- tions have come up before my face and before the heavens, and the wrath of mine indignation is full. I have decreed plagues to go forth and waste mine ene-

Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)

26. [FIGURE] Quite windey & cold I spent the forenoon in reading the D&C. In the Afternoon I helped Doctor Sheep In the Evening Br Watkin arived from St Joseph & Brought [FIGURE] me 6 Letters from George Reynolds in the penetentiary & from Tenney, Alread, Sarah Sylvia, and some Papers Brother Watkin stayed with us through the night I read Coatses Lecture against Momonism which was an inspiration of the Devil & ful of lies I Prayed to the Lord to give me His Holy spirit and light and truth I went to Bed filled with prayer and Meditation I fell asleep & slept untill about midnight I awoke and the Lord Poured out his spirit upon me and opened the vision of my Mind so I could see & [FIGURE] comprehend in a good measure the mind & will of God and his purposes concerning our Nation and the Inhabitants of Zion And when the visions of my mind was open to to comprehend the situation of our Nations their Wickedness, Abomi- nations & corruption and the Judgments of God and Destruction which awaited her, and when I comprehended the Great & Mighty responsibility which rested upon the Quorum of the Apostles in the sight of God and the Heav- enly Hosts, my pillo Head became a fountain of tears and my pillow was wet as with the Dews of Heaven and sleep Departed from me, and the Lord revealed unto me our Duty, even the Duty of the Twelve Apostles and all the faithful Elders of Israel And the following is a portion of the word of the Lord to me while Dwelling in the shepherds tents in the Wilderness surrounded by the drifting snows of the Mountains while wraped in the visions of the night

Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)

A Revelation to Wilford Woodruff, in the wilderness Thus Saith the Lord unto my servant Wilford ^Woodruff^ I have heard thy prayer, and will Answer thy petition I will make known unto the[e] my will concerning the Nations who encumber the Land of promise, and also concerning Zion and her Inhabitants. I have already revealed my Will carry the Nations through the Mouth of my severant Joseph , who has seeled his testimony with his own Blood, which ^Testimony^ Testing has been in here upon all the ward from the Hour of his death, what I the Lord have [revealed] in that Testament and Decreed upon this Nation, and all the Nations of the Earth, shall be fulfillled, saith the Lord of Hosts. I the Lord have spoke and still ^will^ be obeyed. My purposes shall be fuffilled upon this Nation, and No power shall stay my hands. The hour is at the dayoor when my wrath & indignation will be poured uout upon the wicked of this Nation. Their Murders, Blasphemes, Lyings, whoredoms, and abominations have come up before my [face], & before the Heavens, and the wrath of mine Indignation is full. I have Decreed plagues to go forth and lay waste mine enemies, and not m[an]y years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine Herritage. The Devil is ruling over his Kingdom, And my spirit has no pla[c]e in the harts of the Rulers of this Nation, and the Devil stirs them up to Defy my power, and to make war upon my Saints. Therefore Let mine Apostles and mine Elders who are faithful obey my commandments which are already written

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your propheffit, & guidance. Thus Saith the Lord unto my saint, John Taylor, and my servant Wilford Woodruff, & my servent Orson pratt, and to call the resedue of mine Apostles, Have you not gave faith in my Name without purs or scrip, and Declared the Gospel of Life & Salvation unto this Nation, and the Nations of the Earth, and warned them of the judgments which were to come as you have been moved upon by the power of the Holy Ghost, and the inspiration of the Lord. you have done this year by year, for a whole generation, as men count time. Therefore your Goverments' are clean of the Blood of this Generation, and esspecially of this Nation. Therefore as I have said in a former commandment, so I the Lord say again unto mine Apostles, go ye alone by yourselves, whither in heat or in cold, and clens [cleanse] your feet with water, pure water, it matters not whether it be by the running stream or in your clossetts, but bear there testi monyies before the Lord & the Heavenly Hosts, and when you have all done this then gather yourselves together in your Holy places, and cloth yourselves in the robes of the Holy priesthood, and there offer up your prayers accordidng to my Holy Law, Let him who presides be mouth & kneel upon the Holy Alter, and there Let mine Apostles Bring all there testimonies before my face, and Before the Heavenly Hosts, and Before the justified spirits made perfect. And thus saith the Lord unto you, mine Apostles, when you

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these Testimonies Before me, let them be presented by Name as far as the spirit shall pres[en]t them unto you. The presedents of the United States, the Supreme Court, The Cabinet, The Senate & House of the Congress of the United States, The Governors of the States & Territories, the judges & others sent unto you, and all men and persons who have taken any part in persecuting you, or Bringing Distress upon you, or your families, or who have sought your lives, or sought to hinder you from keeping my commandments, or of enjoying the Rights which the Constitutional Laws of the Land garrantee unto you, and what I the Lord say unto you, mine Apostles, I also say unto my servants the seventies, the High priests, the Elders ^the priests^ and to all my servants who are pure in hart and who have borne Testimony unto this Nation. Let them go forth & clens their feet in pure water, and bear testimony to of it unto your Father who art in Heaven. And thous saith the Lord unto mine Apostles, and Mine Elders, when ye do these things with singleness ^purity^ of Hart, I the Lord will hear your prayer, and am bound ^By oath & covenant^ to Defend you, and Fight your battles. As I have said in a former commandment it is not my Will that mine Elders should fight the Battles of Zion, for I will fight your ^Battles.^ Nevertheless Let no man be afraid to lay down his Life for my sake, for He that layeth down his life for my sake shall find it again and have Eternal Life. The Nation is Ripened in Iniquity, and the cup of the wrath of mine Indignation is full, and I will not stay my hand in judgments upon this Nation, or the Nations of the Earth. I have Decreed wars and Judements upon the wicked, and my wrath and indignation is about

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be poured out upon them, and the wicked and rebelious shall know thus [that] I am God. And as I the Lord have spoken so will I fulfill. I will spare none who remain in Babylon, but I will burne them up, saith the Lord of Hosts. As I the Lord have suffered, so will I put all enemies under my feet, For I the Lord utter my word, and it shall be obeyed. And the Day of wrath & Indignation shall come upon the wicked and No power shall stay my Hand And I say again wo unto that Nation, or House, or people who seek to Hinder my people from obeying the patriarchan Law of Abraham, which Leadeth to a celestial Glory, which has been revealed unto my Saints through the mouth of my servant Joseph, for whosoever doeth these things shall be damned saith the Lord of Hostts, and shall be broaken up and wasted away from under Heaven by the judgments which I have sent forth and shall not return unto me void. And thus with the sword, and by Bloodshed and with famine, and plagues, and earthquakes, And the Thunder of Heaven, and the vived [vivid] lightnings shall this Nations and the Nations of the Earth be made to feel the chastening hand of an Almighty God untill they are broaken up, & destroyed, & wasted away from under Heaven and No power can stay my Hand. Therefore let the wicked tremble, Let him that Blasphemes my name Hold their lips, for Destruction will swiftly overtake them. All that I the Lord have spoken through the Mouths of my prophets and Apostles since the world Began concerning the last Dispensation and fulness of times concerning my Church which has been called out of the Wilderness of Darkness & Error, and concerning the Zion & kingdom of God, and concerning Babylon the Great, stu And what I have spoken through the Mouth of my servant Joseph

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all be fulfilled, and though Heaven & Earth pass away, my words shall not pass away but shall be fulfilled saith the Lord. These revelatians and testimonies you have before you. Let my saints search the Word of the Lord and treasure up wisdom, and be prepared for that which is to come. As I have Decreed, so shall my Judgments Begin at the House of God. There are those in my Church, who have a name among you, who are Adulterers, & Adultresses, & those who Blaspheme my Name, and those who love & make a lie and those who revel and Drink with the Drunken, if they do not spedily repent of their wickedness & Abomination they should be severed from the ordinances of my House saith the Lord. And there are many who have need to repent whose lusts are set upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, and do not honor the priesthood and sleek [seek] to build up the kingdom of God, as they should. Neither do they learn and comprehend that the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of Heaven, and that the powers of Heaven cannot be controlled nor handled ownly upon the principles of righteousness. Such shuould repent and turn unto the Lord & seek for the Holy Spirit to guide them Blessed are the Judgments will begin upon my House, and from thence will they go forth unto the world and the wicked cannot esscape. Blessed are the pure in Heart, for my Blessings await them in this Life, and Eternal Life in the world cto come. Thus Saith the Lord unto you my servants the Apostles who dwell in the flesh fear ye not your enemies Let not your Hearts be troubled I am In your Midst, I am your Advocate with the Father I have given mine

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Angels charge concerning you. Mine eyes are upon you ^and the eyes of^ your Heavenly Father and the Heavenly Hosts, and all justified spirits made perfect are a watch- ing over you, your works are manifest before the face of my servants who have sealed their testimony with their Blood, and before all my servants of the Twelve Apostles whom I have taken unto myself the veil is taken from off their faces and they know your works. They await your coming when you have finished your testimony in the flesh. Therefore be ye faithful untill I come, my coming is at the Door. Call upon the Lord in Mighty prayer, ask and you shall receive, whatever you agree as touching anything and ask the Father in my Name it shall be given unto you seek diligently to build up Zion, and to magnify your High calling And yor enemies shall not prevail over you. Zion shall not be moved out of her place. Zion shall prevail against her enemies. My people shall not be hindered in the building of my temples unto my Holy Name if they will Harken unto my voice, and do as I command them. The Blood of my servants Joseph & Hyrum and of mine Apostles & Elders, which have been shed for the word of God & Testimony of Jesus Christ, cries from the ground for vengance upon the Nation who have shed their Blood, But their Blood shall spedably [speedily] be avenged, and ^shall^ I cease to cry unto me for the Hour of Gods judgment is fully come, and shall be poured out without measure upon the wicked. But Harken & hear, O ye Apostles, Elders & people of my Church the word of the Lord concerning you, that for all the Blessing that I will pour out upon you and the inhabitants of Zion and the judgments &

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upon the Wicked, that I will be enquired of by you to ask the Father in my Name to do & to restore these things for you, As I told Israel Isra all the House of Israel by my servant Moses that they should ask at my hand for all those Blessings which I ^the Lord^ have promised unto Israel in the Latter Days. And as I the the Lord ordained mine Apostles who were with me in my ministry and promised them that they should sit upon Twelve Thrones Judging the Twelve tribes of Israel, so I say unto you, mine Apostles, that whom I have raised up in these Last Days, that I have ordained you to bear record of my name, & the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to the Gentiles first & then to the House of Israel. I have also ordained you to sit upon Thrones and Judge the Gentiles and all of the inhabitants of the Earth unto whom you have born ^testimony^ testimy of my name in the day & Generation in which you Live. Therefore, How Great is your calling & responsibility before me! Therefore gird up the loins of your mind and magnify your calling, in the fear of God, and prepare ye for the coming of the Son of Man which is nigh ^at^ the door. No man knoweth the Day nor the hour But the signs of both Heaven & Earth indicate his coming as promised by the mouth of my Desiples, the fig tree is leaving, and the Hour is Nigh, Therefore prepare yourselves O ye saints of the Most High God with Oil in your Lamps for Blessed is he that watcheth for the coming of the Son of Man. Again Hear ye the word of the Lord O ye mine Apostles whom I have chosen in these Last days to bear record of my name and to lead my people Israel untill the coming of the Son of Man, I the Lord

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raised up unto you My Servant John Taylor to preside over you, and to be a Law Giver unto my Church. He has mingled his Blood with the Martered prophets, Neverthless while I have taken my servants Joseph and Hyram unto myself, I have preserved my servant John Taylor for a wise purpose in me. I have also taken many others of the Twelve ^apostles^ unto myself, for I take whom I will take & preserve in life whom I will preserve according to the council of my Will, And while my servant John Taylor is your president, I wish to ask the rest of my servants of the Apostles the question, Although you have one to preside over your Quorum ^and over the Church^ which is the order of God in all Generations do you not all of you hold the Apostleship which is the Highest Authority ever given to men on the Earth you do; therefore you hold the keys of the kingdom of God on the Earth in common in all the world. you each of you have power to unlock the veil of eternity, & hold convers with God, the Father, & his son Jesus Christ, and to have the Administration of Angels. It is your right privilege & Duty to enquire of the Lord his Mind & will concerning yourselves & the inhabitants of Zion, & their Interest, and whenever any one of you receive the word of the Lord, let it be written and presented in your councils and whatever by united consent you deem wisdom to be presented unto the people, let it be presented By ^the president^ My servant John Taylor as the Word of the Lord unto the people in this way you will uphold him, and strengthen his hands as all the burthen [burden] should not lie upon one Man. For thus saith the Lord all ^of^ mine Apostles

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be full of the Holy Ghost, of Inspiration, & revelations, and know the Mind & Will of God, and Be prepared for that which is to come. Therefore let mine Apostles go keep my commandments, and obey my voice, & the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against you, fear not for Lo I am with you untill I come. I come quickly even so Amen The foregoing Revelation is copyed in my Journal of 1880

Events

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1880
Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Jan 26, 1880