7. Conference met at 10 oclok. President Young made a few remarks when
the Authorities of the Church was taken up presented by John Taylor
& received by the people President H. C. Kimball then spoke to the people
followed by President B Young D. H. Wells & Elder G A Smith
Afternoon President Young spoke followed by E. T. BensonMark A. Coombs Isaac Morley followed by a few remarks by Presidt B Young
In the Evening the Bishops held a meeting in the Tabernacle Bishop E Hunter spoke followed by D. H. Wells songs were sung & the meeting was
dismissed by President Brigham Young
[FIGURE] President Young then preached a vary interestin discourse upon
the subject of Marriage for time & Eternity G D Watt reported the
discourse. In the Afternoon President Young spoke asked for the rags
of the people to make paper. He was followed by Lorenzo SnowOrson
Pratt, H. C. Kimball. The Conference then adjourned till the 6th day of April next
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
9 to 12. I spent the time working my Evaporator making a vary
choice artiicle of molasses I attended the Missionary meeting in the Evening
~ Sunday
13. Sunday I met with my Prayer Circle in the morning & attended
Meeting at the Bowery. G. A. Smith & President Young preached
in the afternoon E. D. Woolley & President Young preached I met with
the Presidency & 12 at the Historians office G A Smith was sick
A Large company was called to go to the Cotton Country
G. A. Smith Had presented most of the names Presidt Young
directed that a letter be written to Oorson Hyde requesting him
to chuse from 30 to 50 families to go south
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
14 to 19. I spent the week making molasses on my Evaporator I made
40 gallons per day upon it & one day 47 gallons it looked like Honey &
tasted a good Deal like Honey it is the best Evaparator I ever saw
7. Conference met at 10 oclok. President Young made a few remarks when
the Authorities of the Church was taken up presented by John Taylor
& received by the people President H. C. Kimball then spoke to the people
followed by President B Young D. H. Wells & Elder G A Smith
Afternoon President Young spoke followed by E. T. BensonMark A. CoombsIsaac Morley followed by a few remarks by Presidt B Young
In the Evening the Bishops held a meeting in the Tabernacle Bishop
E Hunter spoke followed by D. H. Wells songs were sung & the meeting was
dismissed by President Brigham Young
[FIGURE] President Young then preached a vary interestin discourse upon
the subject of Marriage for time & Eternity G D Watt reported the
discourse. In the Afternoon President Young spoke asked for the rags
of the people to make paper. He was followed by Lorenzo SnowOrson
Pratt, H. C. Kimball. The Conference then adjourned till the 6th day of April next
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
9 to 12. I spent the time working my Evaporator making a vary
choice article of molasses I attended the Missionary meeting in the Evening
~ Sunday
13. Sunday I met with my Prayer Circle in the morning & attended
Meeting at the Bowery. G. A. Smith & President Young preached
in the afternoon E. D. Woolley & President Young preached I met with
the Presidency & 12 at the Historians office G A Smith was sick
A Large company was called to go to the Cotton Country
G. A. Smith Had presented most of the names Presidt Young
directed that a letter be written to Orson Hyde requesting him
to chuse from 30 to 50 families to go south
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
14 to 19. I spent the week making molasses on my Evaporator I made
40 gallons per day upon it & one day 47 gallons it looked like Honey &
tasted a good Deal like Honey it is the best Evaparator I ever saw
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," October 6, 1861 - October 19, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/k54J