desecting room than a missionary Joseph replyied
what did you say that for get up & go along all
will be right with you. I name these incidents that
the recorder may know how the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles started on their missions to England in
Elder John Taylor was agoing with me and we were
the two first ^two^ of the Quorum that started on the mission
and Br Taylor was about the ownly well man there
was in the Quorum the rest being sick soon a brother
came along with a waggon and took us in as we
were passing through the place we came to Parley P Pratt
who was strip[p]ed to his shirt and pants bare headed
& Barfoot hewing a log preparing to build him a cabbin cabin he says Br Woodruff I have got
no money but I have got an empty purse which
I will give you which he brought to me which
I thanked him for went a few rods further &
met Br Heber C Kimball in the same condition as
Parley hewing a log to build a cabins. He says as
Parley has given you a purse I have got a doller
I will give you to put in it, he gave me both
a doller & a blessing we drove 16 miles across a prarie
desecting room than a missionary Joseph replyied
what did you say that for get up & go along all
will be right with you. I name these incidents that
the recorder may know how the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles started on their missions to England in 1839
Elder John Taylor was agoing with me and we were
the first two of the Quorum that started on the mission
and Br Taylor was about the ownly well man there
was in the Quorum the rest being sick soon a brother
came along with a waggon and took us in as we
were passing through the place we came to Parley P Pratt
who was stripped to his shirt and pants bare headed
& Barfoot hewing a log preparing to build him a
cabin he says Br Woodruff I have got
no money but I have got an empty purse which
I will give you which he brought to me which
I thanked him for went a few roads further &
met Br Heber C Kimball in the same condition as
Parley hewing a log to build a cabins. He says as
Parley has given you a purse I have got a doller
I will give you to put in it, he gave me both
a doller & a blessing we drove 16 miles across a prarie
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