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September 26, 1838 ~ Wednesday
Sept 26th I rode to Elder . I procured a two horse waggon of Mr {for Sister
} & drew it to sister Sarah Foss's Elder Townsend returned with me distance of the day 20 m
September 27, 1838 ~ Thursday
27th It is a dark cold rainy day & gloomy also, & what makes it more so the Camp of the Saints do not get
a long from the east yet, & I have not herd any thing from them for several days. But may the Lord give me
patience that I may be resigned in all things. Notwithstanding the cold rain I harnessed up my horse & carri
ed Brother home, & assisted him in packing up his houshold goods to the amount of about 600 lbs
I took the goods in my waggon & carried them to Sister house that we might be ready when the camp
came along: Elder Townsend has been cast down in his mind for several days & could scarcely get faith enough to
prepare himself & family to start for Zion thinking the way did not look as clear & bright as he wished to see it.
But I have encouraged him from day to day; as we must walk by faith not by sight, untill he is now preparing him
-self & family to go, may the Lord bless him. We must all have our faith tried before we are prepared for a celestial
kingdom & "faith without works is dead being alone." I do not know when my faith will begin to be tried if it has
not already been esspecially of late, But I thank the LORD that HE has thus far enabled me to keep the faith & withs-
-tand every opposition. I desire to be humble unto the end. I spent the night at . appears resign
-ed to the will of the Lord in all her troubles & tribulations. It is great consolation to my soul to see her determined to
maintain her integrity unto the end. How good it is to have a help meet in every time of need. Distance 20 mil
September 28, 1838 ~ Friday
28th Glory to God I have this morning taken a letter out of the office from our Beloved Brother in
the letter was [FIGURE] Dated Camden Sept 26. he says "We are almost ready we shall start tomorrow morning, tell
Brother to hold himself ready to go with us &c" May the Lord bless them & hasten them on their journey I
pray. Their is more lying reports & stories in circulation against the sainst today When will the gentiles scease lying about us
September 29, 1838 ~ Saturday
29 I rode to Brother & assisted him in packing up the rest of his goods & took them & the rest of
his family & brought them to sister house 20 miles
September 30, 1838 ~ Sunday
30 Sunday Mr arived at from this day he had been one week on the
way. his waggon cover was not in order for travling we went to work & nailed it down all around &
painted it thoroughly & put it in good order. We are waiting for the rest to come. I did not sleep much at night
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"Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)," September 26, 1838 - September 30, 1838, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 8, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/vym