I thought I would take the first oppor-
tunity to notify you that I was in the county, so that if there was any item
of business of any kind that I could per-
form of any interest to the kingdom of
God while here I wish to do it. I came
very quietly through the count^r^y. None
know of my coming, except a few
safe individuals where we stopped.
The Temple opened again on the 15th.
Now, dear brethren, I want to
lay before you my feelings. I have never
felt better in my life, in spirit, than to-day.
I have been blessed, as you have, with bodily
health and strength to a good old age.
We have both been preserved in life while the
prophets and apostles and thousands of the
Saints have been called into the spirit world,
for the Lord has taken whom he would take,
and preserved in life whom he would preserve.
I have been trying to get ready when called
to go. As to the infirmities of the body, I
expect them, I have them. As to the infirm-
I thought I would take the first opportunity to notify you that I was in the
county, so that if there was any item
of business of any kind that I could perform of any interest to the kingdom of
God while here I wish to do it. I came
very quietly through the country. None
know of my coming, except a few
safe individuals where we stopped.
The Temple opened again on the 15th.
Now, dear brethren, I want to
lay before you my feelings. I have never
felt better in my life, in spirit, than to-day.
I have been blessed, as you have, with bodily
health and strength to a good old age.
We have both been preserved in life while the
prophets and apostles and thousands of the
Saints have been called into the spirit world,
for the Lord has taken whom he would take,
and preserved in life whom he would preserve.
I have been trying to get ready when called
to go. As to the infirmities of the body, I
expect them, I have them. As to the infirm-
"Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 23 September 1886," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 12, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/711w