12 I receivd Letters from Jaques, EmmaClaraBlanch
and Owen. In company with Brother Thompson I road to Atkins
they let the water into the pond to day we went to the pond to try to
get a fish for the sick but got Nothing I conversed with Br J. D. T. McAllister concerning being sealed for the dead He thought
the Courts would require us to record in the Probate Courts
office all sealings for the dead as well as for the living so I
let the matter rest untill we heard the opinion of President Taylor. I dreamed last night that the L D Saints were holding a great Conference at Salt Lake City at the great Temple
and thousands of Mechanics were laboring hard to finish
the Temple I was requested to open the Conference As I
was an Exile and they might not have me with them long the Key of the Temple was given me to open it As I went to the
door A large company were assembbled and I overtook President Brigham Young and He asked what the matter was with the
great company at the Door some one Ans[were]d the Elders did
not want to Let the people into the Temple He said oh, oh, oh
and turned to me & said let all all into the Temple who seek
for Salvation I saw several who were Dead and among the Number
my wife Phebe I Believe there is some meaning to this dream
11 FIGURES I received 5 Letters to day from, Jaques, Orion,
James J W, Sarah, & Roskelly I wrote 5 Letters to Roskelly
Sarah 8, Sylvia & Jaques & Orion Snow
~ Saturday
12 [FIGURE] I receivd Letters from Jaques, EmmaClaraBlanch
and Owen. In company with Brother Thompson I road to Atkins
they let the water into the pond to day we went to the pond to try to
get a fish for the sick but got Nothing I conversed with Br
J. D. T. McAllister concerning being sealed for the dead He thought
the Courts would require us to record in the Probate Courts
office all sealings for the dead as well as for the living so I
let the matter rest untill we heard the opinion of President
Taylor. I dreamed last night that the L D Saints were holding a
FIGURES great Conference at Salt Lake City at the great Temple
and thousands of Mechanics were laboring hard to finish
the Temple I was requested to open the Conference As I
was an Exile and they might not have me with them long the
[FIGURE] Key of the Temple was given me to open it As I went to the
door A large company were assembbled and I overtook President
Brigham Young and He asked what the matter was with the
great company at the Door some one Answered the Elders did
not want to Let the people into the Temple He said oh, oh, oh
and turned to me & said let all all into the Temple who seek
for Salvation I saw several who were Dead and among the Number
my wife Phebe I Believe there is some meaning to this dream
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," March 10, 1887 - March 12, 1887, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/GRDr