committing suicide but a woman should not be sealed to
a Man who had commit suicide without Revelation.
Let no man who finds gold in these Mountains use any of it
for his own use but use it for the building up of the kingdom of God
we rode to Bloomington at the close of the Meeting & held a
Meeting with the people A. M. Musser Prayed School
Room Highly decorated House & Bowery full Many Mottos
& banners. B. Young jr spoke 33 Minutes he told a dream He
saw Wm S Godby in a congregation of people & there was a
hole in the wall of the building & Godby stuck his head in the hole
to see what was in the other side of the wall & his Ears grew
out so long he could not get Back again. L Snow spoke 25 M[inutes]
He related Majors experience in setting out Onions & his wife
in Making bread He spoke of the improvement of the people F. D. Richards spoke 22 M[inutes]. Presidet Young spoke 5 M[inutes]. I do
think the saints are improveing and we should learn by this
time that our trust is in God. I also want you to raise this
house & always Make windows in Public or Private Buildings
so as to let down from the top This make 76 discourses on this
Journey
~ Sunday
19th A Plesant Morning Met in the bowery at 10 oclok C Layton
Prayed D. H. Wells spoke 60 M[inutes], Presidet Young 34 Minutes
& said there is an improvement in the people since the days of
Joseph Smith. there was not the same Manifestation when he
lived among the people that there is now. He spoke of visiting the
Union fort, the Bishop could not come out to see Presidt
Young & Kimball untoill He got through his writing we went on
to another Settlement have not been there since. I want to make
a little scripture. I want to ask how my sisters to look
around themselves & see how you are going to cloth yourselves
it is a Fact that you want a woollen Factory here, take your
wool to the Factory & exchange it for cloth, & the time you would
spend in spinyigng rolls spend it in study in geting useful knowledge
& it would be better to spend your time in taking care of your sheep
than in spining it is time to begin to make preparations to support
yourselves you want to buy a knitting Machine to knit your stockings
June 18, 1870
committing suicide but a woman should not be sealed to
a Man who had commit suicide without Revelation.
Let no man who finds gold in these Mountains use any of it
for his own use but use it for the building up of the kingdom of God
we rode to Bloomington at the close of the Meeting & held a
Meeting with the people A. M. Musser Prayed School
Room Highly decorated House & Bowery full Many Mottos
& banners. B. Young jr spoke 33 Minutes he told a dream He
saw Wm S Godby in a congregation of people & there was a
hole in the wall of the building & Godby stuck his head in the hole
to see what was in the other side of the wall & his Ears grew
out so long he could not get Back again. L Snow spoke 25 Minutes
He related Majors experience in setting out Onions & his wife
in Making bread He spoke of the improvement of the people
F. D. Richards spoke 22 Minutes. Presidet Young spoke 5 Minutes. I do
think the saints are improveing and we should learn by this
time that our trust is in God. I also want you to raise this
house & always Make windows in Public or Private Buildings
so as to let down from the top This make 76 discourses on this
Journey
~ Sunday
19th A Plesant Morning Met in the bowery at 10 oclok C Layton
Prayed D. H. Wells spoke 60 Minutes, Presidet Young 34 Minutes
& said there is an improvement in the people since the days of
Joseph Smith. there was not the same Manifestation when he
lived among the people that there is now. He spoke of visiting the
Union fort, the Bishop could not come out to see Presidt
Young & Kimball untill He got through his writing we went on
to another Settlement have not been there since. I want to make
a little scripture. I want to ask my sisters to look
around themselves & see how you are going to cloth yourselves
it is a Fact that you want a woollen Factory here, take your
wool to the Factory & exchange it for cloth, & the time you would
spend in spinying rolls spend it in study in geting useful knowledge
& it would be better to spend your time in taking care of your sheep
than in spining it is time to begin to make preparations to support
yourselves you want to buy a knitting Machine to knit your stockings
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," June 19, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/686V