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Collection Name Wilford Woodruff collection, 1830-1898
Collection Description Autobiographical notes, circa 1850-1880
Collection Number MS 5506
Collection Page 1-18
Source Link The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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People

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Count
177 mentions
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3 mentions
Alfred Cordon
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
Elijah Fordham
12 Apr 1798 - 9 Sep 1879
Isaac Galland
15 May 1791 - 27 Sep 1858
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1444 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Bates Noble
14 Jan 1810 - 17 Aug 1900
Willard Richards
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
538 mentions
Apostle

Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
Henry Garlick Sherwood
20 Apr 1785 - 24 Nov 1867
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1424 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1937 mentions
Apostle
Brigham Young
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3407 mentions
Apostle, Family

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As I was forming this determination in my own mind a personage appeared unto me which I considered was the prince of darkess darkness or the Devil, he made war with me and attempted to take my life he laid hold of me like a strong armed man, I felt like the wait of a heavy man lying upon my body and he caught me by the throat with a strong grip and choaked me nearly to death I struggled with him as one man would struggled with another I, felt as though this destroyer would overcom me & that I must die as I saw no way that I could escape his grasp, at that instant the thought came to me why do you not pray, & call upon the Lord for help, I then asked the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ to deliver me from the power of the Devil & preserve my life instantly three personages came throught the door dressed in white with considerable light surrounding them they came up to the bed side while I was lying in the grasp of the Enemy & they laid their hands upon my head & in the twinkling of an eye I was liberated & the spirit of God vibrated my whole body from the crown of my head to the souls of my feet and I was instantly covered all over in a high state of persperation water stood upon ^me^ in drops. As soon as I could speak I spoke to Brother G. A. Smith & I found that he had been labering under the same
~ Wilford Woodruff
The Home was lyted by 3 chandeliers with 12 lights in each lighthed with gass there were some 1500 people present. Mr Barrett pledged him- self to prove th Book of Mormon false & water baptism ^not^ essential to Salvation while Brother Cordon pleged himself to prove the Book of Mormon true & water baptism essential to Salvation. As Mr Barrytt arose & declyaired to the Assembly that he would prove the Book of Mormon false & water baptism not essential to Salvation 4 glass chimneys in each of the chanderliers burst
~ Wilford Woodruff