19 I finished digging my well got about
4 feet of water in the rock & course gravel
Theire was a meeting held by a company
calling themselves labourers saying they
were oppressed & manifested some spirit
of mob & disrule & did not act in wisdom
~ Tuesday
20th I finished stoning my well it being
about 25 feet deep Their was also another
meeting of the labourers
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
21, , & 24th I spent getting materials
for my house & in the printing office &
writing &c
~ Sunday
25 June Sunday I attended meeting at
10 clock in the morning & Brother Lyman
wight (who had Just returned from a
mission in the east) Arose & addressed the
meeting at full length from the 13 ch of
1st Corinth dwelt largely upon charity show-
ing what charity was that it was far grea-
ter than faith & hope He took grounds to
prove that charity consisted in doing that
for others which they could not do for them-
selves for instance Jesus Christ died to
Redeem the world, the world could not
Redeem itself this is charity, if our
fore fathers & Mothers & kindred have died
without the gospel, & we embrace the
gospel in our day & generation & can redeem
our relatives By being Baptized for them
they being dead that they may have part
in the first resurrection, should we do this
it would be charity for we should do for
~ Monday
19 I finished digging my well got about
4 feet of water in the rock & course gravel
Theire was a meeting held by a company
calling themselves labourers saying they
were oppressed & manifested some spirit
of mob & disrule & did not act in wisdom
~ Tuesday
20th I finished stoning my well it being
about 25 feet deep. Their was also another
meeting of the labourers
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
21, 22, 23 & 24 I spent getting materials
for my house & in the printing office &
writing &c
~ Sunday
25 June Sunday I attended meeting at
10 clock in the morning & Brother Lyman
wight (who had Just returned from a
mission in the east) arose & addressed the
meeting at full length from the 13 ch of
1st Corinth dwelt largely upon Charity showing what Charity was that it was far greater
than faith & hope. He took grounds to
prove that Charity consisted in doing that
for others which they could not do for themselves for instance Jesus Christ died to
Redeem the world, the world could not
Redeem itself this is Charity, if our
fore fathers & Mothers & kindred have died
without the gospel, & we embrace the
gospel in our day & generation & can redeem
our relatives By being Baptized for them
they being dead that they may have part
in the first resurrection, should we do this
it would be Charity for we should do for
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," June 19, 1843 - June 25, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wvM