O Pratt be preached & Published as the doctrine of
the Church & not contradicted by us it would not
be long before there would be syms [schysms] in the Church this
doctrin as Preached in this sermon is fals doctrin
if we do not believe that it wouldas necesary for
Christ to shed his Blood to save the world, whare is
our church it is nothing. This does not set well
upon my feelings. It is grievious to me to have the
Apostles teach fals doctrines. Now if the Twelve will
sit down quietly & not contradict such doctrines
are they justified no they are not
In speaking of our Temporal Position President Young
said if we could get up Female relief societies & they
would use their influence to get the sisters to make their
own bonnetts & make & wear their own Homemade
clothing it would do much good
President Young said as A Philosipher I wish to
ask a question is there any Reflection or thought upon
any thing that does not Exist I think there is
At the close of the meeting we made an Appointment to meet
at the Endowment House at 12 oclok
I met in the Evening with the Jordan dam company
in the council chamber, then went to President Youngs office & red the minutes of the day
~ Thursday
27. I looked over my past Journals & found who
of my dead Friends I had been baptized for; I
met with the council in the Afternoon
~ Friday
28. I met in council in the Afternoon and I received a2 Letters from I F Carter & My daughter Susan I wrote
one letter to I F. Carter
~ Saturday
29. I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 15 B Young sealed 1 couple H C K
1 couple W Woodruff 9 & G Q Cannon 1 total 12
~ Sunday
30 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Attended
meeting in the Tabernacle Bishop A. H. Raliegh preached in the
Forenoon John Tailor spoke in the Afternoon 1 Hour 25 minutes
Dec 26, 1866
O Pratt be preached & Published as the doctrine of
the Church & not contradicted by us it would not
be long before there would be syms schysms in the Church this
doctrin as Preached in this sermon is fals doctrin
if we do not believe that it was necesary for
Christ to shed his Blood to save the world, whare is
our church it is nothing. This does not set well
upon my feelings. It is grievious to me to have the
Apostles teach fals doctrines. Now if the Twelve will
sit down quietly & not contradict such doctrines
are they justified no they are not
In speaking of our Temporal Position President Young
said if we could get up Female relief societies & they
would use their influence to get the sisters to make their
own bonnetts & make & wear their own Homemade
clothing it would do much good
President Young said as A Philosipher I wish to
ask a question is there any Reflection or thought upon
any thing that does not Exist I think there is
At the close of the meeting we made an Appointment to meet
at the Endowment House at 12 oclok
I met in the Evening with the Jordan dam company
in the council chamber, then went to President Youngs
office & red the minutes of the day
~ Thursday
27. [FIGURE] I looked over my past Journals & found who
of my dead Friends I had been baptized for; I
met with the council in the Afternoon
~ Friday
28. I met in council in the Afternoon and I received2
FIGURES Letters from I F Carter & My daughter Susan I wrote
one letter to I F. Carter
~ Saturday
29. I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 15 B Young sealed 1 couple H C K
1 couple W Woodruff 9 & G Q Cannon 1 total 12
~ Sunday
30 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Attended
meeting in the Tabernacle Bishop A. H. Raliegh preached in the
Forenoon John Tailor spoke in the Afternoon 1 Hour 25 minutes
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," December 27, 1866 - December 30, 1866, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 12, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/o2Z3