I met at the Prayer room at 8 oclok & I Anointed Edson Whipple & 4 living & 1 dead wife then held another
Meeting & Anointed Daminicas Carter & 6 wives making
13 anointing in one day I went home & had an ague chill
11 Sunday I took passage with President Young in his
private carriage to attend the dedication of the meeting house
in Gardners ward we took the state rode their had
been a hard rain & the road was vary muddy we
started 30 minutes to 8 oclok & arived 15 minutes to 10, 13 m[iles]
there was a large Assembly present but a small portin
got into the House the remainder were in a large Bowery
meeting opened at 10 oclok by singing W Woodruff offered
the dedication Prayer. President Young then spoke
35 Minutes, John Taylor 50 & W Woodruff 20 Minutes
we took Dinner at Archibald Gardners & it rained
hard for one hour in the Afternoon we had still to meet
in the House as it rained in the Bowery G. A. Smith spok 38 m[inutes] E Hunter spoke 20 Minutes & G. Q. Cannon 10. President
Young then spoke 32 Minutes G A Smith closed we
then rode back to the city 13 Miles
~ Monday
12 I Met at the Prayer rooms at 8 oclok & G A Smith
Anointed Wm Greenwoodwife & W Woodruff anointed Samuel Mulliner & wife G A Smith & myself then
visited Orson Pratt who had Just returned from
his European Mission been Gone 4 years his hevy
white beard hung to his waist he was well & healthy
In the Afternoon G. A. Smith anointed George lake & wife
14. I Anointed JDaniel Carter & wife & spent most of the day
in the garden
~ Thursday
Aug 8, 1867
I met at the Prayer room at 8 oclok & I Anointed
Edson Whipple & 4 living & 1 dead wife then held another
Meeting & Anointed Deminicas Carter & 6 wives making
13 anointing in one day I went home & had an ague chill
11 Sunday I took passage with President Young in his
private carriage to attend the dedication of the meeting house
in Gardners ward we took the State rode their had
been a hard rain & the road was vary muddy we
started 30 minutes to 8 oclok & arived 15 minutes to 10, 13 miles
there was a large Assembly present but a small portion
got into the House the remainder were in a large Bowery
meeting opened at 10 oclok by singing W Woodruff offered
the dedication Prayer. President Young then spoke
35 Minutes. John Taylor 50 & W Woodruff 20 Minutes
we took Dinner at Archibald Gardners & it rained
hard for one hour in the Afternoon we had still to meet
in the House as it rained in the Bowery G. A. Smith spoke 38 minutes
E Hunter spoke 20 Minutes & G. Q. Cannon 10. President
Young then spoke 32 minutes. G A Smith closed we
then rode back to the city 13 Miles
~ Monday
12 I Met at the Prayer room at 8 oclok & G A Smith
Anointed Wm Greenwoodwife & W Woodruff anointed
Samuel Molliner & wife. G A Smith & myself then
visited Orson Pratt who had Just returned from
his European Mission been gone 4 years his heavy
white beard hung to his waist he was well & healthy
In the Afternoon G. A. Smith anointed George Lake & wife
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," August 8, 1867 - August 14, 1867, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 10, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/2k7K