this season. Now ye Elders of Israel lay up your
grain for 2 years or 3 years if you can & not make fools
of yourselves & give your grain to your Enemies as
you have before continue to lay up your grain untill
you get 7 yers supply. Get up Woollen Factories
& make your own cloths, my Cotton Factory will
not make more cloth in one year than one Merchant
could sell we cannot begin to supply the Territory
yet, But we should not depend upon the United States
for our support for they are our Dedly Enemies
& will do all they can against us, & now any Elder that
will go to our Enemies here to trade are of No use to us or
the kingdom of God they would destroy the kingdom of God
if they could cut off such men for they are of no use in
the Church let them go to the pit R. T. Burton spok 18 M[inutes] B Young jr 24 M[inutes], W. Woodruff 6, & President Young 10 M[inutes]
We then drove to Smithfield & held a Meeting D. B. Huntington
Prayed L. Snow spoke 24 Minutes The People & children were
paraded in the streets in great Numbers carrying flags & Banners F D Richards spok 20, J Taylor spoke 24, President Young spoke
2 Minutes. We haved a splendid dinner of strawburies &
cream & then drove to Hyde Park & held a Meeting 3 Miles
Prayer By John Taylor who dedicated the NewMeeting House
unto God D. H. Wellssung a Nu spoke 41 Minutes W. Woodruff
12 M[inutes], President Young spoke 20. He said I would rather have
slept with Joseph Smith than to have lived to turn one honest
Man from the Church of Christ
W Woodruff spoke & said Joseph led the Church 14 years
2 Months & 17 days President Brigham Young led this Church
26 years. If he lives to lead it 10 years more he will be 80
years of age. If he leads us as long as He has been in these vallies
he will be 93 years of Age. Can we expect him to live so
long I hope He may. This the 99 sermon on this Journey
At the close of the Meeting we drove to Logan 4 Miles total 20 M[iles]
We met a great Procession in the Streets of Man wom & children
~ Wednesday
June 22nd We held a Meeting in the Bowery I visited Sister Benson
June 21, 1870
this season. Now ye Elders of Israel lay up your
grain for 2 years or 3 years if you can & not make fools
of yourselves & give your grain to your Enemies as
you have before continue to lay up your grain untill
you get 7 yers supply. Get up Woollen Factories
& make your own cloths, my Cotton Factory will
not make more cloth in one year than one Merchant
could sell we cannot begin to supply the Territory
yet, But we should not depend upon the United States
for our support for they are our Dedly Enemies
& will do all they can against us, & now any Elder that
will go to our Enemies here to trade are of No use to us or
the kingdom of God they would destroy the kingdom of God
if they could cut off such men for they are of no use in
the Church let them go to the pit R. T. Burton spok 18 Minutes
B Young jr 24 Minutes, W. Woodruff 6, & President Young 10 Minutes
We then drove to Smithfield & held a Meeting D. B. Huntington
Prayed L. Snow spoke 24 Minutes The People & children were
paraded in the streets in great Numbers carrying flags & Banners
F D Richards spok 20, J Taylor spoke 24, President Young spoke
2 Minutes. We had a splendid dinner of strawburies &
cream & then drove to Hyde Park & held a Meeting 3 Miles
Prayer By John Taylor who dedicated the NewMeeting House
unto God D. H. Wells spoke 41 Minutes W. Woodruff
12 Minutes, President Young spoke 20. He said I would rather have
slept with Joseph Smith than to have lived to turn one honest
Man from the Church of Christ
W Woodruff spoke & said Joseph led the Church 14 years
2 Months & 17 days President Brigham Young led this Church
26 years. If he lives to lead it 10 years more he will be 80
years of age. If he leads us as long as He has been in these vallies
he will be 93 years of Age. Can we expect him to live so
long I hope He may. This the 99 sermon on this Journey
At the close of the Meeting we drove to Logan 4 Miles total 20 Miles
We met a great Procession in the Streets of Man wom & children
~ Wednesday
June 22nd We held a Meeting in the Bowery I visited Sister Benson
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," June 22, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/82qg