At noon I preached a funeral sermon of a child
Afternoon J Vancott Prayed Joseph Young spok 30 M[inutes] G. A. Smith
33 M[inutes] & said He was going to Jerrusalem with a company
of about a dozen Men it would cost about $3000 in gold
could not raise the Money & wished the conference to help him
President Young spoke one hour upon the order of Enoch &
the way the people should live should ke[e]p the law of God, the word of wisdom set a good Example Employ No doctor
ownly surgeons & have No lawyiers
~ Thursday
10 I spent the day gathering winter Apples I carried 25 B[ushels]
into Dahls seller & 15 into My own total 40 Bushels I was
weary at night
~ Friday
11 Spent the day gathering Apples I put 25 Bushels into my seller
~ Saturday
12 I drew Hay from my field & received 3 letters from Azmon
^^ Sarah & Eldridge
~ Sunday
13. Sunday I attended Meeting at the TabernacleE D Woolley prayed
Elder Teasdel spoke one hour & 13 Minutes Afternoon Br Tominson
spoke 14 Minutes G. A. Smith one hour & 16 Minutrs spok of his
Mission to Jerrusalem &c. We met for Prayer in the Evening I wrote a letter to Azmon He is in trouble His children
have turned against him & the Gentiles have united against him
& are trying to destroy him I have invited him to come
to Zion whare he ought to have been years ago
~ Monday
14. I collected my rent & paid Elias Smith $100 Borrowed
Money & his son Elias $13.50 for the Expense of Deeds of my city
lot & recording I went to the field & back again 6 M[iles]
~ Tuesday
15 I Attended the funeral of the first wife of Bishop L. W.
Hardy & spoke some 30 Minutes followed by Brother Hardys
councillor & J. C. Little. I picked 10 Bushels of winter
Apples in the afternoon
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
16, & 19. I spent the week diging potatoes. President Young & some
of the Twelve went to provo to hold a 2 days Meeting I attended the High
Council on the 19 a short time
~ Sunday
20. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon I attended in the
Afternoon Elder E. S. Kearsley & Brigham Young Jr spoke in the forenoon & O. Pratt one hour & 20 Minutes in the Afternoon. I met for Prayer
At noon I preached a funeral sermon of a child
Afternoon J Vancott Prayed Joseph Young spok 30 Minutes G. A. Smith
33 Minutes & said He was going to Jerrusalem with a company
of about a dozen Men it would cost about $3000 in gold
could not raise the Money & wished the conference to help him
President Young spoke one hour upon the order of Enoch &
the way the people should live should keep the law of God, the
word of wisdom set a good Example Employ No doctor
ownly surgeons & have No lawyiers
~ Thursday
10 I spent the day gathering winter Apples I carried 25 Bushels
into Dahls seller & 15 into My own total 40 Bushels I was
weary at night
~ Friday
11 Spent the day gathering Apples I put 25 Bushels into my seller
~ Saturday
12 I drew Hay from my field & received 3 letters from Azmon
[FIGURE] Sarah & Eldridge
~ Sunday
13. Sunday I attended Meeting at the TabernacleE D Woolley prayed
Elder Teasdel spoke one hour & 13 Minutes Afternoon Br Tominson
spoke 14 Minutes G. A. Smith one hour & 16 Minutrs spok of his
Mission to Jerrusalem &c. We met for Prayer in the Evening
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Azmon He is in trouble His children
have turned against him & the Gentiles have united against him
& are trying to destroy him I have invited him to come
to Zion whare he ought to have been years ago
~ Monday
14. I collected my rent & paid Elias Smith $100 Borrowed
Money & his son Elias $13.50 for the Expense of Deeds of my city
lot & recording I went to the field & back again 6 Miles
~ Tuesday
15 [FIGURE] I Attended the funeral of the first wife of Bishop L. W.
Hardy & spoke some 30 Minutes followed by Brother Hardys
councillor & J. C. Little. I picked 10 Bushels of winter
Apples in the afternoon
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
16, & 19. I spent the week diging potatoes. President Young & some
of the Twelve went to provo to hold a 2 days Meeting I attended the High
Council on the 19 a short time
~ Sunday
20. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon I attended in the
Afternoon Elder E. S. Kearsley & Brigham Young Jr spoke in the forenoon &
O. Pratt one hour & 20 Minutes in the Afternoon. I met for Prayer
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," October 9, 1872 - October 20, 1872, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed October 4, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/31Qx