President Young said in relation to Joseph Smith return-
ing the Plates of the Book of Mormon that He did not returne
them to the Box from where He had received But He went im
a cave in the Hill Comoro with Oliver Cowdry & deposited
those plates upon a table or shelf & in that room were
deposited a large amount of gold plates containing sacred
records & when they first visited that room the sword
of Laban was Hanging upon the wall & when they last visited
it, the sword was drawn from the scabbard & lew upon da table & a Messenger who was the keeper of the room
informed them that that sword would never be returned
to its scabbard untill the Kingdom of God was Esstablished
upon the Earth & untill it reigned triumphant over Evry Enemy
Joseph Smith said that cave contained tons of choice
Treaassures & records
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I wrote a Letter to A. O. Smoot I attended my Prayer Circle & attended Meeting in the Tabernacle A. P. Rockwood Prayed C. W. Penrose spoke one Hour & 28 m[inutes]
In the afternoon W. Woodruff spoke one Hour & 8 Minutes
I called upon G A Smith at the close of the Meeting
He had severely scalded his foot with Hot alchahol I
Preached in the 14 ward one hour & 45 Minutes at the
close of the Meeting I was informed that one of my children
was night unto death it had Been sick about one week
it was Delights youngest child I returned home &
administered to it & it revived But was vary low through
the night
~ Monday
13 My child is some Better this morning I went to the Endo[wmen]t
House & spent a short time. They gave 23 Endo[wme]nts & D. H.
Wells sealed 21 couple
~ Tuesday
14. My child seems some Better today I spent the day about Home & in the Evening I went to the farm & spent the night
~ Wednesday
15. I was sent for this Morning they thought my child was dying
I went home & found the child vary louww we thought He was dying in
the Evening He was past swallowing any thing. He finally revived, & thirsted
for water being parched up with fever we fed him with water until
Dec 11, 1869
President Young said in relation to Joseph Smith returning the Plates of the Book of Mormon that He did not returne
them to the Box from where He had Received But He went im
a cave in the Hill Comoro with Oliver Cowdry & deposited
those plates upon a table or shelf & in that room were
deposited a large amount of gold plates containing sacred
records & when they first visited that Room the sword
of Laban was Hanging upon the wall & when they last visited
it, the sword was drawn from the scabbard & lew upon
a table & a Messenger who was the keeper of the room
informed them that that sword would never be returned
to its scabbard untill the Kingdom of God was Esstablished
upon the Earth & untill it reigned triumphant over Evry Enemy
Joseph Smith said that Cave contained tons of choice
Treasures & records
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I wrote a Letter to A. O. Smoot I attended my
[FIGURE] Prayer Circle & attended Meeting in the TabernacleA. P. Rockwood Prayed C. W. Penrose spoke one Hour & 28 minutes
In the afternoon W. Woodruff spoke one Hour & 8 Minutes
I called upon G A Smith at the close of the Meeting
He had severely scalded his foot with Hot alchahol I
preached in the 14 ward one hour & 45 Minutes at the
close of the Meeting I was informed that one of my children
was night unto death it had Been sick about one week
it was Delights youngest child I returned home &
administered to it & it revived But was vary low through
the night
~ Monday
13 My Child is some Better this morning I went to the Endowment
House & spent a short time They gave 23 Endowments & D. H.
Wells sealed 21 couple
~ Tuesday
14. My child seems some Better today I spent the day about
Home & in the Evening I went to the farm & spent the night
~ Wednesday
15. I was sent for this Morning they thought my child was dying
I went home & found the child vary low we thought He was dying in
the Evening He was past swallowing any thing, He finally revived, & thirsted
for water being parched up with fever we fed him with water untill
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," December 11, 1869 - December 15, 1869, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jRRP