December 17, 1866 ~ Monday

Dec 17, 1866

I spent the Afternoon in the council. I wrote A Letter to
Robert & Susan Scholes on the 15 inst. On Saturday the 15,
President Heber C Kimball while at the Endowment House
Prophesied that when the final last struggle came to this Nation
it would be at ^the^ Hill Comorrah whare both of the former Nations
were destroyed I spent the Evening at President Young
He was confined to his room with the Rheumatism
in his feet G. A. Smith & myself laid hands upon him
& rebuked his disease Four of his wives united in
the morning in Fasting & Praying through the day for him

December 18, 1866 ~ Tuesday

18. I swrote to George Nebeker at Honolulu and
spent the Afternoon in the Afternoon Council

December 19, 1866 ~ Wednesday

19. I wrote A Letter to Azmon Woodruff & cut
up two Beeves and attended a feast with the 12 at
Sister Jane Blackhurst in the Evening

December 20, 1866 ~ Thursday

20 I wrote 2 letters to Ozem T. Woodruff and
Shuah C. Carter I spent the Afternoon in the
council, & the Evening till 12 oclok in committee {[illegible shorthand]}

December 21, 1866 ~ Friday

21 I Attended the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 32. H. C. Kimball sealed 1 W Woodruff 20 I spent the
Afternoon in council we had a hard rain storm

December 22, 1866 ~ Saturday

22nd Sunday I met with mythe brethren in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 9, 1 man & 8 women H. C. Kimball
sealed 6 couple W. Woodruff 7 & G. Q. Cannon 4 total 17.

December 23, 1866 ~ Sunday

23 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning, attended
meeting in the Tabernacle all day President H. C. Kimball preached
one hour & 45 minutes. In the Afternoon President Brigham Young
spoke one hour & 28 minutes it was a powerful sermon. He
counciled the Saints to support our Friends & let our Enemies alone
He said there were some things he could not think of He said
it did seem to him there was not a man on Earth Brutall Enough
to go & call out Dr Robisnson to officiate as a surgeon & then mur-
der him & he could not think of the mountain Massacre. He
supposed they were massacreed by savages but he did not think
before that they were as brutal as that He spoke upon a great
varieyty of subject. I met with the Presidentcy & 12 for Prayer

December 17, 1866 ~ Monday

Dec 17, 1866

I spent the Afternoon in the council. I wrote A Letter to [FIGURE] Robert & Susan Scholes on the 15 inst. On Saturday the 15, [FIGURE] President Heber C Kimball while at the Endowment House Prophesied that when the final last struggle came to this Nation it would be at the Hill Cumorah whare both of the former Nations were destroyed I spent the Evening at President Young He was confined to his room with the Rheumatism in his feet. G. A. Smith & myself laid hands upon him & rebuked his disease Four of his wives united in the morning in Fasting & Praying through the day for him

December 18, 1866 ~ Tuesday

18. [FIGURE] I wrote to George Nebeker at Honolulu and spent the Afternoon in the Council

December 19, 1866 ~ Wednesday

19. [FIGURE] I wrote A Letter to Azmon Woodruff & cut up two Beeves and attended a feast with the 12 at Sister Jane Blackhurst in the Evening

December 20, 1866 ~ Thursday

20 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to Ozem T. Woodruff and Shuah C. Carter I spent the Afternoon in the council, & the Evening till 12 oclok in committee {shorthand}

December 21, 1866 ~ Friday

21 I Attended the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 32. H. C. Kimball sealed 1 W Woodruff 20. I spent the Afternoon in council we had a hard rain storm

December 22, 1866 ~ Saturday

22nd I met with the brethren in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 9, 1 man & 8 women. H. C. Kimball sealed 6 couple W. Woodruff 7 & G. Q. Cannon 4 total 17.

December 23, 1866 ~ Sunday

23 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning, attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day. President H. C. Kimball preached one hour & 45 minutes. In the Afternoon President Brigham Young spoke one hour & 28 minutes it was a powerful sermon. He counciled the Saints to support our Friends & let our Enemies alone He said there were some things he could not think of He said it did seem to him there was not a man on Earth Brutall Enough to go & call out Dr Robinson to officiate as a surgeon & then murder him & he could not think of the mountain Massacre. He supposed they were massacreed by savages but he did not think before that they were as brutal as that. He spoke upon a great variety of subject. I met with the Presidency & 12 for Prayer