17. I took 4 Hogs up to the distillery to be fed on shares
& spent a part of the day diging willows 8 M[iles]
~ Wednesday
18. I spent the day diging willows on the farm & went home in
the Evening to the city it snowed in the night
~ Thursday
19. I went to the farm dug willows took a load of straw &
fodder home in the Evening
~ Friday
20. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endo-
wments to 69. H C Kimball sealed 15 couple W Woodruff 28,
& E T Benson 3 couple Total 46. It was a hard rainy
day I had 3 Hogs Butchered which I cut up in the Evening
& salted. The school of the Prophets met at 1 oclok to
day & were Addressed By President Young & quit[e] a Number
of the Elders I could not Attend as I was in the Endowment House
~ Saturday
21. I spent most of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 35 persons H. C. Kimball sealed
5 couple & W. Woodruff 24 couple
~ Sunday
22nd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended
Meeting in the Tabernacle all day G. B. Wallace spoke in the
forenoon & President Brigham Young in the Afternoon
he spok one hour & was Followed By President Joseph Y[ou]ng
one hour. I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer &
Preached in the 17 ward in the Evening & wrote a letter to Wilford & Emily
~ Monday
23rd I spent the fore part of the day at the Historians Office I
Anointed Ira Fish. The school of the Prophets met at one oclk
President Young delivered an address upon the subject of trading with
our Enemies & sustaining those who would destroy us he called
upon the Bishops to express their views upon the subject some of Twelve of the Bishops spoke upon it. I attended the school we had
a hard rainy day & night
Dec 16, 1867
Addressed the school on the 9, & on the 13. President YoungH C. Kimball W Woodruff & G Q Cannon addressed the Meeting
& on the 16 President Young H. C. Kimball & Joseph F Smith
Addressed the school. The revelation called the olive leaf
was read &Remarks made upon it By President Young. O Pratt
also spoke
~ Tuesday
17. I took 4 Hogs up to the distillery to be fed on shares
& spent a part of the day diging willows 8 Miles
~ Wednesday
18. I spent the day diging willows on the farm & went home in
the Evening to the City it snowed in the night
~ Thursday
19. I went to the farm dug willows took a load of straw &
fodder home in the Evening
~ Friday
20. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 69. H C Kimball sealed 15 couple W Woodruff 28,
& E T Benson 3 couple total 46. It was a hard rainy
day I had 3 Hogs Butchered which I cut up in the Evening
& salted. The school of the Prophets met at 1 oclok to
day & were Addressed By President Young & quite a Number
of the Elders I could not Attend as I was in the Endowment House
~ Saturday
21. I spent most of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 35 Persons. H. C. Kimball sealed
5 couple & W. Woodruff 24 couple
~ Sunday
22nd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended
Meeting in the Tabernacle all day G. B. Wallace spoke in the
forenoon & President Brigham Young in the Afternoon
he spoke one hour & was followed By President Joseph Young
one hour. I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer &
Preached in the 17 ward in the Evening & wrote a letter to
[FIGURE] Wilford & Emily
~ Monday
23rd I spent the fore part of the day at the Historians Office I
Anointed Ira Fish. The school of the Prophets met at one oclok
President Young delivered an address upon the subject of trading with
our Enemies & sustaining those who would destroy us he called
upon the Bishops to Express their views upon the subject some
of the Twelve of the Bishops spoke upon it. I attended the school we had
a hard rainy day & night
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," December 16, 1867 - December 23, 1867, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/yPX7