religion, to keep the word of wisdom & do our duty, to say
those who sin are justified in the Church they are not, some
think they are going straight into the kingdom of God & partake
of all the Glory of God they are not they are mistakened
we must not live for ourselves alone, if you will not live
to the light of the Lord you will fail. The subject of each
man being Equal in voting in the cooperation has been brought
up Now I wish to preset a case if one man had 39000 sheep
& 10 men had 1000 sheep all in partnership the 10 men say
we will drive these to Calafornia & sell them the one man says no
we will keep them Here for the good of the Saints so we can make
up the wool into clothing for the people would it be just for these
10 Men to controll the 39000 sheep of the one man while they
had but one thousand No it would not neither is it right for
one Man to controll the capital of another unless he is
dictated by the revelations of God Such a principle does
not Exhist in heaven earth or Hell in Justice. 18 Miles
We travelled to Cannarrah we held a Meeting 12 Miles
Stoped with John Nebeker I visited his orchard & vineyard
He had large Fig trees bearing figs half grown. We held a
Meeting D. H. Wells spoke 45 Minutes G Q Cannon 20 M[inutes] {President}Joseph Young 38 Minutes. We spent the night at J Nebeker
~ Wednesday
28 We drove to Pocketville & held a Meeting Presid[en]t B Young
spoke 35 Minutes Joseph Young spoke 15 Minutes D. H. Wells
11 Minutes we dined & drove to Rockville Here we found a
Beautiful plac a street half a mile long with rows of Houses
each side & fine gardens, orchards, & vineyards surrounded
with High Mountains a mile High which forms a vary
romantic sceney. We held a meeting. W Woodruff spoke
23 Minutes Presid[en]t Young spoke 30, G Q Cannon spok 26, H S Eldridge 6 M[inutes]. Rules of the school of the prophets was
read then {President} Joseph Young spoke 6 Minutes President Young stoped
for the night with Brother & Sister Black 20 M[iles]
April 26, 1869
religion, to keep the word of wisdom & do our duty, to say
those who sin are justified in the Church they are not, some
think they are going straight into the kingdom of God & partake
of all the Glory of God they are not they are mistakened
we must not live for ourselves alone, if you will not live
to the light of the Lord you will fail. The subject of each
man being Equal in voting in the cooperation has been brought
up Now I wish to preset a case if one man had 39000 sheep
& 10 men had 1000 sheep all in partnership the 10 men say
we will drive these to Calafornia & sell them the one man says no
we will keep them Here for the good of the saints so we can make
up the wool into clothing for the people would it be just for these
10 Men to controll the 39000 sheep of the one man while they
had but one thousand No it would not neither is it right for
one Man to controll the capital of another unless he is
dictated by the revelations of God such a principle does
not Exhist in heaven Earth or Hell in Justice. 18 Miles
we travelled to Cannarrah we held a Meeting 12 Miles
W Woodruff spoke 20 Minutes, G Q Cannon 37, President B.
Young 32.
~ Tuesday
27 We drove to TokervilleH S Eldridge & myself 24 Miles
stoped with John Nebeker I visited his orchard & vineyard
He had large Fig trees bearing figs half grown. We held a
Meeting D. H. Wells spoke 45 Minutes G Q Cannon 20 Minutes
{President}Joseph Young 38 Minutes. We spent the night at J Nebeker
~ Wednesday
28 we drove to Pocketville & held a Meeting President B Young
spoke 35 Minutes Joseph Young spoke 15 Minutes D. H. Wells
11 Minutes we dined & drove to Rockville Here we found a
Beautiful plac a street half a mile long with rows of Houses
Each side & fine gardens, orchards, & vineyards surrounded
with High Mountains a mile High which forms a vary
romantic sceney. We held a meeting. W Woodruff spoke
23 Minutes. President Young spoke 30, G Q Cannon spok 26,
H S Eldridge 6 Minutes. Rules of the school of the prophets was
read then {President} Joseph Young spoke 6 Minutes President Young stoped
for the night with Brother & Sister Black 20 Miles
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," April 26, 1869 - April 28, 1869, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/J6Dg