After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve
& High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was
brought up B Young says shall I Break the
word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of
tea: No wisdomisjustifiedof herchildren [Luke 7:35]. the subject
was discused in an interesting manner all concluded
that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters accor-
ding to the wisdom which God gave that a
forced abstainance was not making us free but
we should be under bondage with a yoak [yoke] upon
our necks. I walked out & spent the night at
Br Allexanders
13th I spent the day in lathing & night in the City Council
~ Sunday
14th Sunday I met in counsel with the Twelve
visited the sick spent the evening at Malitire
Luce from fox Islands had an interview
with Capt Justus Ames & Elders Benbow Oakey & J Hill dined at my house I am now
in the midst of hundreds that I have Baptized
throughout America, the Islands of the
Sea England &c that have been gatherd
together to Nauvoo through the influ
ence of the gospel. Joseph preached to
a large congregation at the Temple
~ Monday
15th I laid a floor in my bedroom
~ Tuesday
16 I run 12 bushels of lime for plastering & rode in
company with J. H. Hale 2 1/2 miles on the prairie
to Br Zerah Pulsiphers I bought fouracres of land
of him in section 32 for [FIGURE] $44 dollars I paid him
After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve
& High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was
brought up B Young says shall I Break the
word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of
tea: No wisdom is justified of her childrenLuke 7:35, the subject
was discused in an interesting manner all concluded
that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters according to the wisdom which God gave that a
forced abstainance was not making us free but
we should be under bondage with a yoak upon
our necks. I walked out & spent the night at
Br Allexanders
13th I spent the day in lathing & night in the City Council
~ Sunday
14th Sunday I met in Counsel with the Twelve
visited the sick spent the evening at Malitire
Luce from fox Islands had an interview
with capt Justus Ames & Elders BenbowOakey & J Hill dined at my house I am now
in the midst of hundreds that I have Baptized
throughout America, the Islands of the
Sea England &c that have been gatherd
together to Nauvoo through the influ
ence of the gospel. Joseph preached to
a large congregation at the Temple
~ Monday
15th I laid a floor in my bedroom
~ Tuesday
16 I run 12 bushels of lime for plastering & rode in
company with J. H. Hale 2 1/2 miles on the prairie
to Br Zerah Pulsiphers I bought fouracres of land
of him in section 32 for [FIGURE] $44 dollars I paid him
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," November 7, 1841 - November 16, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed October 11, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Kjn