The Saints had laboured faithfully & finished
the Temple & were now recieved as A church
with our dead this is glory enough for building
the Temple And thousands of the Saints
have recieved there endowment in it And
the light will not go out many other remar-
ks were made by Elder Woodruff when
the meeting & dedication of the Temple
closed.
~ Monday
4th I spent the day ^morning^ in the city vary busy
getting ready to go about 30 miles into the country
to visit Br & Sister Scammans I started with
my mules & carriage & got 4 miles out of the
city & got stalled in a mud hole & had to get
oxen to draw us out I then returned home
coverd with mud & gave it up for a bad
Job spent the remainder of the day cleaning
the Mules & Harness &c
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
5th & 6 I spent making preperations for
the Journey
~ Thursday
7th I had an interview with Elder Taylor
who called to the returned to the city to
settle his private business
~ Friday
8th I went over the river to the camp
~ Saturday
9th Our company from the east arived
At night with our baggage
The saints had laboured faithfully & finished
the Temple & were now recieved as A church
with our dead this is glory enough for building
the Temple And thousands of the Saints
have recieved there endowment in it And
the light will not go out many other remarks were made by Elder Woodruff when
the meeting & dedication of the Temple
closed.
~ Monday
4 morning in the city vary busy
getting ready to go about 30 miles into the country
to visit Br & Sister Scammans I started with
my mules & carriage & got 4 miles out of the
city & got stalled in a mud hole & had to get
oxen to draw us out I then returned home
covered with mud & gave it up for a bad
Job spent the remainder of the day cleaning
the Mules & Harness &c
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
5th & 6 I spent making preperations for
the Journey
~ Thursday
7th I had an interview with Elder Taylor
who returned to the city to
settle his private business
~ Friday
8th I went over the river to the camp
~ Saturday
9th Our company from the east arived
at night with our baggage
~ Sunday
FIGURES
10th Sunday I wrote A letter to Mr Roe at
Farmington I recieved 3 letters one from
Br E. H. DavisLondon one from B Young
Camp of Israel and one from Mr Rowe
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," May 3, 1846 - May 10, 1846, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/rkXw