face had the appearance of much meekness love &
light I said Oh, he said fear not. he came & touch[ed]
me with his hand then fear departed from me I said
doth the Lord love me so much, he said it is thy faith
in the servents of the God of heaven. Though [Thou] hast
clothed the Naked & fed the hungry & the God of
heaven will feed thee forever & forever, & the desire
of thy heart shall be granted thee in Gods own time
No weapon shall prosper against thee for thou art
sealed up unto the Lord. think it not strange when
you see many fall away & some of the Elders of this
Church for the scriptures must be fulfilled many
are called but few are chosen thou hast desired to
see this day, & when thou goest to thine inheritants
I will go with thee & take care of thee. one thing I
say unto thee. thou must not think because some
will fall away from their stedfastness that they
were not called to their office. Some have desired
their office & some will fall by their desires, see
thou desire no one thing but that which is given
thee from the father if the Father gives a desire there
will be the assurance of the gift, & as desire incr-
eases there will be the greater love to the servants
of God this is the mark the servants of God have
to go by & is a mark Satan cannot give be patient
in all things & humble in thy walk before the world
& the Lord will make the[e] a blessing to thy friends &
enemies they tears have come up before the Lord
& are more in number than thine enemies, thy tears
shall condemn many if they do not repent. Love
all thy enemies as Christ loveth thee for this is
the Law of God, & I arose up & said I will, &
he smiled & seamed as though he was going away
I said tell me sumthing els before you go. he
smiled & said keep these from the world, I
said must I not tell no one? he said thou
wilt know by the spirit of God that is within
thee who to tell thou hast asked for wisdom &
it will be given thee he turned around from me
& a greater light overshadowed me & he disappeared
face had the appearance of much meekness love &
light I said Oh, he said fear not, he came & touched
me with his hand then fear departed from me. I said
doth the Lord love me so much, he said it is thy faith
in the servents of the God of heaven. Though hast
clothed the Naked & fed the hungry & the God of
heaven will feed thee forever & forever. & the desire
of thy heart shall be granted thee in Gods own time.
No weapon shall prosper against thee for thou art
sealed up unto the Lord. think it not strange when
you see many fall away & some of the Elders of this
Church for the scriptures must be fulfilled many
are called but few are chosen thou hast desired to
see this day, & when thou goest to thine inheritants
I will go with thee & take care of thee. one thing I
say unto thee. thou must not think because some
will fall away from their stedfastness that they
were not called to their office. Some have desired
their office & some will fall by their desires, see
thou desire no one thing but that which is given
thee from the father if the Father gives a desire there
will be the assurance of the gift, & as desire increases there will be the greater love to the servants
of God this is the mark the servants of God have
to go by & is a mark Satan cannot give be patient
in all things & humble in thy walk before the world
& the Lord will make thee a blessing to thy friends &
enemies thy tears have come up before the Lord
& are more in number than thine enemies, thy tears
shall condemn many if they do not repent. Love
all thy enemies as Christ loveth thee for this is
the Law of God, & I arose up & said I will. &
he smiled & seamed as though he was going away.
I said tell me sumthing els before you go. he
smiled & said keep these from the world, I
said must I not tell no one? he said thou
wilt know by the spirit of God that is within
thee who to tell thou hast asked for wisdom &
it will be given thee he turned around from me
& a greater light overshadowed me & he disappeared
Eliza Bromley
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," October 15, 1840 - October 16, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 15, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OjN