water & also with strong drink or spirits this not
by commandment but from choice we then accor-
ding to commandment clensed our hands and feet
and bore testimony unto God against the Ben-
ton County mob & also against Paris & many
others who had rejected our testimony we enjo-
yed a solumn, spiritual, & interesting season we
retired from the water in the spirit of God & spent
the night for the last time at Brother Levi Taylors
& Sister Tailors, with the Brethren & Sisters
Beneath this roof I have spent some of the most
interesting seasons of my life for the last two
years receieved 4 subscribers for the M & Ad
~ Thursday
Oct 13th Took the parting hand with Brother & Sister Taylor & their household & all the Saints in Bloody branch & travled in company with Elder Smoot & Priest Turpin to Brother Lanes this is
the first days journey for Kirtland, Ohio distance 18 [miles]
~ Friday
14 Travled to Br Hendricks spent the night with
Brother Alfred Loy distance 3 miles
18 Spent the day in writing & Preached at Father Thomas'es
to the Saints for the last time in that place had a
spiritual & happy meeting {I felt constrained by the spirit of prophecy to inform father
and mother Thomas that they would stand in sin before they died|shorthand}
~ Wednesday
19 Travled with my colleagues Smoot & Turpin through
the rain to Br BeatysClarks River Calaway County
KY. found him & his family well distance 15 miles
~ Thursday
20 Spent the day at Br Beatys in writing or copying Journal
water & also with strong drink or spirits this not
by commandment but from choice We then accor
ding to commandment clensed our hands and feet
and bore testimony unto God against the Benton County mob & also against Paris & many
others who had rejected our testimony We enjo
yed a solumn, spiritual, & interesting Season We
retired from the water in the spirit of God & spent
the night for the last time at Brother Levi Taylors
& Sister Tailors With the Brethren & Sisters
Beneath this roof I have spent some of the most
interesting seasons of my life for the last two
years receieved 4 subscribers for the M & Ad
~ Thursday
Oct 13th Took the parting hand with Brother & Sister
Taylor & their household & all the Saints in
Bloody branch & travled in company with Elder
Smoot & Priest Turpin to Brother Lanes this is
the first days journey for Kirtland Ohio distance 18 miles
~ Friday
14 Travled to Br Hendricks spent the night with
Brother Alfred Loy distance 3 miles
18 Spent the day in writing & Preached at Father Thomas'es
to the saints for the last time in that place had a
Spiritual & happy meeting {I felt constrained by the spirit of prophecy to inform father
and mother Thomas that they would stand in sin before they died}
~ Wednesday
19 Travled with my colleagues Smoot & Turpin through
the rain to Br BeatysClarks River Calaway County
KY. found him & his family well distance 15 miles
~ Thursday
20 Spent the day at Br Beatys in writing or copying journal
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," October 12, 1836 - October 21, 1836, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/p2