Dec 27th Met at the house of the Lord at candle light with the
quorum of the Seventies their was about one hundred Elders
of Israel Presant of 1, 2, & 3rd Seventy it is expected
the Seventies will meet every tuesday evening through
the winter for the Purpose of worshiping God & sanctifying
themselves before him. Elder Smoot was again taken sick
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
28, , & 31st was Principly spent in taking care
of Elder Smoot who was confined to his bed with the scarlot fever at the house of Brother Bonds in Kirtland
On the 31st of DEC being the last Day of 1836 I aranged
the account of my Journals & recorded the same in the
following manner. Thus ends the year of 1836 which
hath quickly passed with its report into ETERNITY
1st
I Travled six thousand five hundred & fifty seven Miles
6,557
2nd
I Held one hundred & fifty three Meetings
153
I Attended four conferences
4
& Held four debates
4
^I Planted one Branch of the Church^
3rd
I Baptized twenty seven Persons
27
^I confirmed^
^27^
4th
I ordained two Elders, three Priests, one Teacher, & two Deacons.
8
^I esstablished 2 preaching places^
5th
I Attended to the ordinance of blessing nineteen children.
19
6th
Their was four persons healed of deseases under my hands
I Gave six dollars & Procured eighty five more for the building of the house of the Lord in Kirtland
$91
9th
I wrote thirty four Letters
34
& Receieved seven Letters
7
10th
I had three mobs come together against me But always as yet deliverd from their hands.
3.
~ Tuesday
Dec 27th Met at the house of the Lord at candle light with the
quorum of the Seventies their was about one hundred Elders
of Israel Presant of 1, 2, & 3rd Seventy it is expected
the Seventies will meet every tuesday evening through
the winter for the Purpose of worshiping God & sanctifying
themselves before him. Elder Smoot was again taken sick
~ Wednesday to ~ Saturday
28. 29. 30 & 31st was Principly spent in taking care
of Elder Smoot who was confined to his bed with the
scarlot fever at the house of Brother Bonds in Kirtland
On the 31st of DEC being the last Day of 1836 I aranged
the accounts of my Journals & recorded the same in the
following manner. Thus ends the year of 1836 which
hath quickly passed with its report into ETERNITY
1st I Travled six thousand five hundred & fifty seven Miles 6,557
2nd I Held one hundred & fifty three Meetings 153
I attended four conferences 4
& Held four debates 4
I Planted one Branch of the Church
3rd I Baptized twenty seven Persons 27
I confirmed 27
4th I ordained two Elders, three Priests, one Teacher,
& two Deacons. 8
I esstablished 2 preaching places
5th I attended to the ordinance of blessing nineteen children, 19
6th Their was four Persons healed of deseases under my hands 4
7th I Procured twenty two subscribers for the M & Ad. 22.
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," December 27, 1836 - December 30, 1836, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Ev