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56 mentions
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240 mentions
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295 mentions
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14 mentions
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2 mentions
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2 mentions
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2 mentions
87 mentions
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54 mentions
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Edward VII of England
9 Nov 1841 - 6 May 1910
5 mentions
Historical Figure
35 mentions
Scriptural Figure
76 mentions
Scriptural Figure
119 mentions
Scriptural Figure
49 mentions
Scriptural Figure
7 mentions
Scriptural Figure
99 mentions
Scriptural Figure
118 mentions
Scriptural Figure
167 mentions
Scriptural Figure
43 mentions
Scriptural Figure
43 mentions
Scriptural Figure
12 mentions
Scriptural Figure
178 mentions
Scriptural Figure
84 mentions
Scriptural Figure
122 mentions
Scriptural Figure
47 mentions
Scriptural Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
22 mentions
Scriptural Figure
45 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Louis Philippe I of France
6 Oct 1773 - 26 Aug 1850
10 mentions
Historical Figure
12 mentions
Scriptural Figure
24 mentions
Scriptural Figure
76 mentions
Scriptural Figure
210 mentions
Scriptural Figure
33 mentions
Scriptural Figure
104 mentions
Scriptural Figure
159 mentions
Scriptural Figure
119 mentions
Scriptural Figure
17 mentions
Scriptural Figure
16 mentions
Scriptural Figure
7 mentions
Scriptural Figure
3 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Titus of Rome
30 Dec 0039 - 13 Sep 0081
8 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
6 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
8 mentions
4 mentions
Charles Augustus Adams
17 Aug 1824 - 15 Nov 1860
4 mentions
48 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
James Adams
24 Jan 1783 - 11 Aug 1843
4 mentions
Sophia Newhall Carter Adams
2 Jun 1808 - 2 Nov 1847
6 mentions
Family
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Randolph Alexander
22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879
56 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Ahira Alling
21 Apr 1806 - 9 Jan 1886
1 mention
Lewis Alling
abt. 1801-1877
4 mentions
1 mention
Betsey Cossett Alvord
19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884
103 mentions
Family
1 mention
Justus Ames
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Valentine Ames
abt. 1814-1865
13 mentions
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Daniel Avery
1 Jul 1797 - 16 Oct 1851
2 mentions
Philander Avery
13 Jun 1822 - 9 May 1907
1 mention
111 mentions
8 mentions
Timothy Baker
1798-1852
3 mentions
Joseph T. Ball
21 Feb 1804 - 20 Sep 1861
52 mentions
Maine Mission
Hiram Barber
1802-1844
3 mentions
Family
Lorenzo Dow Barnes
22 Mar 1812 - 20 Dec 1842
36 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Noah Willis Bartholomew
1 Apr 1808 - 15 Aug 1876
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
3 mentions
16 mentions
5 mentions
Calvin Bebe
1 Jul 1800 - 17 Jul 1861
6 mentions
1 mention
Host
Jane Homes Benbow
12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846
55 mentions
1840 British Convert
John Benbow
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
173 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
James Arlington Bennet
21 Dec 1788 - 25 Dec 1863
3 mentions
1 mention
John Cook Bennett
3 Aug 1804 - 5 Aug 1867
29 mentions
Samuel Bent
19 Jul 1778 - 16 Aug 1846
10 mentions
Zion's Camp
3 mentions
Titus Billings
24 Mar 1793 - 6 Feb 1866
5 mentions
2 mentions
James Blakesly
18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866
32 mentions
3 mentions
Lilburn Williams Boggs
14 Dec 1796 - 14 Mar 1860
52 mentions
Napoleon Bonaparte of France
15 Aug 1769 - 5 May 1821
31 mentions
Historical Figure
George Boothby
11 Apr 1784 - 30 Jul 1866
4 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
Orsamus Ferdinand Bostwick
2 May 1801 - 9 Aug 1869
2 mentions
11 mentions
Eliphalet Boynton
27 Nov 1779 - 14 Oct 1858
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
Historical Figure
Samuel Brannan
2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889
65 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
1 mention
Host
Mary Arey Brown Babbitt
4 Jan 1806 - 26 Mar 1875
14 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
7 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
Thomas Bullock
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
128 mentions
Mary Smith Bundy
17 Nov 1802 - 12 Feb 1886
5 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Richard Burdge
abt. 1787 - 1858
8 mentions
8 mentions
2 mentions
Reynolds Cahoon
30 Apr 1790 - 29 Apr 1861
20 mentions
John Caldwell Calhoun
18 Mar 1782 - 31 Mar 1850
5 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
1 mention
2 mentions
10 mentions
7 mentions
Ann Elizabeth Carter
16 Nov 1837 - 19 Feb 1896
4 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
177 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter, b. 1739
9 Jan 1739 - 20 Apr 1819
11 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Ilus Fabyan Carter
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Joseph Fabyan Carter
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
55 mentions
Family
1 mention
Family
Judith Walker Carter
4 Dec 1807 - 18 Nov 1889
6 mentions
Family
Martha Sloan Carter
abt. 1816-1893
33 mentions
Family
Mary Fabyan Carter
22 Mar 1814 - 8 Sep 1851
20 mentions
Family
1 mention
Host
Rhoda Milliken Carter
23 Nov 1795 - 18 Sep 1855
6 mentions
Family
Sarah Fabyan Carter
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
91 mentions
Family
1 mention
Host
Jacob Charles
abt. 1800-1854
1 mention
Darwin Chase
25 Feb 1816 - 4 Feb 1863
19 mentions
John Cheese
1800-abt. 1846
43 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Elijah Cheney
1785-1863
18 mentions
2 mentions
Eunice Hart Clark
bef.1790-1819
5 mentions
Family
Hiram Clark, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
118 mentions
21 mentions
Henry Clay
12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852
8 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
William Clayton
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
116 mentions
11 mentions
1 mention
Joseph M. Cole
abt. 1806- 1858
1 mention
1 mention
3 mentions
5 mentions
Zebedee Coltrin
7 Sep 1804 - 21 Jul 1887
43 mentions
Missionary
Henry Christophilus Connor
about 1781- aft. 1856
46 mentions
Joseph Wellington Coolidge
31 May 1814 - 13 Jan 1871
1 mention
Jeramiah Cooper
26 Aug 1818 - 12 Jun 1880
1 mention
2 mentions
Host
Solomon Copeland
1799-bef. 1846
73 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Alfred Cordon
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
2 mentions
Anna Hart Cossett
18 May 1783 - 31 Jan 1846
58 mentions
Family
3 mentions
Sarah Elizabeth Foss Cowley Fox
26 Dec 1827 - 14 Jun 1899
32 mentions
Family
1 mention
Historical Figure
Jonathan Crosby
20 Jul 1807 - 12 Jun 1892
3 mentions
1 mention
2 mentions
Alpheus Cutler
29 Feb 1784 - 10 Jun 1864
35 mentions
Samuel A. Dam
1815-1868
12 mentions
1 mention
Host
1 mention
1 mention
2 mentions
13 mentions
Erastus H. Derby
14 Sep 1810 - 3 Dec 1890
2 mentions
Ashbel Dewey
1795-1846
10 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
William Draper
24 Apr 1807 - 28 May 1886
21 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Host
4 mentions
3 mentions
Joseph Duncan
1794-1844
5 mentions
Jonathan Dunham
14 Jan 1800 - 28 Jul 1845
13 mentions
26 mentions
1 mention
Host
5 mentions
1 mention
Eliza Duty
1824-1904
2 mentions
Merinus G. Eaton
15 Mar 1808 - 31 Aug 1861
2 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
2 mentions
Hannah Ells
4 Mar 1808 - 31 May 1845
7 mentions
37 mentions
James Emmett
unk.-1852
10 mentions
Samuel Ensign
24 May 1805 - 24 Jun 1885
4 mentions
3 mentions
4 mentions
Family
Lorin Farr
25 Jul 1820 - 12 Jan 1909
76 mentions
61 mentions
John Fidoe
23 Oct 1796 - 23 Jul 1881
21 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
King Follett
26 Jul 1788 - 9 Mar 1844
8 mentions
2 mentions
Historical Figure
Thomas Ford
5 Dec 1800 - 3 Nov 1850
46 mentions
Calvin Ichabod Foss
10 Jan 1826 - 21 May 1908
36 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter Foss
30 Jun 1833 - 3 Jul 1919
13 mentions
Family
Ira Carter Foss
19 Jul 1824 - 17 Apr 1864
14 mentions
Family
Phebe Carter Foss Sessions
2 Nov 1831 - 25 Jul 1913
22 mentions
Family
Rhoda Harriet Foss Richards
19 Apr 1830 - 19 Nov 1881
24 mentions
Family
Sarah Brackett Carter Foss
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
2 mentions
8 mentions
1 mention
Host
Lucian R. Foster
12 Nov 1806 - 19 Mar 1876
36 mentions
7 mentions
1 mention
5 mentions
1 mention
Burr Frost
4 Mar 1816 - 16 Mar 1878
8 mentions
2 mentions
David Fullmer
7 Jul 1803 - 22 Oct 1879
41 mentions
Missionary
6 mentions
John C. Gaylord
12 Jul 1797 - 17 Jul 1874
4 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
Host
1 mention
1 mention
30 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
2 mentions
Ann R. Gould
1818-bef. 1849
1 mention
7 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
Host
Jedediah Morgan Grant
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
3 mentions
2 mentions
John Gray
1820-1898
2 mentions
9 mentions
1 mention
Host
9 mentions
Jonathan Harriman Hale
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
151 mentions
Missionary
9 mentions
Timothy Ham
(unk.-unk.)
5 mentions
2 mentions
Samuel Hammer
1780-1862
6 mentions
John Hancock
23 Jan 1737 - 8 Oct 1793
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Missionary
2 mentions
John Hardy
abt. 1816-1891
11 mentions
Leonard Wilford Hardy
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
233 mentions
Family
William Henry Harrison
9 Feb 1773 - 4 Apr 1841
8 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Adna Thompson Hart
abt. 1797-1839
49 mentions
Family
5 mentions
Family
Anna Kilbourn Hart
24 Dec 1759 - 22 Feb 1803
9 mentions
Family
13 mentions
Family
Beulah Hart
bef. 1784-aft.1843
22 mentions
Family
1 mention
Host
Erastus Hart
1784-1834
6 mentions
Family
Joseph Hart, b. 1787
18 Jul 1787 - 18 Sep 1840
13 mentions
Family
Lydia Woodruff Hart
24 Jul 1793 - 3 Nov 1860
9 mentions
Family
8 mentions
Family
1 mention
Jesse Haven
28 Mar 1814 - 14 Dec 1905
17 mentions
Peter Haws
1795-1860
11 mentions
Ole Olsen Hayer
1813–1888
1 mention
159 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
3 mentions
5 mentions
Elias Higbee
23 Oct 1795 - 8 Jun 1843
22 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
Host
1 mention
1 mention
Host
1 mention
Aphia S. Woodman Holmes
26 Feb 1810 - 5 Apr 1885
12 mentions
Milton Holmes
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Holmes
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
37 mentions
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
3 mentions
1 mention
6 mentions
Family
Samuel Houston
2 Mar 1793 - 26 Jul 1863
5 mentions
Historical Figure
3 mentions
2 mentions
5 mentions
Edward Hunter
1793-1883
277 mentions
Signora Caltha Woodruff Hurd
20 Oct 1810 - 19 Mar 1891
8 mentions
Family
Wilson Hurd
1798-1845
3 mentions
Family
Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde
28 Jun 1815 - 24 Mar 1886
10 mentions
Orson Hyde
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
4 mentions
6 mentions
Henry Baily Jacobs
5 May 1817 - 1 Aug 1886
3 mentions
Vance Jacobs
1819-1865
1 mention
Oder Jacobson
1820-1905
1 mention
2 mentions
Samuel James
1806-aft. 1880
16 mentions
2 mentions
8 mentions
Thomas Jefferson
13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
6 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
2 mentions
Host
1 mention
Host
Aaron Johnson
22 Jun 1806 - 10 May 1877
42 mentions
1 mention
Dan Jones
4 Aug 1810 - 3 Jan 1862
99 mentions
9 mentions
1 mention
Horace Hillyear Judd
13 Jul 1800 - 7 Sep 1884
8 mentions
Mary Byington Judd
abt. 1800 - 1872
1 mention
1 mention
Host
1 mention
2 mentions
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Hiram Kimball
31 May 1806 - 27 Apr 1863
37 mentions
1 mention
Host
Vilate Murray Kimball
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
50 mentions
2 mentions
Thomas Kington
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
48 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
1 mention
William Law
8 Sep 1809 - 1 Jan 1892
44 mentions
Apostle
Wilson Law
26 Feb 1806 - 15 Oct 1876
18 mentions
5 mentions
1 mention
Ezekiel Lee
1795-1877
6 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Host
Elizabeth Libby Libby
1 Jun 1776 - 26 Sep 1843
1 mention
Josiah Libby
16 Mar 1776 - 26 Sep 1852
1 mention
Olive Moulton Libby
15 May 1814 - 8 Apr 1841
3 mentions
Family
1 mention
2 mentions
1 mention
Jesse Carter Little
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
2 mentions
8 mentions
8 mentions
Permelia Darrow Lott
15 Dec 1805 - 6 Jan 1882
3 mentions
1 mention
John Lowry
1799-1867
4 mentions
1 mention
Amasa Mason Lyman
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
298 mentions
Apostle
5 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
Carlin Mack
1802-1883
5 mentions
8 mentions
3 mentions
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
Mades Madison
1813-1893
1 mention
3 mentions
1 mention
18 mentions
1 mention
Host
1 mention
1 mention
Elijah Malin
1808-1849
6 mentions
2 mentions
Stephen Markham
9 Feb 1800 - 10 Mar 1878
36 mentions
William Marks
15 Nov 1792 - 22 May 1872
17 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
Host
Robert Mason
1 Aug 1748 - 5 Feb 1835
32 mentions
1 mention
Ananias McAllister
abt. 1806-1844
4 mentions
1 mention
Edward McClain
abt. 1806-unk.
4 mentions
1 mention
Henry McEwan
13 Feb 1802 - 21 Sep 1882
9 mentions
6 mentions
10 mentions
1 mention
Daniel Sanborn Miles
23 Jul 1772 - 12 Oct 1845
5 mentions
1 mention
George Miller
1794- abt. 1856
38 mentions
Godfried Miller
abt. 1818 -unk.
1 mention
1 mention
William Miller, b. 1782
15 Feb 1782 - 20 Dec 1849
6 mentions
Historical Figure
Benjamin Milliken
abt. 1780-1842
1 mention
1 mention
Edward Milliken
5 Nov 1802 - 15 Feb 1887
8 mentions
Maine Mission
Elizabeth Simonton Milliken
25 May 1781 - 16 May 1843
3 mentions
1 mention
Arthur Milliken
9 May 1817 - 23 Apr 1882
10 mentions
Lucy Smith Millikin
18 Jul 1821 - 9 Dec 1882
4 mentions
4 mentions
Benjamin Morgan
abt. August 1845
15 mentions
Isaac Morley
11 Mar 1786 - 24 Jun 1865
61 mentions
Lucy Gunn Morley
24 Jan 1786 - 3 Jan 1848
3 mentions
3 mentions
3 mentions
James Moses
28 Feb 1806 - 4 Apr 1891
11 mentions
Julian Moses
11 Apr 1810 - 12 Apr 1892
14 mentions
Freedom Moulton
31 Oct 1808 - 31 Jul 1857
40 mentions
Family
Shuah Coffin Carter Moulton
20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905
87 mentions
Family
2 mentions
1 mention
Titus Mousley
9 May 1790 - 5 Aug 1865
7 mentions
4 mentions
19 mentions
1 mention
Abram Newbury
1816-1898
2 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
Joseph Bates Noble
14 Jan 1810 - 17 Aug 1900
51 mentions
Charles Nutter
10 Oct 1816 - 18 Feb 1896
1 mention
Charity Cole Nutter Stoddard
25 Mar 1794 - 19 Oct 1844
1 mention
Shure Olson
1818-1901
1 mention
John Edward Page
25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867
123 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
Samuel Parker
1790-1846
4 mentions
1 mention
William Parsons
27 Mar 1807 - 20 Sep 1882
22 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
1 mention
James Pawson
about 1802- unk.
1 mention
1 mention
2 mentions
3 mentions
Host
2 mentions
78 mentions
Missionary
6 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Jacob Phelps
1815-1888
16 mentions
Morris Phelps
1805-1876
13 mentions
Sally Waterman Phelps
24 Jul 1797 - 2 Jan 1874
7 mentions
2 mentions
William Wines Phelps
17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872
173 mentions
2 mentions
Sarah Rumford Carter Pierce
16 Feb 1801 - 29 Jan 1829
3 mentions
Family
1 mention
Host
1 mention
George White Pitkin
17 May 1801 - 26 Nov 1873
4 mentions
William Hill Pitt
16 Aug 1813 - 23 Feb 1873
66 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
1 mention
1 mention
2 mentions
Aaron Powers
1 Feb 1782 - 26 Mar 1862
2 mentions
Host
Addison Pratt
21 Feb 1802 - 14 Oct 1872
13 mentions
Mary Ann Frost Pratt
14 Jan 1809 - 24 Aug 1891
21 mentions
Orson Pratt
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Parley Parker Pratt
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Sarah Marinda Bates Pratt
5 Feb 1817 - 25 Dec 1888
28 mentions
Francis Pullen
3 Sep 1802 - 3 Sep 1861
24 mentions
1840 British Convert
Joseph Pulling
9 Aug 1807 - 22 Jan 1898
17 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Zerah Pulsipher
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872
105 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
John Savage Reed
12 Sep 1784 - 23 Feb 1878
5 mentions
11 mentions
14 mentions
Charles Coulson Rich
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Jennetta Richards Richards
21 Aug 1817 - 9 Jul 1845
30 mentions
Levi Richards
14 Apr 1799 - 18 Jun 1876
64 mentions
Willard Richards
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
220 mentions
1 mention
Host
Ebenezer Robinson
25 May 1816 - 11 Mar 1891
28 mentions
Noah Rogers
1797-1846
10 mentions
1 mention
Host
17 mentions
10 mentions
Henry Saba
1801-unk.
1 mention
3 mentions
Zion's Camp
1 mention
David Savage
1810-1886
5 mentions
3 mentions
Edward Sayers
9 Feb 1802 - 17 Jul 1861
10 mentions
Ruth Daggett Vose Sayers
26 Feb 1808 - 18 Aug 1884
31 mentions
Albert G. Scamman
2 Jun 1807 - 9 May 1876
3 mentions
28 mentions
Luther Scammans
7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878
73 mentions
Family
Rhoda Farnham Carter Scammans
13 Mar 1809 - 23 Dec 1896
63 mentions
Family
Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
361 mentions
Family
Breed Searle
1803-1879
5 mentions
1 mention
Host
2 mentions
1 mention
Host
1 mention
Host
19 mentions
2 mentions
Host
Mephibosheth Sirrine
10 Oct 2024 - 10 Oct 2024
8 mentions
3 mentions
James Sloan
28 Oct 1792 - 1 Oct 1886
12 mentions
Jane Sloan
abt 1788-1863
9 mentions
Mary Magill Sloan
1 Aug 1801 - 5 Dec 1876
4 mentions
Elisha Small
unk.-1842
1 mention
Historical Figure
William Small
31 Mar 1814 - 25 Jan 1887
1 mention
Asahel Smith
21 May 1773 - 21 Jul 1848
3 mentions
46 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
3 mentions
Don Carlos Smith, b. 1816
25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841
49 mentions
1 mention
Elias Smith, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Howard Smith
1810-1887
1 mention
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
425 mentions
Apostle
Job Taylor Smith
2 Dec 1828 - 3 Jan 1913
10 mentions
1840 British Convert
John Smith, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
75 mentions
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Joseph Smith (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
134 mentions
Lucy Mack Smith
8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856
42 mentions
7 mentions
5 mentions
6 mentions
Samuel Harrison Smith
13 Mar 1808 - 30 Jul 1844
42 mentions
Samuel Smith
11 Jun 1807 - 28 Jun 1850
65 mentions
Family, 1835 Southern Convert
1 mention
9 mentions
William B. Smith
13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1893
91 mentions
Apostle
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon
10 Jul 1804 - 30 Apr 1879
57 mentions
Abraham Owen Smoot
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Eliza Roxcy Snow
21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887
48 mentions
Erastus Snow
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Lorenzo Snow
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
Phebe Amelia Woodruff Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
344 mentions
Family
Willard Trowbridge Snow
6 May 1811 - 21 Aug 1853
16 mentions
Zion's Camp
Quartus S. Sparks
abt. 1820-1891
9 mentions
2 mentions
Daniel Spencer
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
65 mentions
Orson Spencer
14 Mar 1802 - 15 Oct 1855
75 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
Hezekiah Sprague
1774-abt. 1847
4 mentions
1 mention
Wakeman N. Stanley
9 Mar 1793 - 19 Aug 1823
6 mentions
Family
1 mention
1 mention
John Lloyd Stephens
28 Nov 1805 - 12 Oct 1852
10 mentions
Historical Figure
Dexter Stillman
abt. 1804-1852
14 mentions
Jonathan Stillman
abt. 1787-1856
4 mentions
John Jay Stocking
24 Apr 1806 - 23 Oct 1870
21 mentions
Family
15 mentions
Seth Taft
1796-1863
6 mentions
1 mention
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Leonora Cannon Taylor
6 Oct 1796 - 9 Dec 1868
47 mentions
2 mentions
4 mentions
1 mention
Ezra Thayer
1791-1862
16 mentions
Zion's Camp
Alson Thompson
8 Jan 1793 - 26 Jan 1864
13 mentions
Family
Cyrus Dean Thompson
26 Jun 1794 - 26 Jun 2024
5 mentions
Family
2 mentions
Family
4 mentions
Family
Thaddeus Lathrop Thompson
2 Apr 1787 - 17 Jun 1865
14 mentions
Family
7 mentions
Family
1 mention
1 mention
12 mentions
5 mentions
1 mention
Elbridge Tufts
5 Oct 1812 - 27 Nov 1850
3 mentions
Smith Tuttle
12 Mar 1795 - 7 Mar 1865
22 mentions
2 mentions
John W. Tyrell
abt 1802- unk.
1 mention
5 mentions
Martin Van Buren
5 Dec 1782 - 24 Jul 1862
7 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
15 mentions
James Madison Wait
abt. 1812-unk.
1 mention
Samuel Waldo
1794-1875
3 mentions
Cyrus Walker
1791-1875
7 mentions
8 mentions
George Benjamin Wallace
16 Feb 1817 - 30 Jan 1900
58 mentions
11 mentions
2 mentions
Thomas Ward
1808-1847
114 mentions
1 mention
Host
Mary Jane Sloan Warner Castle
15 Feb 1819 - 20 Mar 1889
1 mention
George Washington
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
48 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
125 mentions
6 mentions
1 mention
Dwight Webster
13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868
134 mentions
Family
Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
John Weinel
1813-1889
3 mentions
Benjamin West
1738–1820
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
44 mentions
Family
Luther Wheeler
28 Jun 1810 - 22 May 1873
19 mentions
Family
5 mentions
Newel Kimball Whitney
3 Feb 1795 - 23 Sep 1850
30 mentions
Andrew Isaac Whittaker
13 Dec 1812 - 23 Apr 1874
19 mentions
Lyman Wight
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
2 mentions
Levi Williams
18 Apr 1794 - 27 Nov 1860
4 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
13 mentions
6 mentions
Family
2 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
11 mentions
Benjamin Winchester
6 Aug 1817 - 25 Jan 1901
31 mentions
1 mention
5 mentions
Homer Wolcott
1813-1894
1 mention
23 mentions
Henry Woodford
31 May 1804 - 21 Jan 1879
11 mentions
Family
Zerah Woodford
7 Oct 1794 - 14 Aug 1881
1 mention
Family
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1811
30 May 1811 - 23 Dec 1860
5 mentions
Family
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Whare there is a prophet, a priest, or a righ- teous man unto whom God gives his oracles there is the kingdom of God, & whare the oracles of God are not there the kingdom of God is not.
~ Joseph Smith
[FIGURE] 10 I Wilford Woodruff testify that about 7 oclock PM I discoverd a stream of light in the south west quarter of the heavens the rays of Light were in the form of a broadsword with the hilt downward the blade raised pointing from the west south west raised to an angle of 45 degrees from the horizen & extending nearly or within 2 or 3 degrees to the zenith of the degree
~ Wilford Woodruff
March 14, 1843 ~ Tuesday 14th At about half past seven oclock in the evening the sword which had made its appearence for several evenings past moved up near the moon & formed itself into a large ring round the moon two balls immediately appeared in the ring opposite of each other sumthing in the form of sundogs annother half ring ishues from those balls sumthing in the shape of a horse shoe extending outside of the first ring with one line runing through the centre of the moon according to the following cut
~ Wilford Woodruff

March 20, 1843 ~ Monday to March 25, 1843 ~ Saturday 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 The week was spent in the printing office the weather has been uncommonly cold mostly through the week the thermometer has stood at Zero a number of days the signs in the heavens are making their appearance theire has been singular signs appeared in & above the sun for sever[al] days this week. O Pratt has taken a sketch of the same which will appear in the Time & Seasons their has also been other signs the light that has been represe nted as a sword has made its appearance for several nights past in the same place & also on the opposite of the horizen has been seem a black streak about the size of the light one, while one is as black as darkness the other has considerable of the appearance of the blaze of a aomet & some have contended that it was a aomet but it cannot be a comet for it appears about 7 oclock & disappears about 9 oclock rema ining about two hours thus it appears that the signs that Joel & Jesus spoke of are making their appearance
~ Wilford Woodruff
Their is also some wars & rumours of wars earthquakes & fires & stormes, & murder throughout the land
~ Wilford Woodruff
April 16, 1843 ~ Sunday April 16th President J. Smith Addressed the assem- bly of the saints at the temple of the Lord upon the subject of the saints death burial & resurrection of the saints. He had been requested to preach a funeral sermon by several persons who had died lost friends & he had Just Received information that Elder Lorenzo Barnes had died in England we received this information by a letter from Elder P. P. Pratt. After reading the letter he addressed the assembly in a vary feeling interesting & edefying manner among many other remarks he said he should have been more reconciled to the death of Elder barnes could his bodey have been laid in the grave in Nauvoo or among the saints, he said he had vary peculiar feelings relative to recieving an honorable burial with his fathers he considered Nauvoo would be a burying place of the saints & should he die he considered it would be a great blessing to be buried with the saints & esspecially to be buried with his father yes he wanted to lie by the side of his father that when the trump of God should sound & the voice of God should say ye saints arise, that when the tomb should birst he could arise from the grave & first salute his father & say O my father, & his father say O my Son!! as they took each other by the heand he wished next to salute his brothers & sisters & then the Saints & he said it was upon this principle that the ancients were so particular to have an honorable burial with their fathers as in the case of Joseph, before his death he made his kindred promise to carry
~ Joseph Smith
May 14, 1843 ~ Sunday 14th Sunday The meeting was opened by singing, & Prayer by w woodruff Then Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second epistle of Peter 1st ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19: vers with som remarks ad[d] to your faith knowledge &c. The principle of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned. The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the kno- wledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death
~ Joseph Smith
May 14, 1843 ~ Sunday 14th Sunday The meeting was opened by singing, & Prayer by w woodruff Then Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second epistle of Peter 1st ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19: vers with som remarks ad[d] to your faith knowledge &c. The principle of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned. The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the kno- wledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death perhaps there are principle here that few men have thought of. No power ^person^ can have this Salvation except through a tabernacle
~ Joseph Smith
Now their is some grand secrett here & keys to unlock the subject. Notwithstanding the Apostle exhorts them to make their calling add to their faith virtue, knowledge temperance &c yet he exhorts them to make their calling & election shure & though they had herd the audible voice from heaven bearing testimony that Jesus was the son of God yet he says we have a more sure word of Prophecy whare unto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light shining in a dark place. Now wharein could they have a more sure word of prophecy
~ Joseph Smith
Now for the secret & grand [FIGURE] key, though they might hear the voice of God & know that Jesus was the son of God this woudd be no evidence that their election & calling & election was made shure that they had part with Christ & was a Joint heir with him, they then would want that more sure word of Prophecy that they were sealed in the heavens & had the promise of eternal live in the kingdom of God then having this promise sealed unto them it was as an anchor to the soul sure & steadfast though the thun- ders might roll, & lightnings flash & earthquakes bellow & war gather thick around yet this hope & knowledge would support the soul in evry hour of trial trouble & tribulation Then knowledge through our Lord & savior Jesus Christ is the grand key [FIGURE] that unlocks the glories & misteries of the kingdom of heaven.
~ Joseph Smith
Then I would exhort you to go on & continue to call upon God untill you make your calling & election sure for yourselves by obtaining this more sure word of Prophesey & wait patiently for the promise untill you obtain it
~ Joseph Smith
The way to get along in any important matters was to gather unto yourself wise men experienced & aged men to assist in Council in all times of trouble handsome men are not oft wise & strongminded men but the strength of a strong minded man will create corse features like the rough & strong bough of the oak. You will always discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines of his features sumthing of the mind of the man
~ Joseph Smith
The inhabitants of this continant anciently were so constituted & were so determined & persevering either in righteousness or wickedness that God visited them immediately either with great Judgments or blessings.
~ Joseph Smith
The Saints need not think because I am familiar with them & am playful & cheerful that I am ignorant of what is going on inipuity cannot be retained in the Church of any kind & it will not fare well whare I am for I am determined while I do lead the Church to lead them right
~ Joseph Smith
June 1st 1843 The quorum of the Twelve met in Council at President J Smith Store to make some arangments to start on their mission to collect funds for the Nauvoo House & temple we each one of us bound ourselves under bonds of two thousands Dollars for the faithful performance of our duty in making strict returns of all property put into our hands to the trustees in trust, Elder Aaron Johnson was my Bondsman,, President Joseph Smith gave me the following letter of commendation Elder Wilford Woodruff Letter of Commendation To all Saints and honourable men of the earth Greetings, Dear Brethren & friends I Joseph Smith a servant of the Lord and Trustee in trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do hereby certify that the bearer hereof Wilford Woodruff an Elder and one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has deposited with me his bond and security to my full satisfaction according to the resolution of the Conference held in this City on the 6th day of April last He therefore is recommended to all Saints & honorable people as a legal agent to collect funds for the purpose of building the Nauvoo house and Temple of the Lord Confident that he will honor this high trust as well as fulfill ardently fulfill
~ Joseph Smith
He then asked what was the object of Gathering the Jews together or the people of God in any age of the world, the main object was to build unto the
~ Wilford Woodruff
If a man gets the fulness of God he has to get [it] in the same way that Jesus Christ obta- ined it & that was by keeping all the ordin- ances of the house of the Lord.
~ Joseph Smith
Men will say I will never forsake you but will stand by you at all times but the moment you teach them some of the mysteries of God that are retained in the heavens and are to be revealed to the children of men when they are prepared, They will be the first to stone you & put you to death. It was the same principle that crusified the Lord Jesus Christ.
~ Joseph Smith
I will say sumthing about the Spirits in prision, theire has been much said about the sayings of Jesus on the cross to the thief saying this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. The commentators
~ Joseph Smith
The doctrin of Baptism for the dead is clearly shown in the new testament & if the doctrin is not good then throw away the new testa ment but if it is the word of God then let the doctrin be acknowledged & it was one reason why Jesus said how oft would I have gatherd you (the Jews) together that they might attend to the ordinance of the baptism for the dead as well as the other ordinances the Priesthood
~ Joseph Smith
Their has been also much said about the word Hell & the sectarian world have preached much about it but what is hell, it is annother modern term it is taken from hades, the greek or shaole, the (hebrew) & the true sig- nification is a world of spirits, Hades shaole paradise, spirits in prision is all one it is a world of spirits, the righteous & the wicked all go to the same world of spirits
~ Joseph Smith
St Paul informs us of three glories & three heavens he knew a man caught up to the third heavens, & Jesus said their were many mansions in my Fathers kingdom.
~ Joseph Smith
A man of God should be endowed with all wisdom knowledge & understanding in order to teach & lead people. The blind may lead the blind & both fall into the deatch together;
~ Joseph Smith
Peter says that Jesus Christ sat on the right hand of God any person that has seen the heavens opened knows that their is three personages in the heavens holding
~ Joseph Smith
But to the text why gather the people together in this place for the same purpose that Jesus wanted to gather the Jews, to receive the ordinances, the blessings & the glories that God has in store for his Saints. And I would now ask this assembly and all the Saints if they will now build this house & receive the ordinances & blessings which God has in store for you, or will you not build unto the Lord this house & let him pass by & bestow these blessings upon another I pause for a reply
~ Joseph Smith
When will Missouri cease her ungodly persecutions against President Joseph Smith & the Saints O Lord hasten the day when the blood of Saints shall not cry from the ground in vain & when the Prophets of God shall not have to flee from the ha[n]d v I of the wicked persecutor & oppresser
~ Wilford Woodruff
June 25, 1843 ~ Sunday 25 June Sunday I attended meeting at 10 clock in the morning & Brother Lyman wight (who had Just returned from a mission in the east) arose & addressed the meeting at full length from the 13 ch of 1st Corinth dwelt largely upon Charity show- ing what Charity was that it was far greater than faith & hope. He took grounds to prove that Charity consisted in doing that for others which they could not do for them- selves for instance Jesus Christ died to Redeem the world, the world could not Redeem itself this is Charity, if our fore fathers & Mothers & kindred have died without the gospel, & we embrace the gospel in our day & generation & can redeem our relatives By being Baptized for them they being dead that they may have part in the first resurrection, should we do this it would be Charity
~ Lyman Wight
Be not the aggressor bear untill they strike on the one cheek offer the other & they will be sure to strike that, then defend yourselves & God shall bear you off.
~ Joseph Smith
as often as God sees fit for me to suffer I am ready
~ Joseph Smith
Again the first Principle of our cause & work is to understand that their is a prophet in the Church & that he is at the head of the Church on Earth. who called Joseph Smith to be a prophet? Did the people or God. God & not the people called him, had the people gatherd together & appointed one of their number to be a Prophet he would have been accountable to the people but inasmuch as he was called of God & not the people he is accountab[le] to God & the Angel that committed the Gospel to him & not to any man on earth.
~ Wilford Woodruff
Why do the people oppose the gifts & graces. If a man can get faith by the power of God & the gift of the Holy Gost so as to lay hands upon his wife & children or friends when they lie sick & languishing nigh unto death & command the fever, or disease, or the power of the destroyer, or even death itself to depart to cease its work, to be still & the person is relieved I ask what harm is their in all this, or if a man by faith & humility before God can get the testimony of Jesus Christ & prophecy of things to come or speak in tongues or cast out devils, I ask what harm in all this, does it do any harm No it does not.
~ Brigham Young
who is the Author of this work & gathering, Josephs Smith the Prophet of God as an instrument in the hands of God is the Author of it, he is the greatest man on earth No other man of this age has power to assemble such a great people from all the Nations of the earth with all their varied dispositions as assimulate them & cement them together so that they will be subject to rule & order this the Prophet is doing & what makes a great king President or man is to have a great People to rule over.
~ Brigham Young
I would like to have all people bow down to the Lord Jesus Christ but it is one of the decrees of the Lord that all
~ Wilford Woodruff
Many Elders seek to build them- selves up & not the work of God. But when any one does this no matter who he may be he will not prosper even if it was one of the Twelve
~ Wilford Woodruff
Be faithful or you will not be chosen for the day of chosing is at the door, why be afraid of a sacrafice I have given my all many times & am willing to do it again. I would be glad to hear the Lord say through m his servant Joseph, let my servant Brigham give again all that he has. I would obey in a moment if it took the last coat of[f] from my Back
~ Brigham Young
according to the Testimony of the scriptures in all ages of the world whenever God was abot to Bring a Judgment upon the world or accomplish any great work, the first thing the Lord has done has been to raise up a Prophet & reveal unto him his secrets & send him to warn the people, that they may be left without excuse
~ Wilford Woodruff
And as the Lord has done in other ages, so he has done now he has raised up a Prophet & ^is^ revealing unto him his secrets & through that Prophet He has brought to light the fullness of the everlasting gospel to the present generation, & is again once more for the last time esstablishing his church upon the foundation of the Ancient Apostles & Prophets Christ Jesus Being the chief corner stone
~ Wilford Woodruff
The Lord has raised up servents & sent into the vineyard to prune the vineyard once more for the last time, to Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to warn the Nations that they may be left without excuse in the day of their visitation & to gather the honest in heart & the meek of the earth that Zion may be built up & the Prophets fulfilled;
~ Wilford Woodruff
one of the secrets that God has revealed unto his Prophet in these days is the Book of Mormon, & it was a secret to the whole world untill it was revealed unto Joseph Smith, home [whom] God has raised up as a Prophet Seer & Revelator unto his people.
~ Wilford Woodruff
the stick of Joseph in the hands of Ephraim will as truly be fulfilled as those contained in the Bible the stick & record of Judah, & Both of these records contained Prophesys of Great import, concerning the gentile nations & esspecially this land & nation which are not yet fulfilled, but must shortly come to pass, yea its fulfillments is nigh even at the door
~ Wilford Woodruff
Will not God in like manner as truly & faithfully bring to pass those great, important and tremendious events upon the heads of the gentile world which have been proclaimed by the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, & many of the Holy Prophets & Christ & the Apostles
~ Wilford Woodruff
Jesus Presents a parable of the Fig tree that when we see the signs in the sun, moon moon stars, heavens & earth of which he spoke we might know that his coming is near that the generation in which those signs appeared should not pass away untill all should be fulfilled. Though Heaven & earth should pass away his words should not pass away but should all be fulfilled
~ Wilford Woodruff
Those things are about to come to pass upon the heads of the present generation notwithsta- nding they are not looking for it neither do they believe it yet their unbelief will not make the truth of God without effect, the signs are appearing in the heavens & on the earth and all things indicate the fulfillment of th Prophets the figtree is leaving summer is nigh. And the Lord has sent his angels to lay the foundation of this great and important work, then why should not God reveal his secrets unto his servents the Prophets that the Saints might be led in paths of safety that they may escape those evils that are about to engulf a whole genera- tion in ruin
~ Wilford Woodruff
17th A cold day among the mountains we had a slight squal of hail or snow [FIGURE] I have been for the last two days reading Stephens works & travels in Yu Yucatan his second work I red his first work on my Journey to Nauvoo with
~ Wilford Woodruff
19th This was one of the awful, fearful, dangerous, exciting, affecting, grand, sublime, and interesting, days Journey I ever took in my life. Our boat was drawn out of the canal on cars prepared to run on the railroad to convey us over the Allegany mountain which is a novel scene indeed to see a canal boat taken apart into 4 sections loaded with freight & passengers & hoisted on a rail road by inclin plains into the air 1500 feet over the highest mountains & then desend into the valley below in the same way & evry rod is attended with the greatest danger & what adds dread to the
~ Wilford Woodruff
is having carless men in attendance who seem indiferent bothe to their business & the lives of men, which was apparent during this days scene at least But to the detail. Horses was hiched to our cars drew us four miles & a half then we come to the first incline plaine which we had to rise two cars wer fassened at the top of the plain to the same rope that ours was fassened to at the bottom, the engine was stationed in a build- ing at the top of the plain that drew the cars up & down when all was ready the signal was given by raising a red flag the engine was put in operation & the cars started, this Plain was a half a mile long & raised 180 feet we went up in 2 minutes, & I was truly thankful to reach the top for had the rope broak or fastning untied we should have rolled back to the bottom with a tremen- dious crash, we were then carried on to Plaine No. 2, which raised 125 [feet] in half a mile our boat rocked badly while going up but No accident hapened. we then continued on a level untill we came to the incline plane No 3. this was one mile & a quartr long & raised 320 feet which we went up in 4 minutes before we reached the top the safty car that was attached to our boat was flung from the track which draged many rods & flung the roap of the wheels for 10 or 12 rods I made a signal to the engeneer who stoped & it was replaced, here again we were in danger of breaking the rope which would have sent us back down the mountain more than a mile or turned us
~ Wilford Woodruff
over into the yauning gulf below in eith[er] case we would have been dashed to atoms my hare rose on my head, but having got all things ready we proceded on to plane No 4. 3/4 of a mile long & assended 265 feet we rose this in 3 min but it looked awful to be thus suspended almost in the air with such a wait lives and freight depending upon an not, a twine, a rope a pin an engine, care of a man either of which should give way all would be dashed to atoms unless saved by miracle. we next continued onto plain No 5. 3/4 of a mile long 280 feet rise we were carried up this also in 3 minutes, which brought us on to the summit of the Allegany mountains. The whole 5 incline plains on our assending the mountain are four miles in length which raises us perpendicular 1,170 feet & I felt thankful to God that I was on the top of the mountain alive but we had got to desend in the same way that we assended, we run on the top of the mountain about 5 miles & then began to desend we found snow on the top of the mountain & it was exeeding cold we had 6 incline planes to desend to get to the bottom of the mountain, the whole of which was attended with equal danger and car[e]lessness as we came upon the brink of one of them the Cars being drawn by horses, the men had left the breakers the conductor seeing the cars coming & about to run onto the Horses He hollowed [hallooed] for the men to break but finding no one at the break ers & the cars approaching the incline plain the team- ster liberated his horses as soon as possible & they Just escaped being run over & the conductor sprung to the breaker himself & with great
~ Wilford Woodruff
I have found by experience that a mans business will not prosper as well when he is absent as present
~ Wilford Woodruff
President Joseph Smith made an address upon the subject which was highly interesting & its tendency was to do away with evry evil & practice virtue & Holiness before the Lord that the church had not received any license from him to commit adultery forni- cation or any such thing but to the contr ary B if any man commit adultery He could not received the celestial kingdom of God even if he was saved in any kingdom it could not be the celestial kingdom
~ Wilford Woodruff
I met with the quorum & conversed upon a variety of subjects among which were the progress of the work of God & the emegration of the Saints, the light blessings & glory that awaiteth Zion & the blessings that approach those who keep the Law of God. Truth & virtue will bring exhaltation to the soul in the security of knowledge
~ Wilford Woodruff
Our sufferings are that we may learn by experiance the prin- ciple of contrast between good and evil. in order to obtain Power never suffer anger to find a seat in your breast [illegible] never get angry at all treat all mildly, govern yourself your passions & it will give you power.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I shall take the broad ground then that if we have or can receive a portion of knowledge from God by immediate revelation by the same source we can receive all knowledge.
~ Joseph Smith
the saints to come up as saviors on mount Zion but how are they to become Saviors on Mount Zion by building their temples erecting their Baptismal fonts & going forth & receiving all the ordinances, baptisms, confirmations, washings anointings ordinations, & sealing powers upon our heads in behalf of all our Progenitors who are dead & redeem them that they may come forth in the first resurrection & be exhalted to thrones of glory with us, & herein is the chain that binds the hearts of the fathers to the children, & the children to the Fathers which fulfills the mission of Elijah
~ Wilford Woodruff
the saints have none to much time to save & redeem their dead, & gather together their living relatives that they may be saved also, before the earth will be smitten & the consumption decreed falls upon the world & I would advise all the saints to go to with their might & gather together all their living relatives to this place that they may be sealed & saved that they may be prepared against the day that the destroying angel goes forth & if the whole Church should go to with all their might to save their dead seal their posterity & gather their living friends & spend none of their time in behalf of the world they would hardly get through before night would come when no man could work
~ Wilford Woodruff
But their has been a great difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation it has been like splitting hemlock knots with a corn doger for a wedge & a pumpkin for a beetle; even the saints are slow to understand I have tried for a number of years to get the minds of the saints prepared to recieve the things of God, but we freequently see some of them after suffering all they have for the work of God will fly to peaces like glass as soon as any thing comes that is contrary to their traditions, they cannot stand the fire all at all. How many will be able to abide a celestial law & go through & recieve their exhaltation I am unable to say but many are called & few are chosen
~ Wilford Woodruff
Uppose this work & it will roll over you, when did this work ever stop since it began never. The ownly thing the saints now want to know is what does the Lord want of us & we are ready to do it. Well then build the temple of the Lord keep the law of God ye saints
~ Brigham Young
As to politics I care but little about the Presidential Chair. I would not give half as much for the office as I would for the one I now hold, but as the world have used the power of Goverment to oppress & persecute us it is right for us to use it for the protection of our rights.
~ Joseph Smith
Their is a differance between the spirit & office of Elias & Elijah it is the spirit of Elias I wish first to speak of. And in order to come at the subject I will bring some of the testimony from the scripture & give my own, in the first place suffice it to say I went into the woods to inq wire of the Lord by prayer his will concern- ing me, & I saw an angel & he laid his hands upon my head & ordained me to be a priest after the order of Aaron & to hold the keys of this priesthood which office was to preach repentance & Baptism for the remission of Sins & also to baptise but was informed that this office did not extend to the laying on of hands for the giving of the Holy Ghost that that office was a greater work & was to be given afterwards but that my ordination was a preparetory work or a going before which was the spirit of Elias
~ Joseph Smith
We find the Apostles endowed with greater power than John their office was more under the spirit & power of Elijah than Elias.
~ Joseph Smith
Now for Elijah, the spirit power & calling of Elijah is that ye have power to hold the keys of the revelations ordinances, oricles powers & endow- ments of the fulness of the Melchezedek Priesthood & of the kingdom of God on the Earth & to recieve, obtain & perform all the ordinances belonging to the kingdom of God even unto the sealing of the hearts
~ Joseph Smith
I wish you to understand this subject for it is important & if you will recieve it this is the spirit of Elijah that we redeem our dead & connect ourselves with our fathers which are in heaven & seal up our dead to come forth in the first resurrection & here we want the power of Elijah to seal those who dwell on earth to those which dwell in heaven this is the power of Elijah & the keys
~ Wilford Woodruff
Mesiah is above the spirit & power of Elijah for he made the world & was that spiritual rock unto Moses in the wilderness. Elijah was to come & prepare the way & build up the kingdom before the coming of the great day of the Lord. Although the spirit of Elias might begin it, I have asked of the Lord concerning his Coming & while asking, the Lord gave me a sign & said in the days of Noah I set a bow in the heavens as a sign & token that in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord would not come, but their should be seed time & harvest during that year, but whenever you see the bow withdraw it shall be a token that their shall be famin pestilence & great distress among the nations.
~ Joseph Smith
I have not any doubt but that the apostates will join with the others wicked powers to try to put down the power of God. and I am glad to have the power of the kingdom of God tested & when it is fully tried it will stand, I care not what sacrifice I am called to make for such a kingdom, if its friends, welth or even life at the purchase of such a kingdom it is cheap, did the ancient Apostles, Prophets or Saints who died pay two much for that kingdom they did not.
~ Joseph Smith
Good and righteous men will administer justice & rebuke evil & the church should be clensed from bad men & the Lord will take his own way to clens the Church, we should lift up our voice against wickedness of all kinds, but will the rulers of our land do it no they will not, they will be cowards untill their is no man to fight & then be brave when goverment will not do it some man should take the helm of government that will do it, will it be called treason if the God of heaven should set up a kingdom, may the Lord give you more & more of his spirit light & intelligence untill you are cemented together in union & love Amen
~ Joseph Smith
President Joseph Smith again arose & said In relation to the power over the minds of the mankind which I hold, I would say it is in consequence of the power of truth in the doctrins which I have been an instrument in the hands of God of presenting unto them & not because of any compulsion on my part.
~ Joseph Smith
I ask did I ever exercise any compulsion over any man. did I not give him the liberty of disbelieveing any doctrin I have preached if he saw fit, why do not my enemies strike a blow at the doctrin, they cannot do it, it is truth, And I am as the voice of one crying in the wilderness repent of your sins & prepare the way for the coming of the son of Man, for the kingdom of God has come unto you and henceforth the ax is laid unto the root of the tree, and evry tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, God Almighty (and not Jo Smith) shall hew down & cast it into the fire.)
~ Joseph Smith
Jesus Christ came to save sinners He saves the unworthy. The Lord will offer a man salvation he says he is not worth, but what would you want your son to do if he was unworthy. He should return to his father, so with God. He calls to the world to return by Baptism. He cannot make him self any better, but decid with the mind
~ Wilford Woodruff
A word upon the spirit, this noble decision of the mind causes angels to rejoice in the Heavens for their is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons evry person can do this & no man can do a better work, let no man say they are unworthy.
~ Wilford Woodruff
And you have got to learn how to make yourselves God, king and priest, by going from a small capacity to a great capacity to the resurrection of the dead to dwelling in everlasting burnings. I want you to know the first principle of this law, how cons- oling to the mourner when they part with a friend to know that though they lay down this dody [body] it will rise & dwell with everlasting burnings to be an heir of God & joint heir of Jesus Christ enjoying the same rise exhaltation & glory untill you arive at the station of a God.
~ Wilford Woodruff
God has made provision for evry spirit in the eternal world, and the spirits of our friends should be searched out & saved. Any man that has a friend in eternity can save him if he has not commit the unpardonable sin. He cannot be damned through all eternity, their is a possibility for his escape in a little time.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I had rather hear brethren appear small th[an] large I had rather see a man hold his brother up than pull him down. Preach what will save men the same that converted you will convert them.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I found on my ariveal to Boston puite [quite] an excitemet through the country concerning affairs in Nauvoo & reagions round about saying that the whole country was rising in arms in mob to exterminate the saints most of the inflamatory speaches and excitement was got up by the warsaw message and St Louis papers they desire to exterminate the saints from of the earth, but the work is in the hands of God and he will direct all things aright
~ Wilford Woodruff
^[FIGURE] J S H S At 5 oclock [Insertion written on the side of the page, clarifying the time that Joseph and Hyrum were martyred] ^5 oclok 16 m. 23 sec 5 1/2 at Carthage 6 1/2 at [Rochester] in the evening^ At 5 oclock this day the Prophet Joseph & Patriarch Hiram Smith fell. sealed their testimony with their Blood [FIGURE] They were murdered to appeas the wrath of a gentile mob as Christ was by a Jewish mob. Peace be to thy ashes, the most glorious resurrection to thy bodies and the American gentile nation answer for thy blood before the bar of God, and the murderers pay the price of the Lords anointed^
~ Wilford Woodruff
We feel an anxiety about our families in Nauvoo in consequence of the Persecution that rages in that
~ Wilford Woodruff
[FIGURE] July 9th 1844 I left Scarboro in the morning in company with Father Carter & Elder M. Holmes & rode to Portland, & dined with Ezra Carter & made preperations to take the steam boat in the evening for Thomastown & fox Islands, But about 2 oclok P.M. We obtained the Boston Times of July 9th containing the solumn & awful information of the Death of President Joseph Smith the Prophet Seer & Revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Also the Death of Hiram Smith his brother the Patriarch of Said Church. They were shot dead in Cartha[ge] jail by a company of ^200 men American citizens painted like indians^
~ Wilford Woodruff
But it is my design to night to speak upon the death of the Prophet & Patriarch. Some might think because of the death of the men it would put a stop to the work but not so, when God has sent a men at any time they were opposed by the world, for any gener- ation, that has a prophet of God in their midst they see his weakness as touching human nature & the people are watching for iniquity & they spend all their time talking about any thing they see him do that does not accord with their traditions & tell a great many falshoods about him but entirely forget and overlook all the good he does. It was
~ Wilford Woodruff
Their was to be two Prophets in Jerrusalem slain, for they tormented them. Prophets are always a torment to the People for they tell them the truth, reprove their transgressions speak of the Judgments that are to come, when those prophets were to be slain the people all would rejoice & send Presents to one another because the prophets who had tormented them were slain, but in three days they stood upon their feet & the Joy of their enemies was of short duration. It is so now their is a secret Joy in the hearts of the Priest and many people that the Prophet and Patriarch is murdered and some manifest their joy openly. It is always a dark time Just before day, it is a dark time now but it will soon be light.
~ Orson Hyde
This generation speak much about the clouds and weather they disern the face of the sky but why can they not disern the signs of the times. The fig trees are leaving and all things indicate the second advent of Christ.
~ Orson Hyde
when God sends a man to do a work all the devils in hell cannot kill him untill he gets through his work. So with Joseph He prepared all things gave the keys to men on the earth and said I may be soon taken from you.
~ Brigham Young
He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead.
~ Lyman Wight
For the first time in my life, for the first time in your lives, for the first time in the kingdom of God do I step forth to act in my capacity in connexion with the quorum of the Twelve as Apostles of Jesus Christ unto the People and to bear of the keys of the Kingdom of God in all the world. And for the first time are you called to walk by faith not by sight, for always before you have had a Prophet as the mouth of the Lord to speak to you. but he has sealed his testimony with his Blood.
~ Brigham Young
No man can stand at our head. The Prophet Joseph has lade the foundation for a great work, and we will build upon it.
~ Brigham Young
But I tel you in the name of the Lord, that no man can put another betwen the Twelve and the Prophet Joseph, why because Joseph was their file leader and he has committed into there hands the keys of the kingdom for all the world. dont put a thread between the Priesthood and God
~ Brigham Young
(I had a dream which I will here relate I saw a fruit tree, & I went into the tree in search of fruit. I soon discovered that some of the main branches on ^the^ top g^r^oing from the main body was dead; It seemed necessary to cut off the dead branches in order to save the tree so I told some person to help me cut them off & they steped on to a large green limb they were afraid it would break, so I put my sholder under it & held it up while he cut off the dead branches it cracked the green limb but it did not break. after we cut of[f] the dry limbs the wounds healed up and the tree grew finely) now let us cut of the dead bran ches of the Church that good fruit may grow and the voice will soon be herd go and build Zion and the great Temple of the Lord.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I visited Emma Smith the widow of the prophet she let me have a peace of oak for a Staff [FIGURE] out of the [FIGURE] coffin of the Prophet Joseph who was inhumanly martered in Carthage Ill in company with his brother Hiram. Emma also let me have a Pair of gloves composed of white cotton and Mrs Woodruff a pair cotton hankerchief both of which the Prophet wore while living, we called upon Sister Mary Smith widow of Hiram Smith the Patriarch. She gave us some hair from the head of Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, Samuel Smith, & Don Carloss Smith, all brothers, of the same Parents I also obtained some hair of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day Saints my object was in putting a portion of each in the top of my staff as a relick of those noble men, master spirits of the nineteenth centaury, to hand down to my posterity. to deposit in the most Holy and Sacred place in the Holy temple of GOD. on the consecrated Hill of Zion
~ Wilford Woodruff
Joseph said unto the Twelve upon your sholdiers the kingdom of God must rest in all the world, now round up your sholdiers and bear it
~ Wilford Woodruff
O how sweet are the hours spent in the society of my friends who stand with me in the same covenant of the gospel
~ Wilford Woodruff
wind changed to the east commenced blowing a gale, it was head wind we were drove under bare poles through the day & evening it made us all dreadful sick, the sea was drea vary rough & piled Up like hills. the gale increased untill about 9 oclock in the evening it appeared as though it must tear the yards from the mast. We kneeled before the Lord & Prayed unitedly that the Lord would cause the gale to scease & the wind to change that we might go forward & not backward & in a little time after the wind instantly sceased & finally changed into the South West which gave us fair wind
~ Wilford Woodruff