Sept 21, 1865
We drove from Harmony to Cedar we had a public dinner ^22 Miles^
& a dance in the Evening
~ Friday
22 We held a Meeting at 10 oclok W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts G A Smith 10, L Snow 51 E. T. Benson Dismissed. Afternoon F D Richards prayed
E T Benson spoke 30 Minuts G. Q. Cannon 20, F D Richards 26, President B Young 13 Minuts. He said that this people are the best people that Ever
dwelt upon the Earth. they have advanced far more in the same
time than the people of Enoch did. G Q Cannon dismissed
we drove to Parawan & spent the night I stoped at C Fremans 20 [miles]
we held a Meeting in the Evening F. D. Richards spoke 47 Minuts
E T Benson 7, G Q Cannon 12. L Snow dismissed
~ Saturday
23rd we drove to Bever & spent the night with John Mathews 35 M[iles].
~ Sunday
24. Sunday We held a Meeting at the Bowery L Snow Prayed
W Woodruff spok 25 Minutes E. T. Benson 35 G Q Cannon 38
W Woodruff Dismissed. Afternoon F D Richards Prayed L Snow
spoke 50 Minuts F. D. Richards 22 G. A. Smith 20, President Young
spoke 40. He spoke his Feelings in great plainness concerning O.
Pratt & his publications He said Orson Pratt would go to Hell. Joseph Smith said he would when Orson said that he would
believe his wife Sarah before he would Joseph Smith. He will go
to Hell as Joseph said. He would sell this people for gold. what would
I give for such an Apostle, not much and yet we hold him in
Fellowship, in the Church. I will also say to those who have taken
the advantage of the Brethren in the South in there poverty and
oppressed them they will go to Hell, and God will bless those
who obey council, have gone south, & done there duty if they are
poor. Whare is the man that has got property by asking the Lord for
it, that when he obtains it asks the Lord for wisdom to dispose of it
I have saved my land warrants so as to secure my land if they
come into Marked. have any of you done the same? He dismissed the M[eeting]
I visited Bartons New Mill the bottom stone runs 340 revolutions
per minuts insted of the top stone He makes from 40 to 45 lb of flour
from a Bushel with the toll out
~ Monday
25 We drove to Cove Creek, Nooned then drove to Corn Creek & ^50 M[iles]^
spent the night with Brother Robinson we held a Meeting E D Woolley
Prayed C. C. Rich spoke 30 Minuts W. Woodruff 35 E D Woolley 19
~ Thursday
Sept 21, 1865
We drove from Harmony to Cedar we had a public dinner 22 Miles
& a dance in the Evening
~ Friday
22 We held a Meeting at 10 oclok W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts G A Smith 10,
L Snow 51 E. T. Benson Dismissed. Afternoon F D Richards prayed
E T Benson spoke 30 Minuts G. Q. Cannon 20, F D Richards 26, President
B Young 13 Minuts. He said that this people are the best people that Ever
dwelt upon the Earth. they have advanced far more in the same
time than the people of Enoch did. G Q Cannon dismissed
we drove to Parawan & spent the night I stoped at C Fremans 20 miles
we held a Meeting in the Evening F. D. Richards spoke 47 Minuts
E T Benson 7, G Q Cannon 12. L Snow dismissed
~ Saturday
23rd we drove to Bever & spent the night with John Mathews 35 Miles.
~ Sunday
24. Sunday We held a Meeting at the Bowery L Snow Prayed
W Woodruff spok 25 Minutes E. T. Benson 35 G Q Cannon 38
W Woodruff Dismissed. Afternoon F D Richards Prayed L Snow
spoke 50 Minuts F. D. Richards 22 G. A. Smith 20, President Young
spoke 40. He spoke his Feelings in great plainness concerning O.
Pratt & his publications He said Orson Pratt would go to Hell.
Joseph Smith said he would when Orson said that he would
believe his wife Sarah before he would Joseph Smith. He will go
to Hell as Joseph said. He would sell this people for gold. what would
I give for such an Apostle, not much and yet we hold him in
Fellowship, in the Church. I will also say to those who have taken
the advantage of the Brethren in the South in there poverty and
oppressed them they will go to Hell, and God will bless those
who obey council, have gone south, & done there duty if they are
poor. Whare is the man that has got property by asking the Lord for
it, that when he obtains it asks the Lord for wisdom to dispose of it
I have saved my land warrants so as to secure my land if they
come into Marked. have any of you done the same? He dismissed the Meeting
I visited Bartons New Mill the bottom stone runs 340 revolutions
per minuts insted of the top stone He makes from 40 to 45 lb of flour
from a Bushel with the toll out
~ Monday
25 We drove to Cove Creek, Nooned then drove to Corn Creek & 50 Miles
spent the night with Brother Robinson we held a Meeting E D Woolley
Prayed C. C. Rich spoke 30 Minuts W. Woodruff 35 E D Woolley 19
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," September 21, 1865 - September 25, 1865, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/RgxO