March 1, 1892
This is my Birth day Through the mercy of God I have
been preserved on the Earth in the flesh to see 85 years
And this has been by the power of God, for there has
been an Evil power following me to Destroy me from
the day of my birth but the power of God has prevailed
to preserve my life untill the present day for which I am
in duty bound to acknowledge the hand of God therein I held a Meeting at my house in the Evening with the
Presidency of the Church & 12 Apostles And the Bishoprick we had a house full I called upon
President Joseph F. Smith And He offered up prayer
& Dedicated the House & all its surrounding unto the
Lord. we had supper & music & speeches untill 11 oclok
& then the company Departed I went to bed at 12 o'clok
~ Wednesday
2nd I met with the Bank Board And had an interview
with Apostle John W Taylor about Land in Canida
He had bought of the Rail Road Company [blank] Acres
I bought with him 10000 Acres for myself & 10000
Acres for G. Q. Cannon & 10000 Acres for Joseph F. Smith we Made a Donation to the Onida Stake Academy
of $3,700 in tithing produce
~ Thursday
3rd. I met with the State Board of Education I met with
the Board at the Templeton had dinner & speeches
were made, in behalf of Karl G Maeser as the
superintendent of the church schools we had a party
of young people at our house untill a late hour
March 1, 1892
This is my Birth day Through the mercy of God I have
been preserved on the Earth in the flesh to see 85 years
And this has been by the power of God, for there has
been an Evil power following me to Destroy me from
the day of my birth but the power of God has prevailed
to preserve my life untill the present day for which I am
in duty bound to acknowledge the hand of God therein
[FIGURE] I held a Meeting at my house in the Evening with the
Presidency of the Church & 12 Apostles And the
Bishoprick we had a house full I called upon
President Joseph F. Smith And He offered up prayer
& Dedicated the House & all its surrounding unto the
Lord. we had supper & music & speeches untill 11 oclok
& then the company Departed I went to bed at 12 o'clok
~ Wednesday
2nd I met with the Bank Board And had an interview
with Apostle John W Taylor about Land in Canida
He had bought of the Rail Road Company [blank] Acres
I bought with him 10000 Acres for myself & 10000
Acres for G. Q. Cannon & 10000 Acres for Joseph F. Smith
[FIGURE] we Made a Donation to the Onida Stake Academy
of $3,700 in tithing produce
~ Thursday
3rd. I met with the State Board of Education I met with
the Board at the Templeton had dinner & speeches
were made, in behalf of Karl G Maeser as the
superintendent of the church schools we had a party
of young people at our house untill a late hour
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," March 1, 1892 - March 4, 1892, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 6, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/r2JB