April 30th 1888
I rode to Orson Arnolds, & spent the day. I signed
16 Recommends. I received 16 Letters I wrote 45 Letters
to Jaques, Emma, Romney, & Johnson, & Ira Hatch. I met with May 1.[FIGURE] the Twelve or 6 of them & staid till midnight
we were informed that Erastus Snow was danger-
ously sick with Kidney disease
~ Tuesday
May 1. I signed 8 Recommends I received
10 Letters I wrote 10 Letters I wrote 6 public
Letters I spent the day at Brother Arnolds
~ Wednesday
2nd I signed 21 Recommends I received 13 Letters
I wrote 2 Letters I spent the day in council we had
a report from A. F. McDonald spoke of his mission
with F. M. Lyman in Mexico &c Erastus Snow is
better to day I returned in the Evening to Br Arnolds
~ Thursday
3 I signed 18 Recommends. I received 15 Letters
I wrote ^2^ Letters to D. D McArthur of St Georg and
sent 3 Photographs to McArthurD. H. Cannon & F M Farnsworth
I wrote to Jaques. In company with F D RichardsG Q Cannon
& several Brethren I visited Erastus Snow who was
considered almost in a Dying condition G Q Cannon
Anointed him & we laid hands upon him and I
was Mouth and I rebuked the power of Death and the
Destroyer and commanded it to Depart from him in
the Name of the Lord
FIGURES April 30th 1888
I rode to Orson Arnolds, & spent the day. I signed
16 Recommends. I received 16 Letters I wrote5 Letters
to Jaques, Emma, Romney, & Johnson, & Ira Hatch. I met with
[FIGURE] the Twelve or 6 of them & staid till midnight
we were informed that Erastus Snow was dangerously sick with Kidney disease
~ Tuesday
May 1. [FIGURE] I signed 8 Recommends I received
10 Letters I wrote 10 Letters I wrote 6 public
Letters I spent the day at Brother Arnolds
~ Wednesday
2nd [FIGURE] I signed 21 Recommends I received 13 Letters
I wrote 2 Letters I spent the day in council we had
a report from A. F. McDonald spoke of his mission
with F. M. Lyman in Mexico &c Erastus Snow is
better to day I returned in the Evening to Br Arnolds
~ Thursday
3 [FIGURE] I signed 18 Recommends. I received 15 Letters
I wrote 2 Letters to D. D McArthur of St Georg and
sent 3 Photographs to McArthurD. H. Cannon & F M Farnsworth
I wrote to Jaques. In company with F D RichardsG Q Cannon
& several Brethren I visited Erastus Snow who was
considered almost in a Dying condition G Q Cannon
Anointed him & we laid hands upon him and I
was Mouth and I rebuked the power of Death and the
Destroyer and commanded it to Depart from him in
the Name of the Lord
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," April 30, 1888 - May 4, 1888, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 9, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/GM65