that when men speak as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost it is the word of the Lord & Revelation," I have Received a
Revelation and a commandment From the Lord which I have
not revealed to any man which I shall reveal to this assembly
and the command of the Lord I shall give to this people which is this The
Lord has revealed to me that there are many in the Church wh feel
badly tried about the Manifesto [Official Declaration 1] and also about the Testimony of the
Presidency & Apostles before the Master in chancery the Lord has com-
manded me to put the following question to the Saints and
those who will give Attention to it shall have the Holy Ghost to be
with them to inspire them to Answer that question for themselves
and the Lord has promised that the Answer will be to all alike
The question is this, which is the wisest course for the latter
Day Saints to persue, to continue to attempt to practice plural
Marriage with the Laws of the Nation against it and the
opposition of 60000000 of people and at the cost of confiscation
and loss of all the Temples and the stoping of all the ordinances
therein both for the living & the Dead And the imprisinment
of the first of the First Presidency and Twelve and the leaders
or heads of family in the Church And the confiscation
of the personal property of the People (All of which of them-
selve would stop the CPractice Finished on Nov 5th.
~ Monday
26 At 3 oclok I went to the cars and left at 3:30 for Salt Lake arived at Salt Lake at 8 oclok 60 Mile
that when men speak as they are moved upon by the
Holy Ghost it is the word of the Lord & Revelation," I have Received a
Revelation and a commandment From the Lord which I have
not revealed to any man which I shall reveal to this assembly
and the command of the Lord I shall give to this people which is this The
Lord has revealed to me that there are many in the Church wh feel
badly tried about the Manifesto and also about the Testimony of the
Presidency & Apostles before the Master in chancery the Lord has commanded me to put the following question to the Saints and
those who will give Attention to it shall have the Holy Ghost to be
with them to inspire them to Answer that question for themselves
and the Lord has promised that the Answer will be to all alike
The question is this, which is the wisest course for the latter
Day Saints to persue, to continue to attempt to practice plural
Marriage with the Laws of the Nation against it and the
opposition of 60000000 of people and at the cost of confiscation
and loss of all the Temples and the stoping of all the ordinances
therein both for the living & the Dead And the imprisinment
of the first of the First Presidency and Twelve and the leaders
or heads of family in the Church And the confiscation
of the personal property of the People (All of which of themselve would stop thePractice Finished on Nov 5th.
~ Monday
26 At 3 oclok I went to the cars and left at 3:30 for
Salt Lake arived at Salt Lake at 8 oclok 60 Mile
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," October 25, 1891 - October 27, 1891, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 1, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Vv4B