On the their was a sign in the Moon
the people at Great Marlvern Hills in Herefordshire Eng
took a view of it through their glasses, the appearance
of the moon was ias if it were painted red & while
looking at it one part of it fell in peices & the appearan
ce of a soldier was seen in the moon with a white feath-
er in his cap the Number that was on his cap ^was^ vary plain
& a figure 8 on his shouldier, they saw his firelock &
gun ready for Battle & his dress was clearly seen
On the while the man that
tends the gas lights at the Carpenters Hall was light-
ing the chandaliers for a publick discussion
12 of them burst in peaces Elder O Pratt stood
beside of me at the time, the man said he had
never seen such a thing before, this was to light
the Hall to accomodate Mr Berry who pledged
himself to prove the Book of mormon fals & water
Baptism not essential unto salvation
A Dream. On the I fel asleep & Dreamed I
was at my Fathers house in FarmingtonCon my father
had caught some fish, I thought I would go to fishing
to, I went under the saw mill & the trench was full
of pickerel father shut down the gates & the fish started
to run down stream with the water I run down to
the bottom of the Island jumped into the trench, & caught
a great many large fish with my hands as they came
down. I then went to the mill & Brother Asahel Woodruff
who has been dead two years came & broght many fish
& showed me which he caught in the trengch, we then comm-
enced eating peaches with other friends & talked about
& rejoiced in the glories of IMMORTALITY
"The Rev R. Aitken AM. of London says,
As the prophecies concerning the birth, life, & death, o[f] our
Lord were litterly fulfilled at his first coming,
to the division of his garments and to the casting
of lots upon his vestures so evry prophecy & promise
respecting his Second Coming—throne—kingdom—reign
judgment—power—with the changes predicted in the
world—elements—nature—condition of animals and the
like, shall be literally accomplished." Truth
Una. Kila. Shile. Oshena.
SIGNSINTHELASTDAYS
On the 9th of Aug 1840 their was a sign in the Moon
the people at Great Marlvern Hills in Herefordshire Eng
took a view of it through their glasses, the appearance
of the moon was as if it were painted red & while
looking at it one part of it fell in peices & the appearan
ce of a soldier was seen in the moon with a white feather in his Cap the Number that was on his Cap was vary plain
& a figure 8 on his shouldier, they saw his firelock &
gun ready for Battle & his dress was clearly seen
On the 7th of Octobeb 1840 while the man that
tends the gas lights at the Carpenters Hall was lighting the Chandaliers for a publick discussion
12 of them burst in peaces Elder O Pratt stood
beside of me at the time, the man said he had
never seen such a thing before, this was to light
the Hall to accomodate Mr Berry who pledged
himself to prove the Book of mormon fals & water
Baptism not essential unto Salvation
A Dream. On the 25th of Oct I fel asleep & Dreamed I
was at my Fathers house in FarmingtonCon my father
had Caught some fish, I thought I would go to fishing
to, I went under the saw mill & the trench was full
of pickerel father shut down the gates & the fish started
to run down stream with the water I run down to
the bottom of the Island jumped into the trench, & caught
a great many large fish with my hands as they came
down. I then went to the mill & Brother Asahel Woodruff
who has been dead two years came & broght many fish
& showed me which he caught in the trench, we then commenced eating peaches with other friends & talked about
& rejoiced in the glories of IMMORTALITY
"The Rev R. Aitken AM. of London says,
As the prophecies concerning the birth, life, & death, of our
Lord were litterly fulfilled at his first Coming,
to the division of his garments and to the casting
of lots upon his vestures so evry prophecy & promise
respecting his Second Coming— throne— kingdom— reign
judgment— power— with the changes predicted in the
world— elements— nature— Condition of animals and the
like, shall be literally accomplished." Truth
Una. Kila. Shile. Oshena.
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," August 9, 1840 - October 25, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/1MZ