Dec 18, 1875 John TaylorO PrattJ F Smith & W Woodruff to hold
a Conference with the people it commenced on Friday the 17.
we met at the Tabernacle at 10 oclok W Woodruff prayed
several Branches of that Stake of Zion was Represented
by the presiding Bishops Then W Woodruff repaddressed
the Assembly for 45 Minuts Afternoon prayer
by Bishop Farr then Brother Valentyne represented
the Sabbath Schools & day schools were represented
then F D Richards spoke 12 Minuts followed By
Elder O Pratt 50 Minuts & J Taylor 23 M[inutes]
~ Sunday
19 Sunday Met at 10 oclok O Pratt prayed and J F Smith spoke One hour & 10 M[inutes], O Pratt spoke
15 M[inutes]. Afternoon W Woodruff prayed
and John Taylor spoke 64 M[inutes]. we then dismissed
we took supper with Franklin S Richards we
took cars & returned to Salt Lake City 80 M[iles]
~ Monday
20 I went to the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 35 W Woodruff sealed 24 couple
26 Sunday I met with the Twelve in the Evening for prayer
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
27, to 31.0 I spent this week laboring at the farm
~ Friday
31. This is the last day of the year 1875 and the last day
of the Centaury of the American Independance O what a
change has taken place in America during this hundrd
years The population has increased from 8,000,000 to 40,000,000
and wickedness has increased in the Nation in the same ratio
On a following page is a synopsis of my labors in 1875
Dec 18, 1875
John TaylorO PrattJ F Smith & W Woodruff to hold
a Conference with the people it commenced on Friday the 17.
we met at the Tabernacle at 10 oclok W Woodruff prayed
several Branches of that Stake of Zion was Represented
by the presiding Bishops Then W Woodruffaddressed
the Assembly for 45 Minuts Afternoon prayer
by Bishop Farr then Brother Valentyne represented
the Sabbath Schools & day schools were represented
then F D Richards spoke 12 Minuts followed By
Elder O Pratt 50 Minuts & J Taylor 23 Minutes
~ Sunday
19 Sunday Met at 10 oclok O Pratt prayed and
J F Smith spoke One hour & 10 Minutes, O Pratt spoke
15 Minutes. Afternoon W Woodruff prayed
and John Taylor spoke 64 Minutes. we then dismissed
we took supper with Franklin S Richards we
took cars & returned to Salt Lake City 80 Miles
~ Monday
20 I went to the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 35 W Woodruff sealed 24 couple
31. [FIGURE] This is the last day of the year 1875 and the last day
of the Centaury of the American Independance O what a
change has taken place in America during this hundrd
years The population has increased from 8,000,000 to 40,000,000
and wickedness has increased in the Nation in the same ratio
On a following page is a synopsis of my labors in 1875
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," December 19, 1875 - December 31, 1875, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/nrN5