Oct 4, 1877
Afternoon prayer By W Woodruff D H. Wells spok 50 M[inutes] C C Rich 11 Minuts
~ Friday
Oct 5. [FIGURES] I received Letter & wrote, No 20. I met in
President Youngs office at 9 oclok with Sister Pratt & Zina Young about esstablishing a Medical Colledge for women
Met at 10 oclok in the TabernacleE Snow prayed O Hyde
spoke 22 Minuts E Snow 47 Minuts B Young Jr 25 M[inutes]
Afternoon O Pratt spoke 45 M[inutes], W Woodruff 20 M[inutes]
~ Saturday
Oct 6 1877 [FIGURES] I received 2 letters No 12, I wrote No 19.
I met in general conference this Morning with all the
Quorum of the Twelve John Taylor presiding All the Authorities
of the Church in this country were present Prayer by Joseph
YoungG. Q. Cannon said it was the intention to have read
the report of all the Stakes but the report of all the Stakes was not
handed in but He would read what He had Elder Woodruff
gave An account of his labors in St George from the time
of the dedication of the Temple up till the time He left
From the 9 Jan till the 20 Sept 1877 1877
we Baptized for the living 395 For the Dead 23989
gave Endowments for the Living Males 424, Females 520,
Dead Males 4204 Females 6448 Ordinations For the dead
7 High Priest, Living Elders 264, Dead 4085
sealing of Females to Males Living 356, Dead 3352
sealing of children to parents Living 174, Dead 94
Adoptions Living 25 Dead 28. Second Anointings
Living 179, Dead 130. Elder E Snow then addressed the
Meeting Followed by G. Q. Cannon Afternoon The
Authorities of the Church were presented Begining with the
Oct 4, 1877
Afternoon prayer By W Woodruff D H. Wells spok 50 Minutes
C C Rich 11 Minuts
~ Friday
Oct 5. FIGURES I received Letter & wrote, No 20. I met in
President Youngs office at 9 oclok with Sister Pratt &
Zina Young about esstablishing a Medical Colledge for women
Met at 10 oclok in the TabernacleE Snow prayed O Hyde
spoke 22 Minuts E Snow 47 Minuts B Young Jr 25 Minutes
Afternoon O Pratt spoke 45 Minutes, W Woodruff 20 Minutes
~ Saturday
Oct 6 1877 FIGURES I received 2 letters No 12, I wrote No 19.
I met in general conference this Morning with all the
Quorum of the Twelve John Taylor presiding All the Authorities
of the Church in this country were present Prayer by Joseph
YoungG. Q. Cannon said it was the intention to have read
the report of all the Stakes but the report of all the Stakes was not
handed in but He would read what He had Elder Woodruff
gave An account of his labors in St George from the time
of the dedication of the Temple up till the time He left
From the 9 Jan till the 20 Sept 1877 1877
we Baptized for the living 395 For the Dead 23989
gave Endowments for the Living Males 424, Females 520,
Dead Males 4204 Females 6448 Ordinations For the dead
7 High Priest, Living Elders 264, Dead 4085
sealing of Females to Males Living 356, Dead 3352
sealing of children to parents Living 174, Dead 94
Adoptions Living 25 Dead 28. Second Anointings
Living 179, Dead 130. Elder E Snow then addressed the
Meeting Followed by G. Q. Cannon Afternoon The
Authorities of the Church were presented Begining with the
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," October 5, 1877 - October 6, 1877, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/L80X