Feb 17, 1875
^Baldwin^ I preached the funeral sermon of Brother Baldwin of Herefordshire I then went to the Endowment House & we
Baptized 484 persons for the dead D H Wells sealed 51 couple
& W Woodruff 38.
~ Thursday
18 A Daughter of Wm A. Smoot died this
morning at 5 oclok aged 7 years I called upon
them with Emma & visited them
~ Friday
19. [FIGURE] In company with 200 others occupying 4
cars I went to york the Terminus of the Utah Southern
Rail Road to Meet with President's Young & G A Smith
whare we found them in good health & we returned
Back to the City at 4.30 distance 150 M[iles].
21. Sunday I spent the fore noon at the Historians office
in a committee to get up a form for statistics. I met
with my Quorum at Noon, Preached in the afternoon
in the 14 ward, & met with the Presidency & Twelve for
Prayer G. A. Smith & D. H. Wells being present I went to
the 14 ward in the Evening & Herd A Carrington Preach
~ Monday
Feb 22, 1875
This is not ownly the birth day of George Washington But it was ^the^ day when the first couple of Lamanites
were together as man and ^wife^ for time & Eternity at the
Altar in the Endowment House according to the Holy Priesthood
in the last dispensation & fulness of times Wilford Woodruff
sealed at the Altar two couple of Lamanites the first
Feb 17, 1875
[FIGURE] Baldwin I preached the funeral sermon of Brother Baldwin of
Herefordshire I then went to the Endowment House & we
Baptized 484 persons for the dead D H Wells sealed 51 couple
& W Woodruff 38.
~ Thursday
18 [FIGURE] A Daughter of Wm A. Smoot died this
morning at 5 oclok aged 7 years I called upon
them with Emma & visited them
~ Friday
19. [FIGURE] In company with 200 others occupying 4
cars I went to york the Terminus of the Utah Southern
Rail Road to Meet with President's Young & G A Smith
whare we found them in good health & we returned
Back to the City at 4.30 distance 150 Miles.
21. Sunday I spent the fore noon at the Historians office
in a committee to get up a form for statistics. I met
with my Quorum at Noon, Preached in the afternoon
in the 14 ward, & met with the Presidency & Twelve for
Prayer G. A. Smith & D. H. Wells being present I went to
the 14 ward in the Evening & Herd A Carrington Preach
~ Monday
Feb 22, 1875 FIGURES
This is not ownly the birth day of George Washington
[FIGURE] But it was the day when the first couple of Lamanites
were together as man and wife for time & Eternity at the
Altar in the Endowment House according to the Holy Priesthood
in the last dispensation & fulness of times Wilford Woodruff
sealed at the Altar two couple of Lamanites the first
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," February 18, 1875 - February 22, 1875, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qYA7