Dec 22, 1879
The NavaJoe Chief head man Garnomanche with some 20
others Lamanites spent the Evening with me & I preached the
Gospel to them. J W Young left us this Evening My Daughter Sylvia was Married to Br Heber Thompson on [blank] Nov 1879
Br Hancock spent the night with me
~ Tuesday
Dec 23. We are having the coldest Blowing snow storm
of the season so far Father Edwards is vary low with the
Lung fever we drew off 3 quarts of water from him at one time to day with the catheter I wrote 2 letters to Phebe & Jaques
~ Wednesday
24 In company with Lot Smith I rode to St Joseph and
held a Meeting. Lot Smith & WW spoke to the People in
the spirit of the Lord we had a good Meeting 25 Miles
~ Thursday
25 We drove to Woodruff & stoped with Brother Hatch
we held a Meeting and Br Lot Smith, Burnham, Hatch
& W Woodruff all spoke & had a good time W. Woodruff
said He di[d] not Believe that any person who lived to see
1890 would not be able to see any United States for
He believed the Union would be broaken by that time
^^ Let the Historian see if He guessed right
~ Friday
26 We drove to Snowflake and spent the night at Jesse N Smiths several
of the brethren called in and we spent the Evening in conversation 25 M[iles]
~ Saturday
27. I met in the quarterly Conference of the Snowflake stake of Zion
at 10 oclok in the morning in the New Meeting House prayer
By L C Burnham, W. Woodruff made a few remarks Bishop Hunt represented Snow Flake ward, L C. Burnham Represented Savoy, And James C Owens, Rush Valley & Woodruff B H Willholm represented Concho, Joseph Cordon represented Walker, J B Jence represented Forest Dale Brother Cluffs branch
Dec 22, 1879
The NavaJoe Chief head man Garnomanche with some 20
others Lamanites spent the Evening with me & I preached the
Gospel to them. J W Young left us this Evening My Daughter
Sylvia was Married to Br Heber Thompson on [blank] Nov 1879
Br Hancock spent the night with me
~ Tuesday
Dec 23. We are having the coldest Blowing snow storm
of the season so far Father Edwards is vary low with the
Lung fever we drew off 3 quarts of water from him at
[FIGURE] one time to day with the catheter I wrote 2 letters to Phebe & Jaques
~ Wednesday
24 In company with Lot Smith I rode to St Joseph and
held a Meeting. Lot Smith & WW spoke to the People in
the spirit of the Lord we had a good Meeting 25 Miles
~ Thursday
25 We drove to Woodruff & stoped with Brother Hatch
we held a Meeting and Br Lot Smith, Burnham, Hatch
& W Woodruff all spoke & had a good time W. Woodruff
said He d not Believe that any person who lived to see
1890 would be able to see any United States for
He believed the Union would be broaken by that time
[FIGURE] Let the Historian see if He guessed right
~ Friday
26 We drove to Snowflake and spent the night at Jesse N Smiths several
of the brethren called in and we spent the Evening in conversation 25 Miles
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," December 23, 1879 - December 27, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed September 1, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/l5L5