*to the font & in company with Br C. C. Rich
I Baptized about one hundred for the remis-
sio[n] of sins the healing of the Body & the dead
while Elder Young & others confirmed them as
they came out of the water & Before leaving
I went into the pool & was Baptized for
My GreatGrandfatherJosiah Woodruff
& My Great Grand Mother wife of Josiah Woodruff
making five of my dead relatives which
I have been Baptized for
~ Sunday
8th Sunday I attended meeting with
my whole family a large congregation were
assembled President Rigdon addressed the
assembly upon the subject of Religion his
discourse was much to edification others
followed after meeting many were
Baptized in the font & also in the river
14th Saturday I attended the City Council
through the day It was the most interes-
ting council I ever attended in some respects
I wrote 2 letters to Isaiah Madison to come to Nauvoo. The Twelve had
a council in the evening & silenced Benjamin
Winchester untill he made satisfaction
& discountenanced the council held in Philadelaphyia
~ Sunday
15 Sunday I attended meeting at the grove
Elders L. Wight & B. Young spoke in the fore
part of the day & I addressed the congrega-
tion in the afternoon the first time I had
spoken to the assembly at large for more
than two years. after meeting I went *2
* to the font & in company with Br C. C. Rich
I baptized about one hundred for the remission of sins the healing of the body & the dead
while Elder Young & others confirmed them as
they came out of the water & before leaving
I went into the pool & wasbaptizedfor
My Great Grand father Josiah Woodruff
& My Great Grand Mother wife of Josiah Woodruff
making five of my [FIGURE] dead relatives which
I have been baptized for
~ Sunday
8th Sunday I attended meeting with
my whole family a large congregation were
assembled President Rigdon addressed the
assembly upon the subject of religion his
discourse was much to edification others
followed after meeting many were
baptized in the font & also in the river
14th Saturday I attended the City Council
through the day. It was the most interesting Council I ever attended in some respects
I wrote 2 letters to Isaiah Madison to
[FIGURE] come to Nauvoo. The Twelve had
a Council in the evening & silenced Benjamin
Winchester untill he made satisfaction
& discountenanced the Council held in
Philadelaphia
~ Sunday
15 Sunday I attended meeting at the grove
Elders L. wight & B. Young spoke in the fore
part of the day & I addressed the congregation in the afternoon the first time I had
spoken to the assembly at large for more
than two years, after meeting I went *2
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," May 8, 1842 - May 15, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0mL