24 I spent the day geting out manure upon my
garden & I laboured so hard it made [me] sick I could
not rest at night Br & Sister Benbow spent the night
with me or evening rather
~ Friday
25thWillford Owen met with a sad accident
this day he drank a strong lye by accident
& came near killing him it eat his lungs throat &
mouth vary bad we were fearful he would not
recover if he follows my footsteps he will have
many hard accidents to pass through in life for
I have been vary unfortunet in my childhood &
youth, in breaking my bones & run many hair bredth escape
27 ^Sunday^ [FIGURE] This was an interesting day A
large assembly met in the grove near the Temple
Br Amisa Lyman addressed the assembly & made
many interesting remarks. He was followed by Joseph the Seer who made some edifying remarks
concerning Baptism for the dead. He said the Bible
supported the doctrin, "why are ye Baptized for
the dead if the dead rise not &c" [1 Corinthians 15:29] if their is one word
of the Lord that supports the doctrin ist is enough to mak[e]
it a true doctrin. Again if we can baptize a man in
the Name of the Father of the Son & of the Holy Ghost
for the remission of sins it is just as much our privilege
to act as an agent & be baptized for the remission
of sins for & in behalf of our dead kindred who have not
herd the gospel or fulness of it. After meeting
closed the congregation again assembled upon the
bank of the river & Joseph the Seer went into
H. C. Kimball Baptized abot 40 in the font I assisted
in confirming about 20. It was truly an interesting
day
24 I spent the day geting out manure upon my
garden & I laboured so hard it made me sick I could
not rest at night Br & Sister Benbow spent the night
with me or evening rather
~ Friday
25th [FIGURE] Willford Owen met with a sad accident
this day he drank a strong lye by accident
& came near killing him it eat his lungs throat &
mouth vary bad we were fearful he would not
recover if he follows my footsteps he will have
many hard accidents to pass through in life for
I have been vary unfortunet in my childhood &
youth in breaking my bones & run many hair bredth escape
27 Sunday [FIGURE] This was an interesting day. A
large assembly met in the grove near the Temple
Br Amisa Lyman addressed the assembly & made
many interesting remarks. He was followed by
Joseph the Seer who made some edifying remarks
concerning baptism for the dead. He said the Bible
supported the doctrin, "why are ye baptized for
the dead if the dead rise not &c" if their is one word
of the Lord that supports the doctrin it is enough to make
it a true doctrin. Again if we can baptize a man in
the Name of the Father of the Son & of the Holy Ghost
for the remission of sins it is just as much our privilege
to act as an agent & be baptized for the remission
of sins for & in behalf of our dead kindred who have not
herd the gospel or fulness of it. After meeting
closed the congregation again assembled upon the
bank of the river & Joseph the seer went into
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," March 20, 1842 - March 27, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ZD5