the river & Baptized all that came unto him &
I considered it my privilege to be Baptized for
the remission of my sins for I had not been
since I first Joined the Church in 1833 I was
then Baptized under the hands of Elder Zerah
Pulsipher therefore I went forth into the river
& was Baptized under the hands of
JOSEPH THE SEER & likewise did Elder J Taylor & many others & Joseph called
upon me to assist him & I did so & went in &
Baptized 12, & then Joseph lifted up his hands
to heaven & blessed the people & the spirit of God
rested upon the congregation we then again
repaired to the place of meeting near the Temple &
Elder Taylor & myself was confirmed by
the laying on of hands we then commenced
confirming others who had been baptized I
confirmed about 20. Some remarks were made
by Gen Bennett & Elder Taylor & the meeting
closed.
Elder L. Wight has just landed in Nauvoo with
about 170 Saints mostly from England & about
$3000 dollars worth of Goods for the benefit of
the Nauvoo House & Temple. the Temple is progressing
well at the present time
29 spent the day in my business in the printing office
except in the morning I sowed some inoions, beets
& peas in my Garden Willford Bleeds much at
the nose which makes him vary week
the river & baptized all that came unto him &
I considered it my privilege to be baptized for
the remission of my sins for I had not been
since I first Joined the Church in 1833 I was
then baptized under the hands of Elder Zerah
Pulsipher therefore I went forth into the river
& was Baptized under the hands of
JOSEPH THE SEER & likewise did Elder
J Taylor & many others & Joseph called
upon me to assist him & I did so & went in &
Baptized 12, & then Joseph lifted up his hands
to heaven & blessed the people & the spirit of God
rested upon the congregation we then again
repaired to the place of meeting near the Temple &
Elder Taylor & myself was confirmed by
the laying on of hands we then commenced
confirming others who had been baptized I
confirmed about 20. Some remarks were made
by Gen Bennett & Elder Taylor & the meeting
closed.
Baptized 12 & confirmed 20
~ Monday
28th Willford is still feeble but appears some better
I spent the day at the Printing office
Elder L. Wight has just landed in Nauvoo with
about 170 saints mostly from England & about
$3,000 dollars worth of goods for the benefit of
the Nauvoo House & Temple,, the Temple is progressing
well at the present time
~ Tuesday
[FIGURE]
29 spent the day in my business in the printing office
except in the morning I sowed some inions, beets
& peas in my garden Willford bleeds much at
the nose which makes him vary week
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," March 27, 1842 - April 2, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/1zm
