15th[FIGURES] The Nauvoo Masonic
Lodge was formed esstablished and organized
this day. The p[r]ossession was formed at half
past one oclock at Joseph'sstore & marched in
p[r]ossession to the grove in front of the temple &
organized the lodge & an address was deliverd
by the Grand master of the Masonic Lodge
of Illinois good order prevailed it was judged
their was about 3000 citizens assembled
on the occasion
Received a letter from Br Wedster which
brought information from my fathers house
~ Wednesday
16 I wrote a letter to L R Foster spent day in printing
19 Spent the day in the printing office we struck
off about 500 No of the 10 No 3 vol of Times
& Seasons which contained athe portion of
the Book of Abraham that gave his account of Kolob, Oliblish, God siting upon his Throne
The Earth, other planets & many great & glorious
things as revealed to Abraham through the power of the priesthood. The truths of the Book
of Abraham are truly edifying great & glorious
which are among the rich treasures that are
revealed unto us in the last days
~ Sunday
13th Sunday I spent the day at home with my family
& wrote some in my Journal
15th FIGURES The Nauvoo Masonic
Lodge was formed esstablished and organized
this day. The prossession was formed at half
past one oclock at Joseph'sstore & marched in
prossession to the grove in front of the temple &
organized the lodge & an address was deliverd
by the Grand master of the Masonic Lodge
of Illinois good order prevailed it was judged
their was about 3,000 citizens assembled
on the occasion
[FIGURE] Received a letter from Br Wedster which
brought information from my fathers house
~ Wednesday
16 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to L R Foster spent day in printing
19 Spent the day in the printing Office we struck
off about 500 No of the 10 No 3 vol of Times
& Seasons which contained the portion of
the Book of Abraham that gave his account of
Kolob, Oliblish, God siting upon his Throne
The Earth, other planets & many great & glorious
things as revealed to Abraham through the
power of the priesthood. The truths of the Book
of Abraham are truly edifying great & glorious
which are among the rich treasures that are
revealed unto us in the last days
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," March 13, 1842 - March 19, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/57x