With his children, that will hesitate
to stand as a bold witness for the
gospel of Jesus Christ and follow him
through evil as well as good report
and surrender himself a living sac
rifice holy and acceptable unto God
which is his reasonable service.
Believeing it to be benificial to review our
past life And not ownly our privilege
but duty to keep an accurate account
of our procedings. And it is to this
intent that I shall endeavour henceforth
to keep a journal of my travels that
when required I may give an accou
nt of my stewardship
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With his children. that will hesitate
to stand as a bold witness for the
gospel of Jesus Christ and follow him
through evil as well as good report
and surrender himself a living sac
rifice holy and acceptable unto God
which is his reasonable service.
Believeing it to be benificial to review our
past life And not ownly our privilege
but duty to keep an accurate account
of our procedings. And it is to this
intent that I shall endeavour henceforth
to keep a journal of my travels that
when required I may give an accou
nt of my stewardship
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," December 20, 1891, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/NYL