were neither contending nor receievi-
ng the faith once delivered to the Sain
ts I could not discover the Church
or body of Christ visible among
men I believed the Church of Christ
was in the wilderness and that there had
been a falling away from the pure
and undefiled religion before God [James 1:27]
And I was a looking for the Church
to arise and again to be esstablished
upon the foundation of the ancient
Apostles and Prophets Christ Jesus the
Chief corner stone. [Ephesians 2:20] After remai
ning in this state of mind for near
ly the term of four years I herd a
report circulated on the 29th day of
Dec 1833 that there was to be a
meeting held in the neighbourhood
by a Mormon priest. This meeting
was to be held in the town of Richland
Oswego County New York I had
moved two years previous to this from Connecticut to this place with my
older Brother Azmon Woodruff
were neither contending nor receievi
ng the faith once delivered to the Sain
ts I could not discover the Church
or body of Christ visible among
men. I believed the Church of Christ
was in the wilderness and that there had
been a falling away from the pure
and undefiled religion before God
And I was a looking for the Church
to arise and again to be esstablished
upon the foundation of the ancient
Apostles and Prophets Christ Jesus the
Chief Corner Stone. After remai
ning in this state of mind for near
ly the term of four years I herd a
report circulated on the 29th day of
Dec 1833. that there was to be a
meeting held in the neighbourhood
by a Mormon priest. This meeting
was to be held in the Town of Richland
Oswego County New York. I had
moved two years previous to this from
Connecticut to this place with my
older Brother Azmon Woodruff
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," December 29, 1833, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Pzz