31st Sunday Preached at David Criders to a large congre-
gation & no mobing manifest but I baptized Mr David
Crider amid darkness, blindness, scoffs snears, & the prejudices of ungodly men. We confirmed him in his family {secretly}
2 Took JUDE the beast that I had been riding for the
last year (that belong'd to Br Samuel West) out of
the stable to ride to the Green Hill school house to
attend to an appointment for preaching & found her
verry lame & sick their was many observations relative
to her sickness the final conclusion was that she was poisond
I rode her to meeting & Preached from thence to William
Mcleskey's distance 4 miles which was the last time
that I or any person ever rode this beast spoken of Above
~ Wednesday
3 Arose & found my beast still worse Elder Smoot
went to attend a previous appointment for preaching I
tarried to attend to Jude my sick beast but in a few hours
she fell to the Earth & struggled for about an hour
uncommon for Beast & bDied I opened her & became
convinced for myself it was Poison. Thus ended the
life of Jude a beast who had carried me thousands of
miles to Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also hath carried
other Elders many miles on the same errand I am now
left on foot may I be reconciled to all the Providences
of God while I tabernacle in the flesh
~ Thursday
4 Travled to Br Murphys in 2 1/2 miles of Dresden. 14 mile.
6 Preached at Mr Alexanders and Baptized 2 Broth'r
& Sister Murphy {Brother Murphy was dissatisfied because he had not received
the Holy Ghost as he expected probably looking for a [sign] He was about to renounce the
cause We told him to consider the subject well}
July 28 We herd that a mob was intending to come against us
on Saturday & Sunday
~ Friday
29 Rode to Trenton Gibson County Tenn & returned. 14 miles
~ Saturday
30 Saturday Preached at David Criders on the Book {of} Mormon
~ Sunday
31st Sunday Preached at David Criders to a large congregation & no mobing manifest but I baptized Mr David
Crider amid darkness, blindness, scoffs snears, & the
Prejudices of ungodly men. We confirmed him in his family {[illegible] shorthand}
2 Took JUDE the beast that I had been riding for the
last year (that belong'd to Br Samuel West) out of
the stable to ride to the Green Hill School house to
attend to an appointment for Preaching & found her
verry lame & sick their was many observations relative
to her sickness the final conclusion was that she was poisond
I rode her to meeting & Preached from thence to William
Mcleskey's distance 4 miles which was the last time
that I or any Person ever rode this beast spoken of Above
~ Wednesday
3 Arose & found my beast still worse Elder Smoot
went to attend a previous appointment for Preaching I
tarried to attend to Jude my sick beast but in a few hours
she fell to the Earth & struggled for about an hour
uncommon for Beast & Died I opened her & became
convinced for myself it was Poison. Thus ended the
life of Jude a beast who had carried me thousands of
miles to Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also hath carried
other Elders many miles on the same errand I am now
left on foot may I be reconciled to all the Providences
of God while I tabernacle in the flesh
~ Thursday
4 Travled to Br Murphys in 2 1/2 miles of Dresden. 14 mile.
6 Preached at Mr Alexanders and Baptized 2 Brothr.
& Sister Murphy {Brother Murphy was dissatisfied because he had not received
the Holy Ghost as he expected. Probably looking for a person was not [illegible] the
cause/case. We told him to consider the subject well.}
~ Sunday
7 Sunday Preached at Mr Bowers from 8.9:10:11 chapter
of Romans Spent the night at Mr Bowers no Murphys 5 miles
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," July 28, 1836 - August 8, 1836, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 24, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/8DL
