Wilford Woodruff Papers

was presented to us for an example {God set the law in judgment on Kirtland [3 illegible words]
remember this warning [illegible] judgment must [illegible] the law [illegible] God save many for Christ's sake.}
Spent the past week in school in the Lords house

December 18, 1836 ~ Sunday

18 Sunday I went up to the house of the Lord to worship
Sermon delivered by Elder William Smith Elder Joseph
Young administered the sacrament President Joseph
Smith ^jr solumnized the rights of matrimony. At
candle light I Preached at Mr Daytons & was followed
by Elder Smooth & Nobles

December 19, 1836 ~ Monday to December 20, 1836 ~ Tuesday

19, 20 was spent in school I commenced studying the GREEK
GRAMMER on Monday the 19^th Dec 1836

December 20, 1836 ~ Tuesday

20 At Candle light I repaired to the house of the Lord
for a meeting with the quorum of the Seventies
the third Seventies had been chosen & the business
of this meeting was to organize them & ordain them
but as they were not all present they were not all
ordained or organized their was 27 twenty Seven
of the third Seventy ordained to the High Priesthood
& as members of the third seventy Elder Abram
O. Smoot was among the number ordained to the
third seventy which fulfilled what I Pronounced
upon his head by the testimony of JESUS on the
30^th of June while in Tenn^e See June 30^th 1836
The above mentioned were ordained under the hands of
Presidents Aldrich, Young, ^&^ Coltrin. We had an inter
esting meeting much of the spirit of Prophecy was poured
out upon those Presidents while ordaining the third Seventy
they Proclaimed great & marvelous things upon
their heads President Young had visions while
Performing this ordinance

December 22, 1836 ~ Thursday

22 I attended Prayer meeting in the house of the Lord at night

December 24, 1836 ~ Saturday

24 Spent the Past week in school

December 25, 1836 ~ Sunday

25 Sunday went up to the house of God to worship
& herd a discours from Brother Samuel Smith Brother
Hiram Smith broak bread which closed the meeting
Elder Smoot was quite sick & healed by the laying on of hands