Joseph uttered the feelings of his soul in pain while
viewing the poverty & afflictions of Ephraim or
the Saints in Kirtland at least that fals brethren
should be whited walls & bring perrils upon the
Saints. Joseph is as a father to Ephraim & to all
Israel in these last days, he mourns because
of unbelief & the negligence manifest with ma
ny who have receieved the gospel in obeying
the commands of God he fears lest ^but^ few
be left to receieve an inheritance. There is
not a greater man than Joseph standing in
this generation. The gentiles look upon him
& he is to them like bed of Gold conceled
from human view: they know not his prin
ciple, his spirit, his wisdom, virtue, phylanthr
opy, nor his calling. His mind like Enochs
swells wide as eternity Nothing short of a
God can comprehend his soul
April 10, 1837 ~ Monday
April 10th I wrote two letters to the land
of Zion one to Elder A. O. Smoot & the
other to Elder Alexander
A conference of Elders to be held at Mane Aug 12th & 13th AD 1837. on Saturday & Sunday
My first acquaintance with Miss Phebe W. Carter was
on the eve of the 28th of Jany 1837 at which time I
was introduc'd to her at Elder Milliken's by the politeness
of Elder M. Holmes after two & half months acquai-
ntance we were joined in Matrimony the account of
which will be found in on the following pages
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," April 10, 1837, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 1, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0Rv
