The third Book of Willford for 1837 O Lord I ask thee in the name of Jesus Christ thy Son, to look upon thy serveant Willford, who now occupies a place in Kirtland, this first stake of Zion, which thou hast appointed in this last dDispensation, & fulness of times for the gather- ing of thy Saints. O God of Israel, inspire the heart & pen of thy serveant at this time, & hear & answer the Petition which he will put up unto thee at this time, & ...

January 1, 1837 ~ Sunday Jan[uary] 1st 1837. In the morning of this Lord's Day I repar'd to the house of the Lord for worship We herd two discourses deliver'd from the Aearonic stand by Bishop Whitney & counsellor Cahoon they also Broke bread. the latter part of the day was spent in attending to the funeral servises of a child. January 2, 1837 ~ Monday 2nd Spent the Day in school Also the 3rd. I receieved ...

in the name of JESUS CHRIST & that the Lord would give me great Power, Knowledg, & wisdom & faith so that I should heal the sick caus the Blind to see the lame to leap as an heart [hart], the Deaf to hear stop the mouths of Lions & rase the dead to life & waft myself (as did Philip) from River to river from sea to sea & from con- tinant to continant for the purpose of Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ & that ...

January 4, 1837 ~ Wednesday Jan 4th I met in company with the high school of Kirtland in the house of the Lord for the purpose of a public examination it being the last day of the first quarter the examination lasted about three hours then after an intemishsion of one hour we again repaired to the house & herd an interesting lecture deliverd on Education By Professer Haws We have now a vacation of four weeks & the nekt term will them commence January 5, 1837 ...

January 7, 1837 ~ Saturday Jan 6 [7]. Wrote a Letter to Brother Asahel. H Woodruff January 8, 1837 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday Went up to the house of the Lord to worship we had an interesting meeting. their was about fifteen hundred people assembled their was two discourses deliverd from the Aaronic Priesthood one from coun- cellor Knight & the other from Priest Willey Priest Willey had much of the spirit of God in Preaching to the Church after

January 16, 1837 ~ Monday Jan 16th Elder Abram O Smoot was again attacked by the destroyer which brought him upon a bed of Great disstress We immediately called upon the Elders of the Church, viz. Elders O Hide & E ^H C^ Kimble of the twelve & B. Nobles, M. Holmes, & myself of the first Seventy We prayed with & for him & lade hands upon him according to the scriptures & he was immediately ...

January 23, 1837 ~ Monday Jan 23rd As Elder Abram O Smoot hath been much out of health since he hath been in Kirtland he desired to return home into the south country to spend the winter in a warm climate with his friends. I accom- panied him to father Smiths to officeate in the office of a scribe while he receieved his Patriarchal blessing. Accordingly the Patriarch JOSEPH SMITH Sen pronounced his blessing upon his head in the name of the LORD & I wrote ...

January 27, 1837 ~ Friday Jan 27th Wrote a Letter for Elder M. Holmes January 28, 1837 ~ Saturday 28th I attended a court with the quorum of the Seventies to settle a difficulty between Elder Hiram Stratten & I. H. Bishop Elder Holmes and myself was chosen among the counsellors Elder Stratten acknowledg'd his faults & was restored January 29, 1837 ~ Sunday 29th Sunday I met at Elder J. P. Greens at ...

February 19, 1837 ~ Sunday Feb. 19th I repaired to the house of the Lord & stood in the midst of the congregation of the Saints whare I beheld President JOSEPH SMITH Jr arise in the stand & for several hours addressed the Saints in the power of God. Joseph had been absent from Kirtland on bus- iness for the Church, though not half as long as Moses was in the mount, & many were stir'd up in their hearts & some were ...

March 23, 1837 ~ Thursday March 23rd. I repaired to the house of the Lord at an early hour in the morning to spend the day in prayer and fasting with the saints in Kirtland, as this was a day set apart for that purpose. Immediately after entering the house in com- pany with several other Elders, I went within the veil and we bowed down before the Lord in the Aronic stand & offer'd a morning sacrifice, & the spirit of God rested upon us with joy to ...

March 26, 1837 ~ Sunday March 26th Sunday communed with the saints in the fore part of the day. In the latter part, Elder W. Parrish Preached the funeral sermon of Sister Pratt the wife of Elder P. P. P.ratt one of the twelve who died March 25th 1837 March 27, 1837 ~ Monday March 27th I signed $50 fifty Dollars for the building of the house of the Lord in Zion the subscription list was in the hands of Elder Elisha ...

April 3, 1837 ~ Monday April 3rd The day had now arived for preperations for the solumn assembly the Annointing & the endowment of the Elders of Israel or at least for those that were not endowed in Kirtland the strong hold of the daughter of Zion in the spring of 1836 & as I was absent at that time my day is now come & my time at hand for those blessings & I shall record the events of each day of the endowment for the benefit of ...

the hands of President Joseph Young we then assisted President Young in washing our Brethren the Elders much of the spirit of God rested upon us I washed & perfumed the bodies of a number of my Brethren & the interview closed after ^after^ expressing our feelings to each other. We again met together in the quorum of the Sev- enties at the upper part of the Lords house at early candle light to receieve our anointing. The quorums of the Deacons, Teachers, & Priest occupied one apartment the Elders another & the ...

& power to fly through the midst under heaven as Philip travled by the spirit, that I should have power over my enemies & have long life to bring many into the kingdom of God [Acts 8:39] Also that I should have the riches of the earth & that I should have sons & consecrate them priests unto God in Zion & that I should tread upon the ashes of my eniemies in Jackson County they that had sought to take my life & the life of ...

God while nature was hushed in silenced by the sable shades of night. After spending the night in prayer we returned to our homes in the morning intending to spend the day in prayer & fasting for still greater blessings this being upon April 5, 1837 ~ Wednesday April 5th I spent a part of the day in attending the high Council the remainder in writing, prayer, & fasting I again repaired to the upper ^lower^ part of the house of the Lord at 5 oclock PM. with the ...

called the quorums of the seventies into the upper part of the house that they might be by themselves for awhile as theire was some business to be attended to in these quorums before they could procede to the business of the day below. In the first place six of the presidents of the seventies were to leave the Seventies & take a station in the quorum of the travling high priest hood and six other Presidents chosen in their stead I shall not here give the particulars of this change of councillers ...

Amen. & Amen. & Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna. to GOD & the LAMB. Amen. Amen. & Amen. This was repeated as it is written & if ever a shout entered the cabinet of heaven that did & was repeated by angels on high & caused the power of God to rest upon us. (O, ye Priest of Baal. O, ye Gentile religionest O, ye inha- bitants of Babylon possessing the mark of the beast what knowledge have ye of the ordinances or blessings or virtues of the house & Church of God) Great and marvelous ...

the heart & mouth of the prophet JOSEPH whose soul like Enoch's swell^d^ wide as eternity I say such evidences presented in such a forcible manner ought to drive into oblivion every particle of unbelief & dubiety from the mind of the hearers, for such language sentiment principle & spirit cannot flow from darkness. Joseph Smith jr is a prophet of God rised up for the deliverance of Israel as true as my heart now burns within me while I am penning thes lines which is as true as truth itself. President

& many glorious things not now to be named would be bestowed upon the Saints, but all these thing are better imagined than spoken by the children of Jacob President Oliver Cowder followed Hiram Smith & made but few remarks but verry appropriate, he called upon the Elders to keep within the bounds of their knowledge & to let the great miyster- ies of the Kingdom alone for the gentiles had not a knowledge even of the first principles of the gospel. that it was far better to preach ...