June 23 1894
Our company all went up Box Elder Canyon to Mantua
we there met with a large company of children on parade
And their Parents They filled the Meeting House full and
Myself & councillors addressed them we then went into a
large room & sat down to a rich feast 150 of us as guests
At the close of the feast we addressed the sabbath school
children we then returned to our carriages & drove down
the canyon then up onto the bench containing the
waterworks for the city below which was vary
interesting we went to the Theater in the Evening
whare we had quite an Exhibition of Talent
~ Sunday
24 Sunday we Met the Sunday school children in the
Meeting House in the Morning and were addressed
By G. Q. Cannon who questioned them upon upon the
first principles of the gospel & the History of the Church
W Woodruff Addressed them upon the History of the
United States & the wors [wars] thereof, and gave an
account of his Boyhood. Joseph F Smith
Addressed them upon the Gospel of Christ and
gave them good council & advse
In the Afternoon All the Presidency addressed
the Assembly upon the work of God & signs of
the Times. In the Evening 150 of the workers in
the Salt Lake Temple occupied the Body of the Hall
And there were 20 of the Temple workers called
upon who spoke about 5 minuts each & bore
their Testimony of the work of God
~ Saturday
June 23 1894
Our company all went up Box Elder Canyon to Mantua
we there met with a large company of children on parade
And their Parents They filled the Meeting House full and
Myself & councillors addressed them we then went into a
large room & sat down to a rich feast 150 of us as guests
At the close of the feast we addressed the sabbath school
children we then returned to our carriages & drove down
the canyon then up onto the bench containing the
waterworks for the city below which was vary
interesting we went to the Theater in the Evening
whare we had quite an Exhibition of Talent
~ Sunday
24 Sunday we Met the Sunday school children in the
Meeting House in the Morning and were addressed
By G. Q. Cannon who questioned them upon upon the
first principles of the gospel & the History of the Church
W Woodruff Addressed them upon the History of the
United States & the wars thereof, and gave an
account of his Boyhood. Joseph F Smith
Addressed them upon the Gospel of Christ and
gave them good council & advse
In the Afternoon All the Presidency addressed
the Assembly upon the work of God & signs of
the Times. In the Evening 150 of the workers in
the Salt Lake Temple occupied the Body of the Hall
And there were 20 of the Temple workers called
upon who spoke about 5 minuts each & bore
their Testimony of the work of God
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," June 23, 1894 - June 24, 1894, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 10, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wKk1