A Synopsis of Wilford Woodruff Labors in 1893
I spent most of this [year] at my Desk in my office
Attending to the duties of the Presidency which
were various and Extensive. I travelled 3913 Miles
I Attended 8 conference Held 35 Meeting Deliverd 30Dis[courses]
I attended 52 Meetings with the Twelve, and 25 prayer circle
I wrote 72 Letters, Received 56. Blessed 5 children
I paid $1299.80 Taxes and $900 Tithing
I paid $2000 Donation on the Temple in 1893
The greatest Event of 1893 was the Dedication
of the Great Salt Lake Temple Wilford Woodruff
Dedicated it first And attended the first
21 Meetings & through sickness was absent on the
15 & 16. The power of God was Manifest in the
dedication of this Temple & many things revealed
by the power of God to the Presidency of
the Church Near 50 years ago while in the
city of Boston I had a vision of going with the Saints
to the Rocky Mountains Building a Temple And I dedicated it two nights in succession biefore John Taylors Death president Young gave me the Kees of the Temple & told me to go and
Dedicate it which I did
A Synopsis of Wilford Woodruff Labors in 1893
I spent most of this year at my Desk in my office
Attending to the duties of the Presidency which
were various and Extensive. I travelled 3913 Miles
I Attended 8 conference Held 35 Meeting Deliverd 30Discourses
I attended 52 Meetings with the Twelve, and 25 prayer circle
I wrote 72 Letters, Received 56. Blessed 5 children
I paid $1299.80 Taxes and $900 Tithing
I paid $2000 Donation on the Temple in 1893
The greatest Event of 1893 was the Dedication
of the Great Salt Lake Temple Wilford Woodruff
Dedicated it first And attended the first
21 Meetings & through sickness was absent on the
15 & 16. The power of God was Manifest in the
dedication of this Temple & many things revealed
by the power of God to the Presidency of
the Church Near 50 years ago while in the
city of Boston I had a vision of going with the Saints
to the Rocky Mountains Building a Temple And I dedicated it
two nights in succession before John Taylors Death president
Young gave me the Kees of the Temple & told me to go and
Dedicate it which I did
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," December 31, 1893, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 12, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/v8Z0