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Harold B. Lee Library
Collection Name Millennial Star
Collection Description Church publication for Great Britain.
Collection Number The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
Collection Box Volume 27
Collection Folder Number 11
Collection Page 167-392
Source Link Brigham Young University
Introduction Wilford Woodruff anecdote, shared on Sunday April 2, 1854, from Historian's Office general Church minutes, 1839-1877.
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People

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Count
49 mentions
Scriptural Figure
118 mentions
Scriptural Figure
178 mentions
Scriptural Figure
28 mentions
Scriptural Figure
210 mentions
Scriptural Figure
159 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Alexander Aikman
abt. 1776-1835
38 mentions
11 mentions
Wright Aikman
bef. 1813-aft. 1835
18 mentions

8 mentions
Randolph Alexander
22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879
56 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Betsey Hudson Ames
10 Dec 1793 - 23 Nov 1882
15 mentions
Justus Ames
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Mercy Thompson Andrus
23 Jan 1739 - 6 Sep 1822
10 mentions
Family
28 mentions
5 mentions
Jane Homes Benbow
12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846
55 mentions
1840 British Convert
John Benbow
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
172 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
James Blakesly
18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866
32 mentions
Lilburn Williams Boggs
14 Dec 1796 - 14 Mar 1860
52 mentions
Ira Bond
19 Jan 1798 - 30 Nov 1887
9 mentions
Benjamin Boydston
13 Sep 1776 - 1 Apr 1851
40 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Lindsey Anderson Brady
11 Jun 1811 - 26 Jun 1885
17 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Henry Brown
7 Mar 1808 - 24 Apr 1852
95 mentions
9 mentions
Ezra Carter (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
177 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Joseph Fabyan Carter
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
56 mentions
Family
Sarah Fabyan Carter
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
91 mentions
Family
Simeon D. Carter
7 Jun 1794 - 3 Feb 1869
22 mentions
Family
Ebenezer Waterman Carver
1 Dec 1804 - 8 Jan 1896
37 mentions
Maine Mission
Elijah Cheney
1785-1863
18 mentions
Benjamin Lynn Clapp
19 Aug 1814 - 21 Oct 1865
141 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Timothy Baldwin Clark
15 Mar 1778 - 29 May 1848
26 mentions
William Clayton
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
116 mentions
John Cleveland
21 May 1790 - 24 Nov 1860
11 mentions
Samuel W. Collins
abt. 1803-1871
10 mentions
John Coltrin
1775-1846
29 mentions
7 mentions
Host
Alfred Cordon
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
Anna Hart Cossett
18 May 1783 - 31 Jan 1846
58 mentions
Family
Oliver Cowdery
3 Oct 1806 - 3 Mar 1850
131 mentions
Apostle
Richard B. Cowles
1800-aft. 1837
11 mentions
David Crider
28 Mar 1804 - 25 Sep 1877
18 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
14 mentions
William Stuart Douglass
12 Dec 1799 - 16 Jun 1882
54 mentions
Maine Mission
William Draper
24 Apr 1807 - 28 May 1886
21 mentions
Nathaniel Dyer
abt. 1781-abt. 1848
7 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Elijah Fordham
12 Apr 1798 - 9 Sep 1879
38 mentions
Sarah Brackett Carter Foss
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
Thomas Frazier
aft. 1779-aft.1835
13 mentions
Amasa Frisbie
1770-1821
11 mentions
Family
Elizabeth Woodruff Frisbie
27 Sep 1775 - 9 Feb 1806
16 mentions
Family
Obedience Woodruff Fuller
12 Feb 1755 - 7 Mar 1815
7 mentions
Family
7 mentions
Michel Giraud
1800-bef. 1888
21 mentions
John E. Goodson
abt. 1808-abt. 1892
17 mentions
Jedediah Morgan Grant
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Elisha Hurd Groves
5 Nov 1797 - 29 Dec 1867
27 mentions
Jonathan Harriman Hale
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
151 mentions
Missionary
Samuel Hale
1771- bef. 1841
9 mentions
Adna Thompson Hart
abt. 1797-1839
49 mentions
Family
8 mentions
13 mentions
Elias Higbee
23 Oct 1795 - 8 Jun 1843
22 mentions
Milton Holmes
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Holmes
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
37 mentions
8 mentions
Jonathan Hubble
abt. 1786-aft. 1845
28 mentions
17 mentions
Heman Tilton Hyde
18 Jun 1812 - 26 May 1842
16 mentions
Orson Hyde
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Seth Warren Ingalls
aft. 1790- abt. 1834
17 mentions
Josiah Jackson
abt. 1785-bef. 1838
20 mentions
Benjamin Kent
17 Jun 1798 - 9 Feb 1882
16 mentions
Maine Mission
John Kent
4 Sep 1786 - 4 Mar 1874
16 mentions
Maine Mission
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Thomas Kington
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
48 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
102 mentions
Apostle
Robert Mason
1 Aug 1748 - 5 Feb 1835
32 mentions
George Miller
1794- abt. 1856
38 mentions
10 mentions
Samuel Mulliner
15 Jan 1809 - 25 Feb 1891
34 mentions
Missionary
John Murdock
15 Jul 1792 - 23 Dec 1871
25 mentions
5 mentions
Historical Figure
Gideon J. Newton
28 Jul 1787 - 17 Feb 1859
45 mentions
Maine Mission
Joseph Bates Noble
14 Jan 1810 - 17 Aug 1900
51 mentions
John Edward Page
25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867
123 mentions
Apostle
Warren Farr Parrish
10 Jan 1803 - 3 Jan 1877
186 mentions
Apostle
Edward Partridge
27 Aug 1793 - 27 May 1840
56 mentions
6 mentions
David Wyman Patten
14 Nov 1799 - 25 Oct 1838
140 mentions
Apostle
Albert Petty
10 Aug 1795 - 19 Jun 1869
77 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Robert C. Petty
abt. 1812-1856
34 mentions
21 mentions
Orson Pratt
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Parley Parker Pratt
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Zerah Pulsipher
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872
105 mentions
Willard Richards
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
220 mentions
Albert Perry Rockwood
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
130 mentions
Isaac Russell
1807- aft. 1842
14 mentions
Ruth Daggett Vose Sayers
26 Feb 1808 - 18 Aug 1884
31 mentions
Don Carlos Smith, b. 1816
25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841
49 mentions
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
425 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Joseph Smith (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
134 mentions
Samuel Harrison Smith
13 Mar 1808 - 30 Jul 1844
42 mentions
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon
10 Jul 1804 - 30 Apr 1879
57 mentions
Abraham Owen Smoot
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
John Snider
11 Feb 1800 - 19 Dec 1875
30 mentions
Phebe Amelia Woodruff Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
344 mentions
Family
41 mentions
Cyrus Starrett
21 Feb 1802 - 31 Dec 1879
31 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Abagail Farnham Stone
abt. 1808-bef. 1880
6 mentions
Maine Mission
5 mentions
Nathan Tanner
1815-1910
13 mentions
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1956 mentions
Apostle
Ezra Thayer
1791-1862
16 mentions
Zion's Camp
Daniel Stillwell Thomas
15 Mar 1803 - 27 Jun 1878
59 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Henry Thomas (Jr.)
abt. 1797-1880
35 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Nathaniel Thomas
abt. 1803-1844
73 mentions
Maine Mission
29 mentions
Family
28 mentions
Family
16 mentions
Family
James Foss Townsend
20 Feb 1808 - 2 Apr 1886
91 mentions
12 mentions
Theodore Turley
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
Jesse Turpin
1816-1854
44 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Seth Utley
7 Oct 1789 - 15 Aug 1866
67 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Dwight Webster
13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868
134 mentions
Family
Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Samuel Walker West
30 Mar 1804 - 22 Feb 1873
58 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
10 mentions
Family
44 mentions
Family
David Whitmer
7 Jan 1805 - 25 Jan 1888
51 mentions
Apostle
Lyman Wight
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Frederick Granger Williams
28 Oct 1787 - 10 Oct 1842
41 mentions
10 mentions
Host
Matthew Williams
abt. 1797 - unk.
5 mentions
14 mentions
Host
32 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Stephen Winchester, b. 1795
8 May 1795 - 1 Jan 1873
9 mentions
Apostle
17 mentions
Family
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Appleton Woodruff
24 Mar 1736 - 13 Apr 1807
10 mentions
Family
Asahel Hart Woodruff, b. 1814
11 Apr 1814 - 18 Oct 1838
219 mentions
Family
Azmon Woodruff, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
364 mentions
Family
Azubah Hart Woodruff
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
269 mentions
Family
Bulah Thompson Woodruff
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
76 mentions
Family
Dinah Woodford Woodruff
1 Mar 1754 - 12 Jun 1825
23 mentions
Family
39 mentions
Family
Eldad Woodruff, b. 1773
14 Sep 1773 - 3 Aug 1827
17 mentions
Family
Elisha Woodruff
abt. 1749-1813
5 mentions
Family
Franklin Woodruff
11 Mar 1815 - 1 Jun 1816
12 mentions
Family
Hannah Day Hart Woodruff
20 Mar 1799 - 26 Dec 1887
63 mentions
Family
John Woodruff
15 Oct 1818 - 17 Sep 1886
26 mentions
Family
Joseph Woodruff, b. 1752
10 Feb 1752 - 31 Jul 1811
7 mentions
Family
Josiah Woodruff, b. 1706
18 Aug 1706 - 8 May 1789
26 mentions
Family
9 mentions
Family
12 mentions
Family
13 mentions
Family
Louisa Alling Woodruff
11 Jun 1785 - 15 Mar 1873
11 mentions
Family
Nancy Case Woodruff
24 Jul 1783 - 17 Apr 1839
9 mentions
Family
12 mentions
Family
Ozem Thompson Woodruff
22 Dec 1804 - 28 Dec 1893
221 mentions
Family
Ozem Woodruff, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
160 mentions
Family
Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
Family
Phebe Woodruff, b. 1758
9 Apr 1758 - 27 Jul 1830
7 mentions
Family
Philo Woodruff
29 Nov 1811 - 25 Nov 1827
21 mentions
Family
Samuel G. Woodruff
3 Dec 1777 - 15 Dec 1869
19 mentions
Family
Sarah Emma Woodruff
14 Jul 1838 - 17 Jul 1840
165 mentions
Family
Sarah Woodford Woodruff
4 Jun 1714 - 28 Nov 1790
19 mentions
Family
Seth Woodruff
15 Dec 1822 - 30 Jun 1900
25 mentions
Family
Titus Woodruff
30 Apr 1782 - 30 May 1864
38 mentions
Family
Wilford Woodruff (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family
Alexander Wright
27 Jan 1804 - 3 Aug 1876
19 mentions
Brigham Young
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Joseph Young
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions

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When I closed, Mr. Randolph Alex- ander, who had never heard a "Mor- mon" Elder speak before, said, the people of the present day made him think of a pen of hogs; the keeper would make a trough, and pour into it hot or cold water, dish water, or anything else, and they would drink it; but let a stranger come along, and pour over a basket of corn on the back side of the pen, and the hogs would be frightened, and run and snort all over the pen. He said it was so with the people; the priests would feed them with any kind of doctrine, no matter how false, the people will swallow it down; but let a stranger come and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which will save the people, as Mr. Woodruff has done, and the peo- ple are afraid of him.
~ Wilford Woodruff
As Joseph was about to cross the river, a man came to him and asked him if he would go about three miles and heal two of his small children, who were twins, about three months old, and were sick nigh unto death. He was a man of the world, he had never heard a sermon preached by a Latter-day Saint. Joseph said he could not go, but he would send a man. After hesitating a moment, he turned to me and said, "You go with this man and heal his children," at the same time giving me a red silk handkerchief, and said, "After you lay hands upon them, wipe their faces with it, and they shall be healed; and as long as you will keep that handker- chief, it shall ever remain as a league between you and me." I went and did as I was commanded, and the children were healed.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I have ever been impressed, since my first acquaintance with the Church and kingdom of God upon the earth, with the importance of keeping a journal and record of the dealings of God with this people, and our official acts in the ministry, and under this view I have written sketches of most of the sermons and teachings which I have heard from the mouth of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and many of the teachings of the Twelve Apostles and others. Believing this course to be beneficial, I would recommend the Elders of Israel to do likewise, that what is recorded on earth may be re- corded in heaven.
~ Wilford Woodruff

Varied and diverse are the lives and fortunes of men; while the paths of some are strewn with flowers and ease from the cradle to the grave, with naught to disturb their peace, others are marked victims of varied misfortunes, accidents and dangers. The last-named class is the one in whose ranks I have stood through my infancy, childhood, youth and man- hood, up to the present time, so much so, that it has seemed as though some invisible power or fate was watching my footsteps, in order to find some opportunity to take my life from the earth. I can only attribute the con- tinuation of my life to the present time to a merciful God, whose hand has been stretched out, and rescued me from death in the midst of the many dangers and hairbreadth escapes I have passed through,
~ Wilford Woodruff