11 to 16th I spent the time drawing stone & hunting cattle
~ Sunday
17th I spent the time at meeting in the evening I attended the prayer circle
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
18 President Young & company started on their tour north
18th to 23rd I spent the time drawing stone sand clay &c for building
me a grainary & dwelling House
~ Sunday
24th Sunday I spent the time at home & attended the prayer circle
& also preached in the 14 ward school House in the evening
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
25th to 30 I spent the time wattering ploughing, Hoeing & planting corn I received a letter from the inhabitants of Springville U.T.
upon the subject of organizing a branch of the Universal Scientific
society I also received 89 Nos of the mormon & a Book from Washington I rwrote a letter to Springville & one to I F Carter
July 1st Sunday 29: Judge Shaver was found dead in his
bed to day at 1 oclock
30 The funeral of Judge Shaver was attended to day with high
honour & respect
~ Sunday
July 1st Sunday I attended meeting at the tabernacleJoseph
Young spoke in the forenoon & took for his text this is Eternal
life to know God & Jesus Christ whom He has sent [John 17:3] & in the
afternoon liberty was given to the congregation & several spoke
I attended the prayer circle in the evening
July 8th Sunday J. M. Grant spoke from the Lords prayer [Matthew 6:9-13]
and was filled with the spirit of God. He spoke
vary plain concerning the kingdom of God & Gentiles who
worked abominations in Zion He was followed by O pPratt
upon the same subject in an interesting manner
In the afternoon President Young Addressed the people upon
the subject of the Gentiles coming to Zion & interfereing with
our institutions polluting our females & committing abominations
in Israel He declaired they should be put to death if they
followed it any more I attended the prayer circle in the
evening
12th we rode to Provo went down the Provo River & caught
some 2 bushels of fish wisth a net I spent the night with G. A Smith President Young & compa[n]y came in the evening 18 mils
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
11 to 16th I spent the time drawing stone & hunting cattle
~ Sunday
17th I spent the time at meeting in the evening I attended the prayer circle
~ Monday
18 President Young & company started on their tour north
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
18th to 23rd I spent the time drawing stone sand clay &c for building
me a grainary & dwelling House
~ Sunday
24th Sunday I spent the time at home & attended the prayer circle
& also preached in the 14 ward school House in the evening
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
25th to 30 I spent the time wattering ploughing, hoeing & planting corn
FIGURES I received a letter from the inhabitants of Springville U. T.
upon the subject of organizing a branch of the Universal Scientific
society I also received 89 Nos of the mormon & a Book from
Washington I wrote a letter to Springville & one to I F Carter
~ Friday
29: Judge Shaver was found dead in his
bed to day at 1 oclock
~ Saturday
30 The funeral of Judge Shaver was attended to day with high
honour & respect
~ Sunday
July 1st Sunday I attended meeting at the tabernacleJoseph
Young spoke in the forenoon & took for his text this is Eternal
life to know God & Jesus Christ whom He has sent. & in the
afternoon liberty was given to the congregation & several spoke
I attended the prayer circle in the evening
~ Monday to ~ Tuesday
2 & 3 I spent the time planting & hoeing
~ Wednesday
July 4th This day was spent in the celebration of the independence of America And a great display was made in the
city of the Great Salt Lake see Deserett News July 11th
~ Thursday to ~ Saturday
5 to 7 was spent Haying
~ Sunday
July 8th [FIGURE] Sunday J. M. Grant spoke from the Lords prayer
and was filled with the spirit of God. He spoke
very plain concerning the Kingdom of God & Gentiles who
worked abominations in Zion. He was followed by O Pratt
upon the same subject in an interesting manner
In the afternoon President Young Addressed the people upon
the subject of the Gentiles coming to Zion & interfereing with
our institutions polluting our females & committing abominations
in Israel. He declaired they should be put to death if they
followed it any more. I attended the prayer circle in the
evening
12th we rode to Provo went down the Provo River & caught
some 2 bushels of fish with a net I spent the night with
G A Smith. President Young & Company came in the evening 18 mils
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," June 11, 1855 - July 12, 1855, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/X88