134th I spent the fore part of the day Grafting Apples & pears the
afternoon I spent in the office. President Young called in & Herd
History read nearly all the afternoon He heard a part of his
own history read, & a part of the continuation of the History of the
the Death of Joseph. I attended a feast at A. O. Smoots Bishop HunterJ. C. Little & J Horn was present with their wives
~ Sunday
15 Sunday I spent the day at the Tabernacle. G. D. Grant Preached
followed by J. D. T. MCallister then by Brother Kimball who
spoke at length. In the afternoon President Young spoke a vary
interesting sermon from the following text "who is my Father Mother
Brothers & sisters they are those who do the will of my father which
is in heaven." [Matthew 12:50] I attended the prayer Circle. President Young
said he had the following dream. I thought we had a great
crop of wheat the whole Earth was filled with it all around the
Heads were very long & there was so much of it the people
did not seem to care any thing about it, did not try to save
it I had to continually urge the people to save the wheat they
said they had more than they wanted for this year I told them
to go to & save all the wheat they had then next year they could
work on the Temple."
President said that the King Philip corn was nothing more than the
Jumbo Corn some man plants an acre & takes great care of it &
he gets a great crop of it, the way they got corn so early they
will take the ear that sets first & pull the silk out of all the rest
then plant the but part of that Ear & that will make early corn
now that is the way with the best breed of cattle, they keep picking
out the best for stock, & that increases the goodness of them. Owen
wanted his society to adopt this plan to take all the noble men
& women & raise up a society when they had a dwarf send him
away
President Young said to Elder O Hyde you have been to both Jerrusalem & Zion & seen both I have not seen either for I
never have been in Jackson county now it is a plesant thing
to think of to know whare the old garden of Eden is did
you ever think of it, or sens it, I do not think many do, now
Jackson County is the Garden of Eden, Joseph has declaired this
& I am as much bound to believe it as much as I am to believe
Joseph is a prophet of God, many in Jackson county have found out
that they cannot cultivate the Temple Block & other places in that
county we must let the Lord take his own time to prepare the way
for our return to that county & to build up that Temple
16 I spentI went to the 15 ward & preached during the evening to the people
~ Monday
16th I spent the day in the office writing I attended the meeting
of the seventies in the evening. Brother Joseph Young spoke to the people
in a vary edefying manner exhorted them to get the spirit of God
~ Wednesday
11th I spent the fore part of the day setting out vines & currants
the after noon in the office
~ Thursday
12th I set out 5 Almonds & 25 peach trees one Apricott & one
plum in my Garden this fore noon I spent the afternoon in the office
14th I spent the fore part of the day Grafting Apples & pears the
afternoon I spent in the office. President Young called in & Herd
History read nearly all the afternoon He heard a part of his
own history read, & a part of the continuation of the History of the
the Death of Joseph. I attended a feast at A. O. Smoots Bishop
HunterJ. C. Little & J Horn was present with their wives
~ Sunday
15 Sunday I spent the day at the Tabernacle. G. D. Grant Preached
followed by J. D. T. MCallister then by Brother Kimball who
spoke at length. In the afternoon President Young spoke a vary
interesting sermon from the following text "who is my Father Mother
Brothers & sisters they are those who do the will of my father which
is in heaven." Matthew 12:50 I attended the prayer Circle. President Young
said he had the following dream. I thought we had a great
crop of wheat the whole Earth was filled with it all around the
Heads were very long & there was so much of it the people
did not seem to care any thing about it, did not try to save
it I had to continually urge the people to save the wheat they
said they had more than they wanted for this year I told them
to go to & save all the wheat they had then next year they could
work on the Temple."
President said that the King Philip corn was nothing more than the
Jumbo Corn some man plants an acre & takes great care of it &
he gets a great crop of it, the way they got corn so early they
will take the ear that sets first & pull the silk out of all the rest
then plant the but part of that Ear & that will make early corn
now that is the way with the best breed of cattle, they keep picking
out the best for stock, & that increases the goodness of them. Owen
wanted his society to adopt this plan to take all the noble men
& women & raise up a society when they had a dwarf send him
away
President Young said to Elder O Hyde you have been to both
Jerrusalem & Zion & seen both I have not seen either for I
never have been in Jackson county now it is a plesant thing
to think of to know whare the old garden of Eden is did
you ever think of it, or sens it, I do not think many do, now
Jackson County is the Garden of Eden, Joseph has declaired this
& I am as much bound to believe it as much as I am to believe
Joseph is a prophet of God, many in Jackson county have found out
that they cannot cultivate the Temple Block & other places in that
county we must let the Lord take his own time to prepare the way
for our return to that county & to build up that Temple
I went to the 15 ward & preached during the evening to the people
~ Monday
16th I spent the day in the office writing I attended the meeting
of the seventies in the evening. Brother Joseph Young spoke to the people
in a vary edefying manner exhorted them to get the spirit of God
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," March 11, 1857 - March 16, 1857, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/66mV
