Sunday I Met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer & attended
the Lecture of Mrs G. L. Whitman. She read the 18 ch of St John
& spoke upon the fulfillment of Prophecy she said that there was
seven million five hundred thousand Jews who were true to the
Jewish faith & were getting ready to return to rebuild Jerrusalem
At the close of Her Lecture Brother Wells, CannonJ F Smith &
myself laid hands upon Brother Merrill who was Bleeding to death
at the Lungs
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
4, to 9. I spent the week gathering Peaches & cutting up & gathering corn
~ Sunday
10. President Young has been quite sick through the week He buried
a Daughter during the week she was the wife of Mark Crockswell I wrote a letter to Phebe Snow & Bulah. I met with my Quorum
this Morning for Prayer & Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle
Brother Grow Prayed W Woodruff spok one hour & 3 M[inutes]
Afternoon O Pratt spoke 45 Minutes followed By J Jakes 20 M[inutes]
& Stephen Taylor 15 Minutes. I met with the Presidency & 12
for Prayer. President Young was able to attend Meeting this afternoon {President Young} I wrote to my Daughter Susan. The subject of the Legislature
came up we are satisfied that it will be profitable for The Twelve D H WellsElias Smith & other good men to go before the Lord in
Prayer & ask for wisdom to guide us in our Legislative Enactments
~ Monday
11. I cut an Acre of corn to day & was tierd at night
~ Tuesday
12 I cut an Acre of corn to day & went to the City I
received 3 letters one from David P. Kimball one from Peter Saxe containing Notes amounting to $1200. wished
Me to Discount them & send a Draft East
~ Tuesday
13 I got the Notes Discounted for Col Saxe &
sent his draft I wrote 5 Letters to Col Saxe Br PrestonL Farr & Geo L Ferrill. I collected $150
of Bishop Preston & Paid into the Bank I wrote one
Letter to David P. Kimball
Sunday I Met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer & attended
the Lecture of Mrs G. L. Whitman. She read the 18 ch of St John
& spoke upon the fulfillment of Prophecy she said that there was
seven million five hundred thousand Jews who were true to the
Jewish faith & were getting ready to return to rebuild Jerrusalem
At the close of Her Lecture Brother Wells, CannonJ F Smith &
myself laid hands upon Brother Merrill who was Bleeding to death
at the Lungs
~ Monday to ~ Saturday
4, to 9. I spent the week gathering Peaches & cutting up & gathering corn
~ Sunday
10. President Young has been quite sick through the week He buried
a Daughter during the week she was the wife of Mark Crockswell
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe Snow & Bulah. I met with my Quorum
this Morning for Prayer & Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle
Brother Grow Prayed W Woodruff spok one hour & 3 Minutes
Afternoon O Pratt spoke 45 Minutes followed By J Jakes 20 Minutes
& Stephen Taylor 15 Minutes. I met with the Presidency & 12
for Prayer. President Young was able to attend Meeting this afternoon
[FIGURE] I wrote to my Daughter Susan. The subject of the Legislature
came up we are satisfied that it will be profitable for The Twelve
D H WellsElias Smith & other good men to go before the Lord in
Prayer & ask for wisdom to guide us in our Legislative Enactments
~ Monday
11. I cut an Acre of corn to day & was tierd at night
~ Tuesday
12 [FIGURE] I cut an Acre of corn to day & went to the City I
received 3 letters one from David P. Kimball one from
Peter Saxe containing Notes amounting to $1200. wished
Me to Discount them & send a Draft East
~ Tuesday
13 [FIGURE] I got the Notes Discounted for Col Saxe &
sent his draft I wrote 5 Letters to Col Saxe Br
PrestonL Farr & Geo L Ferrill. I collected $150
of Bishop Preston & Paid into the Bank I wrote one
Letter to David P. Kimball
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," September 3, 1871 - September 17, 1871, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jRqP