The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints met this Morning at the bowery at 10 oclok all the
Presidentcy were present & all the Twelve Except O prattE. Snow
& Geo Q Cannon President Young addressed the ^people^ for more than
an hour upon this text "seek first the kingdom of Heaven & all things
necessary will be added unto you [Matthew 6:33].["] He spoke much to the Edification
of the people He said that it was Just as important that we should
try to preserve our lives & seek to fulfill our mission in this
probation as in any period of our Exhistence. President Kimball
followed in the forenoon in the afternoon C. C Rich Brigham Young
& Wm H Hooper spoke. In the Evening the Bishops held a meeting
Bishop Hunter President Young & Wells spoke.
8. Conference was addressed by O Hyde who presented the Authorities
of the Church who were Excepted President Young then addressed the
the Saints followed by O Hyde H C. Kimball, then a shout of
Hosannah was offered up then the Patriarch John Young was
called to the stand to dismiss the congregation He arose & blessed the
Presidency the Twelve, and all the congregation and much of the spirit & power of God rested upon him. Conference was adjourned ttill the 6 day of April Next
12. Sunday I went to Coones Canyon to see about my flock of
sheep Moroni my Indian Boy has left them after finding my
flock & making arangments about them I returned Home
17. President Young started for the North to day with his comp[an]y
~ Saturday
^18^ I spent the fore part of the day in the Endow[me]nt House we gave Endow-
ments Hto some 45 D. H. Wells sealed 20 couple W Woodruff 9 couple
~ Monday
Oct 6th 1862
The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints met this Morning at the bowery at 10 oclok all the
Presidency were present & all the Twelve Except O prattE. Snow
& Geo Q Cannon President Young addressed the people for more than
an hour upon this text "seek first the kingdom of Heaven & all things
necessary will be added unto you." He spoke much to the Edification
of the people He said that it was Just as important that we should
try to preserve our lives & seek to fulfill our mission in this
probation as in any period of our Exhistence. President Kimball
followed in the forenoon in the afternoon C. C Rich Brigham Young
& Wm H Hooper spoke. In the Evening the Bishops held a meeting
Bishop Hunter President Young & Wells spoke.
8. Conference was addressed by O Hyde who presented the Authorities
of the Church who were Excepted President Young then addressed the
the saints followed by O Hyde H C. Kimball, then a shout of
Hosannah was offered up then the Patriarch John Young was
called to the stand to dismiss the congregation He arose & blessed the
Presidency the Twelve, and all the congregation and much of the
spirit & power of God rested upon him. Conference was adjourned
till the 6 day of April Next
12. Sunday I went to Coones Canyon to see about my flock of
sheep Moroni my Indian Boy has left them after finding my
flock & making arangments about them I returned Home
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," October 6, 1862 - October 18, 1862, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/y8V7