Than to ask one of my Family to drink whiskey with him one in
six month the thief is the best man of the two for the whiskey
maker will be of no use when he gets in Hell ownly to tocarry
swill to the Hogs. I would not kill a man who would make & sell
whiskey & destroy the souls of men for dimes for I would consider
myself disgraced for I would want to kill a more descent man
if I killed any body, and any body who will make & sell whiskey
to this people for money ought to be damned and He will be &
& I will tell you Brother Badley that you will welter in Hell
for what you have done and so will all others who have made
& sold whiskey for the dimes Publicans & Harlotts will Enter into
the kingdom of God before you, and I mean all I say. Cursed
be the man that puteth the cup to his Neighbors Lips. Others
remarks were made at the close A vote was taken to adjourn
to President Youngs schoole House at 6 oclok Saturday evening
~ Wednesday
28 The Poney arived at 11 oclok not much News Brother Kimball spoke of the teaching of President Young last night He sust[aine]d
the same I spent most of the day in the office
31 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House. The poney
arived at 4 oclok not much News
~ Sunday
Sept 1st Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
& attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day. N. V. JonesC
V Spencer, J. Gates & President Young preached in the fore noon
& D. H. Wells in the afternoon followed by President Young He
[FIGURE] delivered one of the plainest discourseds I ever herd him
deliver upon following the fashions of the Gentiles, wearing Hoops,
making & selling whiskey, stealing &c. It was a vary plain
strong discourse
~ Monday
2nd I spent the day making fence
~ Tuesday to ~ Thursday
3, & 5 I spent the time mostly in my Garden
~ Friday
6. I spent the day in the Endowment House President Kimball
was unwell & I attended to the sealing at the Altar I sealed 20
couple
~ Saturday
7. I spent this day at the Endowment House I attended to
33 sealings & Brother Kimball 3. We had a double company
Than to ask one of my Family to drink whiskey with him one in
six month the thief is the best man of the two for the whiskey
maker will be of no use when he gets in Hell ownly tocarry
swill to the Hogs. I would not kill a man who would make & sell
whiskey & destroy the souls of men for dimes for I would consider
myself disgraced for I would want to kill a more descent man
if I killed any body, and any body who will make & sell whiskey
to this people for money ought to be damned and He will be &
& I will tell you Brother Badley that you will welter in Hell
for what you have done and so will all others who have made
& sold whiskey for the dimes Publicans & Harlotts will Enter into
the kingdom of God before you, and I mean all I say. Cursed
be the man that puteth the cup to his Neighbors Lips. Others
remarks were made at the close A vote was taken to adjourn
to President Youngs schoole House at 6 oclok Saturday evening
~ Wednesday
28 The Poney arived at 11 oclok not much News Brother
Kimball spoke of the teaching of President Young last night He sustained
the same I spent most of the day in the office
31 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House. The poney
arived at 4 oclok not much News
~ Sunday
Sept 1st Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
& attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day. N. V. JonesC
V Spencer, J. Gates & President Young preached in the fore noon
& D. H. Wells in the afternoon followed by President Young He
[FIGURE] delivered one of the plainest discourses I ever herd him
deliver upon following the fashions of the Gentiles, wearing Hoops,
making & selling whiskey, stealing &c. It was a vary plain
strong discourse
~ Monday
2nd I spent the day making fence
~ Tuesday to ~ Thursday
3, & 5 I spent the time mostly in my Garden
~ Friday
6. I spent the day in the Endowment House President Kimball
was unwell & I attended to the sealing at the Altar I sealed 20
couple
~ Saturday
7. I spent this day at the Endowment House I attended to
33 sealings & Brother Kimball 3. We had a double company
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," August 27, 1861 - September 7, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0gz5