and ready for Business and asked if He had any communicati
to make He appointed 12 oclok to meet the assembly in Joint Session
we met at 12 oclok & Govornor Young presented his Message which
was Read by G Q Cannon his private secretary & 1000 copies ordered
to be printed. the Lieut Govornor H. C. Kimball made a verbal
speech. He said we are as free as we ever shall be. The Lord
will soon come to reign on the Earth and we are preparing for
it. I say to this Assembly be of good cheer you shall never be
hurt God will be our friend deliver us Our Enemies shall
feel the power of God upon them. This is the kingdom of God, &
when we ask the United States to be admitted into there Union
it looks to me like asking alms of the devil. I ask no odds of them
I was Appointed a Lieutenat Govornor I am a great man
anintt I. I have looked at the Charter it dont give me the right
to say bo [so]. But I am alive in Christ and we shall ride off
triumphant. The Lord is no respecter of Persons God will bless
& deliver his faithful children he has pleasure & confidence in
them as we would in our faithful children we should not
undertake to pull down our Brother to undertake to bu^i^lbt ourselves up
at his Expens. I can say God Bless you all in the name of the
Lord Amen
Govornor B. Young then arose & said see [blank] 24 we adjourned the Joint Session & went into separate Houses and after
doing what business was necessary we Adjourned sine die
~ Tuesday
24. I spent the day mostly in writing at home I wrote to Judge Kenny and sent him an Act of of the Legislature
~ Wednesday
25 I spent this day in writing & choreing
~ Thursday
26. G A Smith had three boxes of Bibles & testiments
I Bought 8 Testiments & 4 Bibles. I Bought a Bible for Mrs P. W. Woodruff & Phebe & Susan my daughters I visited President Yougsoffice And had an Interview with Mr Martin the great
American Wizard He showed us some specimens of his art
in ventriloquism in imitating a rat, a Hen, a pig, & a Baby all
was vary good I spent half the night in the office in Printing
in the Bibles I had bought, Family records.
and ready for Business and asked if He had any communicati
to make He appointed 12 oclok to meet the assembly in Joint Session
we met at 12 oclok & Govornor Young presented his Message which
was Read by G Q Cannon his private secretary & 1000 copies ordered
to be printed. the Lieut Govornor H. C. Kimball made a verbal
speech. He said we are as free as we ever shall be. The Lord
will soon come to reign on the Earth and we are preparing for
it. I say to this Assembly be of good cheer you shall never be
hurt God will be our friend deliver us Our Enemies shall
feel the power of God upon them. This is the kingdom of God, &
when we ask the United States to be admitted into there Union
it looks to me like asking alms of the devil. I ask no odds of them
I was Appointed a Lieutenat Govornor I am a great man
aintt I. I have looked at the Charter it dont give me the right
to say bo so. But I am alive in Christ and we shall ride off
triumphant. The Lord is no respecter of Persons God will bless
& deliver his faithful children he has pleasure & confidence in
them as we would in our faithful children we should not
undertake to pull down our Brother to undertake to built ourselves up
at his Expens. I can say God Bless you all in the name of the
Lord Amen
Govornor B. Young then arose & said see [blank]
we adjourned the Joint Session & went into separate Houses and after
doing what business was necessary we Adjourned sine die
~ Tuesday
24. I spent the day mostly in writing at home [FIGURE] I wrote to Judge Kenny and sent him an Act of of the Legislature
~ Wednesday
25 I spent this day in writing & choreing
~ Thursday
26. G A Smith had three boxes of Bibles & testiments
I Bought 8 Testiments & 4 Bibles. I Bought a Bible for Mrs
P. W. Woodruff & Phebe & Susan my daughters I visited President
Yougsoffice And had an Interview with Mr Martin the great
American Wizard He showed us some specimens of his art
in ventriloquism in imitating a rat, a Hen, a pig, & a Baby all
was vary good I spent half the night in the office in Printing
in the Bibles I had bought, Family records.
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 23, 1865 - January 27, 1865, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/zmGZ