27th I spent the day in the office writing to correspondence
~ Saturday
28th I spent this day in the office writing to correspondence
~ Sunday
29th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. Joseph L. Haywood spoke
in the morning followed by Capt Wm Hooper, R. T. Burton & Presidet Brigham
Young. in the afternoon it rained & Hailed vary hard & the people went
into the tabernacle they held the meeting in the bowery in the forenoon O Hyde
& H. C Kimball & T. D. Brown Preached in the afternoon. I attended the
Prayer Circle in the evening. H Eagen got in to day ahead of the mail
~ Monday
30th I spent the day in the office writing letters & on History I attended
the Bishops meeting in the evening Bishop Hunter spoke in the evening was
March 31, 1857 ~ Tuesday
^31st^ followed by O Hyde who spoke upon the subject of sending to the states
for sheep I followed & exhorted the bishops to teach the people to take
care of what they had got & tie up their bucks till a suitable time
so the Lambs could come in April when there was a plenty of grass
so the Lambs could live & also take care of your calves & save your
stock which the Lord has given you & not [let] it die as we have done
3rd I spent this day in the office writing on History
~ Friday
43rd [FIGURE] Our rush valley heard came in to day & I spent the
whole day in the office stray pen delivering cattle & keeping
an account of the same & half of the night making out Bills
~ Saturday
54th I also spent this day delivering Cattle & till night &
I was sick & weary
~ Sunday
5th sunday I did not attend meeting in the forenoon
Elder H. C. Kimball Preached in the afternoon I attended President Young preached. I attended Prayer meeting & preached in the 14 word in the evening
~ Monday
April 6th 1857 The General Conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints met at the bowery at 10 oclok
conference opened by prayer by H. C. Kimball President Young made
some remarks concerning sending missionaries abroad would send
many to the states if He could get those of the right stripe there was
a Great difference in men in preaching spoke of Brother Clapp
27th I spent the day in the office writing to correspondence
~ Saturday
28th I spent this day in the office writing to correspondence
~ Sunday
29th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. Joseph L. Haywood spoke
in the morning followed by Capt Wm Hooper, R. T. Burton & Presidet Brigham
Young. in the afternoon it rained & Hailed vary hard & the people went
into the tabernacle they held the meeting in the bowery in the forenoon O Hyde
& H. C Kimball & T. D. Brown Preached in the afternoon. I attended the
Prayer Circle in the evening. H Eagen got in to day ahead of the mail
~ Monday
30th I spent the day in the office writing letters & on History I attended
the Bishops meeting in the evening Bishop Hunter spoke in the evening was
March 31, 1857 ~ Tuesday
31st followed by O Hyde who spoke upon the subject of sending to the states
for sheep I followed & exhorted the bishops to teach the people to take
care of what they had got & tie up their bucks till a suitable time
so the Lambs could come in April when there was a plenty of grass
so the Lambs could live & also take care of your calves & save your
stock which the Lord has given you & not let it die as we have done
3rd [FIGURE] Our rush valley heard came in to day & I spent the
whole day in the stray pen delivering cattle & keeping
an account of the same & half of the night making out Bills
~ Saturday
4th I also spent this day delivering Cattle & till night &
I was sick & weary
~ Sunday
5th sunday I did not attend meeting in the forenoon
Elder H. C. Kimball Preached in the afternoon I attended President
Young preached. I attended Prayer meeting & preached in the 14 word in the evening
~ Monday
April 6th 1857 The General Conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints met at the bowery at 10 oclok
conference opened by prayer by H. C. Kimball President Young made
some remarks concerning sending missionaries abroad would send
many to the states if He could get those of the right stripe there was
a Great difference in men in preaching spoke of Brother Clapp
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," March 26, 1857 - April 6, 1857, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/k5wN