She manifested great confidence in the cause she had embraced
and also exhorted us to confidence in God and to keep his commandments.
To appearence she was dying but as on the day before she again revived
I prayed with her and laid hands upon her and commended unto
our Father in Heaven. She slept some during the night.
Two days after Phebe was still very feeble and low
and I returned to Eaton to get some necessaries for her. I also felt the
power of the Destroyer resting upon in the forepart of the day
In the evening Phebe for the first time during
her sickness began to lay hold on faith for her recovery. Her
confidence grew strong and we laid hold on faith together; and
together we confessed our sins before the Lord and covenanted to
keep his commandments.
I had with me some oil that was consecrated
in Kirtland for my anointing. I again consecrated it for
the healing of the sick and bowed myself before the Lord
and prayed with my companion and anointed and laid
hands upon her in the name of Jesus Christ. Thanks be
to God our prayer was answered and the fever left her
Two days more and the voice of the Lord
was to us to arise and continue our way to Zion and
through the mercy of God Phebe was enabled to rise and
walk a little. She had been confined at this place four
days where we were treated kindly.
Five days farther on our journey and
where we put up at night we suddenly heard the sad news
of the death of my brother Asahel H. Woodruff who died at Terre Haute Indiania on the at 3 o'clock
in the morning.
In the paper was published an account of
the Administrator's sale of the property of my brother. It was
sold on the for about three thousand dollars
Mr Robert A Smith was his administrator
There was also in the same paper an
account of the horrid butchery of 18 Latter-day Saints in Davis
County Missouri by a wicked mob
The next day I rode to Terrehaute Indiania
through the delightful scenery of that country and drove to what
was Ashahel H. Woodruff's book store. Instead of finding him there
She manifested great confidence in the cause she had embraced
and also exhorted us to confidence in God and to keep his commandments.
To appearence she was dying but as on the day before she again revived
I prayed with her and laid hands upon her and commended unto
our Father in Heaven. She slept some during the night.
Two days after Phebe was still very feeble and low
and I returned to Eaton to get some necessaries for her. I also felt the
power of the Destroyer resting upon in the forepart of the day
In the evening Phebe for the first time during
her sickness began to lay hold on faith for her recovery. Her
confidence grew strong and we laid hold on faith together; and
together we confessed our sins before the Lord and covenanted to
keep his commandments.
I had with me some oil that was consecrated
in Kirtland for my anointing. I again consecrated it for
the healing of the sick and bowed myself before the Lord
and prayed with my companion and anointed and laid
hands upon her in the name of Jesus Christ. Thanks be
to God our prayer was answered and the fever left her
Two days more and the voice of the Lord
was to us to arise and continue our way to Zion and
through the mercy of God Phebe was enabled to rise and
walk a little. She had been confined at this place four
days where we were treated kindly.
Five days farther on our journey and
where we put up at night we suddenly heard the sad news
of the death of my brother Asahel H. Woodruff who died at
Terre Haute Indiania on the 18th of October 1838 at 3 o'clock
in the morning.
In the paper was published an account of
the Administrator's sale of the property of my brother. It was
sold on the 4th of December for about three thousand dollars
Mr Robert A Smith was his administrator
There was also in the same paper an
account of the horrid butchery of 18 Latter-day Saints in Davis
County Missouri by a wicked mob
The next day I rode to Terrehaute Indiania
through the delightful scenery of that country and drove to what
was Asahel H. Woodruff's book store. Instead of finding him there
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