Jan 8, 1881
I met in the Assembly room to attend the Quarterly Conference
the forenoon was mostly spent in reading the Statistics & Report
in the Afternoon all the General Authorities of the Church
were sustained President John Taylor spoke 35 M[inutes]
upon the subject of Tithing and other subjects
~ Sunday
9th Sunday Conference Met at 10 oclok Loren Farr
Prayed & John Taylor spoke One hour & 22 Minuts A M Cannon 10 M[inutes]. Presidet Taylor said that those
who did not Pay their tithing and Keep the Law of
God should mot [not] have a Recommend to go to the Temple
or Endowment House to get Endowments And if the Bishops gave such Recommends, they must bear the
Blame of it for I will not. Afternoon Prayer
By Bishop Hunter W Woodruff spok 37 M[inutes], Joseph
F Smith spoke 15 M[inutes], E D Woolley 12 M[inutes], D O Calder
spoke 13, A M Cannon 27, Joseph E Taylor 15 M[inutes], John Henry Smith 20 m[inutes]wW Woodruff 15 {in the power of God}
~ Monday
10 I received a letter from Br Farnsworth. Henry
Woodruff caught a Links [FIGURE] in his trap that had
Been Killing chickins and shot him in the head
I spent the day in the Office
~ Tuesday
11 I wrote a letter to Farnsworth I took dinner
with Br Miner and went to the field for the night 6 m[iles]
~ Wednesday
12 I met in council & Prayer Circle I received
one letter from Lot Smith
~ Thursday
13 I received one letter from George Swan with
free Pass on the Rail Roads I visited Elder Pratt & Rich. Both vary feeble I attended a Party in the 14 ward
Jan 8, 1881
I met in the Assembly room to attend the Quarterly Conference
the forenoon was mostly spent in reading the Statistics & Report
in the Afternoon all the General Authorities of the Church
were sustained President John Taylor spoke 35 Minutes
upon the subject of Tithing and other subjects
~ Sunday
9th Sunday Conference Met at 10 oclok Loren Farr
Prayed & John Taylor spoke One hour & 22 Minuts
A M Cannon 10 Minutes. Presidet Taylor said that those
who did not Pay their tithing and Keep the Law of
God should mot not have a Recommend to go to the Temple
or Endowment House to get Endowments And if the
[FIGURE] Bishops gave such Recommends, they must bear the
Blame of it for I will not. Afternoon Prayer
By Bishop Hunter W Woodruff spok 37 Minutes, Joseph
F Smith spoke 15 Minutes, E D Woolley 12 Minutes, D O Calder
spoke 13, A M Cannon 27, Joseph E Taylor 15 Minutes,
John Henry Smith 20 minutesW Woodruff 15 {in the power of God}
~ Monday
10 [FIGURE] I received a letter from Br Farnsworth. Henry
Woodruff caught a Links [FIGURE] in his trap that had
Been Killing chickins and shot him in the head
I spent the day in the Office
~ Tuesday
11 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Farnsworth I took dinner
with Br Miner and went to the field for the night 6 miles
~ Wednesday
12 FIGURES I met in council & Prayer Circle I received
one letter from Lot Smith
~ Thursday
13 FIGURES I received one letter from George Swan with
free Pass on the Rail Roads I visited Elder Pratt &
Rich. Both vary feeble I attended a Party in the 14 ward
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," January 9, 1881 - January 13, 1881, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/28ZK