Feb 28 1880
Bishop richards spoke 10 M[inutes], Wm C Allen spoke 10, W Woodruff 35 Minuts
~ Sunday
29 Sunday conference Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Warren R Tenney Lot Smith spoke 45 W W. 8 M[inutes] Bishop Lake 30, Br Bushman 12 M[inutes],
Br Ladd 12 Afternoon Prayer By Andrew S Gibbons. Sacrament
Administered, W. Woodruff spoke one hour & 20 M[inutes], Read the 84 section
of the D & C. exorted the shepherds to feed the flock, Husbands be kind
to your wives, wives to your husbands, Parents to children
children to Parents, spoke upon the United Order much of the
spirit of the Lord was manifest I received a letter from John Taylor
& L John Nuttall Asking me to come to April Conference at Salt Lake City I wrote ^6^ Letters to John Taylor J JakesPhebe W W John HuntP J Christofferson, A. M. Tenny & J D T McAllister
I held a Meeting in the Evening many spoke
March 1, 1880
I Wilford Woodruff are 73
yers of age this day. I thank my
Heavenly Father for the Preservation
of my life for this long Period and
for his blessings over me. My last birth day was spent
in the Temple of the Lord in St George. To day I am in Sunset
fort Apache Co Arizona. The people are busy getting up a
celebration and dinner for me. And I am receiving
many birth day presents from young and old I receivd
^^ a letter from Br E Snow. I received a rug from Brigham
City Sisters containing the word Union Another Rug from
the Sunset Sisters, One pair of lace home made curtains knit
by hand, A silver large spoon from a Danish sister, Sister Fuller a nice tidy, Sister Johannah Haskell a large silk Handkerchief
Feb 28 1880
Bishop richards spoke 10 Minutes, Wm C Allen spoke 10, W Woodruff 35 Minuts
~ Sunday
29 Sunday conference Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Warren R TenneyLot Smith spoke 45 W W. 8 Minutes Bishop Lake 30, Br Bushman 12 Minutes,
Br Ladd 12 Afternoon Prayer By Andrew S Gibbons. Sacrament
Administered, W. Woodruff spoke one hour & 20 Minutes, Read the 84 section
of the D & C. exorted the shepherds to feed the flock, Husbands be kind
to your wives, wives to your husbands, Parents to children
children to Parents, spoke upon the United Order much of the
spirit of the Lord was manifest I received a letter from John Taylor
& L John Nuttall Asking me to come to April Conference at
Salt Lake City I wrote 6 Letters to John Taylor J JakesPhebe W W
[FIGURE] John HuntP J Christofferson, A. M. Tenny & J D T McAllister
I held a Meeting in the Evening many spoke
~ Monday
[FIGURE] March 1, 1880
Aged 73
March 1, 1880
I Wilford Woodruff are 73
yers of age this day. I thank my
Heavenly Father for the Preservation
of my life for this long Period and
for his blessings over me. My last birth day was spent
in the Temple of the Lord in St George. To day I am in Sunset
fort Apache Co Arizona. The people are busy getting up a
celebration and dinner for me. And I am receiving
many birth day presents from young and old I receivd
[FIGURE] a letter from Br E Snow. I received a rug from Brigham
City Sisters containing the word Union Another Rug from
the Sunset Sisters, One pair of lace home made curtains knit
by hand, A silver large spoon from a Danish sister, Sister
Fuller a nice tidy, Sister Johannah Haskell a large silk Handkerchief
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," February 29, 1880 - March 1, 1880, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/A6ll