I visited Br Dinwoody store we bought 10 chairs
2 sophias A centre table to fit up the council Room
of the Twelve Apostles in the N. E. corner of the Council House
15 I received 2 letters from Sarah & Sarah M Coomb
I attended council & Prayer Circle in the Afternoon D. H. Wells circumstances was presented to the council at
length. All his property was liable to be soled under Mortgage
The Church and Z.C.M.I. had already advanced $3000
to Pay interest and $1500 dollars more was wanted to
Pay the interest or the Property would have to be sold
The council voted to raise $750 & Z.C.M.I would raise the rest
~ Friday
16 I received 2 letters from McAllister & Bleak I went to the farm 6 M[iles]
~ Saturday
17 I returned from the farm & received a letter from
Br Bleak I wrote a4 Letters to Sarah, & Coombs Bleak
and McAllister
~ Sunday
18 I took cars & rode to Ogden with J TaylorJ F Smith John Henry SmithVancott & Wm Taylor & several others
we Met with the Presidency of the Stake & High Council and
of the Priesthood. Their has Exhisted a difficulty between
the Authorities of the Church in that Place for a good while
and the forenoon was taken up in teaching them and some
sharp chastisements were given and I think the harts of
some were made to quake before the two Edged sword of
truth by the Power of God. The spirit of God was with us
we Met in the Afternoon and organized 7 Prayer Circles
but many of the company had to settle their difficulties
before they could Enter the Prayer Circle it was a profitable time
I visited Br Dinwoody store we bought 10 chairs
2 sophias A centre table to fit up the council Room
of the Twelve Apostles in the N. E. corner of the Council House
15 [FIGURE] I received 2 letters from Sarah & Sarah M Coomb
I attended council & Prayer Circle in the Afternoon
D. H. Wells circumstances was presented to the council at
length. All his property was liable to be soled under Mortgage
The Church and Z.C.M.I. had already advanced $3000
to Pay interest and $1500 dollars more was wanted to
Pay the interest or the Property would have to be sold
The council voted to raise $750 & Z.C.M.I would raise the rest
~ Friday
16 [FIGURE] I received 2 letters from McAllister & Bleak I went to the farm 6 Miles
~ Saturday
17 FIGURES I returned from the farm & received a letter from
Br Bleak I wrote4 Letters to Sarah, & Coombs Bleak
and McAllister
~ Sunday
18 I took cars & rode to Ogden with J TaylorJ F SmithJohn Henry SmithVancott & Wm Taylor & several others
we Met with the Presidency of the Stake & High Council and
of the Priesthood. Their has Exhisted a difficulty between
the Authorities of the Church in that Place for a good while
and the forenoon was taken up in teaching them and some
sharp chastisements were given and I think the harts of
some were made to quake before the two Edged sword of
truth by the Power of God. The spirit of God was with us
we Met in the Afternoon and organized 7 Prayer Circles
but many of the company had to settle their difficulties
before they could Enter the Prayer Circle it was a profitable time
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," December 13, 1880 - December 18, 1880, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/46on