Aug 6, 1880
I went to the farm this morning helped Wilford to fix up the
mower & I went into 3 1/2 acres of heavy wheat tangled
down & I hoed wheat all day and was vary weary at night 6 m[iles]
~ Saturday
7. we finished our peace of wheat in the forenoon & shocked it up
in the Afternoon & returned home weary
~ Sunday
8. Sunday I spent the whole day resting Br Penrose Preached
~ Monday
9. [FIGURES] I received 5 Letters from W D. Johnson and others
~ Tuesday
10 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters I watered Garden in the afternoon and
went to a circus in the Evening called a grand affair
12 I took cars rode to Nephi held a Meeting with the Relief
society & spoke to them 40 M[inutes]. and in the Evening I spoke one hour
~ Friday
13 We drove to Moroni and held a Meeting in the Evening G Teasdale
spoke 25 Minuts W Woodruff 40, the spirit of God was with us 22 miles
~ Saturday
14. We rode to Mount Plesant met in conference at 10 oclok G Teasdale Prayed, W. Woodruff spoke 435 M[inutes] statistics wRead F M Lyman spoke 30 M[inutes]. There were 10721 souls Reported
Afternoon M Lyman Prayed Temple statisctics read and
reported $195,104.85 received. G Teasdale then spok 10 M[inutes] G Q Cannon 40 M[inutes] and closed in a hard wind & dust storm
we held a Priesthood Meeting in the Evening John Taylor
spoke 35 M[inutes] W Woodruff 30 {in the power of God}
~ Sunday
15 Sunday Met at 10 oclok. Erastus Snow spoke one hour & 25 m[inutes]
The Authorities of the Church was then presented & sustained
Afternoon Sacrament Administered W. W. Prayed G Q Cannon
spoke 50 J Taylor 55 M[inutes] & W Woodruff 10 M[inutes] Exhorts the people
to get up a Record of all their Dead friends so as to be ready
to work when the temple was done Adjourned till 13, 14 of Nov
~ Friday
Aug 6, 1880
I went to the farm this morning helped Wilford to fix up the
mower & I went into 3 1/2 acres of heavy wheat tangled
down & I hoed wheat all day and was vary weary at night 6 miles
~ Saturday
7. we finished our peace of wheat in the forenoon & shocked it up
in the Afternoon & returned home weary
~ Sunday
8. Sunday I spent the whole day resting Br Penrose Preached
~ Monday
9. FIGURES I received 5 Letters from W D. Johnson and others
~ Tuesday
10 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters I watered Garden in the afternoon and
went to a circus in the Evening called a grand affair
12 I took cars rode to Nephi held a Meeting with the Relief
society & spoke to them 40 Minutes. and in the Evening I spoke one hour
~ Friday
13 We drove to Moroni and held a Meeting in the Evening G Teasdale
spoke 25 Minuts W Woodruff 40, the spirit of God was with us 22 miles
~ Saturday
14. We rode to Mount Plesant met in conference at 10 oclok
G Teasdale Prayed, W. Woodruff spoke35 Minutes statisticsRead
F M Lyman spoke 30 Minutes. There were 10721 souls Reported
Afternoon M Lyman Prayed Temple statistics read and
reported $195,104.85 received. G Teasdale then spok 10 Minutes
G Q Cannon 40 Minutes and closed in a hard wind & dust storm
we held a Priesthood Meeting in the Evening John Taylor
spoke 35 Minutes W Woodruff 30 {in the power of God}
~ Sunday
15 Sunday Met at 10 oclok. Erastus Snow spoke one hour & 25 minutes
The Authorities of the Church was then presented & sustained
Afternoon Sacrament Administered W. W. Prayed G Q Cannon
spoke 50 J Taylor 55 Minutes & W Woodruff 10 Minutes Exhorts the people
to get up a Record of all their Dead friends so as to be ready
to work when the temple was done Adjourned till 13, 14 of Nov
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," August 6, 1880 - August 15, 1880, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 30, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/A6pO