Jun 29, 1884
Senate of the United States. It is unconstitutional
in all its parts if the Government makes it to become a
Law and undertakes to inforce it it will rend the Nation
in peaces. I spent the day in the office writing I received
2 letters & wrote Letter to John E. Myers
~ Wednesday
30. I received 2 letters to day I spent the forenoon in
the office I attended the council in the Afternoon
~ Thursday
31. I wrote M. F. Farnsworth and sent him a pass I met with Brother Armstrong this morning and Entered
into an Arangement with Adams & co to move their Building
17 feet to the East this building stands on the North West Cornor
of Lot 6, Block 77, the object of moving this Building is to
open a street North & South on the line of the Lots Between John Taylor & W Woodruff
Feb 1. I attended the Priesthood Meeting in the Assembly
Hall at 10 oclok Bishop Morris Prayed quite a Number of
Bishops gave a verbal report. W Woodruff spoke 15 M[inutes], E Snow 9 M[inutes]. At the close of the Meeting W Woodruff
ordained his son Asahel Hart Woodruff an Elder
and assisted A M Cannon to ordain a Brother Freeman
an Elder Afternoon Prayer By E TaylorG Teasdale
spoke spoke 20 M[inutes], J Taylor 57 M[inutes], & G Q Cannon 15 M[inutes]
I met with the Priesthood in the Evening Prayer By Milando Pratt. W Woodruff spoke 10 M[inutes] By upon the
responsibility of the Priesthood. Joseph E Taylor
spoke 10 M[inutes]
Jun 29, 1884
Senate of the United States. It is unconstitutional
in all its parts if the Government makes it to become a
Law and undertakes to inforce it it will rend the Nation
in peaces. I spent the day in the office writing I received
2 letters & wrote Letter to John E. Myers
~ Wednesday
30. [FIGURE] I received 2 letters to day I spent the forenoon in
the office I attended the council in the Afternoon
~ Thursday
31. [FIGURE] I wrote M. F. Farnsworth and sent him a pass
[FIGURE] I met with Brother Armstrong this morning and Entered
into an Arangement with Adams & co to move their Building
17 feet to the East this building stands on the North West Cornor
of Lot 6, Block 77, the object of moving this Building is to
open a street North & South on the line of the Lots Between
John Taylor & W Woodruff
I wrote a Joint Letter to President John Taylor with
F D. Richards concerning the Book of the Law of the Lord
~ Friday
Feb 1. I attended the Priesthood Meeting in the Assembly
Hall at 10 oclok Bishop Morris Prayed quite a Number of
Bishops gave a verbal report. W Woodruff spoke 15 Minutes,
E Snow 9 Minutes. At the close of the Meeting W Woodruff
ordained his son Asahel Hart Woodruff an Elder
and assisted A M Cannon to ordain a Brother Freeman
an Elder Afternoon Prayer By E TaylorG Teasdale
spoke spoke 20 Minutes, J Taylor 57 Minutes, & G Q Cannon 15 Minutes
I met with the Priesthood in the Evening Prayer By
Milando Pratt. W Woodruff spoke 10 Minutes upon the
responsibility of the Priesthood. Joseph E Taylor
spoke 10 Minutes
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," January 30, 1884 - February 1, 1884, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/k2xN