Nov 15 1884
Bishops were then called upon to report their wards
verbally quite a number reported
Afternoon W Woodruff Prayed F M Lyman spoke 44 m M Thatcher 40 M. I met with the yo[u]ng People in the
Evening M Thatcher spoke 40 M Br Gill 23, G Q Cannon
17 M, & W Woodruff 25 M we had a vary Good Meeting
~ Sunday
16 Sunday Met at 10 oclok L John Nuttall Prayed
W Woodruff spoke 2538 M G Q Cannon 60 M, we
stoped with S. A Anderson Afternoon F M Lyman
Prayed Financial Report of the Temple read the whole
recepts & Expenditurs were $583,622.28 cts the Trustes
in Trust had donated $254,998.26 cts The Authorities
of the Church were then Presented and sustainded
President J Taylor then spoke 69 Minuts at the
close of the Meeting we rode to Manti & held a Meeting
in the Meeting House M Thatcher spoke 15 M,
F M Lyman 15, W Woodruff 20 M G Q Cannon 15 m
Presidet Taylor 25 M. I stoped with W H Folsome Distance 8 Mils
~ Monday
17 We visited the Manti Temple which was in Excellent
Progression the Pipes & heater was in & most of the windows
President Taylor directed that that the sealing room for the
dead should be over the Baptismal font in the Afternoon M Thatcher & myself & Judge Dusenbury rode to Moroni
and held a Meeting. Br Dusenbury spoke 30 M Thatcher
60 Minuts He gave an Excellent History of the Lamanites in Mexico W Woodruff spoke 25 Minuts
Nov 15 1884
Bishops were then called upon to report their wards
verbally quite a number reported
Afternoon W Woodruff Prayed F M Lyman spoke 44 mM Thatcher 40 M. I met with the young People in the
Evening M Thatcher spoke 40 M Br Gill 23, G Q Cannon
17 M, & W Woodruff 25 M we had a vary Good Meeting
~ Sunday
16 Sunday Met at 10 oclok L John Nuttall Prayed
W Woodruff spoke38 M G Q Cannon 60 M, we
stoped with S. A Anderson Afternoon F M Lyman
Prayed Financial Report of the Temple read the whole
recepts & Expenditurs were $583,622.28 cts the Trustes
in Trust had donated $254,998.26 cts The Authorities
of the Church were then Presented and sustained
President J Taylor then spoke 69 Minuts at the
close of the Meeting we rode to Manti & held a Meeting
in the Meeting House M Thatcher spoke 15 M,
F M Lyman 15, W Woodruff 20 M G Q Cannon 15 m
Presidet Taylor 25 M. I stoped with W H Folsome Distance 8 Mils
~ Monday
17 We visited the Manti Temple which was in Excellent
Progression the Pipes & heater was in & most of the windows
President Taylor directed that that the sealing room for the
dead should be over the Baptismal font in the Afternoon
M Thatcher & myself & Judge Dusenbury rode to Moroni
and held a Meeting. Br Dusenbury spoke 30 M Thatcher
60 Minuts He gave an Excellent History of the Lamanites in
Mexico W Woodruff spoke 25 Minuts
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," November 16, 1884 - November 18, 1884, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 24, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Z8BR