Hands and given to another People. It has been said that the
Law upon the patriarchal order of Marriage has caused more
sorrow to the Daughters of Eve than any other Law Ever
revealed to man. If this is the case it is in consequence of
the fals traditions of the children of Men. The Lord
never gave any law to any of the children of men by
keeping of which will give the same Exhaltation & Glory as
the Law of the Patriarchal order of Marriage Also any
People who habide that Law are placed in connexion by
covenant with the God of Heaven in that was that the
Lord is bound By oath & covenant to proteck them and
from the day that the Apostles & Elders published that Law
to the world with a determination to Maintain it
The Lord has fought our Battles & sustained us other
remarks were made by the speaker At the close of the
Meeting we went to Br Paxman & spent the night
~ Monday
23 We took cars at 5 oclok & returned to S L City 95 Mils
I went to the office & received 3 letters 2 from Bleak & 1 from Hinkley
~ Tuesday
24 July 1883 36 years ago this 24 of July I Wilford
Woodruff Brought President Brigham Young in my
carriage into this Salt Lake valley the first time He ever
set his Eyes upon this Barren Desert. We arived and
pitched our camp at half past Eleven oclok and Before I
Eat my Dinner I planted some two Bushels potatoes. We met
to day in the big Tabernacle to celebrate our Entrance into
the valley of the 24 of July. The west End of the Tabernacle
was occupied by about 1000 children dressed in white
who were to sing under Evan Stephens their singing Master
Hands and given to another People. It has been said that the
Law upon the patriarchal order of Marriage has caused more
sorrow to the Daughters of Eve than any other Law Ever
revealed to man. If this is the case it is in consequence of
the fals traditions of the children of Men. The Lord
never gave any law to any of the children of men by
keeping of which will give the same Exhaltation & Glory as
the Law of the Patriarchal order of Marriage Also any
People whoabide that Law are placed in connexion by
covenant with the God of Heaven in that was that the
Lord is bound By oath & covenant to proteck them and
from the day that the Apostles & Elders published that Law
to the world with a determination to Maintain it
The Lord has fought our Battles & sustained us other
remarks were made by the speaker At the close of the
Meeting we went to Br Paxman & spent the night
~ Monday
23 [FIGURE] We took cars at 5 oclok & returned to S L City 95 Mils
I went to the office & received 3 letters 2 from Bleak & 1 from Hinkley
~ Tuesday
24 July 1883 FIGURES 36 years ago this 24 of July I Wilford
Woodruff Brought President Brigham Young in my
carriage into this Salt Lake valley the first time He ever
set his Eyes upon this Barren Desert. We arived and
pitched our camp at half past Eleven oclok and Before I
Eat my Dinner I planted some two Bushels potatoes. We met
to day in the big Tabernacle to celebrate our Entrance into
the valley of the 24 of July. The west End of the Tabernacle
was occupied by about 1000 children dressed in white
who were to sing under Evan Stephens their singing Master
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," July 22, 1883 - July 24, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/WP9x