Dec 28
looking over the news Mr John Borown was Hung
in Charleston Jefferson Co Virginia, on the 2nd
inst I attended the meeting of the seventies at
the seventies Hall Opened By singing & Prayer by Henry
Herriman. The meeting was Addressed by Brother Hunt
and Willis Brother Hunt spoke of a speckled Buird visited him
I followed Brother Willis the spirt [first] time I have spoken since
I was sick I spoke some 15 minutes I was followed by President Joseph Young, another meeting was held in the evening
I spent the evening at President Youngs with A. Lyman
Brother Carrington read from a Letter to us From Capt Hooper
who said "This union will be disolved within 18 month." He
also read the message of the Govornor of Missippi whos recom-
mendation to his state is that they call a state convention
and call upon all the slave holding State to Form a
Southern Union and seced from the North if their was a
Republican President Elected in the United States
J. Ferguson reportful that he was informed that He was way laid
by a party who thought he spoke to Free upon some subjects
~ Thursday
29th I spent most of the day in the office, and the evening
with the Twelve and others at Brother Gibs. WilfordRobert & Delight returned home
~ Friday
30th I spent the day in the office and I spent the evening
at a party at Bellow's Hall got up by the 14 ward I attended
with my Family the evening & most of the night was spent
in danceing. I did not dance, it was a plesant party
~ Saturday
31 Dec 1859 This is the last day of the Year and
we are approaching 1860, a year which has been looked
for with much interest since I was a Boy, in my own
mind I do not suppose that it will be much different
From the years which will follow. We are istanding in
the midst of a Generation which is full of interesting
Events, we are approaching Revolutions & changes which
will shake Kingdoms, Thrones & Republics, from the Earth
to circumference and lay them in the dust and open the
way for the Esstablishment of the kingdom of God and
of more freedom and liberty than now Exists upon Earth
The signs of the times show that 1860 may be the
commencement of the desolution of the American Union
and of Bloody European wars But the Lord will guide
the destiny of ^the^ world in such a manner that his will
will ofbe done and the Prophets Fulfilled
I spent the fore part of the day in the office in reading
& conversation with G. A. Smith who gave an
account of his hard wardk from a small boy and that it
had injured him & he would not advise for young Boys
to be worked to hard
Dec 28
looking over the news Mr John Brown was Hung
in Charleston Jefferson Co Virginia, on the 2nd
inst I attended the meeting of the seventies at
the seventies Hall Opened By singing & Prayer by Henry
Herriman. The meeting was Addressed by Brother Hunt
and Willis Brother Hunt spoke of a speckled Bird visited him
I followed Brother Willis the spirt first time I have spoken since
I was sick I spoke some 15 minutes I was followed by President
Joseph Young, another meeting was held in the evening
I spent the evening at President Youngs with A. Lyman
Brother Carrington read from a Letter to us From Capt Hooper
who said "This union will be disolved within 18 month." He
also read the message of the Govornor of Missippi whos recommendation to his state is that they call a state convention
and call upon all the slave holding State to Form a
Southern Union and seced from the North if their was a
Republican President Elected in the United States
J. Ferguson reportful that he was informed that He was way laid
by a party who thought he spoke to Free upon some subjects
~ Thursday
29th I spent most of the day in the office, and the evening
with the Twelve and others at Brother Gibs.
WilfordRobert & Delight returned home
~ Friday
30th I spent the day in the office and I spent the evening
at a party at Bellow's Hall got up by the 14 ward I attended
with my Family the evening & most of the night was spent
in danceing. I did not dance, it was a plesant party
~ Saturday
31 Dec 1859 This is the last day of the Year and
we are approaching 1860, a year which has been looked
for with much interest since I was a Boy, in my own
mind I do not suppose that it will be much different
From the years which will follow. We arestanding in
the midst of a Generation which is full of interesting
Events, we are approaching Revolutions & changes which
will shake Kingdoms, Thrones & Republics, from the Earth
to circumference and lay them in the dust and open the
way for the Esstablishment of the kingdom of God and
of more freedom and liberty than now Exists upon Earth
The signs of the times show that 1860 may be the
commencement of the desolution of the American Union
and of Bloody European wars But the Lord will guide
the destiny of the world in such a manner that his will
willbe done and the Prophets Fulfilled
I spent the fore part of the day in the office in reading
& conversation with G. A. Smith who gave an
account of his hard wark from a small boy and that it
had injured him & he would not advise for young Boys
to be worked to hard
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," December 29, 1859 - December 31, 1859, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qjLr