Jul 15, 2021
by Hovan Lawton
By Hovan Lawton, Editorial Assistant In early 1838, Phebe Woodruff and other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were passing through very challenging times. The collapse of the Kirtland Safety Society banking system had brought financial hardship to the Saints, causing some to turn against Joseph Smith and call him a fallen prophet. Just two years earlier, the Saints had unitedly celebrated the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. Kirtland had been a place of holiness wher ...
by Kristy Wheelwright Taylor
This picture includes members of our Autobiography Transcription Team and they know how to get the job done. These ladies work in pairs to complete the second level of document verification (2LV), which means that one of them reads the original document while the other reads the transcription to check for errors. They also do transcription and subject links, which allow you to click on names and places in the documents on the website and learn more about who Wilford interacted with and where t ...
Jul 12, 2021
by Jennifer Ann Mackley
Wilford Woodruff met Colonel Solomon Copeland in April 1835 while preaching in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. On April 21st he records, “Preached at the house of Col Soloman Copeland Henry Co Tennessee Mrs Copeland was healed by the laying on of hands.” They continued their friendship during Wilford’s mission to the Southern States, and the Copelands hosted Wilford dozens of times as he rode his preaching circuit through Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. Nine years later, ...
Jul 11, 2021
In March of 1838, the newlyweds, Wilford and Phebe Woodruff, were in Maine where Phebe had accompanied Wilford on a mission, and where she was staying with her family in town. On an afternoon off from preaching and traveling, Wilford and Brother Cyrus Sterrett went with their wives for a visit to the shore. Wilford writes that they
Jun 8, 2021
by Howard Collett
1840 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR WILFORD’S MISSION AMONG THE UNITED BRETHREN “The ministers of the Church of England sent three church clerks to see what I was doing,” said Wilford Woodruff, “and I baptized them.” This is only one of the remarkable stories of Wilford Woodruff on his mission to England. Among those who heard the message of the restored gospel in 1840, one thousand eight hundred were baptized, one-third of them members of the United Brethren chur ...
Jun 7, 2021
Insight to Come Follow Me - D&C 71-75 IN 1846, WILFORD WAS ALMOST KILLED BY A FALLING TREE The accident broke his sternum and three ribs, and also caused severe internal injuries. It was only one of more than two dozen incidents that threatened his life. A list of these incidents follows, humbling indeed to know what an apostle endured. A prominent participant in many defining events of early Church history, Wilford became familiar with clouds of adversity that eventuall ...
May 31, 2021
The development of temple doctrine in the nineteenth century can be traced through the life of one man: Wilford Woodruff. Indeed, his is the only life that spans the period from the introduction of temple ordinances through Joseph Smith in the 1830s to the revelations in 1890s that changed the focus of temple work to eternal families, as God intended.
May 5, 2021
by Diane LeFrandt Nelson
Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that publishes Wilford Woodruff's documents on the open-access website wilfordwoodruffpapers.org, has released the first transcribed documents available online, representing 1,500 pages of more than 60,000 pages of the cataloged collection to be transcribed and made available to the public over the next 10 years. "We are excited to offer this expansive free resource to the public," said Jennifer Mackley, Wilford Woodruff Papers Fo ...
Insight to Come Follow Me – Doctrine and Covenants 49-50Gifts of the SpiritLike all great teachers, Wilford Woodruff documented in his journals both a principle and an application relevant to “that which is of God is light” (Doctrine and Covenants 50:24). One such instance was in 1848, where Wilford records his experience of listening to the revelations of the Holy Ghost, a gift of the spirit. Following the epic pioneer journey to the Salt Lake Valley, Wilford Woodruff was assigned to take ...
Apr 20, 2021
by Steven C. Harper
No one wants to be a document editor when they grow up. At least I didn’t. What does a document editor do all day anyway–fix typos? Then when I was fourteen, historical documents got exciting.
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