First Meeting in the Nauvoo Temple | Day in the Life of Wilford Woodruff

Writer: Kamryn Maughan 

Speaker: Ed Evans 

Editor: Caralyn Bullough

Day in the Life

Transcript

On October 30th, 1842, Wilford Woodruff wrote in his journal, 

“For the first time the Saints of God had the privilege of meeting in the Temple of the Lord in Nauvoo. A temporary floor was laid within the unfinished walls and seats prepared which would seat about 3,000 persons and the room was crowded and the walls covered”