Jan 178 1878 Night and arived at Parawan at 6 oclok in the morning
We rode to Cove Creek Fort & spent the night vary Rough Roads 25 M[iles]
~ Saturday
19 We rode to Bever & took supper with Bishop Murdocks
family then rode to Buck Horn Springs, watered Horses
drove 2 Miles camped 3 Hours lay on the ground was
cold arose & continued our gjourney and Arived at Parawan at 5 oclok in the Morning 50 Miles
~ Sunday
20. I stoped with Brother Rowley took breakfast went to
bed slept 3 Hours And Attended Meeting in the Afternoon
John Rowley Prayed W Woodruff spoke One hour
23rd I went to the Temple to day Examined the building and
Grounds and found a great deal of Labor had been
performed in levelling and grading the Temple Block
and a great deal of Labor in the Temple in Giving Endowments
I found the Temple was settleing some window and Door
sills cracking and the walls some. We gave Endowments today
to 115 Ordained 53 Elders J D T McAllister sealed 13 c[ouples] D H Cannon 12 total 25. D H C sealed 6 childn to parents
I called upon Samuel Hardy in the Evening
~ Thursday
24. I spent the day in the Temple we gave Endowments to 159
Ordained 701 Elders J McAllister sealed 22 couple DHC 14
17 children sealed to parents. 2 second Anointings By McA
~ Friday
25 I spent the day in the Endowments in the Temple we gave Endowments
to 127. Ordained 59 Elders WW ordained 3 1 and sealed 43 couple
we had 43 sealings {[Amanda Knight] and [Danford Heiss]}
~ Friday
Jan 18 1878
We rode to Cove Creek Fort & spent the night vary Rough Roads 25 Miles
~ Saturday
19 We rode to Bever & took supper with Bishop Murdocks
family then rode to Buck Horn Springs, watered Horses
drove 2 Miles camped 3 Hours lay on the ground was
cold arose & continued ourjourney and Arived at
Parawan at 5 oclok in the Morning 50 Miles
~ Sunday
20. I stoped with Brother Rowley took breakfast went to
bed slept 3 Hours And Attended Meeting in the Afternoon
John Rowley Prayed W Woodruff spoke One hour
23rd I went to the Temple to day Examined the building and
Grounds and found a great deal of Labor had been
performed in levelling and grading the Temple Block
and a great deal of Labor in the Temple in Giving Endowments
I found the Temple was settleing some window and Door
sills cracking and the walls some. We gave Endowments today
to 115 Ordained 53 Elders J D T McAllister sealed 13 couples
D H Cannon 12 total 25. D H C sealed 6 childn to parents
I called upon Samuel Hardy in the Evening
~ Thursday
24. I spent the day in the Temple we gave Endowments to 159
Ordained 71 Elders J McAllister sealed 22 couple DHC 14
17 children sealed to parents. 2 second Anointings By McA
~ Friday
25 I spent the day in the Endowments in the Temple we gave Endowments
to 127. Ordained 59 Elders WW ordained 1 and sealed3 couple
we had 43 sealings {Amanda Knight and Danford Heiss}
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," January 18, 1878 - January 25, 1878, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6RKV