March 3, 1881 ~ Thursday

March 3, 1881
We gave 82 Endowments to day. I searched my records to
day and found I had on my record Baptized for the dead
2749, Endowed 2037 couples sealed 67605. I sealed
10 couple for the dead to day and attended the prayer circle and was
Mouth at the Altar I wrote a letter to Emma Dated March 1,
and sent an Account of my birth day I spent the Evening at
Brother Lorenzo Brown's or rather took supper with him and
Sisters Eliza R Snow & Zina Young I attended the Priesthood
meeting But Began to feel unwell At the close of the Meeting
I went to my room in the Temple and went to bed
and stoped sever[al] hours I awoke about midnight and felt
distressed I soon saw that I had an attaack of the Billious Cholic

March 4, 1881 ~ Friday

^4^th I was sick all day and night^

March 5, 1881 ~ Saturday

March 5, 1881. This was an important day with me in several
respects I had invited fifty of my Brethren the leading
men of this part of the vinyard to meet me in the Temple of the
Lord to give them some instruction and to meet them in
the Prayer Circle But my sickness Pain & distress was so severe
I was not able to attend although I got ready to go into the Prayer room
A pain struck me through the stomach as though a Dart was
shot through me and I was in great distres untill the Prayer was
Ended the revelation that was given me in the wilderness was read
and they washed their feet & baore testimony unto God against those
men who had Shed the Blood of the Prophets and Apostles and
had peirsecuted the Saints they then went Before the Lord and offered
up Prayers from the altefr Altar upon this subject And the Devil
seemed Determined that I should have no hand in it and I was
kept in great pain untill the servises were over I was administered
to by the Brethren, and Br James Bleak administered to me the Medicine

March 3, 1881 ~ Thursday

March 3, 1881 We gave 82 Endowments to day. I searched my records to day and found I had on my record Baptized for the dead 2749, Endowed 2037 couples sealed705. I sealed 10 couple for the dead to day and attended the prayer circle and was Mouth at the Altar I wrote a letter to Emma Dated March 1, [FIGURE] and sent an Account of my birth day I spent the Evening at Brother Lorenzo Brown's or rather took supper with him and Sisters Eliza R Snow & Zina Young I attended the Priesthood [FIGURE] meeting But Began to feel unwell At the close of the Meeting [FIGURE] I went to my room in the Temple and went to bed and stoped several hours I awoke about midnight and felt distressed I soon saw that I had an attack of the Billious Cholic

March 4, 1881 ~ Friday

4th I was sick all day and night

March 5, 1881 ~ Saturday

March 5, 1881. This was an important day with me in several FIGURES respects I had invited fifty of my Brethren the leading men of this part of the vinyard to meet me in the Temple of the Lord to give them some instruction and to meet them in the Prayer Circle But my sickness Pain & distress was so severe I was not able to attend although I got ready to go into the Prayer room [FIGURE] A pain struck me through the stomach as though a Dart was shot through me and I was in great distres untill the Prayer was Ended the revelation that was given me in the wilderness was read and they washed their feet & bore testimony unto God against those men who had Shed the Blood of the Prophets and Apostles and had persecuted the Saints they then went Before the Lord and offered up Prayers from ther Altar upon this subject And the Devil seemed Determined that I should have no hand in it and I was kept in great pain untill the servises were over I was administered to by the Brethren, and Br James Bleak administered to me the Medicine