Sunday The foregoing were all that were voted upon
by Quorums separately All the rest of the Authorities of the
Church were voted for in the usual Manner by the whole con-
gregation, After which George Q Cannon said I hold in
my hand the Doctrins & Covenants and I present them to the
conference to see if the people will vote for them. He had also the Pear[l] of
Great Price in connexion with the Covenants, and all the conference
voted to sustain the revelations contained therein. President Taylor
then spoke some 20 M[inutes], followed By W. Woodruff spoke 15 M
~ Monday
11 Monday we met at 9 oclok at the Presidents office. We voted to [FIGURE] take the Engine out of the Temple at St George. We met the
Missionaries at the Council House and we set apart 55 for
their Missions. W Woodruff set apart 9 President Joseph Young
Ordained Matthias Cowley to the office of a seventy and
set him apart to his Mission. I spent the night at the farm 6 m[iles]
13 I met in council at the Endow[me]nt for council & Prayer
~ Thursday
14 I spent the day in writing up my Journal & in council.
~ Friday
15 I received 3 letters & spent the forenoon in council and
President Taylor made some arangm[en]ts with Henry Lunt to
secure a coal Mine & Iron Mines near Cedar. Appropriated
$5000 to help secure it to the Church to own 2/3 & Br Lunt 1/3 I wrote
up my Journal I wrote one letter to Sarah and sent Davids to her
[FIGURE] Sunday The foregoing were all that were voted upon
by Quorums separately. All the rest of the Authorities of the
Church were voted for in the usual Manner by the whole congregation, After which George Q Cannon said I hold in
my hand the Doctrins & Covenants and I present them to the
Conference to see if the people will vote for them. He had also the Pearl of
Great Price in connexion with the Covenants, and all the Conference
voted to sustain the Revelations contained therein. President Taylor
then spoke some 20 Minutes. followed By W. Woodruff spoke 15 Minutes
~ Monday
11 Monday we met at 9 oclok at the Presidents office. We voted to
[FIGURE] take the Engine out of the Temple at St George. We met the
Missionaries at the Council House and we set apart 55 for
their Missions. W Woodruff set apart 9 President Joseph Young
Ordained Matthias Cowley to the office of a seventy and
set him apart to his Mission. I spent the night at the farm 6 miles
13 I met in council at the Endowment for council & Prayer
~ Thursday
14 I spent the day in writing up my Journal & in council.
~ Friday
15 [FIGURE] I received 3 letters & spent the forenoon in council and
President Taylor made some arangments with Henry Lunt to
secure a Coal Mine & Iron Mines near Cedar. Appropriated
$5000 to help secure it to the Church to own 2/3 & Br Lunt 1/3 I wrote
up my Journal I wrote one letter to Sarah and sent Davids to her
~ Saturday
{FIGURE] 16 [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to McAllister & Bleak & went to the farm 6 miles
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," October 10, 1880 - October 17, 1880, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 3, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mq4r