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I see the power of God manifest around me Every day. Joseph laid hands with me yesterday upon one of my wives who was vary sick & it seemed as though she could not live an hour & she was healed right up & thousands of the saints who are now alive would now have been in there graves if it had not been for the Exercise of faith in the midst of the saints.
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called up to go down to the farm & visit my daughter Susan who thought her youngest child was dying. I took Mrs Woodruff down to see the child we laid hands upon & rebuked the desease & the child began to amend
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18th March 1856 Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff & myself in company with our two oldest children Wilford & Phebe repaired to the house of the Lord that our children might receive their endowment I washed & anointed my son Wilford and ordained him to the office of an Elder & sealed upon him all the Blessings of his ordination, Anointing, & my Birthright in compliance with the council of President Kimball.
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We spent the day in the office and in the evening we called upon President Brigham Young at his office. to make some enquiries upon certain teachings of Joseph concerning the Endowments Elder G. A. Smith said that Joseph taught that but one King & Priest could be anointed at one meeting in a private Room Dedicated by permission to Anointed in but one person could be anointed in a day but in the Temple several could be anointed in a day But ^at^ each anointing the meeting was dismissed and them came together President Young said Joseph taught him to take the Quorums of the Church in their order begining at the Oldest of Each Quorums & Anoint them Kings & Priest u^n^to God When I got through with that begin at the begining again to administer for the dead. When the Temple is finished & a place duly prepared we should not be confined to any particular Number in sealing and Anointing. the rooms next to the East pulpit or over it will be the place to attend to the 2nd Anointings. Under the pulpit in the west End will be a place to offer Sacrafizes there will be an Altar prepared for that purposes so that when any sacrafices are to be offered they should be offered there [FIGURES]
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Excerpt:Blessed 120 Children Administered unto 120 sick persons by Prayer laying on of hands and anointing in many instances the sick were healed, the lame walked & Devils were cast out Assisted in Procuring £1,000 Pounds sterling, for Printing the Millennia Star 3,000 copies of the Latter Day Saints Hymns, 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, & to Assist 200 Saints to Emegrate to America & gather with their Brethren At Nauvoo & Iowa Wrote 200 Letters Received 112 Letters I ...
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Excerpt:The third Book of Willford for 1837 O Lord I ask thee in the name of Jesus Christ thy Son, to look upon thy servant Willford, who now occupies a place in Kirtland, this first stake of zion, which thou hast appointed in this last dispensation, & fulness of times for the gather- ing of thy Saints. O God of Israel, inspire the heart & pen of thy servant at this time, & hear & answer the Petition which he will ...
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Excerpt:March 26, 1837 ~ Sunday March 26th Sunday communed with the saints in the fore part of the day. In the latter part, Elder W. Parrish Preached the funeral sermon of Sister Pratt the wife of Elder P. P. Pratt one of the twelve who died March 25th 1837 March 27, 1837 ~ Monday March 27th I signed $50 fifty Dollars for the building of the house of the Lord in Zion the subscription list was in the hands of ...Dates:March 26, 1837 March 27, 1837 April 2, 1837
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Excerpt:April 3, 1837 ~ Monday April 3rd The day had now arived for preperations for the solumn assembly the annointing & the endowment of the Elders of Israel or at least for those that were not endowed in Kirtland the strong hold of the daughter of Zion in the spring of 1836 & as I was absent at that time my day is now come & my time at hand for those blessings & I shall record the events of each day of the endowment for ...Dates:April 3, 1837 April 4, 1837
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Excerpt:the hands of President Joseph Young we then assisted President Young in washing our Brethren the Elders much of the spirit of God rested upon us I washed & perfumed the bodies of a number of my Brethren & the interview closed after after expressing our feelings to each other. We again met together in the quorum of the sev enties at the upper part of the Lords house at early candle light to receieve our anointing. The quorums of the Deacons, Teachers, & Priest occupied one apartment the Elders another ...
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Excerpt:& power to fly through the midst under heaven as Philip travled by the spirit, that I should have power over my enemies & have long life to bring many into the kingdom of God [Acts 8:39] Also that I should have the riches of the earth & that I should have sons & consecrate them priests unto God in zion & that I should tread upon the ashes of my enemies in Jackson County they that had sought to take my life & the ...
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Excerpt:Elder Zerah Pulsipher I was ordained a Teacher under his hands on the 2nd of Jan 1834, in Richland Oswego Co NY. On the 5th of Nov 1834, I was ordained a Priest under the hands of Elder Simeon Carter by the direction of the High Council in Clay County Missouri. On the 28th of June 1835 I was ordained an Elder in the church of Latter Day Saints under the hands of Elder Warren Parrish at Eagle Creek Benton County ...
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Excerpt:January 24, 1844 ~ Wednesday 24th I preached at Haws house in the evening had the spirit of the Lord & an inter esting time January 25, 1844 ~ Thursday 25th [FIGURE] Met with the quorum of the Twelve [FIGURE] at President Youngs house had a good prayer meeting [FIGURE] OH Br Orson Hyde was present had not met with us for sometime Orson Hyde Received his 2d Anointing. January 26, 1844 ~ Friday 26 [FIGURE] I met ...Dates:January 24, 1844 January 25, 1844 January 26, 1844 January 27, 1844
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Excerpt:Seal the hearts of the children to the fathers Malachi IV. Ch 6 vers [FIGURE] ^Wilford & Phebe W Woodruff receivd our 2d Anointing & sealings^ January 29, 1844 ~ Monday 29th Monday I met in the evening at Elder B Youngs for a Prayer meeting but few of us to gether January 30, 1844 ~ Tuesday 30 [FIGURE] Met with the quorum at Elder Youngs for a meeting [FIGURES] Br & Sister John Taylor was with us. ...Dates:January 29, 1844 January 31, 1844
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Excerpt:February 1, 1844 ~ Thursday Feb I spent the day painting & drawing my arches in the front of my house & geting my roof on February 2, 1844 ~ Friday 2d I spent the day to work on my house. [FIGURES] I met with the quorum for Prayer &c at Elders Youngs. [FIGURES] Br & Sister Wm. W. Phelps attended with us. Br Phelps spoke Concerning his appointment as a Lawyier in Israel. ^Brother & ...Dates:February 1, 1844 February 2, 1844 February 3, 1844