May 28, 1836 ~ Saturday May 28 At a conferenc convened at Br Seth Utleys agreeable to appointment on the 28 day of may 1836 congregation called to order & Elder David W Patten nominated & seconded to officiate as chairman & Elder Warren Parish secretary. Opened by singing & Prayer & Pro ceded to business. The chairman made some prelimin ary remarks touching the object & order of the meeti ng & called upon the official members to inform the conference in what manner they ...

A CONFERENCE HELD. been a prominent Elder in the Church, and had labored with me as a missionary, had apostatized and been cut off from the Church. Learning that I was building up branches of the Church upon the island, he and other apostates conspired to block up my way by writing lies to the people and stirring up a spirit of mobocracy upon the islands. They succeeded in exerting a strong influence with the wicked, but I knew they could not hinder the work of ...

ORDAINED TO THE APOSTLESHIP. fulfilled this day should not be, and notwithstanding that ten thousand of the Saints had been driven out of the State by the edict of the governor, and though the Prophet Joseph and his brother, Hyrum Smith, with other leading men were in the hands of our enemies, in chains and in prison, we moved on to the temple grounds in the city of Far West, and held a council, and fulfilled the revelation ...

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. the room was filled with large serpents, and I shuddered at the sight. My companion said he would not go into the room for fear of the serpents. I told him I should try to go through the room though they killed me, for the Lord had commanded it. As I stepped into the room the serpents coiled themselves up, and raised their heads some two feet from the floor, to spring at me. There was one much larger than the rest in the center ...

THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 20. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1858. VOL VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) -[CONTINUED.]- MAY 31—I left my wife and friends in Kirt- land, and walked to Fairport with bro. Hale; we were joined by Milton Holmes, and took the steamer Sandusky and arrived in Buffalo June 1st, and

June 8, 1870 What is a kingdom A King People & Territory without thes things there can be No kingdom. several of the Brethren spoke & Expressed there feelings upon the two settlements President Young spoke 3 M[inutes]. We then returned to Newton 5 M[iles] we held A Meeting on our return D B Huntington spoke 530, F. D. Richards 5, President Young 30, Brother Penrose 10 distance of the day 130 miles June 9, 1870 ~ Thursday 9. A Plesant Morning I ...

June 22nd 1870 ~ Wednesday B Young Jr Prayed President Young spoke 38 M[inutes] He said If I was to ask how many there are here today who was in Jackson Co I think there would be but few, or in Kirtland or far west but few I contrast the groth of this people with these days In the days of Joseph it was a hard Matter to get the people to believe in Revelation. But I told the people the day ...

June 22nd 1870 wants to Apostitize I say let him go. Cut the thread & the least we say about the Apostates or the officers of Government the Better, & Mr Grant has been on a bed of Nettles to know what the Mormons were agoing to do if they Passed the Collum Bill. I have told them I did not know but God will tell us what to do & if we do it He will protect us in all things. We have No time to ...

Jan 20, 1872 along in our pilgrimage. I have had this spirit upon me since I first Entered this Chirch I was Baptized the first sermon I herd & from that day untill now I have kept a daily Journal whenever I have herd Joseph Smith preach, teach, or prophesy, I have always felt it my duty to write it. I have always felt uneasy I could not Eat drink or sleep in peace untill I did write it & my mind has been so Exercised upon this subjects that when I ...

May 21, 1867 ~ Tuesday May 21, 1867 I spent the day diging in my garden May 22, 1867 ~ Wednesday 22 I finished diging in my garden & sowing clover seed May 23, 1867 ~ Thursday 23rd I went to the field & mended my fence May 24, 1867 ~ Friday 24. My cattle shed post began to sink in the ground & shed to fall down I flung all my straw off into the Barn yard & pried up the top timbers & dug the ...