January 14, 1881 ~ Friday Jan 14, 1881 [FIGURES] I received a letter from David John and wrote a letter to McAllister David John & C Peterson & Lorenzo Snow. I met in council with President Taylor. He did not wish men called to go to St John ownly as volenteers did not wish to force any man to go January 15, 1881 ~ Saturday 15 [FIGURES] I received 2 letters to day from

May 17, 1892 I met with the board of Z.C.M.I. & many visitors but went home Early May 18, 1892 ~ Wednesday 18 I went to the office & Met with Mr Clark & talked upon our linage of Woodruffs & Clark. I met with Rev. [blank] And his daughter & conversed upon Utah Affairs May 19, 1892 ~ Thursday 19 About the first warm day, I met with the Twelve May 20, 1892 ...

Perhaps you would like to know what I have been about since I I left New Rowley &c. At least I will venture to give you a brief acc- ount of matters & things with me. On the 8th of Aug, in company with my wife I arived at Mr Ezra Carter's My father in law in the State of Maine, and you may rest assured we met a most welcome reception amid tears of joy, and was entertained with every mark of Kindness, respect, & friendship ...

I now wish to call your attention back to the first day that I visited the Island. I said it was on Sunday & of course there was to be preaching in the Baptist Meeting house. I hastened to the place, meeting had commenced. I sent for the deacon he came to the door, I informed him we were servants of God, had a message to the people, & wished to be herd. he informed the priest of it. We were invited into the pulpet & our appointment given out. The priest finished his discourse; invited us ...

OFFICE OF Great Western One Price Clothing House, DEALER IN MEN'S, YOUTHS' and BOYS' CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. 19 SOUTH PARK Newark Ohio June 30, 1893 Brethern. Having recieved a spiritual dispausation. Having been braught from Darkness to the =Truth= Having recieved The Truth Through the Holy=one= Having been born a Jew circumcised when eight days old Being Baptist through the =Holy=Ghost= Being = Quareset by one in athority, all this being done I at last received the True light. The light that Paul seen when he went from =

By this we plainly see, that the promise of the Holy Ghost was not confined to the apostles, neither to that nor any other particular age of the world; for Peter dis- tinctly and positively said to you and to your children—to them that are afar off—even as many as the Lord our God shall call. [Acts 2:39] Now, if this promise of the Holy Ghost was to continue, then, certainly, faith, repentance, baptism, must continue also: as the Holy Ghost was granted as the seal of ...

he that cometh after me shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan, unto John, to be baptized of him; but John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, to fulfil all righteousness: then he suffered him; and Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, and lo! the heavens were opened upon him, and ...

this, heard of Jesus for the first time). Both of these persons went down into the water, and came up straight- way out of the water. The Eunuch went on his way rejoicing. [Acts 8:26-39] We might also mention the jailor and his household, and many others. We have given sufficient proof that baptism, by im- mersion, is one of the ordinances of the Gospel, and that it was instituted by Jesus Christ. Now, we desire to show, that according to the order of the ...

took Angels to ordain a man like him. But we have no record that James should appoint a man to fill his place. Yet we can tell our friends, who held the highest Priesthood in the Church at the death of James. Nov. 6, 1846, James J. Strang was commanded to go and anoint and ordain Joseph Smith, the son of the martyr, to the same Priesthood his uncle Hiram held. We have all the proof we want that James did obey God. And that left the ...

October 6, 1890 THE DESERET WEEKLY. President W. Woodruff Stepped forward to the breastwork of the stand and said: Before dis- missing this Conference I want to say a few words to the Latter-day Saints. The Lord has said, by reve- lation, to those who hold the keys of the Kingdom of God: "Whomsoever thou shalt bless I will bless and whomsoever thou shalt curse I will curse." I have traveled something like a hundred and seventy-five thousand miles in my day and time, and I have ...