Willford Woodruff & Phebe. W. Carter was joined in Marriage April 13th A.D. 1837 rather than complain thou must put thy whole trust in God. ^thou art of the blood of Ephraim^ thou shalt have a celestial crown. Thou shalt have a residence in Zion and do a great work, there Thou shalt sew the Vail of the Temple and rejoice in the work of thy hands. If thou wilt keep the comm andments thou shalt have all of thy friends they shall be members of the covenant. I ...

December 29th 1833 were neither contending nor receievi ng the faith once delivered to the Sain ts I could not discover the Church or body of Christ visible among men. I believed the Church of Christ was in the wilderness and that there had been a falling away from the pure and undefiled religion before God And I was a looking for the Church to arise and again to be esstablished upon the foundation of the ancient Apostles and Prophets Christ Jesus the Chief Corner Stone. After ...

June 6, 1836 ~ Monday June 6th Elders Patten & Parrish arived at Br Taylors in the morning & I rode in company with them to James Hendricks Elder Parish tarried & Elder Patten rode with me to Br Lanes whare we spent the night {Distance} 20 m[iles] June 7, 1836 ~ Tuesday 7th Elder Parrish came to Br Lanes & we all rode to Br Clapps to attend meeting. Elder ...

to the pattern given by our beloved Savior Jesus Christ, send greeting: Dear Brethren:— We have appointed our beloved brother and companion in tribulation, John Corrill to meet you in the name of the Lord Jesus. He in connection with others duly appointed also, will visit you alternately for the purpose of instructing you in the necessary qualifications of the Latter Day Saints: that they may be perfected, that the officers and members of the body of Christ may become very prayerful and very faithful, strictly keep- ing all the commandments and walking in holiness before ...

Lord for special Blessings you will have to be vary careful not to indulge in light or vain conversation because it will grieve the spirit of the Lord. I met with the various quorums of the Church & many of the councils of the Church are like the door upon its hinges we are as we were, But we should improve by every opportunity we have. He then left us Brother Kimball said as Brother Young has opened the way I will say the less you to meet to gether to talk over ...

AN EPISTLE OF THE TWELVE, TO THE BTETHREN SCATTERED ABROAD ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA, GREETING: BELOVED BRETHREN, It seemeth good to us to write unto you at this time concerning the great things of the kingdom of our God, and more especially as we have been called upon by the late General Conference so to do; that the work may not be hindered, but that all may understand their privi lege and duty in this day of glorious events, so that by exercising themselves therein ...