September 17, 1847 ~ Friday 17th We started out on a buffalo hunt this morning but after view[ing] the Hills & Plains we could not see any buffalo cows & as bulls we[re] poor this season of the Year we would not kill any of them so we returned to camp, harnessed our horses & drove 12 miles & camped on the Bank of the Platt, grass quite good, on the way I exhamined the grave stone of a young man who was drowned while swiming the river in the spring He was ...

we mourn for the loss of our friends when they die but if they die in the Lord they are better off than the living for they have gained one victory which the living have not they are beyound the reach of pain, sorrow, wicked men, devils, and devlish spirits which we are not, for we are daily in the midst of all the suffering that mortal man is heir to & when will this suffering end, when we die & not before, unless we should live untill Satan is bound but all must pass through death ...

or blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from hence forth saith the spirit for they rest from their labours (& if their friends are faithful) their works will follow them, but what is the time of our suffering in this life in comparison with Eternity After we have spent millions of ages in Eternity & we look back upon our time here & it will ownly look like the twinkling of an eye in comparison and so it will be in the waiting for the resurrection of our bodies it will be for a moment as ...

April 29, 1848 ~ Saturday 29th President Young made a feast & invited a few of his friends inasmuch as we were about to seperate the company was composed of the following persons B Young, H. C. Kimball, O Pratt, W Woodruff, A. P. Rockwood Joseph Young, E. T. Benson Levi Richards & their ladies we had a plesent time Br Benson gave sumthing of an account of his begging mission in ...

July 17, 1848 ~ Monday 17th I spent the day at St Louis but left in the evening on board of the Herald at 5 oclok I took cabin passage with my family July 18, 1848 ~ Tuesday 18 Early in the morning the Pilot in a fog run the boat aground in a Pickerel swamp & it lay 12 hours before it was got off we could not get any milk for our little Shuah She was taken with bowel complant & was ...

July 24, 1848 ~ Monday July 24th Mrs Woodruff feels quite unwell to day I spent the day at res[t] July 25, 1848 ~ Tuesday 25th Mrs Woodruff feels some better today in health she and her Sister Rhoda laboured hard all day at the wash tubs. While Br Carter & myself was busy in making the grave stone for our child July 26, 1848 ~ Wednesday 26th I went out in the morning with Mr

The Saints abroad manifest much interest in the Book of Abraham in the T & Seasons it will be continued as fast as Joseph gets time to translate. Phebe wishes me to send her respects to Brother & Sistr Pratt we have a fine healthy girl◊ 3 months old. Our little Boy came near killing himself drinking strong lye but has got well again steam Boat & rail road accidents are as freequent as ever fires &c. I herd your letter read ...

88 Bowery Street New York Oct 23d 1839 Dear Phebe Notwithstanding we are at times flung into the deepest suspens in consequence of not hearing from our dearest friends for a season yet I rejo- ice that the day comes when we understand the cause of all & our minds are unloded of its burthen. As it has been with you so it has bean with me in one respect: I have looked with feelings of the deepest interest for a letter from my Dear Wife (in whose bosom my heart has a ...

quite splendid with the pulpit or stand in or near the centre of the house which is the english custom. Another thing has attracted my attention while visiting public places in England ie a great plainness of dress with both rich & poor male & female, their cloth may be equ⬦ally as good if not better than that worn in America but they do not appear as tasty & flashy. I think the Americans pattern more after the French than English in their dress. The Encllish deposit their dead in vaults in the church yard & ...

December 17, 1856 ~ Wednesday 17th I felt unwell Yet I called upon Brother Blair we then went to Brother Ballantyne found him quite sick we laid hands upon him rebuked his desease & the spirit of God rested upon us & we rebuked his desease & he was better He dreamed that He was about to die saw his coffin & grave which was dug deep. Just before he was to die He dreamed He was invited to a wedding but He was to sick to go He dreamed ...