Br Jonathan H. Hale comes along with a shovel on his back & says how do you do Brother Woodruff & in fact I saw so many of my old friends I hardly knew who to go home with first finally I concluded to go & spent the night with Brother Hale & we had an interesting time together in talking about our travels together upon the Islands of the sea & also Br Hale gave me an account of his sufferings & those of his family & all the saints in Missouri during ...

April 27, 1839 ~ Saturday April 27th We had entered into a covenant to see the poor saints all mooved out of Missouri into Illinois that they might be delivered from under the hand of such vile persecution & we have spared no pains to accomplish this object untill the Lord hath given us the desires of our hearts in this thing & we have now the last company of the poor with us that can be removed. Br Parley P Pratt one of the Twelve &

the gospel & knowing the signs do follow, then I ask does these things harm any one, No they do not. In speaking of the kingdom of God, he said the kingdom must be together the people must be together & gatherd into one place. For how would the king of france or England look undertaking to reign over a kingdom when the people were scatterd all over the world except in france or England they could not reign over a people unless a people were with those kings to ...

to do his work, for all the power the nations will soon have is to destroy each other, for soon nation will be against nation party against party the rich against the poor & the poor against the rich untill they are destroyed from under heaven Tradition says the pope destroyed the church of God. Rome followed the Church as long as their was a saint & now you say the pope killed fifty millions of Christians you lie sir their was not a Christian on Earth, for when rome killed the kChristians & would not have God ...

May 3, 1836 ~ Tuesday May 3 Rode to Father Frys {with Elder Patten} distance 10 miles May 4, 1836 ~ Wednesday 4 Preached at Br Frey's at candle light {Elder Patten lead the meeting} May 5, 1836 ~ Thursday 5 Spent the day at Br Frey's copying my Journal & studying the HEBREW {with Elder Patten} May 6, 1836 ~ Friday 6 Spent the day studying & writing at Br ...

BAPTIZE ALL MY FATHER'S FAMILY. The Lord heard my prayer and answered my petition, and when the hour of meeting had come I arose from my bed, and could sing and shout for joy to think I had been delivered from the power of the evil one. Filled with the power of God, I stood up in the midst of the congregation and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ unto the people in great plainness. At the close of the meeting we assembled on the banks of the ...

under Heaven who now hold these blessings & know & see the things of God in the true light. Hence the Lord requires this people to call upon God day & night for the redemption of this branch of the House of Israel that his promises may be fulfilled concerning them. Inasmuch as we cannot do any thing for the Jews but give them our prayers we should not with hold that blessing from them. Again let us turn our thoughts to the Lamanites of who are of the linage of Joseph ...

& then it will be a blessing to you allways & you will enjoy it. But steal it & it will be a curse to you & cause you sorrow & misery. Whenever I get so that I set my heart upon Houses, lands, Gold or any thing Els on earth so as to begin to turn my heart away from the Lord The Just want to die before that comes to pass day before that comes to pass I want the Lord to take me away. May God Bless you Amen President

we can be made vessels of honour what can we be made vessels of honour after we have moved in the hands of the potter & ground over again yes this will be the case with man but it is far better to be passive in the hands of God & be made a vessel of honor the first time than to wait thill till we have to be ground over again this is a figure which the prophet Jeremiahah made use of. Now President Young is the Master Potter here on ...

among wholm was 50 of the Mormons there was a prospect of the whole armey suffering for want of food. We appointed a meeting at 2 oclok in our new city to hear a statement made by square wells of the affairs in Nauvoo before meeting the cry of fire was heard on the prairie grass of the encampment & all run to put it out & it was soon extinguished. Meeting opened at 2 oclok PM at the Council Block. Meeting opened by prayer by O ...