Dec 15th 1869 we fed him a tumbler full that satisfied him & he fell asleep & slept for half an hour and After He awoke he vomited up a good deal of flem But finally became distresed again in the lungs & continued sinking through the night December 16, 1869 ~ Thursday 16. The child is dying this morning Delight the Mother of the child is feeling vary bad Emma, Sarah, & myself was with the child ...

in him cannot hold the priesthood & if no other Prothet ever spake it before I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ I know it is true & they know it the Negro cannot hold one particle of Government but the day will come when all the seed of Cane will be Redeemed & have all the blessings we have now & a great deal more but the seed of Abel will be ahead of the seed of Cane to all Eternity let ...

nearest house on the road. He went out of sight in great haste I then knelt down in the water & prayed the Lord to heal me up & the spirit of the Lord rested upon me & I was healed the pain left me I arose & went my way ^*^ whenever I met with one or more families I preached to them & bore my testimony as I went alone to the people I arrived at the Missippi River & crossed it in the evening of the 27th March 1835 ...

August 25, 1858 ~ Wednesday 25 Aug I called upon President Young in the morning & spoke upon the Loss of the Deseret Alphabet manuscript. I met with A. P. Rockwood & Samuel Richards as the inspecters of the Penetentiary to make out Documents to send to washington I attended the prayer circle August 26, 1858 ~ Thursday 26th I took a portion of my famil[y] & went into the field to prepare for threshing my wheat ...

uplifted in spirit and rejoices in the God of Abraham Isaac & Jacob when we Entered upon the Missippi River how can I paint to you in the most true language the scenery that met our view upon both Banks of the River. A thick shrubery of beautifull Green foilage seemed to line the sides all they way up, with a hut scattered here and there which enlivedd the seen to see people seemingly happy and content and the best of all they were in the Land of Liberty and where not affraid of ...

Dec 20, 1886 On the night of the 17 Dec Emma & myself went into the Temple & was sealed for 34 couple of our dead friends among the Number Martishia Smith Emmas Mother was [FIGURE] sealed to David W. Patten the Martered Apostle Emma Smith Woodruff received her second Anointing for her Mother at the Temple in the Evening of Dec 20, 1886 December 21, 1886 ~ Tuesday 21. I spent the day reading December ...

in the grave or leaning on their staff for very age. There is Parley Pratt, jun., who has just spoken. I remember the day of his birth very well, for his mother died the day he was born, and I atten- ded her funeral. Now he has grown to be a man, and I rejoice to hear him bear testimony of the work of God in connection with the o[t]her young brethren: it does my soul good to see them coming on to the stage of action. I realize ...

I wish to say that in a missionary meeting of the Twelve & Presidency to get up a list of Missionaries to go to England Samuel Smith & Brother Jenson was put ^down^ Brother Young wanted to know if Broth Jenson owed the king any service where he came from you will please find out. Brothe Snow I wish you would see if your Branch cannot do sumthing for our Agricultural Society use your infl- uence to get them to organize a Branch if it is not done & Join the ...

March 27th 1835 I was frightened and did not wished to be put to the test of preaching in order to prove me a preacher this was the view of Mr Jackson untill he became highly Excited and was in for having some fun. I was pleased to see it take this turn for I desired to preach to the people they set a table and gave me a good supper in a large hall. Mr Jackson went out into the city immediately and gave Notice to a certain class of ...

when some negroes came and broke open the turkey roost and they all put after the theives and this enabled me to go to sleep. In the morning I arose and took breakfast and then enabled upon Mr. Jackson who was in his store and thanked him for his kindness and entertainment. He said I was welcome and that if ever I came that way again he wished me to call upon him and that I should be welcome to all that his house afforded. I then went on my way walked thirty-two miles and ...