June 22nd Sunday I met with the saints for the last time on
the occasion of preaching to them while on this
visit to . I Preached in the morning
after assisting Br in baptizing 2 persons
we had quite a full attendance. I dined with
Br , we Administered the sacrament
in the afternoon, & I ordained Br
to the office of an Elder & confirmed 4 persons &
blessed 2 children administered to 10 sick persons
some portion of the time was occupied by the
brethren &c sisters in bearing testimony & we had a
good meeting. As the city had been placarded
during the week saying that W Woodruff
would preach a funeral sermon upon the death
of the Prophet & Patriarch &
who were murdered for their religion in
Illinois on the 27th of June 1844. services to
commence at ^1/2 past^ 6 oclock in the evening at an early
hour the people began to gather, And the house
was soon filled with a large respectable congregation
I took for my text the XVI ch Rev 3 to 7 verses I treated
upon the life and character of Those men the origen
rise & Progress of the church the of God unto them their Persecution &
the spirit of God rested upon me and
I deeply felt the wait of the subject the house
was almost as still as the house of Death the strictest
attention was paid And a good impression seemed
to be made upon the minds of the people At the
close of the meeting a collection was taken up &
about £1.10 was taken in all. At the close of
the meeting I felt satisfied with the labours
of the day & felt thankful for the privilege
of bearing my testimony before about three hundred
Saints And many respectable citizens in the city
