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Feb 6, 1854

Journal Entry

February 06, 1854 ~ Monday

6th I attended meeting with the perpetual fund company
Adjurned till 1st monday in ma[r]ch I took out of the
Library the 1st vol of Benjamin Franklin by J [Spenby]
which consisted of 10 vol I red the first vol through which
I found Highly instructing & interesting the following is an extract
of his rules of perfection which He endeavored to carry out in his
Life

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Franklin, Benjamin
6 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
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immortality, and shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air when he shall come in the clouds of heaven to meet with the saints on the earth. thou shalt be a great man on the Earth. thou shall have posterity and thy sons shall bear the priesthood after thee. thou shall be a comfort and consolation to thy father & Mother in their declining years. thou shall cause the heart of thy mother to rejoice who has laboured hard to preserve thy life from thy infancy up to this day. thou shall have power to teach the great things of the Kingdom of God and do great miracles thou shalt heal the sick & cast out Devils in the name of Jesus Christ. thou shalt see visions & dream dreams and angels shall administer unto thee and teach thee great things. thou shalt see Zion Zion esstablished in great power and glory. I seal all these Blessings upon you in the name of Jesus Christ Amen this Blessing was sealed upon the head of my son Wilford and recorded under my hand on this the 3rd day of Feb A.D 1854 Wilford Woodruff sen
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
On the I attended meeting with the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company which adjourned till the first Monday in March. I took out of the Library the first Vol. of th[e] Live of Benjamin Franklin read it through during the day was highly interested and instructed by its perusal and extracted into my Daily Journal from his rules of perfection which he endeavoured to carry out in his life Views of The Resurrection

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Wilford serves fourth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Feb 6, 1854