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Sep 24, 1887

Journal Entry

September 24, 1887 ~ Saturday

24 A hand pointing to the right A folded letter/box I received 15 Letters, 10 public 5 private wrote 4 Letters
to Sarah & Bell &c signed 15 Recommends I went to Br [blank]
and spent the Night

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Moses, Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
164 mentions
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Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
701 mentions
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Letter from William Paxman, 24 September 1887
To Presidents Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Wilford Woodruff. My Dear Brethren: We have received this day two very interesting letters, one bearing date of August 2nd from Presidents Geo. Q Cannon and Jos. F. Smith, the other from President Woodruff, bearing date of August 16th; and I now hasten to acknowledge the receipt of the same, for, the Lord being willing, we desire to leave on Monday morning for a visit to the North part of the Island and while thus traveling in Maoridom there is but little convenience or time for corresponding. We were delighted with the contents of your letters, and can say Amen to all the words spoken concerning the greatness and no- bility of character of our deceased leader and Prophet; but as you say his biography is interwoven with the history of this dispensation, and it is unnecessary for me to enlarge on his many noble qualities of heart and mind, all of which are so widely known, and inasmuch also as I wrote last mail my feelings to you regarding his death. We were much surprised and amused at the audacity, and brazen cheek of Uncle Sam in demanding $4,000,00000 of the Church. And for what? Is the Nation in a state of bankruptcy and do they wish to fill up their coffers with the hard earnings of the people of God whom they have driven and robbed before and some of whom they have killed? It seemes as though this step on the part of the Nation is too glaring an act for the people of the United States even to look upon without a feeling of insecurity for themselves and their denominations; for if they can thus rob us, they can in like man- ner rob them, should they happen to fall under the displeasure of an Edmond or a Tucker. But we do not fear the result, for we know that the Lord is on our side, and we have every thing to encourage us. This step against the work of God will, as has been the lot of all others, result in the complete overthrow of our enemies and the fur- therence of the cause they are seeking to destroy. We were thankful to hear that the People's Party came out and did their duty at the polls to the defeating of our Liberal candidates We think it high time that the Saints were arroused from the lethargy

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Wilford, as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, becomes the leader of the Church.

Sep 24, 1887