Darwins Chase and Norman Shearer (who had
just been liberated from Richmond prison) were
also ordained to the office of Seventies. The Twelve
then offered up vocal prayer in the following order Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, Orson PrattJohn E Page John Taylor Wilford Woodruff and George A Smith
After which they sung Adam^on^di Aman and then the
Twelve took their leave and parting hand of the following Saints agreeable to revelation viz A Brother Elias
Smith, Norman Shearer, Wm Burton, Stephen Pecke, Artemusia Granger, Martha Peck, Sarah Granger Theodore Turley, Hiram Clark, & Daniel Shearer,
Then we took the parting hand of this small remnant
of Saints who remained on the Temple ground to see us
fulfill this revelation of God and commandment of God,
and turned our back upon Far West and Missouri
and returned to Illinois, and we accomplished this mis-
sion without a dog to move his tongue on any man
to say why do you so. We reached Quincy crossed the Mississippi river on the steem ferry & entered Quincy on the
and we all had the joy of receiving our
families once more in peace & safety un There was an
incident unaccounted with our journey well worthy of record
that while we were on our journey to fulfill the revelation Joseph the prophet & his companions in chains had got
Darwins Chase and Norman Shearer (who had
just been liberated from Richmond prison) were
also ordained to the office of Seventies. The Twelve
then offered up vocal prayer in the following order
Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, Orson PrattJohn E PageJohn Taylor Wilford Woodruff and George A Smith
After which they sung Adamondi Aman and then the
Twelve took their leave and parting hand of the following
Saints agreeable to revelation A Brother Elias
Smith, Norman Shearer, W,
Artemusia Granger, Martha Peck, Sarah GrangerTheodore Turley, Hiram Clark, & Daniel Shearer,
Then we took the parting hand of this small remnant
of Saints who remained on the Temple ground to see us
fulfill this revelation and commandment of God,
and turned our back upon Far West and Missouri
and returned to Illinois, and we accomplished this mission without a dog to move his tongue on any man
to say why do you so. We crossed the
Mississippi river on the steem ferry & entered Quincy on the
and we all had the joy of receiving our
families once more in peace & safety There was an
incident unaccounted with our journey well worthy of record
that while we were on our journey to fulfill the revelation
Joseph the prophet & his companions in chains had got
"Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1," p. 24, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0Ekv