December 27, 1836 ~ Tuesday

Dec 27^th Met at the house of the Lord at candle light with the
quorum of the Seventies their was about one hundred Elders
of Israel Presant of 1, 2, & 3^rd Seventy it is expected
the Seventies will meet every tuesday evening through
the winter for the Purpose of worshiping God & sanctifying
themselves before him. Elder Smoot was again taken sick

December 28, 1836 ~ Wednesday to December 31, 1836 ~ Saturday

28. 29. 30 & 31^st was Principly spent in taking care
of Elder Smoot who was confined to his bed with the
scarlot fever at the house of Brother Bonds in Kirtland
On the 31^st of DEC being the last Day of 1836 I aranged
the accounts of my Journals & recorded the same in the
following manner. Thus ends the year of 1836 which
hath quickly passed with its report into ETERNITY

1^st I Travled six thousand five hundred & fifty seven Miles 6,557

2^nd I Held one hundred & fifty three Meetings 153

I attended four conferences 4

& Held four debates 4

^I Planted one Branch of the Church^

3^rd I Baptized twenty seven Persons 27

^I confirmed 27^

4^th I ordained two Elders, three Priests, one Teacher,
& two Deacons. 8

^I esstablished 2 prea[c]hing places^

5^th I attended to the ordinance of blessing nineteen children, 19

6^th Their was four Persons healed of deseases under my hands 4

7^th I Procured twenty two subscribers for the M & Ad. 22.

I also Procured seventy Dollars for the M[essenger] & Ad[vocate]. $70.

8^th I gave Six dollars & Procured eighty five more for
the building of the house of the Lord in Kirtland $91

9^th I wrote thirty four Letters 34

& Receieved seven Letters 7

10^th I had three mobs Come together against me
But always as yet deliverd from their hands. 3.