Wilford Woodruff Papers

Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)

Courtesy Of	Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Collection Name	Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898
Collection Description	Wilford Woodruff journal, 1843 January-1844 December
Collection Number	MS 1352
Collection Page	5-382
Source Link	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned in this document.

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55 mentions

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Scriptural Figure

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1841-1910

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Scriptural Figure

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20 mentions

Scriptural Figure

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1773-1850

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Scriptural Figure

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1 mention

Host

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Scriptural Figure

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Scriptural Figure

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Scriptural Figure

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1799-1881

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7 mentions

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Scriptural Figure

6 mentions

Scriptural Figure

1 mention

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1 mention

1790

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unk.-1850

3 mentions

17 Aug 1824 - 15 Nov 1860

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abt. 1811-1880

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1820-1846

1 mention

1843-unk.

1 mention

24 Jan 1783 - 11 Aug 1843

3 mentions

16 Apr 1809 - 1 Sep 1884

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1835 Southern Convert

22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879

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1835 Southern Convert

21 Apr 1806 - 9 Jan 1886

1 mention

23 Feb 1801 - 4 Sep 1877

4 mentions

19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884

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Family

1 mention

14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861

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abt. 1814-1865

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1 Jul 1797 - 16 Oct 1851

2 mentions

13 Jun 1822 - 9 May 1907

1 mention

1 Oct 1813 - 21 Oct 1856

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1799-1848

8 mentions

1798-1852

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21 Feb 1804 - 20 Sep 1861

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1802-1844

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Family

22 Mar 1812 - 20 Dec 1842

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unk.-1860

1 mention

unk.-1864

1 mention

1 Apr 1808 - 15 Aug 1876

1 mention

Host

2 mentions

1807-1887

2 mentions

1812-1888

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5 mentions

1 Jul 1800 - 17 Jul 1861

6 mentions

1 mention

Host

12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846

55 mentions

1840 British Convert

1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874

170 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

21 Dec 1788 - 25 Dec 1863

3 mentions

1 mention

3 Aug 1804 - 5 Aug 1867

23 mentions

19 Jul 1778 - 16 Aug 1846

9 mentions

2 mentions

24 Mar 1793 - 6 Feb 1866

4 mentions

1818-1886

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18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866

30 mentions

1807-1890

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14 Dec 1796 - 14 Mar 1860

51 mentions

15 Aug 1769 - 5 May 1821

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Historical Figure

11 Apr 1784 - 30 Jul 1866

4 mentions

Family

2 May 1801 - 9 Aug 1869

2 mentions

1844-1918

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27 Nov 1779 - 14 Oct 1858

1 mention

abt. 1780-1867

1 mention

1809-1880

1 mention

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2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889

65 mentions

1815-1866

14 mentions

1 mention

Host

1 mention

4 Jan 1806 - 26 Mar 1875

14 mentions

Family

1 mention

Host

6 mentions

1 mention

23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885

124 mentions

17 Nov 1802 - 12 Feb 1886

5 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

8 mentions

30 Apr 1790 - 29 Apr 1861

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18 Mar 1782 - 31 Mar 1850

5 mentions

Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman

1789-1843

1 mention

10 mentions

7 mentions

16 Nov 1837 - 19 Feb 1896

3 mentions

Family

9 Jan 1739 - 20 Apr 1819

11 mentions

Family

18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868

284 mentions

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29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887

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Family

8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888

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Family

11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873

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Family

1783-1851

1 mention

Family

4 Dec 1807 - 18 Nov 1889

6 mentions

Family

abt. 1816-1893

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Family

22 Mar 1814 - 8 Sep 1851

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Family

1 mention

Host

1795-1855

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Family

8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845

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2 Jun 1808 - 2 Nov 1847

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Family

15 Feb 1819 - 20 Mar 1889

1 mention

Host

abt. 1800-1854

1 mention

25 Feb 1816 - 4 Feb 1863

19 mentions

1800-abt. 1846

43 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

1785-1863

17 mentions

2 mentions

bef.1790-1819

5 mentions

Family

22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853

115 mentions

1808-1872

18 mentions

12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852

8 mentions

Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman

17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879

107 mentions

8 mentions

1 mention

3 mentions

1796-1851

5 mentions

7 Sep 1804 - 21 Jul 1887

43 mentions

Missionary

about 1781-unk.

43 mentions

31 May 1814 - 13 Jan 1871

1 mention

26 Aug 1818 - 12 Jun 1880

1 mention

1799-abt. 1843

73 mentions

1835 Southern Convert

28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871

107 mentions

2 mentions

18 May 1783 - 31 Jan 1846

59 mentions

Family

1801-1851

3 mentions

20 Jul 1807 - 12 Jun 1892

2 mentions

1776-1841

1 mention

2 mentions

29 Feb 1784 - 10 Jun 1864

35 mentions

1815-1868

12 mentions

1 mention

2 mentions

1798-1871

11 mentions

14 Sep 1810 - 3 Dec 1890

2 mentions

1795-1846

10 mentions

1 mention

3 mentions

1817-1879

1 mention

24 Apr 1807 - 28 May 1886

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Historical Figure

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1794-1844

5 mentions

14 Jan 1800 - 28 Jul 1845

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Host

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1802-1895

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1824-1904

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15 Mar 1808 - 31 Aug 1861

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1 mention

1820-1862

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4 Mar 1808 - 31 May 1845

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1819-1893

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22 Feb 1803 - 28 Dec 1852

9 mentions

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1814-1869

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1804-1882

4 mentions

Family

25 Jul 1820 - 12 Jan 1909

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1816-1887

58 mentions

30 Apr 1796 - 23 Jul 1881

21 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

1788-1844

8 mentions

2 mentions

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5 Dec 1800 - 3 Nov 1850

42 mentions

10 Jan 1826 - 21 May 1908

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Family

30 Jun 1833 - 3 Jul 1919

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Family

19 Jul 1824 - 17 Apr 1864

12 mentions

Family

2 Nov 1831 - 25 Jul 1913

22 mentions

Family

19 Apr 1830 - 19 Nov 1881

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30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894

180 mentions

Family

26 Dec 1827 - 14 Jun 1899

32 mentions

Family

2 mentions

1815-1904

7 mentions

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Host

12 Nov 1806 - 19 Mar 1876

35 mentions

7 mentions

1 mention

1809-1887

5 mentions

1799-1880

3 mentions

4 Mar 1816 - 16 Mar 1878

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2 mentions

7 Jul 1803 - 21 Oct 1879

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Missionary

1828-1922

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12 Jul 1797 - 17 Jul 1874

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1814-1856

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1822-1905

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1 mention

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1818-bef. 1849

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1790-1861

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1 mention

Host

25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856

269 mentions

Apostle

2 mentions

1820-1898

2 mentions

8 mentions

1 mention

Host

9 mentions

1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846

148 mentions

Missionary

30 Jul 1805 - 8 Sep 1846

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9 mentions

5 mentions

2 mentions

1780-1862

6 mentions

23 Jan 1737 - 8 Oct 1793

5 mentions

Historical Figure, Missionary

5 mentions

abt. 1816-1891

11 mentions

31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884

227 mentions

Family

9 Feb 1773 - 4 Apr 1841

8 mentions

Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman

abt. 1797-1839

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Family

1789-1829

4 mentions

Family

24 Dec 1759 - 22 Feb 1803

8 mentions

Family

1754-aft.1819

12 mentions

Family

bef. 1784-aft.1843

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1 mention

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1784-1834

6 mentions

Family

18 Jul 1787 - 18 Sep 1840

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Family

24 Jul 1793 - 3 Nov 1860

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Family

1794-1814

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Family

1 mention

28 Mar 1814 - 14 Dec 1905

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1795-1860

11 mentions

1813–1888

1 mention

1809-1869

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1 mention

1811-1853

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23 Oct 1795 - 8 Jun 1843

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2 mentions

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Host

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16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881

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15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849

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1 mention

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2 mentions

1808-1890

1 mention

1802-1823

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2 Mar 1793 - 26 Jul 1863

5 mentions

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1812-1891

5 mentions

1793-1883

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20 Oct 1810 - 19 Mar 1891

7 mentions

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1798-1845

3 mentions

Family

28 Jun 1815 - 24 Mar 1886

11 mentions

8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878

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Apostle

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5 May 1817 - 1 Aug 1886

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4 mentions

1819-1865

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1 mention

1806-aft. 1880

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1802-

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13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826

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Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman

2 mentions

Host

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Host

22 Jun 1806 - 10 May 1877

34 mentions

1 mention

4 Aug 1810 - 3 Jan 1862

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9 mentions

1 mention

13 Jul 1800 - 7 Sep 1884

8 mentions

1 mention

Host

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1816-1885

2 mentions

14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868

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Apostle

31 May 1806 - 27 Apr 1863

35 mentions

1 mention

Host

1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867

50 mentions

30 Nov 1795 - 1 Jul 1874

182 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

1803-1855

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1835 Southern Convert

1 mention

8 Sep 1809 - 1 Jan 1892

42 mentions

Apostle

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1804-1877

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15 May 1814 - 8 Apr 1841

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1 mention

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1799-1867

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30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877

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1802-1883

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1773-1851

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1809-1901

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15 Nov 1792 - 22 May 1872

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Apostle

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Host

1 Aug 1748 - 5 Feb 1835

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1805-1879

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25 Nov 1794 - 27 Aug 1856

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1801-1870

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15 Feb 1782 - 20 Dec 1849

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abt. 1780-1842

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5 Nov 1802 - 15 Feb 1887

8 mentions

25 May 1781 - 16 May 1843

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1817-1882

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18 Jul 1821 - 9 Dec 1882

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1 mention

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24 Jan 1786 - 3 Jan 1848

3 mentions

28 Feb 1806 - 4 Apr 1891

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11 Apr 1810 - 12 Apr 1892

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1808-1857

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20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905

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1794-1869

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1 mention

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14 Jan 1810 - 17 Aug 1900

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1816-1896

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1794-1844

1 mention

1818-1901

1 mention

25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867

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1807-1875

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1799-1879

1 mention

27 Mar 1807 - 20 Sep 1882

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1840 British Convert, United Brethren

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3 mentions

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1824-1902

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1803-aft. 28 Jun. 1870

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1835 Southern Convert

1815-1888

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24 Jul 1797 - 2 Jan 1874

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17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872

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16 Feb 1801 - 29 Jan 1829

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17 May 1801 - 26 Nov 1873

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1840 British Convert, United Brethren

1788-1867

1 mention

2 mentions

1 Feb 1782 - 26 Mar 1862

1 mention

Host

21 Feb 1802 - 14 Oct 1872

13 mentions

14 Jan 1809 - 24 Aug 1891

21 mentions

19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881

1038 mentions

Apostle

12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857

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Apostle

5 Feb 1817 - 25 Dec 1888

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3 Sep 1802 - 3 Sep 1861

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1840 British Convert

5 Aug 1807 - 22 Jan 1898

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1840 British Convert, United Brethren

24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872

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12 Sep 1784 - 23 Feb 1878

4 mentions

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1796-1844

14 mentions

21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883

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Apostle

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1799-1876

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24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854

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Apostle

19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876

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1 mention

Host

25 May 1816 - 11 Mar 1891

27 mentions

1797-1846

10 mentions

1 mention

Host

10 mentions

1801-unk.

1 mention

2 mentions

1810-1886

4 mentions

3 mentions

9 Feb 1802 - 17 Jul 1861

8 mentions

26 Feb 1808 - 18 Aug 1884

30 mentions

2 Jun 1807 - 9 May 1876

3 mentions

1853-1919

28 mentions

7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878

73 mentions

Family

13 Mar 1809 - 23 Dec 1896

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Family

25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897

357 mentions

Family

1803-1879

5 mentions

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Host

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1 mention

Host

1 mention

Host

1813-1893

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Host

1811 - 1848

8 mentions

1794-1870

3 mentions

28 Oct 1792 - 1 Oct 1886

11 mentions

abt 1788-1863

9 mentions

1801-1876

4 mentions

1 mention

21 May 1773 - 21 Jul 1848

3 mentions

05-03-1822 - 09-20-1910

46 mentions

1 mention

1814-1845

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1790-1854

2 mentions

25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841

49 mentions

1 mention

6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888

185 mentions

10 Jul 1804 - 30 Apr 1879

55 mentions

26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875

1377 mentions

Apostle, Missionary

1810-1887

1 mention

9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844

403 mentions

Apostle

2 Dec 1828 - 3 Jan 1913

10 mentions

1840 British Convert

16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854

75 mentions

23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844

2251 mentions

12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840

127 mentions

8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856

42 mentions

1801-1852

7 mentions

4 mentions

1840 British Convert

3 mentions

6 mentions

13 Mar 1808 - 30 Jul 1844

42 mentions

11 Jun 1807 - 28 Jun 1850

63 mentions

Family, 1835 Southern Convert

1818-1890

9 mentions

13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1893

78 mentions

Apostle

17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895

556 mentions

1835 Southern Convert

21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887

47 mentions

9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888

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Apostle

3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901

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Apostle, Family

4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919

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Family

6 May 1811 - 21 Aug 1853

16 mentions

abt. 1820-1891

9 mentions

1811-1846

2 mentions

20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868

60 mentions

14 Mar 1802 - 15 Oct 1855

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1774-abt. 1847

4 mentions

1 mention

9 Mar 1793 - 19 Aug 1823

6 mentions

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1809-1833

1 mention

1789-1865

1 mention

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abt. 1804-1852

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abt. 1787-1856

4 mentions

24 Apr 1806 - 23 Oct 1870

21 mentions

Family

7 Feb 1801 - 18 Aug 1867

15 mentions

1796-1863

6 mentions

1 mention

1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887

1861 mentions

Apostle

6 Oct 1796 - 9 Dec 1868

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2 mentions

3 mentions

1 mention

1791-1862

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abt. 1797-1871

7 mentions

Family

8 Jan 1793 - 26 Jan 1864

13 mentions

Family

26 Jun 1794 - 26 Jun 2024

5 mentions

Family

1810-1896

2 mentions

Family

4 mentions

Family

2 Apr 1787 - 17 Jun 1865

14 mentions

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1 mention

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5 mentions

1 mention

5 Oct 1812 - 27 Nov 1850

3 mentions

12 Mar 1795 - 7 Mar 1865

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1 mention

5 mentions

5 Dec 1782 - 24 Jul 1862

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Historical Figure

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1780-1866

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1794-1875

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1791-1875

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1820-1908

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16 Feb 1817 - 30 Jan 1900

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1808-1847

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1 mention

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22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799

47 mentions

Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman

18 May 1812 - 24 Oct 1881

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1815-1852

6 mentions

1 mention

13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868

129 mentions

Family

19 Jun 1821 - 15 Jun 1853

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Family

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1738-1820

2 mentions

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1835-1912

1 mention

5 Jan 1785 - 18 Oct 1861

43 mentions

Family

28 Jun 1810 - 22 May 1873

19 mentions

Family

4 mentions

3 Feb 1795 - 23 Sep 1850

27 mentions

1812-1874

18 mentions

9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858

189 mentions

Apostle

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1809–1851

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18 Apr 1794 - 27 Nov 1860

3 mentions

1 mention

1814-1895

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1798-1828

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Family

1800–1882

2 mentions

1 mention

11 mentions

1817-1901

30 mentions

1 mention

5 mentions

1813-1894

1 mention

22 mentions

31 May 1804 - 21 Jan 1879

11 mentions

Family

7 Oct 1794 - 14 Aug 1881

1 mention

Family

26 Feb 1810 - 5 Apr 1885

12 mentions

11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861

549 mentions

Family

30 May 1811 - 23 Dec 1860

5 mentions

Family

11 Apr 1814 - 18 Oct 1838

196 mentions

Family

29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889

353 mentions

Family

31 Jul 1792 - 20 Mar 1851

255 mentions

Family

22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808

75 mentions

Family

abt. 1747-1805

39 mentions

Family

1795 - 15 Mar 1817

4 mentions

Family

5 May 1828 - 26 Oct 1846

7 mentions

Family

1778-aft. 1850

11 mentions

Family

28 Aug 1782 - 21 Aug 1856

9 mentions

Family

20 Mar 1799 - 26 Dec 1887

60 mentions

Family

26 Jun 2024 - 10 Mar 1893

4 mentions

Family

25 Oct 1815 - 2 Nov 1828

3 mentions

Family

15 Oct 1818 - 17 Sep 1886

24 mentions

Family

11 Jun 1785 - 15 Mar 1873

11 mentions

Family

1 mention

Historical Figure

22 Dec 1804 - 28 Dec 1893

202 mentions

Family

3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871

156 mentions

Family

8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885

1558 mentions

Family

14 Jul 1838 - 17 Jul 1840

161 mentions

Family

15 Dec 1822 - 30 Jun 1900

23 mentions

Family

30 Apr 1782 - 30 May 1864

38 mentions

Family

1881-1917

15 mentions

Family

22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921

704 mentions

Family

3 Apr 1799 - 1868

9 mentions

2 mentions

1816-1874

1 mention

Historical Figure

1808-1849

2 mentions

1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877

3317 mentions

Apostle, Family

8 Nov 1787 - 11 Jun 1859

4 mentions

14 Aug 1814 - 15 Jan 1913

1 mention

7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881

306 mentions

1803-1882

50 mentions

16 Feb 1799 - 10 Oct 1879

55 mentions

1 mention

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Quotes

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Whare there is a prophet, a priest, or a righ- teous man unto whom God gives his oracles there is the kingdom of God, & whare the oracles of God are not there the kingdom of God is not.

~ Joseph Smith

[FIGURE] 10 I Wilford Woodruff testify that about 7 oclock PM I discoverd a stream of light in the south west quarter of the heavens the rays of Light were in the form of a broadsword with the hilt downward the blade raised pointing from the west south west raised to an angle of 45 degrees from the horizen & extending nearly or within 2 or 3 degrees to the zenith of the degree

~ Wilford Woodruff

signs

March 14, 1843 ~ Tuesday 14th At about half past seven oclock in the evening the sword which had made its appearence for several evenings past moved up near the moon & formed itself into a large ring round the moon two balls immediately appeared in the ring opposite of each other sumthing in the form of sundogs annother half ring ishues from those balls sumthing in the shape of a horse shoe extending outside of the first ring with one line runing through the centre of the moon according to the following cut

~ Wilford Woodruff

March 20, 1843 ~ Monday to March 25, 1843 ~ Saturday 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 The week was spent in the printing office the weather has been uncommonly cold mostly through the week the thermometer has stood at Zero a number of days the signs in the heavens are making their appearance theire has been singular signs appeared in & above the sun for sever[al] days this week. O Pratt has taken a sketch of the same which will appear in the Time & Seasons their has also been other signs the light that has been represe nted as a sword has made its appearance for several nights past in the same place & also on the opposite of the horizen has been seem a black streak about the size of the light one, while one is as black as darkness the other has considerable of the appearance of the blaze of a aomet & some have contended that it was a aomet but it cannot be a comet for it appears about 7 oclock & disappears about 9 oclock rema ining about two hours thus it appears that the signs that Joel & Jesus spoke of are making their appearance

~ Wilford Woodruff

Their is also some wars & rumours of wars earthquakes & fires & stormes, & murder throughout the land

~ Wilford Woodruff

signs of the times

April 16, 1843 ~ Sunday April 16th President J. Smith Addressed the assem- bly of the saints at the temple of the Lord upon the subject of the saints death burial & resurrection of the saints. He had been requested to preach a funeral sermon by several persons who had died lost friends & he had Just Received information that Elder Lorenzo Barnes had died in England we received this information by a letter from Elder P. P. Pratt. After reading the letter he addressed the assembly in a vary feeling interesting & edefying manner among many other remarks he said he should have been more reconciled to the death of Elder barnes could his bodey have been laid in the grave in Nauvoo or among the saints, he said he had vary peculiar feelings relative to recieving an honorable burial with his fathers he considered Nauvoo would be a burying place of the saints & should he die he considered it would be a great blessing to be buried with the saints & esspecially to be buried with his father yes he wanted to lie by the side of his father that when the trump of God should sound & the voice of God should say ye saints arise, that when the tomb should birst he could arise from the grave & first salute his father & say O my father, & his father say O my Son!! as they took each other by the heand he wished next to salute his brothers & sisters & then the Saints & he said it was upon this principle that the ancients were so particular to have an honorable burial with their fathers as in the case of Joseph, before his death he made his kindred promise to carry

~ Joseph Smith

May 14, 1843 ~ Sunday 14th Sunday The meeting was opened by singing, & Prayer by w woodruff Then Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second epistle of Peter 1st ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19: vers with som remarks ad[d] to your faith knowledge &c. The principle of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned. The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the kno- wledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death

~ Joseph Smith

May 14, 1843 ~ Sunday 14th Sunday The meeting was opened by singing, & Prayer by w woodruff Then Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second epistle of Peter 1st ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19: vers with som remarks ad[d] to your faith knowledge &c. The principle of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned. The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the kno- wledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death perhaps there are principle here that few men have thought of. No power ^person^ can have this Salvation except through a tabernacle

~ Joseph Smith

Now their is some grand secrett here & keys to unlock the subject. Notwithstanding the Apostle exhorts them to make their calling add to their faith virtue, knowledge temperance &c yet he exhorts them to make their calling & election shure & though they had herd the audible voice from heaven bearing testimony that Jesus was the son of God yet he says we have a more sure word of Prophecy whare unto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light shining in a dark place. Now wharein could they have a more sure word of prophecy

~ Joseph Smith

Now for the secret & grand [FIGURE] key, though they might hear the voice of God & know that Jesus was the son of God this woudd be no evidence that their election & calling & election was made shure that they had part with Christ & was a Joint heir with him, they then would want that more sure word of Prophecy that they were sealed in the heavens & had the promise of eternal live in the kingdom of God then having this promise sealed unto them it was as an anchor to the soul sure & steadfast though the thun- ders might roll, & lightnings flash & earthquakes bellow & war gather thick around yet this hope & knowledge would support the soul in evry hour of trial trouble & tribulation Then knowledge through our Lord & savior Jesus Christ is the grand key [FIGURE] that unlocks the glories & misteries of the kingdom of heaven.

~ Joseph Smith

Then I would exhort you to go on & continue to call upon God untill you make your calling & election sure for yourselves by obtaining this more sure word of Prophesey & wait patiently for the promise untill you obtain it

~ Joseph Smith

The way to get along in any important matters was to gather unto yourself wise men experienced & aged men to assist in Council in all times of trouble handsome men are not oft wise & strongminded men but the strength of a strong minded man will create corse features like the rough & strong bough of the oak. You will always discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines of his features sumthing of the mind of the man

~ Joseph Smith

The inhabitants of this continant anciently were so constituted & were so determined & persevering either in righteousness or wickedness that God visited them immediately either with great Judgments or blessings.

~ Joseph Smith

The Saints need not think because I am familiar with them & am playful & cheerful that I am ignorant of what is going on inipuity cannot be retained in the Church of any kind & it will not fare well whare I am for I am determined while I do lead the Church to lead them right

~ Joseph Smith

June 1st 1843 The quorum of the Twelve met in Council at President J Smith Store to make some arangments to start on their mission to collect funds for the Nauvoo House & temple we each one of us bound ourselves under bonds of two thousands Dollars for the faithful performance of our duty in making strict returns of all property put into our hands to the trustees in trust, Elder Aaron Johnson was my Bondsman,, President Joseph Smith gave me the following letter of commendation Elder Wilford Woodruff Letter of Commendation To all Saints and honourable men of the earth Greetings, Dear Brethren & friends I Joseph Smith a servant of the Lord and Trustee in trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do hereby certify that the bearer hereof Wilford Woodruff an Elder and one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has deposited with me his bond and security to my full satisfaction according to the resolution of the Conference held in this City on the 6th day of April last He therefore is recommended to all Saints & honorable people as a legal agent to collect funds for the purpose of building the Nauvoo house and Temple of the Lord Confident that he will honor this high trust as well as fulfill ardently fulfill

~ Joseph Smith

He then asked what was the object of Gathering the Jews together or the people of God in any age of the world, the main object was to build unto the

~ Wilford Woodruff

If a man gets the fulness of God he has to get [it] in the same way that Jesus Christ obta- ined it & that was by keeping all the ordin- ances of the house of the Lord.

~ Joseph Smith

Men will say I will never forsake you but will stand by you at all times but the moment you teach them some of the mysteries of God that are retained in the heavens and are to be revealed to the children of men when they are prepared, They will be the first to stone you & put you to death. It was the same principle that crusified the Lord Jesus Christ.

~ Joseph Smith

I will say sumthing about the Spirits in prision, theire has been much said about the sayings of Jesus on the cross to the thief saying this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. The commentators

~ Joseph Smith

The doctrin of Baptism for the dead is clearly shown in the new testament & if the doctrin is not good then throw away the new testa ment but if it is the word of God then let the doctrin be acknowledged & it was one reason why Jesus said how oft would I have gatherd you (the Jews) together that they might attend to the ordinance of the baptism for the dead as well as the other ordinances the Priesthood

~ Joseph Smith

Their has been also much said about the word Hell & the sectarian world have preached much about it but what is hell, it is annother modern term it is taken from hades, the greek or shaole, the (hebrew) & the true sig- nification is a world of spirits, Hades shaole paradise, spirits in prision is all one it is a world of spirits, the righteous & the wicked all go to the same world of spirits

~ Joseph Smith

St Paul informs us of three glories & three heavens he knew a man caught up to the third heavens, & Jesus said their were many mansions in my Fathers kingdom.

~ Joseph Smith

A man of God should be endowed with all wisdom knowledge & understanding in order to teach & lead people. The blind may lead the blind & both fall into the deatch together;

~ Joseph Smith

Peter says that Jesus Christ sat on the right hand of God any person that has seen the heavens opened knows that their is three personages in the heavens holding

~ Joseph Smith

But to the text why gather the people together in this place for the same purpose that Jesus wanted to gather the Jews, to receive the ordinances, the blessings & the glories that God has in store for his Saints. And I would now ask this assembly and all the Saints if they will now build this house & receive the ordinances & blessings which God has in store for you, or will you not build unto the Lord this house & let him pass by & bestow these blessings upon another I pause for a reply

~ Joseph Smith

When will Missouri cease her ungodly persecutions against President Joseph Smith & the Saints O Lord hasten the day when the blood of Saints shall not cry from the ground in vain & when the Prophets of God shall not have to flee from the ha[n]d v I of the wicked persecutor & oppresser

~ Wilford Woodruff

June 25, 1843 ~ Sunday 25 June Sunday I attended meeting at 10 clock in the morning & Brother Lyman wight (who had Just returned from a mission in the east) arose & addressed the meeting at full length from the 13 ch of 1st Corinth dwelt largely upon Charity show- ing what Charity was that it was far greater than faith & hope. He took grounds to prove that Charity consisted in doing that for others which they could not do for them- selves for instance Jesus Christ died to Redeem the world, the world could not Redeem itself this is Charity, if our fore fathers & Mothers & kindred have died without the gospel, & we embrace the gospel in our day & generation & can redeem our relatives By being Baptized for them they being dead that they may have part in the first resurrection, should we do this it would be Charity

~ Lyman Wight

Be not the aggressor bear untill they strike on the one cheek offer the other & they will be sure to strike that, then defend yourselves & God shall bear you off.

~ Joseph Smith

as often as God sees fit for me to suffer I am ready

~ Joseph Smith

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Again the first Principle of our cause & work is to understand that their is a prophet in the Church & that he is at the head of the Church on Earth. who called Joseph Smith to be a prophet? Did the people or God. God & not the people called him, had the people gatherd together & appointed one of their number to be a Prophet he would have been accountable to the people but inasmuch as he was called of God & not the people he is accountab[le] to God & the Angel that committed the Gospel to him & not to any man on earth.

~ Wilford Woodruff

Why do the people oppose the gifts & graces. If a man can get faith by the power of God & the gift of the Holy Gost so as to lay hands upon his wife & children or friends when they lie sick & languishing nigh unto death & command the fever, or disease, or the power of the destroyer, or even death itself to depart to cease its work, to be still & the person is relieved I ask what harm is their in all this, or if a man by faith & humility before God can get the testimony of Jesus Christ & prophecy of things to come or speak in tongues or cast out devils, I ask what harm in all this, does it do any harm No it does not.

~ Brigham Young

who is the Author of this work & gathering, Josephs Smith the Prophet of God as an instrument in the hands of God is the Author of it, he is the greatest man on earth No other man of this age has power to assemble such a great people from all the Nations of the earth with all their varied dispositions as assimulate them & cement them together so that they will be subject to rule & order this the Prophet is doing & what makes a great king President or man is to have a great People to rule over.

~ Brigham Young

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I would like to have all people bow down to the Lord Jesus Christ but it is one of the decrees of the Lord that all

~ Wilford Woodruff

Jesus Christ

Many Elders seek to build them- selves up & not the work of God. But when any one does this no matter who he may be he will not prosper even if it was one of the Twelve

~ Wilford Woodruff

Be faithful or you will not be chosen for the day of chosing is at the door, why be afraid of a sacrafice I have given my all many times & am willing to do it again. I would be glad to hear the Lord say through m his servant Joseph, let my servant Brigham give again all that he has. I would obey in a moment if it took the last coat of[f] from my Back

~ Brigham Young

according to the Testimony of the scriptures in all ages of the world whenever God was abot to Bring a Judgment upon the world or accomplish any great work, the first thing the Lord has done has been to raise up a Prophet & reveal unto him his secrets & send him to warn the people, that they may be left without excuse

~ Wilford Woodruff

And as the Lord has done in other ages, so he has done now he has raised up a Prophet & ^is^ revealing unto him his secrets & through that Prophet He has brought to light the fullness of the everlasting gospel to the present generation, & is again once more for the last time esstablishing his church upon the foundation of the Ancient Apostles & Prophets Christ Jesus Being the chief corner stone

~ Wilford Woodruff

The Lord has raised up servents & sent into the vineyard to prune the vineyard once more for the last time, to Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to warn the Nations that they may be left without excuse in the day of their visitation & to gather the honest in heart & the meek of the earth that Zion may be built up & the Prophets fulfilled;

~ Wilford Woodruff

one of the secrets that God has revealed unto his Prophet in these days is the Book of Mormon, & it was a secret to the whole world untill it was revealed unto Joseph Smith, home [whom] God has raised up as a Prophet Seer & Revelator unto his people.

~ Wilford Woodruff

the stick of Joseph in the hands of Ephraim will as truly be fulfilled as those contained in the Bible the stick & record of Judah, & Both of these records contained Prophesys of Great import, concerning the gentile nations & esspecially this land & nation which are not yet fulfilled, but must shortly come to pass, yea its fulfillments is nigh even at the door

~ Wilford Woodruff

Will not God in like manner as truly & faithfully bring to pass those great, important and tremendious events upon the heads of the gentile world which have been proclaimed by the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, & many of the Holy Prophets & Christ & the Apostles

~ Wilford Woodruff

Jesus Presents a parable of the Fig tree that when we see the signs in the sun, moon moon stars, heavens & earth of which he spoke we might know that his coming is near that the generation in which those signs appeared should not pass away untill all should be fulfilled. Though Heaven & earth should pass away his words should not pass away but should all be fulfilled

~ Wilford Woodruff

Those things are about to come to pass upon the heads of the present generation notwithsta- nding they are not looking for it neither do they believe it yet their unbelief will not make the truth of God without effect, the signs are appearing in the heavens & on the earth and all things indicate the fulfillment of th Prophets the figtree is leaving summer is nigh. And the Lord has sent his angels to lay the foundation of this great and important work, then why should not God reveal his secrets unto his servents the Prophets that the Saints might be led in paths of safety that they may escape those evils that are about to engulf a whole genera- tion in ruin

~ Wilford Woodruff

17th A cold day among the mountains we had a slight squal of hail or snow [FIGURE] I have been for the last two days reading Stephens works & travels in Yu Yucatan his second work I red his first work on my Journey to Nauvoo with

~ Wilford Woodruff

Book of Mormon

19th This was one of the awful, fearful, dangerous, exciting, affecting, grand, sublime, and interesting, days Journey I ever took in my life. Our boat was drawn out of the canal on cars prepared to run on the railroad to convey us over the Allegany mountain which is a novel scene indeed to see a canal boat taken apart into 4 sections loaded with freight & passengers & hoisted on a rail road by inclin plains into the air 1500 feet over the highest mountains & then desend into the valley below in the same way & evry rod is attended with the greatest danger & what adds dread to the

~ Wilford Woodruff

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is having carless men in attendance who seem indiferent bothe to their business & the lives of men, which was apparent during this days scene at least But to the detail. Horses was hiched to our cars drew us four miles & a half then we come to the first incline plaine which we had to rise two cars wer fassened at the top of the plain to the same rope that ours was fassened to at the bottom, the engine was stationed in a build- ing at the top of the plain that drew the cars up & down when all was ready the signal was given by raising a red flag the engine was put in operation & the cars started, this Plain was a half a mile long & raised 180 feet we went up in 2 minutes, & I was truly thankful to reach the top for had the rope broak or fastning untied we should have rolled back to the bottom with a tremen- dious crash, we were then carried on to Plaine No. 2, which raised 125 [feet] in half a mile our boat rocked badly while going up but No accident hapened. we then continued on a level untill we came to the incline plane No 3. this was one mile & a quartr long & raised 320 feet which we went up in 4 minutes before we reached the top the safty car that was attached to our boat was flung from the track which draged many rods & flung the roap of the wheels for 10 or 12 rods I made a signal to the engeneer who stoped & it was replaced, here again we were in danger of breaking the rope which would have sent us back down the mountain more than a mile or turned us

~ Wilford Woodruff

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over into the yauning gulf below in eith[er] case we would have been dashed to atoms my hare rose on my head, but having got all things ready we proceded on to plane No 4. 3/4 of a mile long & assended 265 feet we rose this in 3 min but it looked awful to be thus suspended almost in the air with such a wait lives and freight depending upon an not, a twine, a rope a pin an engine, care of a man either of which should give way all would be dashed to atoms unless saved by miracle. we next continued onto plain No 5. 3/4 of a mile long 280 feet rise we were carried up this also in 3 minutes, which brought us on to the summit of the Allegany mountains. The whole 5 incline plains on our assending the mountain are four miles in length which raises us perpendicular 1,170 feet & I felt thankful to God that I was on the top of the mountain alive but we had got to desend in the same way that we assended, we run on the top of the mountain about 5 miles & then began to desend we found snow on the top of the mountain & it was exeeding cold we had 6 incline planes to desend to get to the bottom of the mountain, the whole of which was attended with equal danger and car[e]lessness as we came upon the brink of one of them the Cars being drawn by horses, the men had left the breakers the conductor seeing the cars coming & about to run onto the Horses He hollowed [hallooed] for the men to break but finding no one at the break ers & the cars approaching the incline plain the team- ster liberated his horses as soon as possible & they Just escaped being run over & the conductor sprung to the breaker himself & with great

~ Wilford Woodruff

I have found by experience that a mans business will not prosper as well when he is absent as present

~ Wilford Woodruff

President Joseph Smith made an address upon the subject which was highly interesting & its tendency was to do away with evry evil & practice virtue & Holiness before the Lord that the church had not received any license from him to commit adultery forni- cation or any such thing but to the contr ary B if any man commit adultery He could not received the celestial kingdom of God even if he was saved in any kingdom it could not be the celestial kingdom

~ Wilford Woodruff

I met with the quorum & conversed upon a variety of subjects among which were the progress of the work of God & the emegration of the Saints, the light blessings & glory that awaiteth Zion & the blessings that approach those who keep the Law of God. Truth & virtue will bring exhaltation to the soul in the security of knowledge

~ Wilford Woodruff

Our sufferings are that we may learn by experiance the prin- ciple of contrast between good and evil. in order to obtain Power never suffer anger to find a seat in your breast [illegible] never get angry at all treat all mildly, govern yourself your passions & it will give you power.

~ Wilford Woodruff

I shall take the broad ground then that if we have or can receive a portion of knowledge from God by immediate revelation by the same source we can receive all knowledge.

~ Joseph Smith

the saints to come up as saviors on mount Zion but how are they to become Saviors on Mount Zion by building their temples erecting their Baptismal fonts & going forth & receiving all the ordinances, baptisms, confirmations, washings anointings ordinations, & sealing powers upon our heads in behalf of all our Progenitors who are dead & redeem them that they may come forth in the first resurrection & be exhalted to thrones of glory with us, & herein is the chain that binds the hearts of the fathers to the children, & the children to the Fathers which fulfills the mission of Elijah

~ Wilford Woodruff

the saints have none to much time to save & redeem their dead, & gather together their living relatives that they may be saved also, before the earth will be smitten & the consumption decreed falls upon the world & I would advise all the saints to go to with their might & gather together all their living relatives to this place that they may be sealed & saved that they may be prepared against the day that the destroying angel goes forth & if the whole Church should go to with all their might to save their dead seal their posterity & gather their living friends & spend none of their time in behalf of the world they would hardly get through before night would come when no man could work

~ Wilford Woodruff

But their has been a great difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation it has been like splitting hemlock knots with a corn doger for a wedge & a pumpkin for a beetle; even the saints are slow to understand I have tried for a number of years to get the minds of the saints prepared to recieve the things of God, but we freequently see some of them after suffering all they have for the work of God will fly to peaces like glass as soon as any thing comes that is contrary to their traditions, they cannot stand the fire all at all. How many will be able to abide a celestial law & go through & recieve their exhaltation I am unable to say but many are called & few are chosen

~ Wilford Woodruff

Uppose this work & it will roll over you, when did this work ever stop since it began never. The ownly thing the saints now want to know is what does the Lord want of us & we are ready to do it. Well then build the temple of the Lord keep the law of God ye saints

~ Brigham Young

As to politics I care but little about the Presidential Chair. I would not give half as much for the office as I would for the one I now hold, but as the world have used the power of Goverment to oppress & persecute us it is right for us to use it for the protection of our rights.

~ Joseph Smith

Their is a differance between the spirit & office of Elias & Elijah it is the spirit of Elias I wish first to speak of. And in order to come at the subject I will bring some of the testimony from the scripture & give my own, in the first place suffice it to say I went into the woods to inq wire of the Lord by prayer his will concern- ing me, & I saw an angel & he laid his hands upon my head & ordained me to be a priest after the order of Aaron & to hold the keys of this priesthood which office was to preach repentance & Baptism for the remission of Sins & also to baptise but was informed that this office did not extend to the laying on of hands for the giving of the Holy Ghost that that office was a greater work & was to be given afterwards but that my ordination was a preparetory work or a going before which was the spirit of Elias

~ Joseph Smith

We find the Apostles endowed with greater power than John their office was more under the spirit & power of Elijah than Elias.

~ Joseph Smith

Now for Elijah, the spirit power & calling of Elijah is that ye have power to hold the keys of the revelations ordinances, oricles powers & endow- ments of the fulness of the Melchezedek Priesthood & of the kingdom of God on the Earth & to recieve, obtain & perform all the ordinances belonging to the kingdom of God even unto the sealing of the hearts

~ Joseph Smith

I wish you to understand this subject for it is important & if you will recieve it this is the spirit of Elijah that we redeem our dead & connect ourselves with our fathers which are in heaven & seal up our dead to come forth in the first resurrection & here we want the power of Elijah to seal those who dwell on earth to those which dwell in heaven this is the power of Elijah & the keys

~ Wilford Woodruff

Mesiah is above the spirit & power of Elijah for he made the world & was that spiritual rock unto Moses in the wilderness. Elijah was to come & prepare the way & build up the kingdom before the coming of the great day of the Lord. Although the spirit of Elias might begin it, I have asked of the Lord concerning his Coming & while asking, the Lord gave me a sign & said in the days of Noah I set a bow in the heavens as a sign & token that in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord would not come, but their should be seed time & harvest during that year, but whenever you see the bow withdraw it shall be a token that their shall be famin pestilence & great distress among the nations.

~ Joseph Smith

I have not any doubt but that the apostates will join with the others wicked powers to try to put down the power of God. and I am glad to have the power of the kingdom of God tested & when it is fully tried it will stand, I care not what sacrifice I am called to make for such a kingdom, if its friends, welth or even life at the purchase of such a kingdom it is cheap, did the ancient Apostles, Prophets or Saints who died pay two much for that kingdom they did not.

~ Joseph Smith

Good and righteous men will administer justice & rebuke evil & the church should be clensed from bad men & the Lord will take his own way to clens the Church, we should lift up our voice against wickedness of all kinds, but will the rulers of our land do it no they will not, they will be cowards untill their is no man to fight & then be brave when goverment will not do it some man should take the helm of government that will do it, will it be called treason if the God of heaven should set up a kingdom, may the Lord give you more & more of his spirit light & intelligence untill you are cemented together in union & love Amen

~ Joseph Smith

President Joseph Smith again arose & said In relation to the power over the minds of the mankind which I hold, I would say it is in consequence of the power of truth in the doctrins which I have been an instrument in the hands of God of presenting unto them & not because of any compulsion on my part.

~ Joseph Smith

I ask did I ever exercise any compulsion over any man. did I not give him the liberty of disbelieveing any doctrin I have preached if he saw fit, why do not my enemies strike a blow at the doctrin, they cannot do it, it is truth, And I am as the voice of one crying in the wilderness repent of your sins & prepare the way for the coming of the son of Man, for the kingdom of God has come unto you and henceforth the ax is laid unto the root of the tree, and evry tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, God Almighty (and not Jo Smith) shall hew down & cast it into the fire.)

~ Joseph Smith

Jesus Christ came to save sinners He saves the unworthy. The Lord will offer a man salvation he says he is not worth, but what would you want your son to do if he was unworthy. He should return to his father, so with God. He calls to the world to return by Baptism. He cannot make him self any better, but decid with the mind

~ Wilford Woodruff

A word upon the spirit, this noble decision of the mind causes angels to rejoice in the Heavens for their is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons evry person can do this & no man can do a better work, let no man say they are unworthy.

~ Wilford Woodruff

And you have got to learn how to make yourselves God, king and priest, by going from a small capacity to a great capacity to the resurrection of the dead to dwelling in everlasting burnings. I want you to know the first principle of this law, how cons- oling to the mourner when they part with a friend to know that though they lay down this dody [body] it will rise & dwell with everlasting burnings to be an heir of God & joint heir of Jesus Christ enjoying the same rise exhaltation & glory untill you arive at the station of a God.

~ Wilford Woodruff

God has made provision for evry spirit in the eternal world, and the spirits of our friends should be searched out & saved. Any man that has a friend in eternity can save him if he has not commit the unpardonable sin. He cannot be damned through all eternity, their is a possibility for his escape in a little time.

~ Wilford Woodruff

I had rather hear brethren appear small th[an] large I had rather see a man hold his brother up than pull him down. Preach what will save men the same that converted you will convert them.

~ Wilford Woodruff

I found on my ariveal to Boston puite [quite] an excitemet through the country concerning affairs in Nauvoo & reagions round about saying that the whole country was rising in arms in mob to exterminate the saints most of the inflamatory speaches and excitement was got up by the warsaw message and St Louis papers they desire to exterminate the saints from of the earth, but the work is in the hands of God and he will direct all things aright

~ Wilford Woodruff

^[FIGURE] J S H S At 5 oclock [Insertion written on the side of the page, clarifying the time that Joseph and Hyrum were martyred] ^5 oclok 16 m. 23 sec 5 1/2 at Carthage 6 1/2 at [Rochester] in the evening^ At 5 oclock this day the Prophet Joseph & Patriarch Hiram Smith fell. sealed their testimony with their Blood [FIGURE] They were murdered to appeas the wrath of a gentile mob as Christ was by a Jewish mob. Peace be to thy ashes, the most glorious resurrection to thy bodies and the American gentile nation answer for thy blood before the bar of God, and the murderers pay the price of the Lords anointed^

~ Wilford Woodruff

We feel an anxiety about our families in Nauvoo in consequence of the Persecution that rages in that

~ Wilford Woodruff

[FIGURE] July 9th 1844 I left Scarboro in the morning in company with Father Carter & Elder M. Holmes & rode to Portland, & dined with Ezra Carter & made preperations to take the steam boat in the evening for Thomastown & fox Islands, But about 2 oclok P.M. We obtained the Boston Times of July 9th containing the solumn & awful information of the Death of President Joseph Smith the Prophet Seer & Revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Also the Death of Hiram Smith his brother the Patriarch of Said Church. They were shot dead in Cartha[ge] jail by a company of ^200 men American citizens painted like indians^

~ Wilford Woodruff

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But it is my design to night to speak upon the death of the Prophet & Patriarch. Some might think because of the death of the men it would put a stop to the work but not so, when God has sent a men at any time they were opposed by the world, for any gener- ation, that has a prophet of God in their midst they see his weakness as touching human nature & the people are watching for iniquity & they spend all their time talking about any thing they see him do that does not accord with their traditions & tell a great many falshoods about him but entirely forget and overlook all the good he does. It was

~ Wilford Woodruff

Their was to be two Prophets in Jerrusalem slain, for they tormented them. Prophets are always a torment to the People for they tell them the truth, reprove their transgressions speak of the Judgments that are to come, when those prophets were to be slain the people all would rejoice & send Presents to one another because the prophets who had tormented them were slain, but in three days they stood upon their feet & the Joy of their enemies was of short duration. It is so now their is a secret Joy in the hearts of the Priest and many people that the Prophet and Patriarch is murdered and some manifest their joy openly. It is always a dark time Just before day, it is a dark time now but it will soon be light.

~ Orson Hyde

This generation speak much about the clouds and weather they disern the face of the sky but why can they not disern the signs of the times. The fig trees are leaving and all things indicate the second advent of Christ.

~ Orson Hyde

when God sends a man to do a work all the devils in hell cannot kill him untill he gets through his work. So with Joseph He prepared all things gave the keys to men on the earth and said I may be soon taken from you.

~ Brigham Young

He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead.

~ Lyman Wight

For the first time in my life, for the first time in your lives, for the first time in the kingdom of God do I step forth to act in my capacity in connexion with the quorum of the Twelve as Apostles of Jesus Christ unto the People and to bear of the keys of the Kingdom of God in all the world. And for the first time are you called to walk by faith not by sight, for always before you have had a Prophet as the mouth of the Lord to speak to you. but he has sealed his testimony with his Blood.

~ Brigham Young

No man can stand at our head. The Prophet Joseph has lade the foundation for a great work, and we will build upon it.

~ Brigham Young

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But I tel you in the name of the Lord, that no man can put another betwen the Twelve and the Prophet Joseph, why because Joseph was their file leader and he has committed into there hands the keys of the kingdom for all the world. dont put a thread between the Priesthood and God

~ Brigham Young

(I had a dream which I will here relate I saw a fruit tree, & I went into the tree in search of fruit. I soon discovered that some of the main branches on ^the^ top g^r^oing from the main body was dead; It seemed necessary to cut off the dead branches in order to save the tree so I told some person to help me cut them off & they steped on to a large green limb they were afraid it would break, so I put my sholder under it & held it up while he cut off the dead branches it cracked the green limb but it did not break. after we cut of[f] the dry limbs the wounds healed up and the tree grew finely) now let us cut of the dead bran ches of the Church that good fruit may grow and the voice will soon be herd go and build Zion and the great Temple of the Lord.

~ Wilford Woodruff

I visited Emma Smith the widow of the prophet she let me have a peace of oak for a Staff [FIGURE] out of the [FIGURE] coffin of the Prophet Joseph who was inhumanly martered in Carthage Ill in company with his brother Hiram. Emma also let me have a Pair of gloves composed of white cotton and Mrs Woodruff a pair cotton hankerchief both of which the Prophet wore while living, we called upon Sister Mary Smith widow of Hiram Smith the Patriarch. She gave us some hair from the head of Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, Samuel Smith, & Don Carloss Smith, all brothers, of the same Parents I also obtained some hair of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day Saints my object was in putting a portion of each in the top of my staff as a relick of those noble men, master spirits of the nineteenth centaury, to hand down to my posterity. to deposit in the most Holy and Sacred place in the Holy temple of GOD. on the consecrated Hill of Zion

~ Wilford Woodruff

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Joseph said unto the Twelve upon your sholdiers the kingdom of God must rest in all the world, now round up your sholdiers and bear it

~ Wilford Woodruff

O how sweet are the hours spent in the society of my friends who stand with me in the same covenant of the gospel

~ Wilford Woodruff

wind changed to the east commenced blowing a gale, it was head wind we were drove under bare poles through the day & evening it made us all dreadful sick, the sea was drea vary rough & piled Up like hills. the gale increased untill about 9 oclock in the evening it appeared as though it must tear the yards from the mast. We kneeled before the Lord & Prayed unitedly that the Lord would cause the gale to scease & the wind to change that we might go forward & not backward & in a little time after the wind instantly sceased & finally changed into the South West which gave us fair wind

~ Wilford Woodruff

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