PREFACE.

ABOUT nine months have elapsed since the first edition of
this work was published, and now the whole number
issued—over 4,000 copies—are exhausted, and there is a
demand for more.

We, therefore, have much pleasure in offering the Second
Edition of LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL for public consider-
ation, and trust that the young people who pursue it will be
inspired to emulate in their lives the faith, perseverance and
integrity that so distinguish its author.

Brother Woodruff is a remarkable man. Few men now
living, who have followed the quiet and peaceful pursuits of
life, have had such an interesting and eventful experience as
he has. Few, if any in this age, have spent a more active
and useful life. Certainly no man living has been more par-
ticular about recording with his own hand, in a daily journal,
during half a century, the events of his own career and the
things that have come under his observation. His elaborate
journal has always been one of the principal sources from
which the Church history has been compiled.

Possessed of wonderful energy and determination, and
mighty faith, Brother Woοkruff has labored long and with
great success in the Church. He has ever had a definite
object in view—to know the will of the Almighty and to do it.
No amount of self-denial has been too great for him to cheer-
fully endure for the advancement of the cause of God. No
labor required of the Saints has been considered by him too
onerous to engage in with his own hands.

PREFACE.

ABOUT nine months have elapsed since the first edition of this work was published, and now the whole number issued—over 4,000 copies—are exhausted, and there is a demand for more.

We, therefore, have much pleasure in offering the Second Edition of LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL for public consideration, and trust that the young people who pursue it will be inspired to emulate in their lives the faith, perseverance and integrity that so distinguish its author.

Brother Woodruff is a remarkable man. Few men now living, who have followed the quiet and peaceful pursuits of life, have had such an interesting and eventful experience as he has. Few, if any in this age, have spent a more active and useful life. Certainly no man living has been more particular about recording with his own hand, in a daily journal, during half a century, the events of his own career and the things that have come under his observation. His elaborate journal has always been one of the principal sources from which the Church history has been compiled.

Possessed of wonderful energy and determination, and mighty faith, Brother Woοkruff has labored long and with great success in the Church. He has ever had a definite object in view—to know the will of the Almighty and to do it. No amount of self-denial has been too great for him to cheerfully endure for the advancement of the cause of God. No labor required of the Saints has been considered by him too onerous to engage in with his own hands.