Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)
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    From 18564 to 1859. 4 years 350 pages 7 January 1st 1854 to December 31st 1859
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    Synopsis of W. Woodruff travels & Journals from 1834 to 1853 Inclusive making Nineteen years Travled during this period through England Scotland Walles six Islands of the sea Twenty of the United States & Three Territories including the rocky mountains & Utah & crossed the Atlantic Ocean four times Total distance Travled (80558) 80588 miles Held public meetings & preached 1395 times I Attended in the vineyard 86 conferences 86 Conferences I Attended Elders Counsels 123 Counsels ...
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    I Printed the Times & seasons & Nauvoo neighbor in company with John Taylor for two years we sterrotyped the Doctrins & Covenants I Printed 2500 copies of the Millennium Star I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Coven[an]ts And secured the copy wright in England I published 20,000 Proclamations of the Twelve Apostles I have been ordained during the foregoing period To the office of Teacher Priest Elder member of the second quorum of seventies first quorum of seventies & to the quorum ...
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    WILLFORD WOODRUFFS JOURNAL FOR 1854
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    January 1, 1854 ~ Sunday JAN 1st 1854. Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle the people were addressed in an inter- esting & ediyfying manner in the morning By Elder Orson Hyde. In the afternoon by Elder Wilford Woodruff & Followed By Preseident Brigham Young. He spoke as He always does much to the edifycation of the People January 2, 1854 ~ Monday 2nd ^[FIGURE]^ I delivered an address to the inhabitants of the 14th ward ^at the^ school House was followed by ...
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    why do not the Gentile merchants of this City embraced this work because they have locked b[o]arded & bolted their minds against it with evry lock they could put on. They swore by evry power they possess before they left home they would not embrace it they came with but one object & that was to gain money & they are determined not to be turned from their purpose many good remarks were made by the president I tarried at the party untill 12 oclok & then returned home January 3, 1854 ...
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    laying on of hands & prayer we were almost fearfu[l] that He would not recover from this sickness still we had hope January 23, 1854 ~ Monday 23rd I left President Richards this morning and returned to my house & spent the day at home January 24, 1854 ~ Tuesday 24th I spent the day at home with my children & in the evening I delivered a lecture upon the subject of education in the school house of the 19th ward school house ...
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    February 2, 1854 ~ Thursday Feb 2nd I spent the day in school with my children In the evening I attended the prayer meeting at the 14th ward school house & herd about 50 of the saints speak I also Addressed them at the close of the meeting and had the spirit of the Lord & felt well [FIGURE] There is one thing I will here record in my Journal which I take great pleasure in I united with the Bishop & his counsel & ordained 1 Priest 2 Teachers & 2 deacons and the ...
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    immortality, and shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air when he shall come in the clouds of heaven to meet with the saints on the earth [Doctrine and Covenants 76:63]. thou shalt be a great man on the Earth. thou shall have posterity and thy sons shall bear the priesthood after thee. thou shall be a comfort and consolation to thy father & Mother in their declining years. thou shall cause the heart of thy mother to rejoice who has laboured hard to preserve thy life from ...
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    The names of virtues with their precepts were 1st Temperance—Eat not to dulness; drink not to elevation 2nd Silence—Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation 3rd Order—Let all your things have their places. let each part of your business have its time 4th Resolution—Resolve to perform what you ought perform without fail what you resolve 5 Frugality—Make no expens but to do good to others or yourself that is waste nothing 6th Industry—Lose no time be always employed in somthing useful cut off all unnecessary action 7th Sincerity—Use ...
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    easy the practice of sincerity & Justice &c &c conceiving then that agreeable to the advice of Pythagoras in the golden verses daily examination would be nessary, I contrived the following method for conducting that examination. I made a little Book in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues I ruled each page with red ink so as to have seven columns One for each day of the week, marking each column with a letter for the day I crossed these columns with 13 red lines marking the begining of ...
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    Thus ^if^ in the first ^week^ I could keep my first line marked T clear of spots I supposed the habit of that virtue so much strengthend and its opposite weakened that I might venture extending my attention to include the next and for the following week keep both lines clear of spots proceding thus to the last I could get through a course complete in 13 weeks and four courses in a year. And like him who having a garden to weed does not attempt to eradicate all the bad barbs at once which wood exced his reach and ...
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    February 15, 1854 ~ Wednesday Feb 15th I spent the time in school at attended the children meeting in the evening near one hundred were present & prayed & spoke & sung February 16, 1854 ~ Thursday 16th I spent the time at home during the day in school & the evening with the children of the 19th ward February 17, 1854 ~ Friday to February 18, 1854 ~ Saturday 17th & 18 I spent the time trying to settle accounts February 19, 1854 ~ Sunday ...
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    February 28, 1854 ~ Tuesday 28th [FIGURES] I received two letters from Ilus & wrote 2 letters to Ilus sent by maill $70 to him I also wrote a letter to J. M. Bernhisel. Mrs Woodruff wrote a long letter to her Father I spent most of the day in the Counsel House March 1, 1854 ~ Wednesday [FIGURE] March 1st 1854 This is my birth day I am 47 years old this day so my days, months, years, & ...
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    March 8, 1854 ~ Wednesday 8th I spent the day at home in study with my children & I spent the evening in the Prayer meeting in the 14th ward with the children. all the children over 8 years of age meet in the different wards of the City for Prayer one night in each week & they have interesting meetings & I think much go[o]d will grow out of it March 9, 1854 ~ Thursday 9th I spent the day at home in my school March ...
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    March 12, 1854 ~ Sunday March 12th 1854 In company with Levi Richards & G. A. Smith I called upon President Brigham ^Young^ at his room as He was not able to get out & conversed with him concerning the buriel of the corps of President Willard Richards He Advised us to bury him at 2 oclock I went to meeting in the morning at the Tabernacle and Jedediah M. Grant Preached to the People concerning executing ...
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    He said that He believed that the saints [on] the other side of the veil in the spirit world are gathered together the same as they are in this life while the world are scattered over the earth after death the same as they are now and in the same confusion & that their would be head quarters of the gathering whare they would send out messengers to preach the gospel to the spirits in prision. He advised the family all to hold together & remain as they were on his inheritants & not marry ...