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Excerpt:March 22, 1835 ~ Sunday March 22 On the Lords day preached to an attentive congregation at the house of Mr Kelleam March 23, 1835 ~ Monday 23rd Left Mr Kelleam & travled 40 miles most of the way through mud & water. Stoped for the night with W^m^ SChon at second Creek in St Francis County 2 signers to petition ^{this was within} 5 {miles of a lake below somewhere illegible where could be seen} 50: {
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Excerpt:February 24, 1838 ~ Saturday Feb 24 We walked from Belfast to Northport and was kindly entertained at Mr Benjamin Stephens [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Sister Townsend & the other to Elder Milton Holmes. I preached at early candlelight in the schoolhouse at Northport upon the Book of Mormon spent the night at Mr Stephen's distance 4 miles February 25, 1838 ~ Sunday 25 Sunday preached at the schoolhouse In the forenoon Elder
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Excerpt:March 23, 1837 ~ Thursday March 23rd I repaired to the house of the Lord at an early hour in the morning to spend the day in prayer and fasting with the saints in Kirtland, as this was a day set apart for that purpose. Immediately after entering the house in com pany with several other Elders, I went within the veil and we bowed down before the Lord in the aronic stand & offer'd a morning sacrifice, & the Spirit of God rested upon us ...
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Excerpt:VOL. 1. ^I confirmed 35, esstablished 8 preaching Places, Planted 3 churches^ In, 1835. I travled 3248 miles, Baptized 43 Persons, Held 170 meetings, procured 20 subscribers for the Latter Day Saints, Messenger & Advocate and 2 for the reprinted Star. Also 70, signers to the Petition to the Governour of Missouri for redress of wrongs done the church by the Jackson County mob. Wrote 18 letters. Ordained 2 teachers and 1, deacon. Held 3 debates. AND had 3 mobs ...
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Excerpt:September 27, 1837 ~ Wednesday Sept 27th I preached at No. 4. Elder Hale Baptized one Mr Jonathan Burgess. We spent the night at Capt John Carvers distance 6 miles September 28, 1837 ~ Thursday 28th Walked to Mr Anthony Coombs. Elder Hale Baptized Mrs Elizabeth Coombs. I Preached at No. 3. to a large congregation. the spirit of God rested upon me. There is much of the spirit of enquirey manifest by the ...
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Excerpt:President Youngs medical lecture deliverd before the board of Health at Great Salt Lake City Dec 1851 President Young arose & said I wish to impart intelli- gence to the people my first proposition is the science of medicine. The study & practice of medicine as a science if it may be called a science is the most imperfect of any science in existance as is practiced by the doctors of the present day The doctors & priests of the day send more to death & Hell then any whare els ...
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Excerpt:December 18, 1848 ~ Monday 18th I took cars rode to Boston to Cambridgeport and spent the night with my family once more 50 December 19, 1848 ~ Tuesday 19th [FIGURE] 6 I recieved 6 Letters from O Hyde, L. N. Scovil & L Gaulter, Wm H Wilson, T Cartwright, W I Appleby & Jesse Haven. I also recieved a Large amount of Papers ...
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Excerpt:Miramichi 20thFeby 1850 President W. Wolfoodd Woodruff Bloved Brother your very acptable letter came Duly to hand of Date 9th February wthe its place of Intelagence of the Right Kind which I am Ever Indeted to you for to geather with the Guardian of [Deals] 26th No 24 in Brother Woodruff. Prest take it for granted that I Can only Render him a Recompence of Reward, by a illegible Rendering my waramest and Greatfull thanks for all the past favors and kind atintion togather with Every [Infatme] that ^I^ Could ...
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Excerpt:storm considers it the worst trouble he has & wonders why the man in the House is not troubled about it, wy bless your Soul I never saw a year since the organization of the Church when the people were as Happy & peacible peaceible, as well united, & contented as little ^trouble^ of any kind or had as much confidence in the Leaders of the Church as this present season And it was really ^amusing^ finely to the Untanians when the Eastern Mail came in to see the perfet flood of falshood lies, trash, folly fro^a^th & nonsense ...
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Excerpt:{they know illegible it/that [our ancestor]} great interested in the preaching after meeting two boat loagds of us returned to Mr Benjamin Coombs by water & while the seamen were dipting the ready oar Elder Hale &joined me in singing the gallant Ships &c. spent the night at Mr Coombs distance 7 miles September 29, 1837 ~ Friday 29th Took the parting hand with the friends ^had a good time^ & walked to Mr Joseph Carvers ^retired to our usual place ...