September 5, 1840 ~ Saturday Sept 5th [FIGURE] Elders Kimball, Smith, & myself Visited Westminster Abbey & went through evry appartme nt of it & saw all the tombs & monuments of the Kings, Queens, Princes, Lords, & noted men that have ever been entombed within its walls one part of the Abbey was built in the year 600 having stood over 1200 years most all of the Kings & Queens of England are in this Abbey that have died for the ...

at the hand of their friends or soldiers & obtained it becaus they [were] Defeated in battle. It is observed that not one of those who had a hand in the Death of Caesar Died a natural Death but either killed themselves or were killed by others, in fine suicide was a common thing among the grecian & Roman Generals soldiers & poets, many Died by the use of hemlock & other poisons, as well as by the Dagger. Cleopatra sought Death by the sting of ...

God while nature was hushed in silenced by the sable shades of night. After spending the night in prayer we returned to our homes in the morning intending to spend the day in prayer & fasting for still greater blessings this being upon April 5, 1837 ~ Wednesday April 5th I spent a part of the day in attending the high council the remainder in writing, prayer & fasting I again repaired to the upper ^lower^ part of the house of the Lord at 5 oclock PM. with the quorum ...

it was built in AD 1000 distance of the day 12 m May 6, 1845 ~ Tuesday 6th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to Mrs Woodruff one to Br Ward. I walked with Br Speakman [FIGURE] to Stoneyhurst and visited each Appartment of the Jesuits College which was the ownly collage of the kind in England. We visited each appartment of the Paintings of Christ upon the cross & under various circumstances in life & the Virgin ...

them & myself. The crime alledged against us was that we had taught that Christ would come in this generation & that we said some individuals would receieve the Holy Ghost in 24 hours but as I was absent myself I was not taken but Elders Patten & Parrish was taken by an armd company say 50 in number they were bound under $2000.00 dollars bond for their appearence at court Brothers Seth Utley & ...

October 27, 1840 ~ Tuesday 27th We recieved two letters one from Cordon & one from W. Meigh. [FIGURE] we wrote two letters one to J Tailor & one to O Pratt. I Preached in J Barretts Academy October 28, 1840 ~ Wednesday 28th [FIGURE] I finished a long communication written to the Editors of the Times & Season[s] signed H. C. Kimball. W. Woodruff & G. A. Smi[th] it was ...

November 15, 1835 ~ Sunday ^Nov^ 15th Sunday Preached at Br Clapps ^on the Terrapen^ on the attributes of God & Baptized 5 Persons then mounted our horses to ride to Clarks River in company with Seth Utley & four other Brethren & two Sisters We rode to the Creek but could not cross without swiming our hourses as A heavy rain had fallen the night & day before. As night was overtaking us & Also dangerous for females to swim their ...

Zion should be redeemed & be built up a Holy City, that the glory & power of God shou ld rest upon her, & be seen upon her that the watchman upon mount Ephraim might cry arise ye & let us go up unto zion the city of the Lord our God, that the gentiles might come to her light & kings to the brightness of her rising. That the Saints of God may have a place to flee to & stand in Holy places while judgment works in the earth that when ...

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. called the Isle of Holt. We arrived at noon, and I preached to the people at night in their school-house, and had an attentive audience. I spent the night with John Turner, Esq., who purchased a copy of the Book of Mormon. On the following day we returned to Fox Islands, and as St. Paul once had to row hard to make the land in a storm, we had to row hard to make ...

PREFACE. Satan, knowing the power for good that Brother Woodruff would be, if permitted to live, has often sought to effect his destruction. The adventures, accidents and hair-breath escapes that he has met with, are scarcely equalled by the record that the for- mer apostle, Paul, has left us of his life. The power of God has been manifested in a most remarkable manner in preserving Brother Woodruf's life. Considering the number of bones he has had broken, and the other bodily injuries he has received, it is certainly ...