Second Quorum of the Seventy
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Excerpt:January 1, 1837 ~ Sunday Jany 1st 1837. In the morning of this Lord's Day I repar'd to the house of the Lord for worship We herd two discourses deliver'd from the Aaronic stand by Bishop Whitney & counsellor Cahoon they also Broke bread. the latter part of the day was spent in attending to the funeral servises of a child. January 2, 1837 ~ Monday 2ndSpent the day in school also the 3rd. I receieved ...
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Excerpt:LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. After conference I took Brothers Smoot and Clapp with me to preach. The former traveled with me constantly till the 21st of April, when we had the privilege of meeting with Elder David W. Patten, who had come direct from Kirtland, and who had been ordained one of the Twelve Apostles. It was a happy meeting. He gave us an account of the endowments at Kirtland, the glorious blessings received, the ministration of ...
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Part of Autobiography 1858 Deseret NewsExcerpt:THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 19. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1858. VOL VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) -[CONTINUED.]- March 2—We cut down a large cotton wood tree, and in two days dug out a canoe four feet wide and twelve long, put on a pair of oars and then rowed down the Arkansas river, 125 miles to Little Rock, begging our food by the way, a meal ...
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Excerpt:I Printed 2500 copies of the Millinnium Star in 1845 I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Covenants in England & secured the copy right in Stationers Hall I Published 20000 copies of the proclamation of the Twelve Apostles By Order of Parley P Pratt On his responsibility I have been Ordained during the foregoing period to The office of Teacher, Priest, Elder, 2nd Quorum ...
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Excerpt:Thomas, at nine o'clock, all safe, hav- ing rode twenty miles, five hours in the storm, and we felt to thank the Lord for our preservation. During the winter and spring, I continued to labor mostly alone, through Kentucky and Tennessee, opening new places, preaching daily, baptizing, confirming, and organizing new Branches. Feb. 26, 1836—At a Conference held at Brother B. L. Clapp's, in Callaway county, Kentucky, I or- dained
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Excerpt:[Deseret Weekly News, March 6, 1897, 366.] THE DESERET WEEKLY. [Column 1] PRESIDENT WOODRUFF'S BIRTHDAY. BIOGRAPHICAL. On Sunday, February 28, 1897, at 2 p. m., and on the following day, Mon- day, March 1, at 10 a.m., were exer- cises in the Tabernacle in honor of the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of Elder Wilford Woodroff, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, and one of the first com- pany of Utah Pioneers that entered the valley of the ...
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Part of Autobiography 1857 Draft 1Excerpt:in the last days & when we were opposed by a mob he would rebuke them in great plainness we were not injured or molested ownly threatened, the sick were freequently healed under our administration. On the 27th of May 1836 we were again joined by Elder Warren Parrish direct from Kirtland Ohio who also laboured with us. We held a conference on the 28th day of May at Brother Seth Utley ^in Benton County Tennessee^ where there was 7 Branches represented containing 116 members ...
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Excerpt:OFFICE OF The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints P. O. Box, B. Salt Lake City, Utah. [blank] 189_ untill the 13th of Jan., 1835, when I left Lyman Wight's, in company with Harry Brown, to go on a Mission to the Southern States. We passed through Jackson Co.^unty^ Mo.^issouri^ and through Arkansas, and from Little Rock to Memphis Memphis, Tennessee. I spent 2 two ...
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Excerpt:TULLIDGE'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. [Column 1] min L. Clapp priests. I also ordained one teacher and two deacons. After conference I took Brothers Smoot and Clapp with me to preach. The former traveled with me constantly till the 21st of April, when we had the privilege of meeting with Elder David W. Patten, who had come direct from Kirtland, and who had been ordained one of the Twelve Apostles. It was a happy meeting. He ...
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Excerpt:Coltrin and Aldrich. After these were ordained Elder M. Holms and myself were called upon by the Presidents to come forward and be ordained as members of the first Seventy Elders of Israel to bear the name of Jesus to the nations of the earth. The first Seventy was chosen out of the camp that went up to Zion in 1834 for the redemption of Zion; but as we were not present at the time we were afterward ordained into the Second ...