IN 1837 I attended the solemn assembly and met twenty times with the quorum of the seventies I traveled in Upper Canida and in six of the United States and visited three Islands of the sea making a distance in all of two thousand three hundred & fifty Miles 2,350 miles I held one hundred and eight meetings 108 ^I Planted three churches^ I Baptized twenty one persons three were Sea Saptains and three were kins folk's I was a partner with Elder J H Hale in baptizing nine others 21 ^I confirmed ...

April 6, 1838 ~ Friday April 6th This is the day for the annual solemn assembly of the Saints in Zion or her stakes may God bless the Saints in every condition walked to Br Maltire Luce & spent the night 3 miles April 7, 1838 ~ Saturday 7 I walked to Mr Ephraim Luce from thence to Br Stephen Luce & after reading singing & prayer I Baptized two Persons Mr Ephraim Luce & Margarett Crockett I confirmed them by the laying ...

April 3, 1837 ~ Monday April 3rd The day had now arived for preperations for the solumn assembly the annointing & the endowment of the Elders of Israel or at least for those that were not endowed in Kirtland the strong hold of the daughter of Zion in the spring of 1836 & as I was absent at that time my day is now come & my time at hand for those blessings & I shall record the events of each day of the endowment for ...

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 ...

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 ...

that undertake it if they do not spedily repent they will go to hell and burn their fingers. He reproved the people sharply for their sins darkness and unbelief the power of God rested upon him and bore testimony that what he said ^his sayings^ was true. His discourse was not reported and here cannot be given. He also addressed the people again on Sunday the 26th March 24th I left my school to make some preparations for my Endowment March 23rd This day was spent in the Temple ...

Kirtland O. January 4, 1836 Dear Brother Yours came to hand 8 or 10 days since. I hope you will pordon me for not writing sooner, for I feel that I have a just cause to be excused. And this because of a multiplicity of business. The Hebrew School commenced this day, and I hope that I shall be able to attend it some, but out of necesity I will be excluded part of the time because of the press of business. You have no doubt an idea in regard to the ...

I will not enter into a minute detail of the remainder of the next two months which closed the year 1837. Sufice it to say that I sailed from place to place arround to preach the Gospel and my wife Phebe sometimes accompanied me. The closing passage of my Journal for the year will show how the work progressed during that time. I wrote under date of Dec. 31st as follows: "The Spirit of God is like leaven in the midst "of these Islands of the Sea; the solemnities of eternity is "resting upon the people ...

wife of Elder P. P. Pratt one of the Twelve Apostles. Sister Pratt died March 25 1837. On Monday, the following day I signed fifty dollars for the building of the House of the Lord in Zion. The subscription list was in the hands of Elder Elisha H. Groves of Several subsequent days I spent in perusing the outlines of ancient and modern history by the Rev. Royal Robbins. The reflective mind is struck with deep sensibility in viewing the ...

day in fasting and prayer. Part of the day was occupied in attending the high council; the remainder until 5 oclock in writing prayer and fasting At 5 o'clock I met in the House of the Lord with the Seventies for a solemn assembly anointing &c. Three out of the seven Presidents were present and they anointed twelve. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon us and we were satisified and returned home. April the 6th was the great day of the Solemn Assembly As upon this day the Church was organized in 1830 ...