March 26, 1838 ~ Monday March 26 Walked to Mr John Smith from thence to Br Ames & spent the night I was quite Ill the destroyer made a severe attact upon me & I had a sick night distance of the day 3 March 27, 1838 ~ Tuesday 27 I arose quite Ill & spent the day at Br Ames I walked at night to Mr John Kents & Preached at his house 3 March 28, 1838 ~ Wednesday ...

truly edefyed to again meet with this Brother. I also found another family of saints residing in the same house viz Lucian R. Foster. I spent the remainder of the day conversing with Brother Pratt upon the things of the kingdom. We met at early candle light in Varrick street to hold a meeting & the congregation was principly composed of saints as there had been about one hundred baptized & many of them were present. Elder Eligah Fordham was with us also. I was called upon to preach to the ...

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 ...

the heart & mouth of the prophet JOSEPH whose soul like Enoch's swelld wide as eternity I say such evidences presented in such a forcible manner ought to drive into oblivion every particle of unbelief & dubiety from the mind of the hearers, for such language sentiment principle & spirit cannot flow from darkness. Joseph Smith jr is a prophet of God rised up for the deliverance of Israel as true as my heart now burns within me while I am penning thes lines which is as true as ...

February 19, 1838 ~ Monday Feb 19th An uncommon blustering day the air is full of snow and roads blocked up we spent the day in visiting the people they appeared believing. We started to go to our appointment at the school house and we had to wallow about a mile through the snow drifts without a road I froze one of my ears during the time. After Preaching to the people we returned to Mr Robert Baily's and spent the night {distance} 4 m February 20, 1838 ~ Tuesday ...

January 1, 1839 ~ Tuesday JAN. 1st 1839. As I am now labouring with my hands for a temporal support for a season I shall not keep a daily Journal for a short time but merely note such things as I may deem necessary. During the last two days I have been repairing a grist mill 10 January 20, 1839 ~ Sunday 20th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Father Carter of Maine. I have spent this month at hard labour I have not as ...

January 18, 1843 ~ Wednesday Jan 18th Joseph Smith the Prophet & his Lady made a feest for his friends as a time of rejoiceing with them in consequence of his deliverence from oppression we had an inter- esting day about 20 of those who went with him to Springfield & also the Twelve & many others numbering in all about 75 persons. Gen Law & Miss Eliza Snow had compos- ed each of them a song which was printed ...

January 7, 1845 ~ Tuesday 7th Spent a good part of the day at the emigrating Office No 36. Chapel St Liverpool in the evening we hired two rooms of 2 Mr Bagnall No 38 Highfield st. we moved into them I took the lower room at 3/ per week & Elder Clark the uper room at 2/. I settled the bill at Wm Powell No 11. key st £1–2s–2p we found Mr Bagnell &

January 11, 1845 ~ Saturday Jan 11th Milton Holmes to W Woodruff Dr to 4 copies of vol 4. Times & Seasons 8/ £1—12s to 100 death of the Prophet 1 1/2 D. 12–6 to 25 fac similee 2 D. 4–2 £2–8–8 Jan 11th Leonard Hardy to W. Woodruff Dr to 4 copies of vol. 4 Times & Seasons 8/ £1—12 to 100 Death of the Prophet 1 1/2 D 12–6 to 25 fac similee 2 D. 4 2 £2–8–8 Jan 11th I ...

over his children & his wife in wrighteousnes then he will be capable of Presiding over a branch of the Church but many Elders are contending about presiding over Churches when they are not capable of presiding over themselve or the least child I have they have. Again the first Principle of our cause & work is to understand that their is a prophet in the Church & that he is at the head of the Church on Earth. who called Joseph Smith to be a prophet? Did the ...