April 7, 1837 ~ Friday April 7th [FIGURE] I spent the day in writing my Journal. & when the shades of evening began to appear I repaired to the house of the LORD in company with Elders Milton Holmes, & Joseph B Nobles for the purpose of worshiping God we entered one of the stands within the veils & fell upon our knees & satan appeared also but not to worship God but to deprive us of the privilege Satan strove against us with great ...

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 ...

& power to fly through the midst under heaven as Philip travled by the spirit, that I should have power over my enemies & have long life to bring many into the kingdom of God [Acts 8:39] Also that I should have the riches of the earth & that I should have sons & consecrate them priests unto God in zion & that I should tread upon the ashes of my enemies in Jackson County they that had sought to take my life & the ...

Amen. & Amen. & Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna. to GOD & the LAMB. Amen. Amen. & Amen. This was repeated as it is written & if ever a shout entered the cabinet of heaven that did & was repeated by angels on high & caused the power of God to rest upon us. (O, ye Priest of Baal. O, ye Gentile religionest O. ye inha bitants of Babylon possessing the mark of the beast what knowledge have ye of the ordinances or blessings or virtues of the

Man[chester] [page torn] England July 14th 1840 My Dear Phebe ^Date May 9th to 25^ yesterday I recevd your long interesting letter which I was truly happy to receevd, was sorrow to hear of the sickness of the little babe, feel thankful that his life was spard, & pray god to preserve you & the children from the power of the destroyer untill my return. I feel much for you Phebe & nothing but the great work of the Almighty in the vineyard hindereth ...

—29—Presidents Joseph Smith and O. Cowdery addressed the Saints in the Temple. Joseph blessed the peo- ple in the name of the Lord, and said, if we would be faithful, we should arise above our embarrassments, and be delivered from the hands of our enemies. —30—I wrote an article on faith, which was published in the Messenger and Advocate. Feb. 19—I attended meeting at the Temple. President Joseph Smith had been absent on ...

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 ...

presidentesent as deare to me as this. what is gold or silver in comparison to the redemption of our dead, Nothing. if I can redeem my dead, and save myself and family I will be satisfyed. I feel that when we get into the spirit world we shall see the importance of this days work This is my birth day, I am three score years and tten to day. you are to day in this Endowment withoutowt a man with you. But we shall furnish one Man as an Adam

THE DESERET WEEKLY. PIONEER PUBLICATION OF THE [FIGURE] ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. ESTABLISHED JUNE, [FIGURE] 1850. NO. 17. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1893. VOL. XLVI ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The services of the Conference were continued this morning in the upper room of the Temple. The Tabernacle choir sang the an- them: Let all Israel join and sing. (Music by Joseph J. Daynes; choir- isters led by Evan Stephens.) PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF ...

Pres. Wilford Woodruff, addressed the Saints and remarked that if he had all the elders Isreal before him this afternoon he would like to speak to them a short time and it would be that when they get up to speak to cease making excuses, he was displeased to hear such things, he like to hear a man get up and speak to say what he has to say to say it without making excuses when the elders stand up to teach should do so by the aid and insperation of the Holy Ghost, min^esters^ and Law^yers^ ...