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Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History of His Life and Labors, as Recorded in His Daily Journals

Woodruff, Wilford · Public domain text

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Author
Wilford Woodruff (1807–1898)
Language
English
Subjects
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898
Length
277,154 words · about 19 h 25 min
Sections
115 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (115)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 3 min
  3. 1. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY, 1807 under 1 min
  4. 2. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS under 1 min
  5. 3. A REMARKABLE PREPARATION under 1 min
  6. 4. EARLY DAYS, 1816-1833 under 1 min
  7. 5. BAPTISM, 1833 under 1 min
  8. 6. ZION'S CAMP, 1834 under 1 min
  9. 7. MISSION TO SOUTHERN STATES, 1834-1836 under 1 min
  10. 8. IN KIRTLAND, 1836 under 1 min
  11. 9. FIRST MISSION TO FOX ISLANDS, 1837 under 1 min
  12. 10. CALLED TO THE APOSTLESHIP, 1838 under 1 min
  13. 11. CALL TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1838 under 1 min
  14. 12. MISSION IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1840 under 1 min
  15. 13. BRITISH MISSION, 1840-'41 under 1 min
  16. 14. REVIEW OF HIS MISSION under 1 min
  17. 15. IN NAUVOO, 1841 under 1 min
  18. 16. TROUBLES IN NAUVOO, 1842 under 1 min
  19. 17. TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH, 1843 under 1 min
  20. 18. MISSION TO THE EAST, 1843 under 1 min
  21. 19. EARLY DAYS OF 1844 under 1 min
  22. 20. THE MARTYRDOM OF JOSEPH AND HYRUM, 1844 under 1 min
  23. 21. THE SUCCESSION, 1844 under 1 min
  24. 22. SECOND CALL TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1844 under 1 min
  25. 23. IN THE BRITISH MISSION, 1844-45-46 under 1 min
  26. 24. ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSOURI, 1846 under 1 min
  27. 25. DEPARTURE OF THE PIONEERS.--APRIL 7, 1847 under 1 min
  28. 26. PIONEER JOURNEY CONTINUED, 1847 under 1 min
  29. 27. PIONEERS REACH FORT LARAMIE--JUNE 2, 1847 under 1 min
  30. 28. PIONEERS ENTER SALT LAKE VALLEY under 1 min
  31. 29. RETURN OF THE PIONEERS TO WINTER QUARTERS, 1847 under 1 min
  32. 30. A MISSION TO THE EAST, 1848 under 1 min
  33. 31. ELDER WOODRUFF'S RETURN FROM THE EAST under 1 min
  34. 32. THE YEARS, 1852, '53, '54 under 1 min
  35. 33. EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS under 1 min
  36. 34. THE REFORMATION, 1856 under 1 min
  37. Chapter 35 under 1 min
  38. 36. WAR TIMES, 1857 under 1 min
  39. 37. ARMY ENTERS SALT LAKE VALLEY, 1858 under 1 min
  40. 38. BEGINNING OF THE REBELLION, 1861 under 1 min
  41. 39. THE YEARS 1862-'63 under 1 min
  42. 40. THE YEARS, 1864-65 under 1 min
  43. 41. THE YEARS 1866, '67, '68 under 1 min
  44. 42. THE YEARS, 1869, 70 under 1 min
  45. 43. PIONEER LIFE IN RICH COUNTY, 1871 under 1 min
  46. 44. THE YEARS, 1872-74 under 1 min
  47. 45. ST. GEORGE TEMPLE DEDICATED under 1 min
  48. 46. DEATH OF BRIGHAM YOUNG, AUG. 29, 1877 under 1 min
  49. 47. EXPERIENCES IN ARIZONA, 1879 under 1 min
  50. 48. REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES IN ARIZONA, 1880 under 1 min
  51. 49. YEARS OF GREAT AGITATION, 1881, 1882 under 1 min
  52. 50. THE CRUSADE OPENS, 1883-1885 under 1 min
  53. 51. ELEVATION TO PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH, 1889 under 1 min
  54. 52. THE MANIFESTO AND EVENTS OF 1890-'91 under 1 min
  55. 53. DEDICATION OF THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE, 1892 under 1 min
  56. 54. ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, 1894 under 1 min
  57. 55. THE YEARS 1896-'97-'98.--BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.--HIS DEATH under 1 min
  58. 57. Character Sketch under 1 min
  59. 1. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY, 1807 about 6 min
  60. 2. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS about 13 min
  61. 3. A REMARKABLE PREPARATION about 11 min
  62. 4. EARLY DAYS, 1816-1833 about 21 min
  63. 5. BAPTISM, 1833 about 8 min
  64. 6. ZION'S CAMP, 1834 about 15 min
  65. 7. MISSION TO SOUTHERN STATES, 1834-1836 about 31 min
  66. 8. IN KIRTLAND, 1836 about 10 min
  67. 9. FIRST MISSION TO FOX ISLANDS, 1837 about 19 min
  68. 10. CALLED TO THE APOSTLESHIP, 1838 about 30 min
  69. 11. CALL TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1838 about 27 min
  70. 12. MISSION IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1840 about 25 min
  71. 13. BRITISH MISSION, 1840-41 about 29 min
  72. 14. REVIEW OF HIS MISSION about 12 min
  73. 15. IN NAUVOO, 1841 about 6 min
  74. 16. TROUBLES IN NAUVOO, 1842 about 19 min
  75. 17. TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH, 1843 about 26 min
  76. 18. MISSION TO THE EAST, 1843 about 21 min
  77. 19. EARLY DAYS OF 1844 about 12 min
  78. 20. THE MARTYRDOM OF JOSEPH AND HYRUM, 1844 about 12 min
  79. 21. THE SUCCESSION, 1844 about 20 min
  80. 22. SECOND CALL TO GREAT BRITAIN, 1844 about 15 min
  81. 23. IN THE BRITISH MISSION, 1844-45-46 about 22 min
  82. 24. ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSOURI, 1846 about 24 min
  83. 25. DEPARTURE OF THE PIONEERS.--APRIL 7, 1847 about 15 min
  84. 26. PIONEER JOURNEY CONTINUED, 1847 about 21 min
  85. 27. PIONEERS REACH FORT LARAMIE,--JUNE 2, 1847 about 24 min
  86. 28. PIONEERS ENTER SALT LAKE VALLEY about 28 min
  87. 29. RETURN OF THE PIONEERS TO WINTER QUARTERS, 1847 about 21 min
  88. 30. A MISSION TO THE EAST, 1848 about 15 min
  89. 31. ELDER WOODRUFF'S RETURN FROM THE EAST about 24 min
  90. 32. THE YEARS, 1852, '53, '54 about 19 min
  91. 33. EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS about 13 min
  92. 34. THE REFORMATION, 1856 about 13 min
  93. Chapter 35 about 11 min
  94. 36. WAR TIMES, 1857 about 18 min
  95. 37. ARMY ENTERS SALT LAKE VALLEY, 1858 about 25 min
  96. 38. BEGINNING OF THE REBELLION, 1861 about 16 min
  97. 39. THE YEARS 1862-63 about 21 min
  98. 40. THE YEARS 1864-65 about 18 min
  99. 41. THE YEARS 1866, '67, '68 about 20 min
  100. 42. THE YEARS, 1869, '70 about 22 min
  101. 43. PIONEER LIFE IN RICH COUNTY, 1871 about 10 min
  102. 44. THE YEARS, 1872-74 about 15 min
  103. 45. ST. GEORGE TEMPLE DEDICATED about 23 min
  104. 46. DEATH OF BRIGHAM YOUNG, AUG. 29, 1877 about 12 min
  105. 47. EXPERIENCES IN ARIZONA, 1879 about 43 min
  106. 48. REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES IN ARIZONA, 1880 about 7 min
  107. 49. YEARS OF GREAT AGITATION, 1881, 1882 about 16 min
  108. 50. THE CRUSADE OPENS, 1883-1885 about 22 min
  109. 51. ELEVATION TO PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH, 1889 about 16 min
  110. 52. THE MANIFESTO AND EVENTS OF 1890-91 about 17 min
  111. 53. DEDICATION OF THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE, 1892 about 12 min
  112. 54. ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, 1894 about 9 min
  113. 55. A GREAT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, 1897 about 53 min
  114. 56. FUNERAL SERVICES about 28 min
  115. 57. CHARACTER SKETCH about 1 h 34 min

The opening of Preface

That which is perhaps best known about Wilford Woodruff is the fact that he kept throughout his long and eventful life a careful record, not only of his own life, but of the important affairs in the history of the Church. In bringing that journal within the compass of one volume, it has not always been easy to determine what was the most important for the pages of this biography. All his journals, covering thousands of pages, I have read with such discriminating judgment as I could bring to the task. The reader, therefore, need not be reminded that this biography contains only a small part, the most important part it is hoped, of the things he wrote.

He was so careful and painstaking, and so completely devoted to the task of keeping a journal, that his writings have been sought in compiling much of the important data in Church history which has already been given to the world. His work, therefore, is not unknown to those familiar with Church history. Some of his life has been published in the Deseret News, and "Leaves from My Journal" contains important chapters.

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