Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 27, 1838 ~ Thursday
27th It is a dark cold rainy day & gloomy also, & what makes it more so the camp of the Saints do not get
a long from the east yet, & I have not herd any thing from them for several days. But may the Lord give me
patience that I may be resigned in all things. Notwithstanding the cold rain I harnessed up my horse & carri-
ed Brother Townsend home, & assisted him in packing up his houshold goods to the amount of about 600 lbs
I took the goods in my waggon & carried them to Sister Sarah Foss's house that we might be ready when the camp
came along: Elder Townsend has been cast down in his mind for several days & could scarcely get faith enough to
prepare himself & family to start for Zion thinking the way did not look as clear & bright as he wished to see it.
But I have encouraged him from day to day; as we must walk by faith not by sight, untill he is now preparing him-
self & family to go, may the Lord bless him. [2 Corinthians 5:7] We must all have our faith tried before we are prepared for a celestial
kingdom & "faith without works is dead being alone" [James 2:17] I do not know when my faith will begin to be tried if it has
not already been esspecially of late; But I thank the LORD that HE has thus far enabled me to keep the faith & withs-
tand every opposition. I desire to be humble unto the end. I spent the night at father Carters. Phebe appears resign-
ed to the will of the Lord in all her troubles & tribulations. It is great consolation to my soul to see her determined to
maintain her integrity unto the end. How good it is to have a help meet in every time of need. Distance 20 mil
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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
288 mentions
Family
Townsend, James Foss
20 Feb 1808 - 2 Apr 1886
91 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
Events
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Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.
Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issues order expelling Church members from Missouri under threat of extermination.
Haun's Mill massacre in Caldwell County, Missouri; surrender of Church leaders in Far West, Missouri demanded.
Joseph and Hyrum Smith and other Church leaders surrender; General Samuel Lucas orders their execution.
Court hearings to determine Church leaders' fate; Joseph, Hyrum and others are incarcerated in Liberty Jail.
Phebe deathly ill with brain fever; after her spirit leaves her body Wilford restores her to life.