setting in the western horizon. It brought fresh to my recollection the days of my youth when I was wont to travel
this road with PHILO, ASAHEL & others but time wiat'ess for no man. after taking this walk I returned to fathers
house & Preached to the citizens of farmington the congregation was principly composed of rich men I had the spirit
of preaching & I warned them not to trust in uncertain riches. [1 Timothy 6:17] I spoke upon the second coming & reign of Christ Job 19 ch.
I thank the Lord for giving me the privilege of preaching the fullness of the gospel to the inhabitants of Farmington &
to friends & relatives {The Lord often causes the pride of the rich and proud learned to be brought at the feet of weak things}
22 I left my fathers & walked through Farmington meadows into Avon, while walking toupon the bank of the canal
I found a valuable honey bee tree I called upon Uncle Adna Hart & spent most of the day with him. I had an interview
with Aunt Hannah Woodruff at Adna Harts she was in a distressed situation being possessed with a devel &
bound fast in his chains I conversed & prayed with her. In the evening I left Abna's & walked to Woodfords
Mills formerly owned by my Father It caused feeling of no ordinary kind to be permitted to again visit these
mills & walk the road & view the house & farm whare I was born & spent my infancy, childhood, & youth, their
is a cord of keene sensation touched when ones eyes are permitted to surveighy the place of his nativity after being
seperated for a laps of years. from this view I continued my journey into west street & spent the night with
Uncle Thadeus Thompson a brother to my Mother. Distance of this interesting day 7 miles
setting in the western horizon. It brought fresh to my recollection the days of my youth when I was wont to travel
this road with PHILO, ASAHEL & others but time wiates for no man, after taking this walk I returned to fathers
house & Preached to the citizens of farmington the congregation was principly composed of rich men I had the spirit
of Preaching & I warned them not to trust in uncertain riches. I spoke upon the second coming & reign of Christ Job 19 ch.
I thank the Lord for giving me the privilege of Preaching the fullness of the gosepl to the inhabitants of Farmington &
to friends & relatives {The Lord often causes the pride of the rich and proud learned to be brought at the feet of weak things}
22 I left my fathers & walked through Farmington meadows into Avon, while walking upon the bank of the canal
I found a valuable honey bee tree I called upon Uncle Adna Hart & spent most of the day with him. I had an interview
with Aunt Hannah Woodruff at Adna Harts she was in a distressed situation being possessed with a devel &
bound fast in his chains I conversed & prayed with her. In the evening I left Abna's & walked to Woodfords
Mills formerly owned by my Father It caused feeling of no ordinary kind to be permitted to again visit these
mills & walk the road & view the house & farm whare I was born & spent my infancy, childhood, & youth, their
is a cord of keene sensation touched when ones eyes are permitted to surveigh the place of his nativity after being
seperated for a laps of years. from this view I continued my journey into west street & spent the night with
Uncle Thadeus Thompson a brother to my Mother. Distance of this interesting day 7 miles
"Journal (January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1839)," June 20, 1838 - June 23, 1838, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 11, 2024, https://arts.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/30R