April 3rd The day had now arived for preperations
for the solumn assembly the Annointing & the endowment
of the Elders of Israel or at least for those that were
not endowed in Kirtland the strong hold of the daughter
of Zion in the spring of 1836 & as I was absent
at that time my day is now come & my time at hand
for those blessings & I shall record the events of
each day of the endowment for the benefit of the
generation to come. I upon this third day of April
met in the house of the Lord with a number of the
seventies to receiev counsel respecting our
washing & anointing. I was appointed with Elder G. Meeks to visit President F. G. Williams &
have the perfumes & oil prepared against the day
following I consider'd it a privilege to wait upon
the Elders of Israel in this thing that we might
become the annointed of the Lord according
to the words of the Poet & the Revelations
of JESUS CHRIST
We'll wash and be washed and with oil be anointed
Withal not omit the washing of feet
For he that receiveth his PENNY appointed
Must surely be clean at the hearvest of wheat [Matthew 20:1-16]
After attending to the duties above spoken I repaired
to a room in company with Elder Meeks & Priest J Turpin
to attend to our first washing after washing our
bodies from head to foot in soap & watter we then
washed ourselves in clear watter next in perfumed
spirits the spirit of God was with us & we had a
spiritual time. We spent the evening with several
Elders in Prayer before God & the Power of God
rested upon us.
~ Tuesday
April 4th I met at the house of Elder Hales at one ^1^ oclock PM.
in company with twenty three Elders President Joseph
Young making one of the number for the purpose of
attending to the ordinance of washing the body with clean
watter & perfumes that our bodies might be prepared
for the anointing. President Young opened the meeting
by prayer we then proceded to the ordinance myself
& Elder G. W. Meeks were the first washed under
~ Monday
April 3rd The day had now arived for preperations
for the solumn assembly the annointing & the endowment
of the Elders of Israel or at least for those that were
not endowed in Kirtland the strong hold of the daughter
of Zion in the spring of 1836 & as I was absent
at that time my day is now come & my time at hand
for those blessings & I shall record the events of
each day of the endowment for the benefit of the
generation to come. I upon this third day of April
met in the house of the Lord with a number of the
seventies to receiev counsel respecting our
washing & anointing. I was appointed with Elder
G. Meeks to visit President F. G. Williams &
have the perfumes & oil prepared against the day
following I consider'd it a privilege to wait upon
the Elders of Israel in this thing that we might
become the annointed of the Lord according
to the words of the Poet & the Revelations
of JESUS CHRIST
We'll wash and be washed and with oil be anointed
Withal not omit the washing of feet
For he that receiveth his PENNY appointed
Must surely be clean at the hearvest of wheat
After attending to the duties above spoken I repaired
to a room in company with Elder Meeks & Priest J Turpin
to attend to our first washing after washing our
bodies from head to foot in soap & watter we then
washed ourselves in clear watter next in perfumed
spirits the spirit of God was with us & we had a
spiritual time. We spent the evening with several
Elders in Prayer before God & the Power of God
rested upon us.
~ Tuesday
April 4th I met at the house of Elder Hales at one 1 oclock PM.
in company with twenty three Elders President Joseph
Young making one of the number for the purpose of
attending to the ordinance of washing the body with clean
watter & perfumes that our bodies might be prepared
for the anointing. President Young opened the meeting
by prayer we then proceded to the ordinance myself
& Elder G. W. Meeks were the first washed under
"Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)," April 3, 1837 - April 4, 1837, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 5, 2024, https://arts.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/NEm
