Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
TUE REMAINS.


| '1'Httft'N+ 1850
ALTHOUGH n very hard worker ~
farming and fruit raising. as wen ~
In the missionary neli. Elder Wouaiuu,
Kept n daily Journal rom when NUN
/ nf the history ~ the Mormon thui'h
/ has bcen complied II contains Hy-
/ ponaea of dlscoufscs ana instructions
] Nv Jossph Smith. and other leaders IN
| The Mormon church. which are ui great
value, aud u record Of many lncidehta
witch would otherwise have been lost 90
postority. The Journal has been con-
iirusd In his own hand writing up 10
the present date. II ~ u marvel Of
patience. perseverance ana diligence
In addition 10 HE other dutlti Presi-
don't Woodruff was active FOR great.
many years In the nnalra ~ the Desc
ret Agricultural and Manufacturing
society. 81 which he was the president
For 'ycniy-ont yenra he wnn mem-
bor OF the Legislative Assembly or
Utah. twenty In the Council ana one IN
the House. In the fail of 1876 he was
appointed historian and general rc-
c0fdcr ~ the Church. which position
he occupied until April. 1889. When
the Temple nc 81 George. IN southern
Utah. was dedicated by Brigham
Young in the spring Of IN. wiiford
Woodruff was appointed President "
that Temple. and there he performed
an extraordinary work on behalf uf
hla ancestors The Mormon religion
teaches that the departed who have not
had the opportunity Of hearing the o.
pei Of Jesus Christ In the flesh. win learn
II II In the aririt. and that
their living rosivrity who are In the
Church of Christ may perform a work
for their redemption, by attending VI.
cariouaiy o. the ordinances Instituted
by the Savior. Elder woodruff 1n1 his
family attended In person 20 hhpilsms
for the dead 60 the number " i,lhA
while presiding In that Temple. about
two years. there were ti.aFs hlpiisins
performed with other ordinances on be-
half Of the dead most % which Elder
Woodruff witnessed.
when John Taylor nurccoiod 20 thu
Presidency ~ the churrh. WHOM
Woodruff became the President ~ the
Twelve Apostles and after presiding
with the rest Of the Twelve until April
Z. 1850. be- was then sustained al the
uenerll Conference az the President "
the church. with Geo. q. Cannon and
Joseph v, Smith aa his cuunssl0rA IN
the Presidency.
Under the administration ~ Pres.
dent Woodruff q general Church bua,d
81 education wns formed In lsNs 10
direct ana perfect tho system " Church
high schools. academies and colleges
throughout Utah and the surrounding
regions. not. however. 10 Interfere with
the secular schools Of the territory.
From the year 1894 10 the close Of 1873,
Wiifori Woodruff travelled i1s,le'
miles, hels ;s% mss,,nF'' cs az,
ferencen, and au quarterly confer
sncea. preached $3.50 Discourse. a.
tablishcd y preaching places In me
missionary neld. organized u branches
81 the Church. received 1871 letters
wrote HEB letters assisted IN the con.
funnilon Into the church Of Nps2 per-
~. George Temple laborod col days In
sons, and In ndditein 90 HE work w the
tn EnwodmcntIIouse In salt Lake CITY.
he Travelled through England. Scot
land. wales. six Islands of the sea.
twenty-three OF the United states. ana
i've tcrritoner.
President Woodruff has been rcmark-
able, not only for Ne work he has done.
but for the Viclrsltuden and miehapH
which he has encountered through his
cvontful ilfe. When three Year. ~
age he fell into cnldrun
81 boiling water. ana u was
nine months before he was considered
out ~ danger when five years old. he
tel from the Hreat beam q harm.
striking on his facti three months hisr
h. fen down stairs aud broke an arm.
Soon after Ne broke hls other arm ~
six years old h. was chased by mad
bovine. hut he fell lntl a post-hole and
the animal iransd over him. The same
year he broke both bones G; one u his
legs IN his fathers INV mill. when
: years'of age. load ~ hay On which
he was riding was tipped over upon
him. and ne was nearly sunocated.
when cieht years old. a wagon In
which he was riding was turned over
upon him. hui he was mt se-lousiy In
iured. when nine years cd. he fen
from an elm tree. through tht breaking
u Try limb. nteen feet % The
ground. and was supposed 70 be- dsAd
but he recovered. When twelve years
old. ne was drowned w Farmlnrtln
river. Conn. but Ma brought up by a
ysunF man from thirty f0o; ~ water.
n sunlred gryatly In his restoration
20 life. When thirteen years N age. he
hccame btnumhcd with c1h, while
walking through the meadows. AMI
went ln,o the sleep u death. becoming
lnsonalhlc. hut was found anu Nss re-
stored. when fourteen years old. he
split his ln-attp open wish an axe. arI
WIS nine months getting wen AZ NJ
teen &c was bitten IN MS lCfi hand hy
ma doH. Al seventeen. h. was fhruwn
from an ill-,empersd horse over me
huraoiH head on a steep Hill amid the
rocks, he landed over the rocks on his
feet about a rod ahead ~ broke his
ltft lex In two PLACES and dlHllcited
huih his ankles In eight weeks h.
was oui 81 doors on crutchis. in ig5,
while attempting 90 clear the Ice cut u
"a W ter-whtol. a full head " water
was turned On. Ma feet slipped Into the
wheel. but he plunged forward head
hral into thrsc feet of Nager aud %.
capped being crushed 10 death IN 1881,
he was again caught In wheel
twenty feet Ia diameter. but leaped
through 20 the bottom and was thrown
out against ragged stone wall, and
escaped with a few bruises, During the
winter Of that year he suffered severely
| from lung fever, In 1873 tho day he
was baptized, a horse, newly sharp nhod.
Kicked a hat on his head, aud ten min.
utca Afterwards he was thrown from a
sleigh. without any box. on which h.
was driving. lighilnE between ~
horses, aud iraEgod with the sleigh
ON him TO "a bottom OF hill on Il
snow path. but escaped unframed In
1854 he narrowly escaped death twice
from the discharge VI fire arms. a rlde
hall passing within few inches OF his
breast, and muskei. heavily loaded
being snapped with the muzxla pointed
al HE breast Ia April. 1883. IN nochcs.