Talk:Wilford Woodruff

message: I think that the major contribution that Wilford made was the modification of the way families are sealed. I think we should include something about this in the article.
From the book that I mention in the external link:
About three months before the Prophet Joseph Smith was
martyred, he delivered a discourse to a large assembly of Saints.
Elder Wilford Woodruff, who recorded a synopsis of the discourse,
said that the Prophet spoke on “one of the most important
and interesting subjects ever presented to the Saints.”44 As
part of this sermon, the Prophet testified of the eternal nature of
families. He spoke of the need to be sealed to our parents and
to continue that sealing ordinance throughout our generations:
“This is the spirit of Elijah, that we redeem our dead and connect
ourselves with our fathers which are in heaven and seal up
our dead to come forth in the first resurrection, and here we
want the power of Elijah to seal those who dwell on earth to
those which dwell in heaven. . . . Go and seal on earth your sons
and daughters unto yourself and yourself unto your fathers in
eternal glory.”45
For the next few decades, the Latter-day Saints knew that there
was to be “a welding link of some kind or other between the
fathers and the children” (D&C 128:18). However, their procedures
were not completely set in order; as President Woodruff
observed, the Prophet Joseph had not lived long enough to
“enter any further upon these things.”46 Acting according to “all
the light and knowledge [they] had,”47 they often had themselves
sealed, or “adopted,” to Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, or other
Church leaders of their day rather than to their own fathers and
mothers. As President of the Church, President Woodruff referred
to this practice, saying: “We have not fully carried out those principles
in fulfillment of the revelations of God to us, in sealing the
hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the
fathers. I have not felt satisfied, neither did President [John]
Taylor, neither has any man since the Prophet Joseph who has
attended to the ordinance of adoption in the temples of our God.
We have felt that there was more to be revealed upon this subject
than we had received.”48
That additional revelation came to President Woodruff on
April 5, 1894.49 Three days later, in a general conference address,
he told of the revelation: “When I went before the Lord to know
who I should be adopted to . . . , the Spirit of God said to me,
‘Have you not a father, who begot you?’ ‘Yes, I have.’ ‘Then why
not honor him? Why not be adopted to him?’ ‘Yes,’ says I, ‘that is
right.’ I was adopted to my father, and should have had my father
sealed to his father, and so on back; and the duty that I want every
man who presides over a temple to see performed from this day
henceforth and forever, unless the Lord Almighty commands
otherwise, is, let every man be adopted to his father. . . . That is
the will of God to this people. I want all men who preside over
these temples in these mountains of Israel to bear this in mind.
What business have I to take away the rights of the lineage of any
man? What right has any man to do this? No; I say let every man
be adopted to his father; and then you will do exactly what God
said when he declared He would send Elijah the prophet in the
last days [see Malachi 4:5–6]. . . .
“We want the Latter-day Saints from this time to trace their
genealogies as far as they can, and to be sealed to their fathers
and mothers. Have children sealed to their parents, and run this
chain through as far as you can get it. . . .
“Brethren and sisters, lay these things to heart. Let us go on
with our records, fill them up righteously before the Lord, and
carry out this principle, and the blessings of God will attend us,
and those who are redeemed will bless us in days to come. I pray
God that as a people our eyes may be opened to see, our ears to
hear, and our hearts to understand the great and mighty work
that rests upon our shoulders, and that the God of heaven
requires at our hands.”50
:In the Joseph F. Smith article we have a section called Doctrinal Contributions which discusses revelations and policies instituted during his presidency.  A passing reference to Woodruff's revelation on eternal sealings is stated there.  A similar section would be quite easy to do here.  Take a look and see if you agree.  WBardwin 03:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New section: The family

message: In regard to the alleged marriage betweeen Woodruff and Lydia Mountford, the footnote about that was not actually connected to any kind of reference. I went back through the edit history and put in what sources the note had cited in the past (the referencing styles on Wikipedia have changed in the last couple of years). I have not checked those sources myself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lydia Mountford

message: Erickson's Thief in the Night is an unprofessional plagiarism according to Grant Underwood's review in Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 25, Iss. 2, pg. 176.
As this source is used to embarrass President Woodruff in the given article, it'd be satisfactory if the cited content was either removed or had the citation adjusted to reflect the primary source for said quotations (i.e., the place where Erickson found the quotation). cookiecaper (talk / contribs) 11:59, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That review is quite the smackdown of Erickson's book. I removed the references to it. I was able to find other sources for most of the material. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:50, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of content cited from Erickson 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hi Jgstokes and Ashleyn256, I happy to go with "Beulah" if there is a reliable source (according to WP:RS) that uses it. Findagrave, unfortunately, is explicitly not accepted. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of Beulah/Bulah's name 

message: Hi, I recently reverted several substantial edits that replaced secondary sources with primary sources (Wilford Woodruff's diary). According to WP:PST, "Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources, and to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources." Replacing secondary sources with primary ones does not accord with this Wikipedia policy. If you have questions, please discuss it with me here or on my talk page. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Good job reverting. The primary sources could be used in addition to the secondary sources, but only if needed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:31, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  recent reversions