On June 1st we published 8 more years from Wilford Woodruff's journals, 88 new letters, and added hundreds of biographies identifying individuals with whom he interacted wilfordwoodruffpapers.org. Highlights include:
492 pages of Wilford Woodruff's journals (entries from 1873 to 1880).
860 new letters were transcribed and 88 new letters were published (from the 1840s-1890s).
1,063 total biographies (350 people converted during Wilford's 1840 British mission; more than 120 members in the Southern States mission in 1835; and over 240 members of Wilford Woodruff’s extended family).
The new Discourses Team has added 90 transcribed discourses and prepared another 180.
The Content Team is now tagging topics in the documents so, in addition to people and places, words and phrases will be searchable.
Phebe Woodruff and Ruth: Dedication to Family and Faith
By Kristy Wheelwright Taylor
Covenants have everything to do with family, both creating our families here on earth and receiving assurance of their continuity in eternity. But the process of making and keeping those covenants can be accompanied with loneliness and loss, as both Phebe Woodruff and Ruth....
Following Wilford Woodruff's Steps in England: Herefordshire Beacon
Insights in the Papers
By Ashlyn Pells
Have you ever been stuck at the crossroads between two choices?
In 1 Kings 18:21 we find the account of the prophet Elijah confronting the Israelites about their inability to decide if they were going to follow the true and living God or serve a false god. He asked them, “How long halt ye between two opinions...
A faithful brother received a letter that he was called to serve a mission. His mind began to fill with doubt. In response, he wrote all the reasons why this calling would be difficult for him to accept. He only had one arm and was working as a miner to provide for his four children and pregnant wife. If he accepted the call...
