January 14, 1877 ~ Sunday

Jan 14, 1877
Sunday In company with B Young Jr & Leonard John Nautall
I rode to Price and attended a meeting with that settlement of the
United Order B Young jr spoke 36 Minuts L J Nuttall 24
W Woodruff 30 Milo Andrews 20 M[inutes]. returned home 12 M[iles]
spent the Evening with President Young He requested Brigham jr
& W Woodruff to write out the ceremony of the Endowments from
Begining to End.

January 15, 1877 ~ Monday

15 we set apart 9 Missionaries to Mexico & ordained 7 to the
Office of seventies WW Ordained 3, & set apart 3. assisted in the
rest Brigham Young jr & Myself wrote out a part of the ceremony
of the Endowment we rode out in the afternoon got the Horses dow[n]
in a mud hole got 3 quails & come home I spent the Evening
^ ^ with President Young. He told me their was No Necessity of dressing in the Temple Clothing while giving the second Anointing any more than in administering the first Anointing or Ordaining He
also said that we should use the Bible in the garden & Bible & Book
of Mormon in the Telestial room and add the Covenants to it in the
Terrestial Room.

January 16, 1877 ~ Tuesday

16. I spent the day in the Temple of God I gave the seconed Anointing
to (Philemon Christopher Merrill & Syrena Dustin Merrill)
13 132 Baptisms for the dead and confirmed

January 17, 1877 ~ Wednesday

^ ^ 17. There was Baptized today 54 for the dead A H Raleigh con[firmed]
28 Cannon 26 I received 1 letter from Sarah & sent her {five dollars}

January 18, 1877 ~ Thursday

18 I spent the day at the Temple I ordained 3 Elders and assisted
in ordaining 4 more. we gave Endowments to for the dead I ordained
2 Elders for the Living & laid hands upon 4 more we gave Endowments
[to] 43. W. Woodruff sealed 1, E Snow sealed 24 couple

January 14, 1877 ~ Sunday

Jan 14, 1877 Sunday In company with B Young Jr & Leonard John Nautall I rode to Price and attended a meeting with that settlement of the United Order B Young jr spoke 36 Minuts L J Nuttall 24 W Woodruff 30 Milo Andrews 20 Minutes. returned home 12 Miles spent the Evening with President Young He requested Brigham jr & W Woodruff to write out the ceremony of the Endowments from Begining to End.

January 15, 1877 ~ Monday

15 we set apart 9 Missionaries to Mexico & ordained 7 to the Office of seventies WW Ordained 3, & set apart 3. assisted in the rest Brigham Young jr & Myself wrote out a part of the ceremony of the Endowment we rode out in the afternoon got the Horses down in a mud hole got 3 quails & come home I spent the Evening FIGURES with President Young. He told me their was No Necessity of dressing in the Temple Clothing while giving the second Anointing any more than in administering the first Anointing or Ordaining He also said that we should use the Bible in the garden & Bible & Book of Mormon in the Telestial room and add the Covenants to it in the Terrestial Room.

January 16, 1877 ~ Tuesday

16. I spent the day in the Temple of God I gave the seconed Anointing to (Philemon Christopher Merrill & Syrena Dustin Merrill) 132 Baptisms for the dead and confirmed

January 17, 1877 ~ Wednesday

FIGURES 17. There was Baptized today 54 for the dead A H Raleigh confirmed 28 Cannon 26 I received 1 letter from Sarah & sent her {five dollars}

January 18, 1877 ~ Thursday

[FIGURE] 18 I spent the day at the Temple I ordained 3 Elders and assisted in ordaining 4 more. for the dead I ordained 2 Elders for the Living & laid hands upon 4 more we gave Endowments to 43. W. Woodruff sealed 1, E Snow sealed 24 couple