Publisher's Synopsis
"Leaves from My Journal" is a well-known textual content authored via Wilford Woodruff, a pivotal parent within the records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The tale of this book affords an attractive firsthand account of Wilford Woodruff's experiences, spiritual insights, and critical occasions within the LDS Church's early records. Wilford Woodruff's diary entries, collected and edited on this volume, provide an in depth and intimate point of view on the LDS Church's increase and development over the 19th century. His works element his very own non-secular experience, related to his conversion to Mormonism, missionary movement, and conferences with extra considerable church leaders that consist of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. One of the most giant parts of "Leaves from My Journal" is Woodruff's account of the church's migration to the American West, specifically the perilous experience of the pioneers to Utah. His testimonies of these experiments, in particular the unwell-fated Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, are heartbreaking and substantial in history. Woodruff also provides insights on early Mormon non-secular beliefs and practices, which encompass the significance of temple ordinances and revelations acquired by church leaders, at some point of the book.
