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Day in the Life

Feb 16, 1835

Journal Entry

February 16, 1835 ~ Monday

Attended the funeral assisted in burying
the body of Mr. Akeman preached the word unto the
people got 10 signers to the petition

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Daybook (13 January 1835 - 26 November 1836)

Attended the funeral assisted in burying the body of Mr Akeman preached the word unto the people got 10 signers to the petition

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

on the & we buried him on the . This clo singular dispensation of providence brought solemnity upon the people & they began to reflect & wished to hear preaching, we held several meetings & preached to the people we baptized a Mr Hubbel & his wife aged people who had opened their doors & given us a home & just as we had got the people prepared to receive the Gospel & anxious to learn & pleading with us to stay & preach, Brother Brown resolved that he would continue his journey south. I was fully satisfied that should we stop we should build up a Church, & I was convinced it was our duty to stop but Brother Brown held the office of an Elder I a priest & we were travelling together upon a mission, & I felt that I must subject to those over me in the priesthood, so I submitted. This is an error which many have committed in this Church who were sent as missionaries to the world, as soon as they get doors open & a people prepared to receive the gospel they go away & leave them we left this people with tears in their eyes we left & Brother Brown did not baptize another person during his whole southern

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

we buried him on the ., This singular dispensation of providence brought solemnity upon the people, and they began to reflect and wished to heare preaching; we held several meetings and preached to the people, and baptized Mr. Hubbel and his wife, aged people ^persons^, who had opened their doors, and given us a home; and just as we had got the people prepared to receive the Gospel, and anxious to learn and pleading with us to stay and preach, bro. Brown resolved that he would continue his journey south. I was fully satisfied that should we stop, we would build up a church, and was convinced it was our duty to stop but bro. Brown held the office of an Elder ^& I submitted^ and I was a Priest, we were travelling together upon a mission, and I felt that I must be subject to those over me in the priesthood, so I submitted. This is an error which many have committed in this church who were sent as Missionaries to the world, as soon as they got doors open and a people prepared to receive the Gospel, they go away and leave them: we left this people with tears in their eyes. Brother Brown did not baptize another person ^on the mission^ during his whole southern mission.

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

[FIGURE] We attended the funeral & assisted in burying the body of Mr Akeman I preached the gospel to the people at the close I got 10 signers to the petition to the Govornor of Missouri. we also continued to hear of Deaths around us almost daily

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Feb 16, 1835