Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive saving ordinances.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 25, 1838 ~ Wednesday
25 I laboured for Sister Foss & spent the night at father Carters. I dreamed many enemies were seeking my life & while
they were striving to destroy me Samuel Deming presented me with the following words & wished me to tell
what they meant viz "Go unto Babylon arise go quickly for thou shalt go unto the dead"
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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Deming, Samuel, b. 1798
1798–1871
13 mentions
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
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Wilford baptizes father Aphek, stepmother Azubah, and half-sister Eunice in Farmington, Connecticut.
Wilford called to serve as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Doctrine and Covenants 118
Wilford present for birth of his first child, Sarah Emma, in Scarborough, Maine.
Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.