Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive saving ordinances.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 08, 1838 ~ Wednesday
8 I went to John Kents & found a letter for me from A. O. Smoot in Zion
it contained
many interesting items. It gave an account of their procedings on the 4th of July 1838, the
laying of the corner stone of the house of the Lord in Caldwell County Mo in the presence of
three thousand Saints. I then walked to Brother Justus Ames, & to Brother Maltire Luce {distance} 6 m
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Kent, John
4 Sep 1786 - 4 Mar 1874
16 mentions
Maine Mission
Ames, Justus
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Luce, Malatiah
1772-abt. 1849
28 mentions
Maine Mission
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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.
