Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive saving ordinances.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 17, 1838 ~ Friday
17. I left the Simonton district & started with a horse & waggon for Scarborough I rode acrosst
the toll bridge west of Nobleborough & put ^up^ for the night distance 26 m
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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.
