Day in the Life

Jul 13, 1840

Journal Entry

July 13, 1840 ~ Monday

July 13th I received a lengthy & interesting Letter from
[FIGURE] Letter from Phebe W W Phebe W. Woodruff from which I made some
extracts to be inserted in the Star which will appear in
the 4th No. My wife informs me in this Letter that
the Rev Mr Bogart a Methodist Preacher who was the
Leader of the Missouri mob in the persecution of
the Saints, has shot a man during the Election who
died in few hours. Mr Bogart has had his trial &
is to be hung on the 4th day of July next. Also that
an Indian with his wife & daughter has embraced
the fulness of the gospel & Been Baptized in Commerce
the Indian is an Interpreter of six tribes, & the Indian
says all of those tribes will receive the work, & two
Elders with their families (Brothers Butler & Emmit)
have gone out among the Indians on a mission &c
As this is the first commencment of the work among
the Lamanites I Pray God the Eternal Father in the
name of Jesus Christ to roll on his work among that
people & turn ther captivity & spedily overshadow
them with the light of the fulness of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. Roll on O ye mighty wheel of the Kingdom
of God untill ye becom a mountain & fill the whole
earth. [Daniel 2:34-35] Let the day which has now broke close no more
untill Judah rejoices & Israel is made glad &
Ephraim's Nobles are of himself & his Governour procede
forth out of the midst of him. [Jeremiah 30:21] Let the prayer of
the widow, & the cry of the orphan assend into
the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, let the heavens
witness their tears & record them on high, untill
the Almighty shall come out of his hiding place
& avenge those widows & orphens of the spilt Blood
of their Martered husbands & Fathers which was
shed by the Iron hand of the Inhabitants of Missouri
for the word of God & the testimon of Jesus Christ
Let the American Nation spedily learn that their is
still a God in Israel who holds the destinies of
all nations in his own hand & at whose command
goes forth the issues of life & death. O Lord cloth
thy Saints with salvation & thine Elders with the
power of God. Give thy Prophets wisdom, means, &
power, to esstablish Zion & her stakes to be throne down
no more forever; Make thy no Apostles men after thine
own heart & swift witnesses to the nations of the
earth let council, wisdom, & the fear of God rest
upon them untill all thy purposes are accomplished
concerning them which thou wilt Deign to perform!!

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Beattie, Alexander
abt. 1811-1840
3 mentions
119 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Emmett, James
unk.-1852
10 mentions
Butler, John Lowe
8 Apr 1808 - 10 Apr 1860
4 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Bogart, Samuel
2 Apr 1797 - 11 Mar 1861
7 mentions

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Missouri
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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Let the American Nation spedily learn that their is still a God in Israel who holds the destinies of all nations in his own hand & at whose command goes forth the issues of life & death
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Jul 13, 1840