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Day in the Life

Oct 23, 1840

Journal Entry

October 23, 1840 ~ Friday

23rd [FIGURE] I received two letters one from Sister
Sarah Foss & the other from Brother Ilus F. Carter
I was truly glad to hear from our Maine friends
we [FIGURE] wrote 3 letters one to A Cordion, one to G Simps[o]n
& one to W. Richards signed Woodruff & Smith

People

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Cordon, Alfred
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
17 mentions
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
392 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
176 mentions
Family
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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though I had a mission & a message to the Inhabitants of London & stood in there mids[t] ready to deliver it as soon as God opened my way yet I was as little unknown by them, as Jonah was to the citizens of Niniva while in the whales Blelly & I clearly saw & realized that notwi- thstanding this great display of talent, Power & Policy, to send missionaries to the heathen they as much need an humble messenger of God to teach them the first Principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as Niniva Did a Prophet to cry repen tance unto them
~ Wilford Woodruff
"He that judgeth a matter before he heareth is not wise"
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Oct 23, 1840