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Day in the Life

Aug 15, 1844

Journal Entry

August 15, 1844 ~ Thursday

15th I am settelling up all my accounts and paying
all that I owe so I may be prepared to take
a mission to england. Elizabeth Frazier commen-
ced work at my house this day

I met in council with the Twelve [FIGURE] in
the fore part of the day, they resolved to bear of[f]
the Kingdom of God in all the world, in truth, honesty
virtue, and Holiness, & set their faces as a flint
against evry species of wickedness, vice and
dishonestey, in all its forms.


[FIGURE] I met with the quorum in the afternoon for
Prayer, to Pray for the sick Mrs Woodruff was
with me [FIGURE] Geo. M Mrs. M Br and Sister Miller was
Present was Prayed for as Sister Miller was
quite out of health

People

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3 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Miller, George
25 Nov 1794 - 27 Aug 1856
36 mentions
1 mention
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1551 mentions
Family

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England
Woodruff Brick Home, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

Events

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August 8, 1844
Meeting where majority of Church members sustain the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as governing body of the Church.
August 12, 1844
Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

Aug 15, 1844