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Day in the Life

Mar 21, 1847

Journal Entry

March 21, 1847 ~ Sunday

21 Sunday the Camp of Israel met in a general meeting on the public
square President Young addressed the meeting & spoke upon a variety of
subjects. He said while speaking upon the spirits that we should prepare
our hearts to recieve the spirit of the Lord & we ought to recieve
any spirit that comes to us into our hearts enough to prove whether it
be good or bad then we should recieve the good & refuse the evil. He
reproved the people sharply for their stealing & other wickedness
for complaining & many things of interest was spoken unto us. I
met in Council with the Twelve at 4 oclok & spent a little
season in speaking upon the celestial law of the Kingdom of God &
our souls were made glad & we rejoiced before the Lord. we also
called into Br Bensons & spent a social hour, we then met with
the High Council but not much business was done. we had a
severe snow storm during the night

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
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Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
Sunday the st the camp of Israel assembled in a general meeting on the public square. President Young addressed the congregation upon a variety of subjects We also met in Council but not much business was done There was a severe snow storm during the night. The next morning was very cold; but there was a meeting of the Presidency and captains of company's

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Mar 21, 1847