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Day in the Life

Sep 3, 1847

Journal Entry

September 03, 1847 ~ Friday

3rd Travled to Big Sandy & nooned 12 miles & in the afternoon
17 miles & camped again upon big Sandy And here to our j[oy] [page covered]
we met with the first fifty of the six hundred waggons
which was Br Spencers hundred it was A joyful meeting
we called A meeting of the camp in the evening &whi[ch] [page covered]
was addressed in the following order By G. A. Smith B.
Young H. C. Kimball & W. Woodruff we had truly
an interesting meeting giving A description of the coun[try] [page covered]
teaching principle. President Young rebuked sin in so[me] [page covered]
persons. [FIGURE] distance of the day 28 [miles]

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Spencer, Daniel
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
64 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle

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Big Sandy River, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Discourse 1847-09-03
W. Woodruff. Council has been given that is good. the hand of God has been visible to us. on our mission. we av seen it felt it & realized it. as it was to the chil[dren] of Israel. it has been preserved by the hand of God for this ppl. I hope the bre[thre]n & sis: will listen & understand for as sure as there is a God in Israel if a man pollutes that land he will be cursed. stealing is one of the most cursedest things that cod be among us. my prayer to God is that their bodies may die & go to dust. remember your God by da & night & you will be blest. my prayer is that men may die rather than to live & pollute our families.
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
the upon the Big Sandy to our great joy we met the first Fifty of the 6 hundred waggons: they belonged to brother Spencer's Hundred. A meeting of the camp was held in the evening and addressed by George A. Smith Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball and Wilford Woodruff.

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Sep 3, 1847