Day in the Life

Mar 24, 1850

Journal Entry

March 24, 1850 ~ Sunday

24th Elder Orson Pratt walked into the city with me we met
Elders Erastus Snow & J. B. Wallace we called at the Revere House
And then all went to my House we met the Saints in the
Afternoon. Elder E. Snow Addressed the meeting in an inter-
esting manner gave an account of the dealings of the Lord with
them in the valley the faith of the Saints was tried to the utmost
in the valley by the cricket war & other things they had to encounter
but the Lord had deliverd them out of all their troubles.

Elder Orson Pratt followed & also spoke much to our edifyca-
tion we spent the evening together & conversed much upon
A variety of subjects in relation to the kingdom of God and
we were all Edifyed. He expected to increase the circulation
of the Star from 500 to 20,000. Elder Snow sung several
songs of Zion we were all edifyed

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Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Wallace, George Benjamin
16 Feb 1817 - 30 Jan 1900
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Elder E. Snow Addressed the meeting in an inter- esting manner gave an account of the dealings of the Lord with them in the valley the faith of the saints was tried to the utmost in the valley by the cricket war & other things they had to encounter but the Lord had deliverd them out of all their troubles.
~ Erastus Snow

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Mar 24, 1850