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Feb 3, 1851

Journal Entry

February 03, 1851 ~ Monday

3rd [FIGURES] I met with the quorum of the Twelve at Brother
Bensons Elder P P Pratt president prutem there were present
P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff E. T. Benson C C Rich the meeting was
opened by prayer by C C Rich. P. P Pratt then presented

People

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Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
525 mentions
Apostle

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is right. In what way is this to be done by sealing upon the head of the prophet Joseph those keys to remain in the Church & kingdom of God untill the winding up scene
~ Brigham Young
these keys of Elijah confirmed upon the president of the church are to seal the fathers to their children the children to their fathers, & to assist in welding the great link connecting evry gospel dispensation togeth- er
~ Brigham Young
I see the wheat growing in this dispensation ripening for the harvest I see the tares also growing for the burning I saw [say] to the wheat & tares grow on I sawy to the Goats & sheep both to go ahead unto the End, the Saints of God are increasing in knowledge fast but they have got to be a hundred times better, wiser & advance in knowledge befor the end
~ Brigham Young
I know the spirits of men & the invisible spirits that affect men & operate upon them better than I do the faces of men I want to speak a little upon natural philosophy we sow the grain it dies, rots in the ground & then it brings forth a hundred fold the elements which surrounded us produce these effects if we had a correct knowledge of the elements & knew how to control & separate them we could make bread as well out of the elements as Jesus did when He fed the multitude.
~ Brigham Young

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
I met with the quorum of the Twelve at Brother Bensons. Elder P. P. Pratt presided pro. tem. There were present Parley P. Pratt W Woodruff E. T. Benson and Charles C. Rich. The meeting ^opened^ with prayer by Charles C. Rich and Parley P. Pratt then presented the Record of the Twelve Apostles which was read to us This record was since the filling up of the quorum in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and it contained many items of interest After the Record was read and remarks made it was moved and carried that the Record of the Twelve Apostles be put into the hands of Wilford Woodruff to be kept by him^;^ and for him record such facts as was necessary. We then appointed a meeting for the Twelve each Monday night According to adjournment the

Events

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Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on the corner of South Temple and West Temple.

Feb 3, 1851