Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 25, 1851 ~ Sunday
25th Sunday The People Assembled in the Bowery & filled the
House President B. Young Addressed the meeting spoke of our
Journey over the Mountains & made many interesting remarks
In the Afternoon the meeting was Addressed By W Woodruff E. T. Bens[on]
And President Young then preached A loud sermon to the people
told them if they went to the Merchants as they had done
& run in debt they would soon find themselves slaves to their
enemies & fools, told the people to go to making leather & cloth
& the women to card their wool & flak spin their flax & make
cloth & many plain & pointed things were spoken in the eve[ni]ng
we met for Prayer & Had a good time
People
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
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I went home to my family & found them all well and we found on our return the Lord had given our crops a plenty of rain it had rained 12 days in succession and the people were blessed.
~ Wilford Woodruff
"If a man does right he shall have the spirit of God to enlighten his mind in all things yet all men will be tryed, buffeted, & tempted more or less in this probation & he that governs himself is wise.
~ Brigham Young
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