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Oct 17, 1852

Journal Entry

October 17, 1852 ~ Sunday

17 Sunday I attended meeting several of the Elders spoke
& I addressed the[m] a while

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Discourse 1852-10-17
W. Woodruff when {a} man [uses] {to} speak {he} generally speaks {on} subjects that r [are] {on his} mind {and} so we get {a} variety this ppl [people] r ever willing {to} follo[w] {the} counsel {of the} Prophet without going {to} ask {for a} rev[elatio]n from {the} Lord {and} alluded {to the} building {of the} Temple {in} Kirtland {and the} poverty {of the} ppl also {the} rev[elatio]n {for the} building {[and] of the} Temple {in} Nauvoo if it was not built {the} Lord wo[ul]d {have} rejected them {with their} d[ea]d {and the} ppl built it {with a} sword {in} one hand {and a} trowel {in the} o[the]r but they accomplished {it} thank {the} Lord faith without works being dead {and} therefore {we} can discover who {has} faith by {the} records {of the} Tithing office {and} seeing whe[the]r {a} p[er]son {has} paid {his} tithing & related {a} dream {in} regard {to the} Church leav{ing} Nauvoo {and} going {to the} Desert {and} building {a} Temple which astonished {the} ppl

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Oct 17, 1852