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Day in the Life

Feb 20, 1853

Journal Entry

February 20, 1853 ~ Sunday

20th Sunday Erastus ^Snow^ addressed the meeting & spoke well He said
[FIGURE] if he spoke to their edifycation it would have to be by their
prayers & faith he said he felt dull & did not feel as he did while
in the vineyard preaching he felt he said as the little boy at
sea in the storm his Father was captain of the ship & had the
helm & all were afraid of being lost the boy was asked why
he was not afraid he replyed that he had no fear for
dada had the helm & their was no danger so I fell H[â—Šâ—Š]
dada has the helm here so their is no danger He spoke
of his mission in denmark the Lord showed him that
the King & counsel was taking counsel against him to

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Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
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Denmark

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a man can no more live without praying than they can without bread if you dont keep the commandments of God the devil with use you for his deciple. Blessings will not stick upon an unfaith ful man but they will upon one that is faithful. let us pray in secret as well as in the family circle
~ Wilford Woodruff
a man can no more live without praying than they can without bread if you dont keep the commandments of God the devil with use you for his deciple. Blessings will not stick upon an unfaith ful man but they will upon one that is faithful. let us pray in secret as well as in the family circle
~ Ezra T Benson
it is better to wear out than to rust out
~ Erastus Snow
the Seventies are the bone & sinnew of Israel the Battle Ax of the Almighty what a mighty influence they must wield in Israel & the world we are begining to become one as a people Joseph said he had got a lever under the earth & he ment to turn it over that it might be right side up the seventies I expect will do much towards turning it over it is for our best interest to build up the Kingdom of God & do his will
~ Erastus Snow

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
On Sunday the President Young delivered a discourse which I reported and recorded in my Journal but it is also published in the Journal of Discourses Vol I and as at about this date is the commencement of the publication of the sermons of the Presidency and Twelve I shall only transcribe from my daily Journal such as may not be found already published.

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December 21, 1852
Wilford appointed clerk and historian of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age 45.
January 1853
Wilford serves third term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Feb 20, 1853