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Day in the Life

Jan 1, 1854

Journal Entry

January 01, 1854 ~ Sunday

JAN 1st 1854. Sunday I attended meeting at
the Tabernacle the people were addressed in an inter-
esting & ediyfying manner in the morning By Elder
Orson Hyde. In the afternoon by Elder Wilford Woodruff
& Followed By Preseident Brigham Young. He spoke as He always
does much to the edifycation of the People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle

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Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
came on a Sunday. I attended at the Tabernacle The people were addressed in an interesting discourse by Orson Hyde. In the afternoon by Elder Wilford Woodruff who was followed by President Brigham Young Next day the new year was celebrated by the usual social manner. I delivered an address to the inhabitants of the Fourteenth Ward in the forepart of the day and was followed by several others In the evening I attended a party at the Social Hall. The time was mostly spent in music and dancing. We had however an interesting address from President Brigham Young on Dancing and Music "I consider this a suitable place to give some instruction. We have assembled here to have music and dancing. The world have had very strange ideas concerning these things. They have supposed it was very wicked for a Christian to dance or hear music. Many preachers of the day have said that fidling and music came from hell; but I say there is no fiddleing inor music in hell. There is not a fiddler in hell nor any music of any kind. Music belongs to heaven to cheer God angels and men. If we could hear the music there is in heaven it would overwhelm mortal man The Lord gave us that organ that makes music so delightful to man and the Devil has stolen music and many other things that was ordained of God for the benefit of man and he has turned it to an evil use; but music and dancing is for the benefit of the holy ones and if those who come here to night are not holy and righteous and do not feel to worship and praise God they have no business here What strange ideas the world have of a Prophet They would expect to see a man with finger nails a foot long with his hair hanging to his hips his body covered with dirt and filth his head bowed down ^in sorrow^ for the sins of the world and that

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January 1854
Wilford serves fourth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Jan 1, 1854