Day in the Life

Feb 4, 1855

Journal Entry

February 04, 1855 ~ Sunday

4th Sunday An arrow This was an important day
to the saints some of the strongest preaching ever
deliverd to the saints was herd this day. Orson Pratt
preached in the morning upon the subject of Zion in the
last days & the kingdom of God built upon the mountains
of israel. He was filled with the spirit of God & made
the subject plain & spoke vary pointed. In the Afternoon
Brother D. H. Wells spoke concerning his faith & first acqua-
intance with Joseph Smith Also of our public works. Then
J. M. Grant Arose & then commenced the tug of war strong
& large guns were fired with red Hot balls the gentiles were
told of their wickedness, corruptions, & abominations &
strongly warned against attempting any further to traduce
& corrupt the wives & daughters of the Latter Day Saints
and the Latter Day Saints was strongly warned against
Associating with the gentiles in an unholy manner

When He closed President Kimball arose & followed
him in the same spirit & testimony He said that He
would withdraw fellowship from any sister that would
run after any of the gentiles & He would withdraw
fellowship from any mother that would give her
consent for their daughters to go & associate with
the gentile or from the father if He gave his consent
And if He caught any man commiting Adulterry
with one of his daughters He would kill them both
& so ought any righteous man but let not any
person that has commit Adultery ever kill another
person for commiting the satme act many important
things were said which were reported by the writers
& will be published in due time

At the close of the meeting at the Tabernacle we met
at the Presidents House for Prayer. report came
that the Indian Walker was dead that He died
in his tent with the consumption this drew out some
remarks from President Young upon the subject

of the Indians He said that He was thankful that we
had got along as well as we had with the Indians since
we had been here He thought they had improved
in thereir condition considering what advantages
they had quite as much as the Saints had.

After meeting I walked down & laid hands upon
Sister Anderson a dDanish woman who was quite
sick

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
28 mentions
Native American
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
796 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
Sunday the we had some of the strongest preaching ever delivered in Great Salt Lake City. Orson Pratt preached in the morning upon the subject of Zion in the last days and the Kingdom of God to be built upon the mountains of Israel. He was filled with the Spirit of God In the afternoon D. H Wells spoke of his faith and first acquaintance with Joseph Smith. Then Jedediah M. Grant arose and large guns were fired with red hot balls and the Gentiles were told of their wickedness corruptions and abominations and strongly warned against attempting any farther to traduce and corrupt the wives and daughters of the Latter-day Saints and the Saints were strongly warned ^against^ associating with the Gentiles in an unholy manner President Kimball followed and said, he

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Feb 4, 1855