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Day in the Life

Apr 22, 1855

Journal Entry

April 22, 1855 ~ Sunday

22nd Sunday I met with the quorum of the 12, & the missionaries
at the 70s Hall at 8 oclock for the purpose of blessing &
setting apart the missionaries & ordaining men to the ministry
there were over 100 set apart by the laying on of hands to their
various missions among the Lamanites this was done by the
Twelve & seventies I blessed about 40 persons & ordained 10
seventies in company with Joseph Young & A. P. Rockwood
our meeting closed at 3 oclock the missionaries were addressed
By O Hyde & E. T. Benson we then went to the prayer circle
& arangements were made for us to go south with President Young
Capt R Ingals has been arested for the crime of abduction
& a bill found against him forom the Grand Jury after several
days trial it was withdrawn from the court

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Rockwood, Albert Perry
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
123 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
306 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle
1 mention

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Apr 22, 1855