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Day in the Life

Oct 20, 1855

Journal Entry

October 20, 1855 ~ Saturday

Oct 20 Saturday morning at 10 oclock the people assembled
& there were present of the Twelve P P Pratt O Pratt &
W. Woodruff Also L. D. Young Gilbert Clements T D
Brow & John Cook of the missionaries. The Quarter
Conference was opened by Prayer by O. Pratt. After
Singing P. P. Pratt Addressed the People for 2 1/2 hours
Evry missionary present had a cold sore throat & was
hoarse it had came on during the last 24 hours it was a
complaint that was quite universal among men women
& children many hundreds were Attacked in the same
way there was no change in the weather nor any thing
in the outward appearance of the Elements to cause it. Elder Pratt
was quite unwell He said He did not intend to Preach this fornoon
but He had got to Preach or go to bed. He spoke in a vary interesting
manner for 2 1/2 hours upon the subject of the birth Life Death
& resurrection of Jesus Christ. He took for his text the 10 & 11
verses of the 2nd chapter of St Luke "And the Angel said unto them
fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great Joy which shall
be unto all people for unto you is born this day in the City of David

People

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29 mentions
Cook, John
1818-1910
3 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
122 mentions
Missionary
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
523 mentions
Apostle
Brown, Thomas Dunlop
16 Dec 1807 - 20 Mar 1874
30 mentions

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After retireing to bed I prayed to the Lord to show me what we should teach the People and I received for answer Let my servants obtain the Holy Ghost & keep my spirit with them & that will instruct them what to teach the people continually & instruct the people to keep my spirit with them & they will be enabled to understand the word of the Lord when it is taught them
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
of that District to commence on the After retiring to bed I prayed to the Lord to show me what we should teach the people and I received for an answer, "Let my servants obtain the Holy Ghost and keep my Spirit with them and that will instruct them what to teach the people continually. Instruct the people to keep my Spirit with them and they will be enabled to understand the word of the Lord when it is taught them Quarterly Conference At Farmington October the 20th 1855. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the people in the 1st District

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Oct 20, 1855