Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 14, 1856 ~ Thursday
14th I spent the day in the office. President Young spent the day at home
President Kimball was also at home. Aslso President Grant. He called in
the office spoke his views concerning some items of Markhams statement
concerning Josephs remarks in Jail my family were in the field gleaning
wheat & have been for the last week most of the we are trying to save
all the wheat that we have grown so that nothing be lost I met in
council with ^J. C^ Little cCummings & L Johnson concerning matters in
Rush valley we concluded to survey it & controll matters there according
to the charter given us
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3438 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Cummings, James Willard
1819-1883
61 mentions
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2368 mentions
Johnson, Luke
3 Nov 1807 - 8 Dec 1861
73 mentions
Apostle
Markham, Stephen
9 Feb 1800 - 10 Mar 1878
36 mentions
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Wilford helps dedicate baptismal font beside unfinished Salt Lake City Temple in Salt Lake City.
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).