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Day in the Life

Aug 28, 1856

Journal Entry

August 28, 1856 ~ Thursday

28 I spent most of the day in the attending to the Correspondence. I put into
my peach Nursery 31 buds of Carringtons 1st & 2nd Early peaches &
25 buds into my peach orchard total 56 buds this makes 400 buds
I have put in this season including Apples, peaches, Apricotts plums &
Almonds. President Young & Kimball spent the day at home during the
evening I walked with President Young & Kimball to see the New Font
for Baptizing in rear the Endowment House now being built it was
[blank] feet long & [blank] feet wide as we came out of the Temple block we saw
the Eastern Mail drive up the earliest arivel we have ever had

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle

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President Young said while conversing upon Eternal improvement that He knew by revelation while in England that there would be an Eternal increase in knowledge & as we now are God once was & as he now is we shall be if we continue faithful
~ Brigham Young
Priesthood is a perfect system of Government.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
The mail came in on the and among the letters received by President Young was one from William Smith. Others were from George A Smith John Taylor and several other correspondants We found a strong feeling prevailing in the States against Utah. Our Delegates had not presented our Memoriel to Congress and the probability was that they would not during that session Brigham Still Governor

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Sep 1856 - April 1857
Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).

Aug 28, 1856