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
September 05, 1856 ~ Friday
5th President Young was about home most of the day also president
Kimball & Grant Brother Grant is doctering Brother Thurston who is
vary much afflicted with the Rheumatism the following remedy
is given for a cure take a cucumber about ripe cut oput one
side take the seeds out put in salt as much as the Juce will dissolve
put it in an oven & bake it soft squzees it all through a cloth rub
the Juce on the parts Effected. Annother cure is given take skunks
oil, beefs gall, spirits of Terpentine, & High wines mixed together
& rub on the parts Effected is said to be a cure. Also brandy & soap
rubed on hot. Also salt peter oil & vinegar rubed on I have tryed
many of these without any good. I spent this day in the office
on the History
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Thurston, Thomas Jefferson
1805-1885
7 mentions
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we are living in one of the most important Generations that man ever lived on Earth & we should write an ofaccount of those important transactions which are takeing place before our Eyes in fulfillmen of the prophesies & the revelation of God there is a great flood of Revelations fulfillig in our day & as they are transpiring before our eyes we want a record made of them if the power & blessings of
~ Wilford Woodruff
we are living in one of the most important Generations that man ever lived on Earth & we should write an ofaccount of those important transactions which are takeing place before our Eyes in fulfillmen of the prophesies & the revelation of God there is a great flood of Revelations fulfillig in our day & as they are transpiring before our eyes we want a record made of them if the power & blessings of
~ Wilford Woodruff
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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).