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Nov 29, 1856

Journal Entry

November 29, 1856 ~ Saturday

29th President Grant Had a vary sick night the worst that He has
since he had been sick the Devil worked hard all night to kill his body
the brethren laid on hands upon him many times & rebuked the devel
the devel would lay upon him a strong hand from his feet to his head
all through his limbs & stomach & a rib at a time & it seemed as though He
would crush his body Brother Grant though vary weak would rebuke him for
an hour at a time from Limb to Limb & rib to rib & it was a perfect

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Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
he had the worse night up to that time. The devil worked hard all night to kill his body. The brethren laid hands upon him many times and rebuked the powers of darkness The devil would lay upon him a strong hand from his feet to his head all through his slimbs and stomach and a rib at a time and it seemed as though he would crush his body Brother Grant though very weak would rebuke him an hour at a time from limb to limb and rib to rib. It was a perfect warefare all night. He was easier in the morning We heard on this day news from the hand-cart company. They were to camp that night ^at Killion's^ at the foot of the Little Mountain. Brother Decker the night before came in with the express. He said that the ox trains could not even get to Bridger and that they had sent in for forty tons of flour. The cattle and people were dying Arrival of the Handcart ^Company^

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First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.

Nov 29, 1856