Day in the Life

Jan 18, 1857

Journal Entry

January 18, 1857 ~ Sunday

18th Sunday I started some messengers for Rush valley to see about our
cattle as they are dying in most parts of the valley & Territory. I then attended
meeting at the Tabernacle. Elder Lorenzo Snow, Daniel Spencer,
D. H. Wells & David Fulmer all spoke to the people & had a good
spirit. Sarah Woodruff was confined & brought forth a son
15 minuts to 2 oclok P.M. this day Mother & child doing well.

A humanoid I attended the prayer circle in the evening & herd remarks made
by President Young concerning the attack made upon the House of Mr Jarvis

He did not approbate the procedings at the close I went to the 17th ward
& preached to the people Brother Cummings spoke before me & Brother Wright
& I followed them we had the spirit of God & my mind was open & I
enjoyed the meeting well. I told the people to seek for happiness by doing
the works of wrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil
for that was contrary to the principle of salvation as taught by the
Lord our God. I exhorted them to live otheir religion

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
63 mentions
Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Spencer, Daniel
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
65 mentions
Fullmer, David
7 Jul 1803 - 22 Oct 1879
41 mentions
Missionary
61 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
705 mentions
Family

Places

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Adobe Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah Territory
Utah Territory

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I told the people to seek for happiness by doing the works of wrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil for that was contrary to the principle of Salvation as taught by the Lord our God. I exhorted them to live their religion
~ Wilford Woodruff

Events

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December 30, 1856
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
1857
Church membership is 55,236.

Jan 18, 1857