Day in the Life

Mar 15, 1857

Journal Entry

March 15, 1857 ~ Sunday

15 Sunday I spent the day at the Tabernacle. G. D. Grant Preached
followed by J. D. T. Mcallister then by Brother Kimball who
spoke at length. In the afternoon President Young spoke a vary
interesting sermon from the following text "who is my Father Mother
Brothers & sisters they are those who do the will of my father which
is in heaven" [Matthew 12:50] I attended the prayer Circle President Young
said he had the following dream. I thought we had a great
crop of wheat the whole Earth was filled with it all around the
Heads were vary long & there was so much of it the people
did not seem to care any thing about it, did not try to save
it I had to continually urge the people to save the wheat they
said they had more than they wanted for this year I told them
to go to & save all the wheat they had then next year they could
work on the Temple."

President said that the King Philip corn was nothing more than the
Jumbo corn some man plants an acre & takes great care of it &
he gets a great crop of it, the way they got corn so early they
will take the ear that sets first & pull the silk out of all the rest
then plant the but part of that Ear & that will make early corn
now that is the way with the best breed of cattle, they keep picking
out the best for stock, & that increases the goodness of them. Owen
wanted his society to adopt this plan to take all the noble men
& women & raise up a society when they had a dwarf send him
away

President Young said to Elder O Hyde you have been to both
Jerrusalem & Zion & seen both I have not seen either for I
never have been in Jackson county now it is a plesant thing
to think of to know whare the old garden of Eden is did
you ever think of it, or sens it, I do not think many do, now
Jackson County is the Garden of Eden, Joseph has declaired this
& I am as much bound to believe it as much as I am to believe
Joseph is a prophet of God, many in Jackson county have found out
that they cannot cultivate the Temple Block & other places in that
county. we must let the Lord take his own time to prepare the way
for our return to that county & to build up that Temple

16 I spentI went to the 15 ward & preached during the evening to the people

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Grant, George Davis
10 Sep 1812 - 20 Sep 1876
58 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
648 mentions
Missionary
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2350 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle

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Mar 15, 1857