Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 16, 1857 ~ Monday
16th I spent the day in the office writing I attended the meeting
of the seventies in the evening. Brother Joseph Young spoke to the people
in a vary edefying manner exhorted them to get the spirit of God
& edify the people He was followed by W. Woodruff I told them that I felt
like bearing testimony to what brother Joseph had said his teachings
were Just & true You cannot edify this people without you speak by
the Holy Ghost a man may have all the eloquence of a Cicero or
the knowledge of the world combined & he cannot feed the immortal
mind of a Latter Day saint unless he speaks by the spirit of God. He may
talk of visions & revelations or any thing els unless he has the spirit
of God He will not edefy this people look at the teaching of the prophet
Joseph all other men might preach though many might preach by the
spirit of the Lord & edify the people yet if the people knew that Joseph
was going to preach the people would poor out of their houses like bees
out of a Hive. So with President Young at this day if the people knew
that He was going to preach they would fill the Tabernacle an hour before
the time of meeting. his words are plain & easy but they are filled
with the spirit & power of God unto edification
I was followed by F. D. Richards who spoke well unto edifycation
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Cicero
106 BC-43 BC
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2350 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
310 mentions
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He said -["I have for myself learned a fact by experience which on reflection gives me much sorrow. It is a truth that if I now had in my possession evry decission which has been given upon important items of Doctrin & duties since the rise of this church they would be of incalculable worth to the saints but we have neglected to keep a record of such things thinking perhaps that they never benefit us afterwords which had we now would decide almost
~ Joseph Smith
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James Buchanan inaugurated as 15th President of 31 United States.