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Apr 23, 1857

Journal Entry

April 23, 1857 ~ Thursday

23rd The missionaries met at the Temple block & a vast number
of the people assembled they were addressed by O Hyde L. Snow W. Woodruff
J Clinton & Joseph Young. President Young came into the croud &
told the people to go home about there business & for the missionaries
to start upon their Journey so all the Elders had their hand carts
fitted up & started out their was 25 Hand carts from 2 to 3 men
to each cart & many 2 Horse teams loaded with flour to supply
the stations for the carrying company the presidency & 12 went out
with hundreds of people to the bluffs President Young there organized
them then returned & prepared to go north

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3302 mentions
Apostle, Family
Clinton, Fielding Jeter
17 Feb 1813 - 10 May 1892
27 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
655 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
670 mentions
Apostle

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Discourse 1857-04-23
Elder Wilford Woodruff said he wished to bear hitestimony to what had been said and to say he considered the Company who were going with hand carts ought to call on the great and the learned the high as well as low & the Time had gone by when Elders had to go in at the back door and preach in the out houses and back houses, but he considered they were qualified to go in at the front door, and to preach in the most respectable places & churches wherever they went. he considered that they were going to bind up the law and seal up the Testimony to a portion of the Lords vineyard, and if they went faithful & were right in the sight of the Lord their testimony would be followed by the power of God related an instance of his going to Fox islands and going right to the Deacon of the congregation and telling him he had a message from the Lord and went in and baptized every man that owned a dollar in that church.
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
The missionaries met at Temple Block and a vast number of the people assembled and they ^were^ addressed by Orson Hyde Lorenzo ^Snow^ Wilford Woodruff J. Clinton and Joseph Young. President Young came into the crowd and told the people to go home about their business and for the missionaries to start upon their journey. So all the Elders had their handcarts fitted up and started out. There was 25 hand-carts and from two to three men to each cart and many two horse teams loaded with flour to supply the Stations for the carrying company The Presidency and Twelve with hundreds of people went up to the Bench and the^re^ organized and returned.

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Apr 23, 1857