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Day in the Life

Mar 24, 1858

Journal Entry

March 24, 1858 ~ Wednesday

24 The whole city of the great Salt Lake is stired up and
packing up for leaving I spent the most of the day in the office
packing it up &c. The Presidency and Twelve met in council
at the office. Meeting opened by Prayer by O. Hyde I presented
before the meeting the case of O. Pratt who did not believe in
some of the teachings of President Young and thought President
Young had reproved him unjustly the subjet was discused
at length by the Twelve and President Young. much instruction
was given at the close Orson Pratt confessed his faults and said
that He would never teach those principles again or speak them
to any person on the Earth we all forgave him and voted to receive
him into full fellowship

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
670 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle

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The Presidency and Twelve met in council at the office. Meeting opened by Prayer by O. Hyde I presented before the meeting the case of O. Pratt who did not believe in some of the teachings of President Young and thought President Young had reproved him unjustly the subjet was discused at length by the Twelve and President Young. much instruction was given at the close Orson Pratt confessed his faults and said that He would never teach those principles again or speak them to any person on the Earth we all forgave him and voted to receive him into full fellowship
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mar 24, 1858