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Day in the Life

Sep 26, 1858

Journal Entry

September 26, 1858 ~ Sunday

26th Sunday At 10 oclok I met with my Quorum
at the Endowment Room. A. O. Smoot Prayed E F.
Sheets was mouth. I spent the remainder of the time
till 2 oclock with President B. Young ^council^ looking over the
papers which came by Eastern Mail yesterday

At 2 oclok I met with the Board of Directors. At
4 oclok I met with Presidents B Young H C Kimball
D H Wells And G A Smith in President Youngs
upper Room for Prayers. B. Young Prayed & H C.
Kimball was mouth President Young requested the
Twelve to meet at the Historians office for their prayer
circle instead of Brother Bensons. The following
Dream was related which President Young [had] on Friday
night Sept 24th 1858. He dreamed that 4 men came
into his room and tried to get in. He tried to shoot them
with his pistol but could not get it off He then drew
a Bowie knife but found it to be a carving knife
with a saw on one side. At the same time Mr Clarkson
reached over his shoulder & drew a large Bowie knife
from between his shoulders & attempted to kill President
Young who said to him you may think that you

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
556 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
112 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle

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Sep 26, 1858