Day in the Life

Feb 6, 1859

Journal Entry

February 06, 1859 ~ Sunday

Feb 6th

{Sunday} As soon as It was light enough to see we commenced
to examine Brother Benyons herd of sheep to try to
find my own I found the number which I had lost
with my ear mark but Brother Johnson had put a Brand
of a J on the forehead & it did not show ownly on five
& Brother Benyon did not wish me to take ownly the
five that showed the J But the other five belonged to me
as much as those which I took we put the 5 we got
into Samuel Benyons Heard being 4 yearling Ewes
& 1 Black Bweather with left ear croped & a hole th[rou]gh
the right ear. we then rode Back to the city 24 mi[les]

My Quorum met in the After noon [blank] Prayed in
[blank] was mouth. I called in to the presidents office
& President Young made some remarks. Elder O Hyde
told a dream which he had last fall. He saw the prophet
Joseph who told him we should conquer in the first
campaign. President Young we shall conquer all the
time if we do right for I can tell you the time has
A single key with teeth to the left come when the Lord will sit to Judge the Nations
and he will controll things in such a manner
that the people of the world will not understand that the
Lord has any thing to do with it, no more than the Jews
did in the days of the Saviour. He said their are some
officers in this city from the Armey, some companies
that wish to kill some men thinking that will start
up a general war and we must be on the watch.
Mr Wm Martin told S. M. Blair that Benjamin Clapp
& about 40 others in sanpete was going to Calafornia
Martin had Bought Boxes heard out to fit them out
Italy was making a Demonstration against Austria
and France was sustaining Itialy in it. The Papers say
that the Government does not sustain Sinclair in
his chair to the Jury in Utah. President Young said
He dreamed that President Buchanan sent him a fine
time peace saying you may now regulate your own time
I expect He will soon send us the time peace or pass the
act giving Utah as well as other Territories the right
to elect their own officers which I consider to be the
time peace. The Govornor may soon call the Legislature
together and Elecht their own officers and regulate
their own affairs. I met with O. Hyde O. Pratt &
C C Rich of the Twelve in the prayer room O. Hyde prayed. O
Pratt was mouth we conversed upon the things of the Kingd[om]
of God spoke of prayer & fasting O. Pratt said that He
had often wished that He could get faith enough to enjoy
the Blessings the ancient Apostles Enjoyed He said Joseph
taught that unles the Apostles and Elders of this Church
did fast & pray untill they could get the Heavens opened
unto them so they could see the face of the Lord their testimony
would not be worth much to this generation. Brother Hyde
moved that we asked the privilege of President Young to Fast
and pray as a Quorum in the Endowment House for one
week to which we all agreed

People

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74 mentions
Clapp, Benjamin Lynn
19 Aug 1814 - 21 Oct 1865
141 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
21 mentions
69 mentions
Historical Figure
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Johnson, Luke
3 Nov 1807 - 8 Dec 1861
73 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
9 mentions
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
70 mentions
1 mention

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Feb 6, 1859