Day in the Life

Apr 3, 1859

Journal Entry

April 03, 1859 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle J. M.
Brown spoke was followed by C. C. Rich E. D. Wooolley a
few words from D. H. Wells he exhorted the people to get
the spirit of the Lord & keep it. I met with my Quorum for
Prayer L W Hardy Prayed J. C. Little was mouth. I spent
several hours with President Young, D. H. Wells G. A Smith &
A Carrington we took dinner with the President in the course
of conversation President Young said we must begin to look
out some good hiding places to put the women and children
& old men & provisions & Prepare for another war I am
satisfied the Present one will fizzle out I would recommend
to lay up a good quantity of Dried Beans and peas they
will keep longer than any other grain & we want to find
a place which will be hard of access that cannot be taken
but that has water that cannot be cut off and we want
to go {[illegible shorthand] where it is warmer to the south} and store up provisions against a
time of Need. Lorenzo Snow accompanied me home &
we met with the Twelve in our Prayer Circle O Pratt
Prayed & G. A. Smith was mouth They called upon the
Lord to ward off the blow of our enemies and that their
folley & wickedness might be made manifest in the Eyes
of the Nation and that the Judgments of God might rest
upon the wicked who were seeking the lives of the righteous
the views of the Brethren were expressed concerning the
illegal procedings of the court in Provo and believed the
Lord would overrule it for the good of his people. I went
to Brother Smoots & returned home with Mrs Woodruff
who was there while on the way home I learned that
an express came in saying that the court had adjourned
sine Die and the armey is to return to Camp Floyd this is
good News it is reported that He dismissed Mr Nethercot
saying that He was a damed Fool and did not know enough
to tell the truth but He kept Mc Donald, Kearns, J Daily He holds in custidy

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
3 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3459 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth
28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881
125 mentions
Missionary
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1439 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
5 mentions
1 mention
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
Daley, John
abt. 1819- aft. 1859
1 mention
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
233 mentions
Family
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
703 mentions
Apostle, Family
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1086 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1587 mentions
Family

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Apr 3, 1859