Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 17, 1859 ~ Sunday
17th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
A. O. Smoot Prayed Bishop Hoagland was mouth. I attended
meeting at the Tabernacle. O. Pratt preached in the morning
upon the evidences of the Book of Mormon Mr Greely was
in the stand He paid particular attention to the feamales
as they came in but he slep most of the time during the
sermon. Mr Greely also attended in afternoon & slept while
John Taylor preached upon the systems of the day. I met
with the Twelve in the evening John Taylor prayed &
Erastus Snow was mouth. We conversed upon a variety
of subjects Brother Benson gave an account of Mr Greely
going into a store to buy a neck tie which was quite amusing
People
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Hoagland, Abraham Lucas
24 Mar 1797 - 14 Feb 1872
86 mentions
Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
698 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
379 mentions
Apostle
Greeley, Horace
1811-1872
13 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1955 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1084 mentions
Apostle
Places
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
Events
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.