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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 22, 1860 ~ Sunday
22nd ^Sunday^ I spent most of the fore part of the day at
home I spent the afternoon with Presidents Young &
Kimball & Lorenzo Young. Capt Gibsons travels was a subjet of
Conversation the Island were spoken of. He visited 40 of
the group President Young showed us on the map whare the
Apostles Preached the country through which they travelled and
probably it continued to the Archipeligo and that the Malays
had the gospel and that the Israelitish traditions were among
them. President Young said that all the world would have
been warned long ago in our day if all the world had bee[n] as faith-
ful in warning his Neighbor as He & many of the Elders of theis
Church When going to Zion in 1834 Joseph reproved the camp
while standing upon a waggon wheel I said I had done the best
I could & could not Better it if I was to try it again H. C. Kimball
said the same. They said they had been in the Church nearly
half of his life. (I W W have been in the Church more than half
of my life) I remarked that it was an interesting time to live to
to see the fulfillment of the President Young said it was an interesting
time. H C kimball said we should see it Just as well if Dead as
if alive President Young said, while we are in the flesh, we have
to contend against evil spirits and Devils in a way which will
be hid from us in the spirit world. Brother Kimball said in
speaking of our Prayer circle I never saw T. D. Brown in that
circle but what I felt sorry to see him there. President Young
said He would never have been there If you had not Recommended
him for I had not confidence enough in him He leacked & so
did Wm. W. Phelps & others. what is spoken in a prayer circle
should never be Named out of the circle not [to] a wife or any body
Els if there is any thing to be said I will say it I could preach
all about the Endowments in Public and the world know Nothing
about it I could preach all about Masonry & None but a mason
know any thing about it And the mane part of Masonry is to keep
a secret.
I attended the 14 ward evening Meeting S. M. Blair
first spoke of his sickness acknowledged the hand of God in his rec-
overy was Followed by Lorenzo Young also Elder O. Pratt spoke for
1 1/4 hour there was a full house
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
124 mentions
Missionary
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
70 mentions
Brown, Thomas Dunlop
16 Dec 1807 - 20 Mar 1874
36 mentions
Gibson, Walter Murray
16 Jan 1822 - 21 Jan 1888
38 mentions
Phelps, William Wines
17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872
173 mentions
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President Young said that all the world would have been warned long ago in our day if all the world had bee[n] as faith- ful in warning his Neighbor as He & many of the Elders of this Church. When going to Zion in 1834 Joseph reproved the camp while standing upon a waggon wheel I said I had done the best I could & could not Better it if I was to try it again H. C. Kimball said the same. They said they had been in the Church nearly half of his life. (I WW have been in the Church more than half of my life) I remarked that it was an interesting time to live to to see the fulfillment of the President Young said it was an interesting time. H C Kimball said we should see it Just as well if Dead as if alive. President Young said, while we are in the flesh, we have to contend against evil spirits and Devils in a way which will be hid from us in the Spirit World. Brother Kimball said in speaking of our Prayer circle I never saw T. D. Brown in that circle but what I felt sorry to see him there. President Young said He would never have been there If you had not Recommended him for I had not confidence enough in him He leacked [lacked] & so did Wm. W. Phelps & others, what is spoken in a prayer circle should never be Named out of the circle not [to] a wife or any body Els if there is any thing to be said I will say it I could preach
~ Wilford Woodruff
all about the Endowments in Public and the world know Nothing about it I could preach all about Masonry & None but a mason know any thing about it And the mane part of Masonry is to keep a secret.
~ Wilford Woodruff
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