Day in the Life

Feb 12, 1860

Journal Entry

February 12, 1860 ~ Sunday

132th ^1860^
Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning we had a full comp-
any. I attended meeting at the Tabernacle O Hyde Preached upon the
concentration of the mind followed by O. Pratt upon the same subjet
He spoke of the great acheivments of Sir Isaac Newton upon this princi-
ple and many others had accomplished great things by the great concen-
rtration of the mind which could not be accomplished upon any other
Principle this principle should be applyied in all our spiritual devotions
mathimatics was an excellent subject tho disipline the mind upon

I called upon President Wells who has an attack of the inflamatory
rhemumatism I administered to him by the laying on of hands. I then
went to the 14th ward meeting D Candland Preached a good sermon
I follow him

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Candland, David
15 Oct 1819 - 8 Mar 1902
2 mentions
Historical Figure
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Church membership 61,000; population of Utah Territory 40,273, population of 33 United States 31,443,000.

Feb 12, 1860