Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 30, 1860 ~ Monday
30. I called upon President Young in the morning & laid before
him Eleanor pratt account of the Death of parley p pratt
and asked his advise about its being published in England He said
He did not wish it published but wished it retained in the office
we had the back mail came in by an ox team which brought
our papers which have been lying by the way side since last fall.
The President & Twelve met at the Historians office to attend to the
Blessing of the remainder of the missionaries presidents Young and
Wells were present all of the Quorum of the Twelve except E. T. Benson
G. Q. Cannon was present O. Hyde, O. Pratt & A Lyman Blessed
four persons & set them apart for there mission Presidents Young &
Wells & John Taylor Blessed C. C. Rich & A. Lyman President Young
gave them a good Blessing President Young made a Few remarks upon the subject
He said Brethren I want you to be so full of the Holy Ghost & the power
of God when you get to England that I shall hear that you are so full
of teaching & wise council that it will run out of Both cornors of
your mouth. He said you will find some men there that have
some wisdom & some wisdom they have not got other remarks were made
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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
298 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
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Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Eleanor Jane McComb McLean
29 Dec 1817 - 24 Oct 1874
5 mentions
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
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Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
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