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Day in the Life

Nov 18, 1860

Journal Entry

November 18, 1860 ~ Sunday

18th Nov 1860
Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning. Br John M. Mody prayed
Jonathan Pugmyre was mouth. I attended meeting at the Tabernacle J. L. Hey-
wood & E. D. Woolley Preached in the afternoon Capt Walter M. Gibson
& spoke followed by President Brigham Young. Brother Gibson said that
He was about to take another mission was going to Jappan, Siam, & the
Malay Islands. He has had an invitation by the Historian of Jappan to
visit that Land, is intimately acquainted with the King of Siam & has been
strongly invited by the princes & Chiefs of the Malay Islands to visit
them. He seems to have been raised up as an instrument in the Hands of
God to open the way among those Nations for the receptions of the gospel
President Young Blessed him & said He would go with a commission
to all Nations upon the Earth & he should go with his good will
& blessing.

Presidents B Young H. C. Kimball & D. H. Wells met at the
Historians office in the evening also W Woodruff J. Taylor & G. A. Smith
B Young Prayed. G A Smith was mouth

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3302 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth
28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881
113 mentions
Missionary
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
14 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Pugmire, Jonathan (Jr.)
7 Dec 1823 - 18 Sep 1880
26 mentions
Heywood, Joseph Leland
1 Aug 1815 - 16 Oct 1910
72 mentions
2 mentions
Historical Figure
Gibson, Walter Murray
16 Jan 1822 - 21 Jan 1888
36 mentions

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Brother Gibson said that He was about to take another mission was going to Jappan, Siam, & the Malay Islands. He has had an invitation by the Historian of Jappan to visit that Land, is intimately acquainted with the King of Siam & has been strongly invited by the princes & Chiefs of the Malay Islands to visit them. He seems to have been raised up as an instrument in the Hands of God to open the way among those Nations for the receptions of the gospel President Young Blessed him & said He would go with a commission to all Nations upon the Earth & he should go with his good will & blessing.
~ Wilford Woodruff
The Mountaineer to day contains the news By Poney Express concerning the withdrawal of the Southern States from the union it commenced in South Carolina in fulfillment of the prophecy [FIGURES] of Joseph Smith the Prophet or the revelation of the Lord through him which has been published in the pearl of Great Price & written in various Books for many years it really looks as though the United States were ripe for the Harvest
~ Wilford Woodruff

Events

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Dec 1860 - Jan 1861
Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Nov 18, 1860