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Day in the Life

Dec 17, 1860

Journal Entry

December 17, 1860 ~ Monday

17 A rainy morning I spent the forenoon in the office Journalizing
I spent the afternoon in the Legislature.

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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I attended meeting at the Tabernacle J. D. Ross preached in the Morning D H Wells in the afternoon followed by H. C. Kimball & B. Young all spoke well. Brother Wells exhorted the people old & young to put away the intoxicating cup & scease drinking strong drink as it was intoxicating the brain and destroying their influence he made a strong appeal to the mothers. He was Followed by President Kimball who bore testimony to the truth of what D. H. Wells had said. He also exhorted the people to be united & live their religion
~ Wilford Woodruff
President Young spoke of the sermon of J. D. Ross, who quoted the scripture that sayes My "I have other sheep which are not of this Fold &c" He says that is not a correct translation it should read ["]I have other sheep of this fold" For there is but one Fold & one shepherd. He allso said that no Elder understood all the first [FIGURE] principles of the gospel if any man did he knew more than he did. the gospel was like a cotton Factory or paper Mill a person must understand the whole machinery in order to know how cloth or paper is maide
~ Brigham Young
He also spoke of the Celestial Law said we show [should] not have the Celestial law revealed to us untill we get into the Celestial Kingdom there is a Law belonging to every kingdom what kingdom are we in, we are not even in a Terrestrial kingdom then let us not talk about keeping a Celestial Law untill we get into a Celestial Kingdom at least untill we can keep the Law of the gospel while in a Telestial kingdom.
~ Brigham Young

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

Dec 17, 1860