Day in the Life

Nov 17, 1861

Journal Entry

November 17, 1861 ~ Sunday

17 ^Sunday^ I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment house we gave
Endowm[en]ts to some 35. I sealed 15 couple President Young 2 couple
one was the wife of Alpheus Gifford who carried the gospel to B Young
& H. C. Kimball. He has been dead several years but his wife never
had her Endowm[en]ts untill to day I attended meeting at the Tabernacle
in the afternoon. President Young spoke & gave a vary interesting
discourse upon the subjet of the unnatural and natural man, also the im-
portance of preserving our lives and the lives of our children of living
in such a way that when we are sick or any of our family that
we may have the spirit of revelation to teach us what to do. He
spoke of the impropriety of our partaking of the sacrament with
our gloves & hats on his instructions were of importance to the
people. I attended meeting in the 14 ward School House in the evening
& spoke to the people, & was followed By G. D. Watt in his pecul-
ier style He urged the people to wash their bodies, keep their
Houses clean & make clean bread He dwelt mostly upon clenli-
ness & the duties of wives to their Husbands.

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
125 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle

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1862–1870
Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret meets simultaneously with Utah Territorial Legislature.

Nov 17, 1861