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Day in the Life

Feb 19, 1862

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February 19, 1862 ~ Wednesday

Feb 19 1862
[FIGURES] I wrote 2 letters ITo I F. Carter & Azmon Woodruff
I spent the day in the office and the Evening at Brother George
Godards with a party there were present John Taylor W. Woodruff
G. A. Smith A. O. Smoot Bishop Hunter, & E. D. Woolley with
our wives. We got a Telegraph dispatch saying that
Savannah had surrendered to the North without a blow, and that Gen
Pillow was not taken prisioner at Fort Reynolds

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17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895

555 mentions

1835 Southern Convert

29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889

348 mentions

Family

1793-1883

270 mentions

28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881

113 mentions

Missionary

26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875

1376 mentions

Apostle, Missionary

5 Dec 1815 - 12 Jan 1899

66 mentions

1806-1878

2 mentions

8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888

394 mentions

Family

1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887

1835 mentions

Apostle

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President Young who treated upon Zion. He quoted the Prophets about building up Zion, redeeming Zion &c. "He said "we should not have Zion untill we made it the Lord would no more build up Zion for us than He will plough & sow our fields, we had got to do it ourselves.

~ Brigham Young

Zion
prophet

Kimball who spoke of the body & spirit of man but did not Explain the subject to the satisfaction of President Young He then followed Brother Kimball and Explained the matter to the people and said the Bodoy or Tabernacle was all & Every thing to us without the Tabernacle we could not get an Exaltation we should have in the morning of the resurrection the same body we have now, the baby resurrection as taught by OH was a fals doctrin & no truth in it.

~ Brigham Young