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Day in the Life

Oct 6, 1862

Journal Entry

October 06, 1862 ~ Monday

Oct 6th 1862
The General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints met this Morning at the bowery at 10 oclok all the
Presidentcy were present & all the Twelve Except O pratt E. Snow
& Geo Q Cannon President Young addressed the ^people^ for more than
an hour upon this text "seek first the kingdom of Heaven & all things
necessary will be added unto you[Matthew 6:33].["] He spoke much to the Edification
of the people He said that it was Just as important that we should
try to preserve our lives & seek to fulfill our mission in this
probation as in any period of our Exhistence. President Kimball
followed in the forenoon in the afternoon C. C Rich Brigham Young
& Wm H Hooper spoke. In the Evening the Bishops held a meeting
Bishop Hunter President Young & Wells spoke.

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
270 mentions
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
1967 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1403 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle
124 mentions

Places

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Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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President Young addressed the ^people^ for more than an hour upon this text "seek first the Kingdom of Heaven & all things necessary will be added unto you. He spoke much to the Edification of the people. He said that it was Just as important that we should try to preserve our lives & seek to fulfill our mission in this probation as in any period of our Exhistence.
~ Brigham Young

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Oct 6, 1862