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Day in the Life

Jan 9, 1864

Journal Entry

January 09, 1864 ~ Saturday

9. Sunday we met at the New Meeting House built by the saints
[FIGURE] in the Town of Farmington for the purpose of Dedicating
it unto God Presidet Brigham Young called the Meeting to order
we then had signging and I was called upon to offer up the dedica-
tion Prayer I dedicated the House from the foundation to the
Top thereof nameing Every thing I could think of in the Building
& the ground upon which it stood. at the close we had sing-
ing then Presidet Young spoke to the people a short time followed by
Presidet Kimball. we then had an intermission of one
hour after which I spoke to the people 30 minuts followed by
E T. Benson 15 minutes followed by Brother Fulsome. H. S. Eldridge
& President Young closed & told the Mechanics that He had
advised them for years to make their Bins & get wheat for
there labor & lay it up & they had not done & now he did
not care what they had to pay for bread.
We had a Meeting in the Evening, when Elders O Hyde J. Taylor
& E. Snow spoke to the people

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
139 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle

Places

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Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory

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President Brigham Young made the last speech & gave vary good Advise He told us how to have peace in our families. We should never let our families see us mad we should always be kind & mild with them & do what was right & not neglect our Prayers toor to ask a Blessing at the Table, but set a good Example before our families He said that the sin of Omission would lead to the sin of commission.
~ Brigham Young

Jan 9, 1864