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Day in the Life

Jan 1, 1865

Journal Entry

January 01, 1865 ~ Sunday

Sunday Jan 1, 1865
Jan 1, 1865 This is the commencment of a New Year
The past year has been an Eventful year in many respects
Esspecially in the history of the United States war has contine-
ued to rage with awful carnage through the year between the
North & South, and apparently with No prospect of peace.
All Nations steem to be prepareing for war and great calamity
await the wicked. yet Zion still prospers and God is with her
He defends Zion & sustains his servants

I met with my Quorum in the morning for prayer Attended
meeting in the Tabernacle all day. Lorenzo Snow preached in
the morning & G. Q. Cannon & E. D. Woolley in the afternoon I
I met with President Young & the 12 for prayer L. Snow prayer &
John Taylor was mouth I preached in the 7 ward in the Evening

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth
28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881
113 mentions
Missionary
1966 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1836 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
655 mentions
Apostle, Family

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

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Sunday Jan 1, 1865 Jan 1, 1865 This is the commencement of a New Year The past year has been an Eventful year in many respects Esspecially in the history of the United States war has contine- ued to rage with awful carnage through the year between the North & South, and apparently with No prospect of peace. All Nations steem to be prepareing for war and great calamity await the wicked. yet Zion still prospers and God is with her He defends Zion & sustains his servants
~ Wilford Woodruff
E. T. Benson spoke in the morning & President Young in the afternoon which was a vary interesting discourse He conveyed the idea that Adam & Eve done right in partaking of the forbidden fruit they were sent to the Earth to do it that man might know the contrast good & Evil
~ Brigham Young

Jan 1, 1865