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Day in the Life

Jan 10, 1865

Journal Entry

January 10, 1865 ~ Tuesday

10. [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to George Sims & attended athe
council in the afternoon

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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

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Jan 10, 1865