Day in the Life

Aug 16, 1868

Journal Entry

August 16, 1868 ~ Sunday

16 Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle
Jesse N Smith spoke 14 Minutes A Carrington 33

B. Young Jr spoke 25 Minutes Afternoon A Carrington
spoke 27 Minutes & President Young spoke 275 minutes
A single key with teeth to the right He said that the word Gentiles did not apply to
Every body out of the Church it applyed to those who
were rebellious against God & his gospel there were
many honorable men of the Earth who were not in the
Church it did not apply to. I met in the Evening for prayer
with the Presidency & Twelve My Son Wilford & his
wife Emily Jane arived home yesterday on a visit
from the Muddy, they took supper with us & Elias
Smith
& wife & H S Beatie & wife. We set apart
A Carrington & Jesse N Smith to their Mission
BPresid[en]t Young & D H Wells being Mouth Carrington
to Preside in Europe & J. N. Smith in Scandin-
avia
I spent the Evening in writing my Journal. I gave
Wilford means to pay for coal to live [on] during the
winter

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
231 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
260 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
578 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
796 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Elias, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
Woodruff, Emily Jane Smith
28 Oct 1850 - 8 May 1878
34 mentions
Family
Beatie, Hampden Sidney
31 Dec 1826 - 11 Sep 1887
13 mentions
Family
Smith, Jesse Nathaniel
2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
716 mentions
Family

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He said that the word Gentiles did not apply to Every body out of the Church it applyed to those who were rebellious against God & his gospel there were many honorable men of the Earth who were not in the Church it did not apply to.
~ Brigham Young

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Aug 16, 1868