Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 18, 1868 ~ Friday
18 We drove to Spring ville 6 miles
Held a meeting at 10 oclock W. Woodruff Prayed
President Young spoke 23 Minutes, D. H. Wells spoke 37 minutes
W Woodruff spoke 15 Minutes Joseph Young sen spoke 34 m[inutes]
We then rode to Spanish Fork & held a meeting at 2 oclk
in the Meeting House Joseph Smith Prayed G Q Cannon spoke 37,
J Vancott spoke 17, Joseph WVanc Young spoke 25 minutes
President Young spoke 25 Minutes we took dinner then drove
to Pason & held a meeting at 7 oclok A M Musser prayed
Joseph F Smith spoke 38 minutes Brother Dunford spoke 15 m[inutes]
Thomas Taylor spoke 12 minutes A M. Musser spoke 15 m[inutes]
President Young spoke 35 minutes & said He read from the
Booke of Life, keep the word of wisdom, Lay up the grain
Stop traiding with the Gentiles or I will cut you off
from the Church for it is time. Let every one stop drinking
coffee, tea, whiskey, Tobaco for this is the word of God
unto you & you will be cut off if you do not. I spent
the night with Brother Douglass 18 miles
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Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
109 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3446 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Dunford, George
1822-1891
16 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2259 mentions
Apostle
Van Cott, John
7 Sep 1814 - 18 Feb 1883
87 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4129 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Taylor, Thomas
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900
36 mentions
Douglass, William, b. 1819
1819-1892
1 mention
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