Day in the Life

Apr 25, 1869

Journal Entry

April 25, 1869 ~ Sunday

25 Sunday D. H. Wells H. S. Eldridge & myself left Bever &
drove to Parawan. We held a Meeting at 2 oclok 35 M[iles]

W Woodruff spoke 35 Minutes H. S. Eldridge 20 D. H. Wells 55.
President Young held a meeting at Bever G Dunford spoke
27 Minutes B Young Jr 28, G Q Cannon 40, {President} Joseph Young 30,
& President B Young 30 Minutes they then came on to Parawan
& we held another Meeting in the Evening Joseph Young spoke 45
President Young 24 Minutes He said I wish to live untill I can see
Zion redeemed & the centre stake built up & the Saints of God
sanctified Before the Lord. The people think if they were sealed
up in the things of God they would loose sight of all earthly
things but this is not the case. If we can understand this to
know the things of God & his ways would be to know how
to till the Earth & to Manufacture all we want. There is
no such thing as a kingdom without law. There is a Law
that Governs & controlls all things. They controll the Elem[en]ts
to bring them together to supply us with Evry thing we need
there is a system & Law to Evry Branch of knowledge, and
if we ownly understood it we should know how to do any
thing right that perfect system we should understand and
carry out we have this system in spiritual things so must
we become in temporal things. It is said you cannon Eat yor
cake & keep it to But our cooperate system comes nearer to it
than any thing Els I know of. I want this system in the
Hands of the poor & not the rich alone, & theLet the poor have the Ben-
efit of it

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
583 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
16 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
142 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions

Places

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Beaver, Beaver County, Utah Territory
Parowan, Iron County, Utah Territory

Quotes

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I wish to live untill I can see Zion redeemed & the centre stake built up & the saints of God sanctified Before the Lord. The people think if they were sealed up in the things of God they would loose sight of all Earthly things but this is not the case. If we can understand this to know the things of God & his ways would be to know how to till the Earth & to Manufacture all we want. There is no such thing as a kingdom without law. There is a Law that Governs & controlls all things. They controll the Elements to bring them together to supply us with Evry thing we need there is a system & Law to Evry Branch of knowledge, and if we ownly understood it we should know how to do any thing right that perfect system we should understand and carry out we have this system in spiritual things so must we become in temporal things
~ Brigham Young
God is the Man twho is carrying this work on we work with him I tell you in the name of God, that it is our duty to live our
~ Brigham Young

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Apr 25, 1869