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Day in the Life

May 1, 1869

Journal Entry

May 01, 1869 ~ Saturday

May 1st We met a 10 oclok in the Basement of the Tabernacle
for a 2 days Meeting My son Wilford & several of ofthe
St Thomas settlement had come up to attend the conference
Our conference was opened By prayer By D. H. Wells President
B Young spoke 50 Minutes D. H. Wells 63 M[inutes] in the forenoon I visited
Brother Johnsons Garden at Noon. He had a great variety of
grapes flowers & shrubery. in the Afternoon Joseph Young spoke
28 Minutes W Woodruff spoke 37, H. S. Eldridge 30 Minutes I
spent the Evening in visiting the saints & the night in company with
Wilford at the Family of Frank Woolley

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Woolley, Franklin Benjamin
11 Jun 1834 - 21 Mar 1869
9 mentions
Family
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
139 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
306 mentions
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family

Places

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St. George Tabernacle, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory
St. Thomas, Lincoln County, Nevada

Quotes

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I do not know that I have spent one Moment to reflect whether I should be saved or not. I know that I am serving a God that will do right & He has given me a work to do And I ask God to Give me Grace and wisdom to perform it & I leave all Events in his hands. He then read the word of wisdom & said this people never saw the day that they were willing for God to rule over us in all things there is not one in a thousand willing for it.
~ Brigham Young

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May 1, 1869