Day in the Life

May 2, 1869

Journal Entry

May 02, 1869 ~ Sunday

May 2nd I visited many of the Saints also the sunday school
Our Meeting assembled at 10 oclok G Q Cannon spoke 58 M[inutes]
B Young Jr 32 Joseph W Young spok 10 M[inutes], Presid[en]t B
Young spoke 8 Minutes He said if you want to know why we
want to settle this southern country one reason is this, if
the Nation Makes war upon us again we want some place to go
to whare we can have a safe place to keep our women & children in
while we have to defend our homes. Afternoon president Joseph
Young spoke 36 Minutes G Dunford spoke 13 M[inutes] President B Young
spoke 60 Minuts & said 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. During the whole
war we were the ownly People in the United States who
were safe in person & property they did not call for any
Men I am Glad of it. The Nation is agoing to have war
& Blood up to there Horses Bridles & they will be destroyed
I have sPaid to this people more than two Million of Dollars
and they would hunt up some Gentile to give it to him there is
still many tares with the wheat a[mo]ng this people what shall we do
with them let them grow with the wheat untill the Harvest

The rules of the schools were then read to the Assembly
I spent the night with Wilford at Sister Woolleys

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
16 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Woolley, Olive C. Foss
12 Apr 1835 - 7 Apr 1877
9 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family

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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
I have told you what I Expect with regard to Celestial Marriage there will be but vary few men crowned as Gods in the Eternal world
~ Brigham Young

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May 2, 1869