Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 08, 1869 ~ Saturday
8 We drove to Cedar Springs & held a Meeting Presid[en]t
Young spoke 10 M[inutes], Joseph Young 9, D H Wells 17, G Q Cannon 11.
We drove to Round Valley and held a Meeting Presid[en]t Young
spoke 19 Minutes & said If I lived here I would Build
up this place so the devil could not get the stock fare [far] up the
canyon so the Indian cannot get them the Lord
takes care of those who take care of themselves there is not
the pain taken here that there ought to be if we do what
we can the Lord will do the rest if I go & preach to the people
I do my duty then the people must obey for themselves I
will not do it Neither will the Angels come & do your work
for you But you have got to do for yourselves. The Lord will
not come & raise your Bread you must raise it yourselves
I say to you to stop dealing with the wicked. Stop swearing
& drinking treat your Animals kindly God does not give
you Animals or wives & children to abuse we shall be held
responsible for all we do. Could our eyes be open to see the order
of Enoch we should be ashamed of ourselves
H S Eldridge spoke 16 M[inutes], W Woodruff spoke 9
B Young Jr spoke 16, G Dunford spoke 15 Minutes
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
583 mentions
Apostle
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
2257 mentions
Apostle
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
142 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
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the Lord takes care of those who take care of themselves there is not the pain taken here that there ought to be if we do what we can the Lord will do the rest if I go & preach to the people I do my duty then the people must obey for themselves. I will not do it Neither will the Angels come & do your work for you But you have got to do for yourselves. The Lord will not come & raise your Bread you must raise it yourselves I say to you to stop dealing with the wicked. Stop swearing & drinking treat your Animals kindly God does not give you Animals or wives & children to abuse we shall be held Responsible for all we do. Could our Eyes be open to see the order of Enoch we should be ashamed of ourselves
~ Brigham Young
it is not proven that people are the saints of God because they live in these vallies but those prove themselves saints who live by Evry word of God we can be saints or not Just as we please if we want to prove to God or man that we are saints then we must live for God & none Els
~ Brigham Young
Now we can do good or Evil Just as we please. We can be saints or not Just as we please. Now learn the will of God & do it Just as we please it is your duty to walk in the light of the Lord and not in darkness
~ Brigham Young
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