Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 09, 1869 ~ Sunday
9th We drove to Chicken Creek Nooned then drove to Nephi
& stoped for the night with Brother Oakey 40 M[iles]
We held a Meeting D. H. Wells spoke 35 Minutes Presid[en]t
B Young spoke 41 Minutes
and said 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 The Devil temped Eve & she partook of the
forbidden fruit & sin entered into the world 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 we do not want sin or opposition to
Enalbe us to do the will of God or to be successful in all business
unite together & sustain Israel & not the wicked. do not
trade with the wicked
And I now say to the
President & Bishop cut off evry man from this Church
that trades with outsiders do you hear it President do you
hear it Bishop Cut them off from the Church & let them
go & have no opposition with you Hell is full of opposition
stop your opposition do not trade one cent from this
hour with any other store ownly with your cooperative
store in this place. Do you think we are prepared to go &
redeem the centre stake of Zion No we are not God will
not receive us unless we rise up & shake ourselves from
sin I will say Amen. I say again to your Bishop & Presid[en]t
to cut off evry man that trades with outsiders. There are
Jews here; they are not our Friends; do not trade with them,
they do not Believe in Jesus Christ. What rules the Chris-
tian world to day, sin & the Devil. Obey council & not go
to the gold Mines unless you are sent God is hiding up the
Gold of these Mountains untill we are prepared to receive
it Let it alone untill I tel you to dig it Leave all events in the
hands of God I wish the wicked would leave this Church & go
away but they will stay wicth us more or less"
W Woodruff spoke 10 Minutes. He said that there were two
parties here & in other places. the one is the people of God & the
other the people of the devil they serve him & are under the
dominion of sin & Satan. all who do not belong to the Church
of Churchrist of ChBelong to the Church of the Devil. This people have
herd the most profitable sermon from Presid[en]t Young today
they ever herd in there lives if they will make a right
use of it give heed to it & obey it. I have written what pres-
ident Young has said to you today & when I get home I shall record
record it in my Journal and I can tell it to you in years
to come If I live & if not it will stand on record for the
Historians to use Unless you give heed to what Presid[en]t Young
has said, you will get disappointed in your expectations of com-
ing to this land. We have to war with the world the flesh sin &
the Devil. Why should you who profess to be Saints spend
your time, talents & means, in Joining with the wicked to war
against the cause of God & pull down the vary work you
profess to build up. unite together, & stop your divission or you
will feel the chastning hand of God many other remarks
were made By all the speakers not recorded
G Q Cannon spoke 10 Minutes He said I tell you in the
name of Jesus Christ that if you do not repent in this place
God will bring upon you his Judgments. I say this as an
Apostle of Jesus Christ I feel impressed By the spirit of God
to say to the people of this place that if they do not spedily
repent of there sins & turn unto the Lord they will soon feel
the judgm[en]ts of God." And I think we all felt the same
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3455 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
54 mentions
29 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2264 mentions
Apostle
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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
I tell you in the name of Jesus Christ that if you do not repent in this place God will bring upon you his Judgments. I say this as an Apostle of Jesus Christ I feel impressed By the spirit of God to say to the people of this place that if they do not spedily repent of there sins & turn unto the Lord they will soon feel the judgments of God."
~ George Q Cannon
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