Day in the Life

Jun 20, 1869

Journal Entry

June 20, 1869 ~ Sunday

20 We Met in the school House at 9 oclok. rool [roll] called
of the school of the Prophets. D. H. Wells Prayed C. C. Rich
was chosen the Presid[en]t of the school of the Prophets
David Parley Kimball (son of Heber C Kimball) was
chosen vice President of the school of the Prophets And
President of this Stake of Zion He was ordained
A High Priest By President Young & the Twelve Apostles
President Young told him to chose his own Councillors
& ordain them at his leasure. He could chuse them
abroad & bring them with him if He chose. W Woodruff dismissed
Met in the Bowery at 10 oclok


David P Kimball Prayed. G Q Cannon spok 49 M[inutes]
Wm H Hooper 45 M[inutes]. Afternoon sacrament Administered
President B Young spoke one Hour & 15 Minutes He said when
I come again to see you in this place I shall want to see
more improvements than there is now. I shall exp[ec]t to
see more of this land fenced up so that you can find
your Horses without going a whole day to find them
as you do now. I exp[ec]t to send many more south

and we shall send more here. I do not think there
ever was a people on the Earth who done as much as
we have in 40 years. I[t] was the opinion of the Prophet Joseph
that the City of Enoch was in the gulf of Mexico, And
that Adam offered his sacrafice & Bui[l]t his first altar
in Adam, Ondi, Ahman, & the stones of his Altar are
there now to be seen The City of Enoch was taken up
but the City of Zion which we shall build will remain
& not be taken away as his city was [Moses 7:69] Noah was 120 years
in building an Ark [Genesis 6:3] we have Not Been 40 years yet in
building up Zion in our day & the Kingdom of God on
the Earth. I have reflected a great deal upon this subject
I have labored to know how to build up the kingdom of God
upon the Earth. If I was to tell you what your duty
is in this place it would be go into these canyons & get
out the Timber & Lumber & build you good Homes
& make yourselfes & families comfortable. There is ^are^
a few words I want to say unto this people & I want
you to hear it & obey it. I would give a good deal
for what has been said on this Journey if I had it
But we have not a reporter in this Church that will
go with us ownly for pay G. D. Watt will not He would
see this Church in Tophat Before He will do one thing
ownly for us ownly as He gets his money down
I want to see improvem[en]ts here. I want to see a
good Meeting House here when I come again. I
would take Timber & make a Baloon Frame, & with
10 Men I could soon Make a Meeting House & put
on a good shingle roof & plaster good & Neat &
then set out your shade trees & fruit trees such
as Locus & Appletrees.

D H Wells spok 41 Minuts At the dismissal of
the Meeting we drove to Liberty 7 Miles


I spent the night at Brother John Prescotts

People

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295 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, David Patten
23 Aug 1839 - 21 Nov 1883
30 mentions
86 mentions
Scriptural Figure
125 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2259 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Host
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2370 mentions
104 mentions
Scriptural Figure
124 mentions

Places

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Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess County, Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Liberty, Oneida County, Idaho Territory

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Jun 20, 1869