Day in the Life
Journal Entry
20. A Hard Frost last night vary cold President Y[ou]ng
& D H Wells rode around the valley to visit it. G. A. Smith
G Q Cannon & myself rode to 3 Mile Canyon & held
a Meeting. G. A. Smith prayed & Joseph Young spoke 12 M[inutes]
W Woodruff 15 M[inutes], G A Smith 10, & D. H. Wells 20 G Q Cannon
14, B Young jr 15 President Y[ou]ng 24. He gave good council
& said those who spoke against A Plurality of wives &
in there feelings will not receive it will never inherit
the Celestial Kingdom of God for it has always been practiced
there and always will be & thousands of women will be saved
there who have been trodden under the feet of men & what
will be done with them if men did not have more than
one wife Men are the Lords of creation & God will hold
them responsible. At the close of the meeting we drove to
worship & held a meeting in the school House Joseph Y[ou]ng prayed
G. A. Smith spoke 22 Minutes D H Wells 26, W Woodruff 11 M[inutes]
F D Richards 12 President Y[ou]ng 17 Minutes we then drove to
Coleville & held a Meeting in the New Meeting House at 6 oclk
W Woodruff Prayed. G Q Cannon spoke 23 Minutes, Joseph Young
spoke 18 M[inutes], R. T. Burton 15 Minutes. At the close of the Meeting
I went into Spragues Cole Mine near a quarter of a Mile
under ground he had a rail way to draw out coal. 20 Miles
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He gave good council & said those who spoke against A Plurality of wives & in there feelings will not receive it will never inherit the Celestial Kingdom of God for it has always been practiced there and always will be & thousands of women will be saved there who have been trodden under the feet of men & what will be done with them if men did not have more than one wife Men are the Lords of Creation & God will hold them responsible.