Day in the Life

Sep 26, 1869

Journal Entry

September 26, 1869 ~ Sunday

26 Sunday I met with my prayer Circle in the Morning
& Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle Marias Ensign spoke
12 Minutes Silas Hoyt spoke 5 Minutes Frank Farnsworth spok
Erastus Egan spoke G A Smith spok 34 Minutes
And President Y[ou]ng spoke 61 minutes and it was one of the most
Keys crossed A crown interesting instructive & useful sermons I ever herd
in my life. One remark he made which was painful to
his Friends conveying an Idea that He did not know but
his work was about closed with us here in the flesh, that
He might be called away He had never in public spoken in this
way before His sermon was reported & will probably be published
Afternoon John Hardy spoke 16 minutes, Brother Lucely
spoke 24 Minutes John Taylor 60 minutes. IAt the close of the
Meeting many strangers Gentlemen & Ladies visiters among the
number several Members of Congress came foreward & was introduced
to the Presidency & Twelve. We met in the prayer circle the Presidency
& 12. I visited Brother Ezra Pettet in the Evening was taken sick of
the stomach & vomited

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3470 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1446 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1966 mentions
Apostle
Ensign, Marius
18 Aug 1821 - 14 Oct 1884
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin
5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906

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Sep 26, 1869