Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 06, 1870 ~ Thursday
6. Thursday is our Fast day I attended Meeting in the 14 ward & listened
to the Testimony of Many of the Brethren & Sisters & I spoke myself.
I dined with Bishop Hoagland at Job Smiths we laid hands upon a
child & Blessed it. I wrote a letter to I. F. Carter & advised him
not to come out here on account of Business matters until
there was a change in Business for all Branches was dull. I attended
the Theater last Evening & Herd the celebrated Mrs Yelverton
give her readings. There is a great Exhertion Now making By
the wicked & Esspecially By the Congress of the United States
to get up a crusade or war against the Saints under [illegible]
of Polygamy. A Bill is Before Congress to deprive the Latter
Day Saints, of keeping the commandm[en]ts of God the Lord
has revealed the Law on the Patriarchal order of Marriage &
the Lord says we shall be damned if we do not obey it &
Congress says we shall be damned if we do so it its the Lord
& Congress for it I would rather obey the Lord than Congress
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Hoagland, Abraham Lucas
24 Mar 1797 - 14 Feb 1872
86 mentions
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Smith, Job Taylor
2 Dec 1828 - 3 Jan 1913
10 mentions
1840 British Convert
Yelverton, Theresa
1830-1881
1 mention
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A Bill is Before Congress to deprive the Latter Day Saints, of keeping the commandments of God the Lord has revealed the Law on the Patriarchal order of Marriage & the Lord says we shall be damned if we do not obey it & Congress says we shall be damned if we do so it its the Lord & Congress for it I would rather obey the Lord than Congress
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.