Day in the Life

Aug 26, 1871

Journal Entry

August 26, 1871 ~ Saturday

I26. I Attended the school of the prophets. Many subjects
were brought up & speeches Made President Young presented the
subject of Making our will. He recommended to divid our
property into so many shares & then divide the shares to
the wives & children according to our mind & will.

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3469 mentions
Apostle, Family

Related Documents

Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.

Discourse 1871-08-26
Elder W. Woodruff said the nearer we get to the Lord, the more Mercy we see displayed towards erring humanity—hence it is that Prest Young entertains the most merciful feelings towards those who have done wrong and would gladly assst towards reclaiming them—And he for one did not feel like saying anything to oppose it

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

Aug 26, 1871