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Apr 27, 1874

Journal Entry

April 27, 1874 ~ Monday

27. We took cars & rode to Battle Creek or plesant grove
we held a Meeting at 2 oclok W Woodruff spoke 45 minuts

Erastus Snow spok 45 minuts A O. Smoot
40 m We then Organized the People of that
Branch into the United Order of Zion & Elected
their Officers. We then rode to American Fork
& held a meeting at 7 oclok W Woodruff spoke
about one hour followed By A. Cannon & E Snow
we also Organized that Branch into the United
Order. I spent the night at Brother Greenwoods
but I was quite Unwell through the night

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
698 mentions
Apostle

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Discourse 1874-04-27
Elder W. Woodruff, spoke of the necessity of the Revelation of God being given to this people for 40 years back to guide them but the most difficult part for us to become united in is in our temporal affairs— 40 years last November since the Saints was drove out of Jackson County Mo: and that because they would not be controlled in their Temporal affairs. And Presd B. Young Sr. has commence at the very time the 40 years is up to begin to enter into this United Order and he turned the Keys at that time and it will increase and increase untill like the Waves of the sea it will eventualy overwelm all before it and there needs no long argument to convice us that the time has come for our Heavenly Father to call upon us to make a move in this direc tion—and have you any thing in this World that is before the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ— and we are required to unite together and offer our all upon the Alter.

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Poland Act passed by Congress becomes legal basis for the prosecution of polygamists in the 1870s and 1880s.

Apr 27, 1874