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Day in the Life

Jan 1, 1880

Journal Entry

January 01, 1880 ~ Thursday

Jan 1, 1880
Jan 1, 1880 How these figures look to me I was born March 1, 1807
if I was to live untill 18087 I should be 80 years of age but how
long I shall live & remain in the flesh God ownly Knows. This year
opens with a prospect of Great hostility of our government against
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the Kingdom of God
Esstablished in Utah and adjoining Territories in the rocky Moun-
tains, the Everlasting hills given to old Father Jacob and his
Posterity. But God reigns and our trust is in him. He will guide
his saints as he has in days gone by And when this year is past
we shall see what state bothe the Nation and the Saints will be in at
the End of the year. Our Nation is rapidly Hastening to destruction
and is ripening in iniquity and is doomed to destruction in
fulfillmet of the word of God who has spoken concerning them
This new years day of 1880, finds me at Br Greers at the little
Colorado's meadows in Apache County Arizona Territory. I spent
the day mostly reading and meditating I walked several miles during
and Br Lot Smith, Neil & Alread went to St John to attend a
trial on a land claim

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145 mentions
Scriptural Figure
9 mentions
Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
352 mentions
Missionary
25 mentions
17 mentions

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Telegram to Joseph Fielding Smith, ca. 1880s
Letter to Emma Smith Woodruff, 1880s
Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
(Jan 1, 1880.) How these figures look to me, I was born in 1807 the first day of March If I was to Live till 1887 I should be 80 years of age But How long I shall live & remain in the flesh God ownly knows, this year opens with a prospect of Great Hostility of our Government agains[t] the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Kingdom of God esstablished in Utah and adjoining Territories in the Rocky Mountains the Everlasting Hills given to old Father Jacob & his posterity. But God reigns and our trust is in Him. He will guide his Saints as He has in days Gone by, and when this year is past We will see what state bothe the Nation and the Saints will be in at the end of the year. Our Nations is Rapidly Hastening to Destruction and is ripening in iniquity and is doomed to Destruction in fulfillmet of the Word of the Lord who has spoken concerning them (This New Years day of 1880 finds me at Brother Greers inat the Little Colorado Meadow in Apache Co Arizona Territory I spent the day mostly reading and meditating I walked several Miles during the day & Br Lot Smith Neil & Alread went to St John to attend a trial on the Land claim)

Events

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1880
Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Jan 1, 1880