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Day in the Life

Jan 4, 1881

Journal Entry

January 04, 1881 ~ Tuesday

4 I returned to the City and met with the High Council
On the family Difficulty of Br Vance & family we sat
7 Hours from 10 till 5 in the Evening we heard all the
difficulties brought up pro & con and Wakers operation
in calling out the 1500 devels, and there was 1000
still manifest in him yet, and after Hearing all they
had to say we decided that they all had need to repent
and that Dr Walker operations were all fals and a
Delusion and he had deceivd some of the good well meaning
Brethren & drawn them away


without limit for their own use or any other purpose their should
be fixed sum for Every man

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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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I returned from the farm and it was made known to [FIGURE] me that there was an Insane man in the City said He came from Calafornia Professed to be Christ and said God had ordained him to Baptize by fire all who did not receive his testimony and that was to be through a pistol or Rifle he was to kill every one who did not receive his testimony and He was Esspecially ordained to kill John Taylor & George Q Cannon. I laid the matter before President Taylor But he did not seem to have any fears upon the matter But we thought it proper to lay the Matter before the Probate Judge and as the court thot him a dangerous man to be at libyerty arangements were made to put the man in the Insane assylum.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
Jan 4. I returned to the City, and met with the High council on the family Difficulty of Br Vance & family we sat 7 Hours from 10 till 5 in the evening we heard all the difficulties brought up pro & con and wa[l]ker operation in casting out the 1500 Devils and there was some 1000 more left in [FIGURE] him and after hearing all we decided they had all need to repent and Dr Walkers operation was all fals and a Delusion and he had drawn away some of the Brethren

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January 16, 1881
Wilford appointed General President of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

Jan 4, 1881