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Day in the Life

May 3, 1881

Journal Entry

May 03, 1881 ~ Tuesday

May 3. We drove to Franklin. Met at 11 oclok G Reynolds
Prayed G Q Cannon spoke 47 M[inutes], J F Smith 20 M[inutes] W Woodruff
spoke 25 spoke upon the Eternal variety of the works of God
in both Heaven and on Earth, did not think the Lord Ever made
2 things alike, all the prophets, Apostles, of all ages including Joseph
Brigham, Heber, and all the Apostles of our day have their own
Identity in both time & Eternity. Also thought that in
1881 there wouuld be an Emigration to Zion from the spirit
world of about 10000 souls, as the Poland Bill of 1862 was
not in force in the spirit world these spirits would come
to Zion and take up their abode in the Tabernacles of the


Mothers in Zion and in spite of the Poland Bill or the Devil
they would be born and some of them would be born in
Franklin in Idaho notwithstanding the opposition of Gov
Neil. John Taylor Followed & spoke 30 M[inutes]. I took dinner
with Sister Fox we then took cars rode to Logan in
42 minutes 20 miles we continued on to Mendon I stoped
with Willard Richards we spent a little time in shooting an
air gun at a target we held a Meeting in the Evening. The
Presidency Twelve & others spoke Except myself we had vary
good Meetings throughout Cache valley while the Presidency
& myself went north F. D. Richards, L. Snow & B Young
went South & we all met together at Mendon except
L. Snow. Distance of the day 35 M[iles]

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
541 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
1966 mentions
Apostle
415 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
9 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2224 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
653 mentions
Apostle, Family
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

Events

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March 5, 1881
Apostles wash feet against enemies as directed in Wilford's Wilderness Revelation.

May 3, 1881