Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 07, 1882 ~ Sunday
7. Sunday I rode to Logan and Met in conference at 10 oclok
Samuel Smith Prayed Lorenzo Snow spoke 55 Minutes J F
Smith 53 M Joseph says can we say that that which is
perfect has not come are not the revelations & commandments
of God perfect. is not the Gospel of Christ & the Holy Priesthood
which God has revealed unto us perfect although we ourselves
may mot [not] have ariven to that state of Perfection which it is
our privilege to obtain Br Joseph read a part of the 2 ch of
the Book of Jacob concerning the sins of the Peopl and made
remarks upon it. At the close of the Meeting I went on to the top
of the Tower of the Temple in the rain and had a view of the
different departments of the Temple and found the work going
on vary well but I find a Number of changes have had
to be made in the arangements of the Temple from the origional
Plan in order to prepare for the work of the Temple this is
for the want of a thorough Knowledge by the Architect of
what was needed in the work of a temple so that he could
have drawn the original plan correctly. we Met in the
Afternoon at 2 oclok. The Authorities of the Church were then
Presented and sustained F. D. Richards spoke 48 Min
John Taylor one hour & 16 Minutes
President Taylor said when we go to the spirit world
we go Naked as we came into the world, and if we got any
clothing we shall be dependent upon somebody for it as we were
bwhen born in the flesh so if we get a Mansion in our Fathers
Kingdom we shall be dependent upon him
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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1961 mentions
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Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4135 mentions
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Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
703 mentions
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Smith, Samuel Harrison Bailey
1838-1914
40 mentions
Angell (Angel), Truman Osborn Angell
5 Jun 1810 - 16 Oct 1887
41 mentions
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First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.