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Day in the Life

Apr 28, 1883

Journal Entry

April 28, 1883 ~ Saturday

28 We Met at 10 oclok for a 2 days Meeting Prayer By
Bishop Harper. Statistics were then read. There were
officers and Members 4325, children under 8 years 1870,
Total souls 6195, High Priest 163, Seventies 155, Elders 619,
Priests 86, Teachers 88, Deacons 236. The verbal reports
of the Bishops F D Richards spoke 20 M[inutes] W Woodruff 25 M[inutes]
Afternoon Prayer By Br Kelley. F D Richards spoke 65 M[inutes],
W Woodruff 30 M[inutes]. I spent the night at Phebes

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
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Apostle
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
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Discourse 1883-04-28
Prest. Woodruff gave a brief account of the condition of Salt Lake City; the evils of Babylon existing there and also of the many good things of the Kingdom, Sabbath Schools, Mutual Improve- ment Societies, Female relief societies &c, the great good which is being accomplished by these institutions of Zion, counseled the young and old to let liquor saloons alone.
Discourse 1883-04-28
Prest W Woodruff bore testimony to the truth of the re- marks of Bro. Franklin. The work of our God will eventualy fill the whole earth, and in its progress, it will grind to powder everything organized and put in its path with a view to stop it. God will fight the battles of Zion. We are to build Temples, with pure hands, free from the blood of men. Singing. Ben[ediction]. by B[isho]p. O. A. Perry.

Apr 28, 1883