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Day in the Life

May 18, 1884

Journal Entry

May 18, 1884 ~ Sunday

18 I went to Logan Temple The President & some
of the Twelve went again to the Temple and repeated the
ceremonies of the Dedication of the Temple the same
as yesterday. G Q Cannon read the Dedicatory Prayer
Erastus Snow and F. D. Richards done most of the talking
President Taylor made a few remarks. I was called
upon to preside at the Tabernacle or Assembly Hall
at 10:30 Prayer By C W Penrose

Sunday
Statisctical Report of the stake was read as follows
Apostles 1, Patriarchs 8, Seventies 540, High Priests 481,
Elders 1632, Priests 446, Teachers 364, Deacons 616 Members
8317, Officers & Members 12405, Children under 8 year
5791, Total of Souls 18196. The Authorities of the Church
were then Presented & sustained I called a vote of the people
to turn the meeting into a testimony Meeting which was
voted unanimously. G Teasdale spoke 10 M[inutes], A Carrington
12 M[inutes], Wm Jennings 10 M[inutes], M Thatcher 9, Wm Paxman 9
J. D. T. McAllister 10 M[inutes], C W Penrose 13 M[inutes] A M Cannon
9 M[inutes], Wm H W. 5 M[inutes] W Woodruff 10 M[inutes] He said
saviors would come upon Mount Zion and the Kingdom
would be the Lords. All men should keep an account
and record all the work they do in the Endowments
and that we should sustain our friends & not our Enemies
The Assembly Hall was full all day Afternoon
President Taylor spoke 1 Hour & 40 Minuts. He said
Moses sealed the keys upon the Head of Joseph Smith
to gather together the 12 tribes of Israel in the last days this
is the reason you are here. [Doctrine and Covenants 110:11] The young people were invited to
meet tonight in the Basement at 7 oclok G Q Cannon was
31 1/2 Minuts in reading the Prayer in the Temple E Snow
spoke 35 M[inutes] & F D Richards 25 M[inutes]

People

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
231 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
203 mentions
Penrose, Charles William
4 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1925
169 mentions
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
815 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Teasdale, George
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jul 1907
648 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
648 mentions
Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2347 mentions
209 mentions
Scriptural Figure
419 mentions
Apostle
Jennings, William
13 Sep 1823 - 4 Jan 1886
35 mentions
190 mentions

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Logan Tabernacle, Logan, Cache County, Utah Territory
Logan Temple, Logan, Cache County, Utah Territory

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Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 18 May 1884
Oldham Answered June 6, [18]84 Rexburg Dear Father I am going to write a few lines, and hope they will find you in good health as they now leave me. I must offer an appoligy for not writi- ng to you befor; but I have ben verry buissy & have not ben able write once around yet. I have just return- ed from evening meeting of the Saints of Oldham in the temperance hall, we had a very good meeting; but there were no strangers present. I am laboring with bro Holt, at present in the Oldham district. This district includes Hayfield Stockport Stalybridge Ashton Oldham Shaw Roachdale and Middleton. Bro Holt has had a good deal of experiance in the missionary field and is well qualified to give me some good training. Says he was converted to the truth by a sermon that you preached

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May 18, 1884