Wilford called back to Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 20, 1885 ~ Sunday
Dec 20th 1885
Sunday Sister Susannah Hunters funeral was held to day
John Henry Smith & H. J. Grant wroand several others
spoke at the funeral M Sister George Reynolds was
also buried to day Brother F D Richards Preached her
funeral sermon. John Henry Smith spoke this Afternoon
in the Big Tabernacle to a full congregation I spent the
day in the House, and was accompanied by my Daughter
Susan I am still a free Man although an Exile
[FIGURES 16]
One year has passed away since the prosicution
and Persecution commenced against the Latter Day
Saints for Poligamy and the Persecution has increased
more & more untill the present time, untill 40 or 50 of
our Elders are imprisioned for obeying the Law of God
And Now the Congress of the United States are attempting
to Pass Laws to destroy the Latter Day Saints and take
away all our rights. Our Nation is fast ripening
itself and getting Prepared for the Judgments of God
which will cause there utter overthrow & destruction
great Destruction & Judgments are at the Door of this
generation. The whole Christian world are over-
whelmed to day with whoredoms Murder and abomina-
tions of Every kind
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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Heber Jeddy
22 Nov 1856 - 14 May 1945
275 mentions
Apostle
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
297 mentions
Apostle
Reynolds, Mary Ann Tuddenham
19 Sep 1846 - 16 Dec 1885
1 mention
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
361 mentions
Family
Hunter, Susannah Wann
1825-1885
2 mentions
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Wilford sees his wife Phebe for the last time and gives her a blessing.
Phebe Woodruff dies; Wilford watches funeral from Church office to avoid arrest.