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Day in the Life

Sep 2, 1887

Journal Entry

September 02, 1887 ~ Friday

2 [FIGURES] I receivd 5 Letters & wrote 27 Letters & wrote
5 Private & 22 Publickc wrote to Emma, Susan & Phebe
Clara Ovanda & Blanch & Jaques sent $20 to Susan
& Phebe Scholes. we had a report yesterday from
F M Lyman of the Manti Temple of the Expens up to
sept 1, 1887 Church had Paid $429,902.82
The Stakes had paid up to date $460,760.13
Total up to date $890,6862.975
Almost one half of this Expens was in Moving a
Mountain to get a place to build a Temple on

People

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Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
381 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Lyman, Francis Marion
12 Jan 1840 - 16 Nov 1916
240 mentions
Apostle
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
439 mentions
Beebe, Ovando Collins
14 May 1867 - 27 Dec 1928
163 mentions
Family
Scholes, Phebe Carter Saville
6 Oct 1862 - 29 Nov 1926
113 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

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Manti Temple, Manti, Sanpete County, Utah Territory

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Letter to Clara Martisha Woodruff Beebe and Ovando Collins Beebe, 2 September 1887
Salt Lake U.T. Clara & Ovando My Dear Friends Last Evening on Arival at our abiding place I Received a package from Emma containing Letters from Clara & Blanch to Ma all of which I Read with much interest before going to bed as to myself I have been so overwhelmed in business for a few days, being in Council all day on important questions and at intermission look over from 30 to 50 Letters in a Day I almost forgot that I have a wife or children in the world but as soon as I ketch breath I Remember I have a couple of girls in provo with an Ovando to watch over them I Remember them when I pray I am vary glad to hear from you I hope you may all keep well & get a Letter from Sarah a few days since Arabella is still quite poorly her children are
Letter from William Paxman, 2 September 1887
[end of sideways text] Gisborne, Poverty Bay New Zealand Sept 2nd 1887 To the Counselors of our Deceased Prophet, and the Quoram of the Apostles. My Dearest Beloved Brethren Upon my arrival at this place, after a four months trip to the South and west part of this Island. I was pained indeed to receive with my home mail, on the 27th Ulto, the sad and Sorrowful intellegence of the Death of poor aged, avenerable and dearly beloved Prophet President John Taylor; realizing full well that ^at^ this critical period in our history that his valuable Services could it be spared. But the Lord who controls the destinies of men and nations will not Permit any thing to occur to ret- ard the progress of His work, and real- ize also that He can and will raise up ano- ther as great, good and noble as our beloved Prophet who has been So recently called to labor in another Sphere, to carry on His work on the earth; Yet with all these assurances and the knowledge that we have of the mercies and loving kindness of our Heavenly Father we cannot help but mourn fo the noble and illustrious dead, we, indeed, would be more than mortal if we felt otherwise; But thanks be to God we have the hope and the assurance, that if we conduct our lives as becom- eth L. D. Saints that we will again meet and clasp hands with that noble Son of God, and that too where there will be no longer the Power of darkness to rule over and bind us in our endeavors
Letter to Winifred Blanche Woodruff, 2 September 1887
Salt Lake U. T. Miss Winifred Blanch Woodruff the Lady of the Lake My Dear Daughter I received your vary Nice letter of Aug 26 I was vary much pleased with the contents of your letter but very proud of the improvement you make in your penman- ship you improve much in your writing and dont you think I improve a little in mine I have one of my clerks sitting by my side writing letters for me but He is kept employed in writing my public letters I write my own private family love letters and leave them to read them you speak of coming home on a visit I hope you will so manage it as not leave your school more than you can help but so Manage it as to come Friday or Saturday & spend the Sabath & get back to Monday school I should be vary Glad to see you I have not seen Asahel Ma since she got

Events

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July 25, 1887
Wilford, as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, becomes the leader of the Church.

Sep 2, 1887