Day in the Life

May 15, 1888

Journal Entry

May 15, 1888 ~ Tuesday

15 We took Breakfast in the Temple and Met with
J. D. T. McAllister J. G. Bleak & F M Farnsworth from
St George We visited the whole Temple from the font to
the roof it is the finest Temple best finished & most
costly of any Building the Latter Day Saints have Ever
Built since the organization of the Church it cost over
One Million Dollars I met with several of the brethren
I went to bed at night vary weary and was troubled
with the Asthma & did not sleep at all through the night

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Bleak, James Godson
15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
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Farnsworth, Moses Franklin
5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906

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Daybook (July - November 1887 and April - October 1888)
15 We took breakfast & Met with McAl & Bleak we visited the whole Temple from Base- ment to roof I was quite weary I met with a Number of the Brethrn I was not well did not sleep [sideways text] at all in the night [end of sideways text]

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Wilford directs all 32 stakes to establish Stake Academies to educate youth of the Church.
Church's attorneys obtain commitment from United States Solicitor that temples would not be confiscated.

May 15, 1888