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Day in the Life

May 21, 1891

Journal Entry

May 21, 1891 ~ Thursday

21. I signed 40 Recommends I received
15 Letters. I laid out the foundation for my
House at the farm

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Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Letter from John Persson, 21 May 1891
Payson Utah President Wilford Wododruff. Dear Brother: yours of the 7th inst. to hand. Permit me to state my circum- stansces as they really are. I have a wife and 3 little children. my family is dependent on my labors for support. I wold have to sele property, that helps the family live, to pay my expenses on the mission eif the means were furnished me I could better have my family and pay my expenses on the mission your Brother in the Gospil John Persson Joseph S Tanner
Discourse 1891-05-21
President Wilford Woodruff said he was thankful to again have the privi- lege of meeting with the teachers and students of the Latter-day Saints' col- lege—with the sons and daughters of Zion raised in these mountains—on the occasion of their commencement exer- cises. He was a strong believer in the proverb that "Knowledge is power," and also in the fact, as he himself viewed it, that the character of a man or woman was formed between childhood and the age of eighteen years. We lived in an age when pres- idents, congressmen, governors and rulers sought to dissociate the Bible from the public schools. This was patent to the whole world in re- gard to our own nation. He was thankful, however, that he had lived long enough to see arrangements made, plans adopted, and schools es- tablished wherein the Bible, the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, the principles of life and salvation were taught to the rising generation. He looked upon geology as one of the most important branches that could be taught, whether in Utah or any other State or Territory. He regarded the young men and women before him as occupying a position different from those in any other part of the world. They were instructed in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in all its fulness, and those principles which were for the exaltation and glory of the children of men. But upon their shoulders a great respon- sibility rested, and it therefore be- hooved them to make good use of the advantages which they possessed. The speaker earnestly urged his hearers to improve their time as far as possible, and seek to qualify themselves for the duties which would hereafter de- volve upon them. He felt a great anxiety for the wel- fare of the sons and daughters of Zion, and he thanked God that they had already begun to lay the founda- tion for a bright future. After speak- ing of the necessity for extending the facilities in the way of the students, President Woodruff expressed his great pleasure at seeing the progress which was being made here and throughout the valleys of these mountains in edu- cational matters. He hoped and trust- ed that means would be granted for the establishing and increasing of those buildings in which the young among the Latter-day Saints were taught, both in this city and else- where in the Territory. In conclusion the speaker prayed that the blessing of God might rest upon all engaged in the good work.

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May 29, 1891
People's Party is disbanded; Church members advised to join Democrat/Republican parties.

May 21, 1891