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Apr 26, 1898

Journal Entry

April 26, 1898 ~ Tuesday

Tues, Ap 26 I was at the office all day feeling well went home at 4 pm.

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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Letter from Charles Ernst Christian Musig, 26 April 1898
Utah Prest. Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother; I have been called to go on a Mission to Germany to go with a Company to leave Salt Lake May 7th 1898. Two days ago I received a Letter from the Sherif of the Seventh District Court of Manti that I am to appear at the May term of said court Wwhich begins to be held May 9th 1898 to serve as a Petit Juror. This is to be regretted, but wholely unavoidable toby me. I wish your counsol in this matter, will another
Letter from William Henry Griffin, 26 April 1898
President Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City. Dear Brother: Your letter informing me that my name has been suggested as a Missionary has been received. Regarding the call. I feel well. I am thankful that I am thought worthy to enter the ministry to aid in promulgating the Everlasting Gospel. Apostle Merill, who spoke to us at Logan Temple, told us if we had a preference to state it in our answer My preference would be England. My only reason for making this is to look up genealogy. Your brother, W. H. Griffin Jr. W H Griffin senr Bp All right. If needed in Eng, so be it. J. F. S.
Discourse 1898-04-26
Tuesday, . Elders Willard and Richard W. Young called again at the President's Office. Elder Brigham Young was alsom present, and desired that the First Presidency should all be present during the consdideration of the subject intro- duced by the Brothers TYoung. Pres. Jos. F. Smith, not being present, the matter was deferred for some time, but at length was taken up by Prests. W. Woodruff and G. Q. Cannon. The qurestion propounded was, should members of our Church be discouraged by its prominent officials from enlisting as volunteers under the call made by the Presi- dent of the United States. President Wo. Woodruff replied, "Certainly not," and said he regarded it as bad policy for any of our leading men to take a stand not in harmony with the government. He desired that Utah should be among the first to furnish its quoto of volunteers, and asked Pres. Cannon to express his views. Pres. Geo. Q. Cannon said it was clear to him that both Willard and Richard W. Young who had been educated under the government of the United States at West Point, should profer their services to the government and that if any influence at all were exercised by our leading men, it should be in support of the Presi- dent's call. Anything contrary to that would place our volunteers in a very disparaging light and would intimate that there was a reluctance on outr part to respond to the Nation's call. Pres. Woodruff then said to Brothers Willard and Richard W. Young, "Brthren, you n have my mind; go ahead and do your duty, and God bless you." Elder Brigham Young in explanation of his remarks on Sunday stated that many of our young men were running rampant on the war question, and he regarded it as a serious thing for them to indulge in the spirit of bloodshed. It was dfor the wicked to slay the wicked, and not the Saints. His remarks had been misrepresented by the morning papers, and what he did say in substance was, that it would be better for our young men to work tewo years and give the Government the benefit of their earnings to aid in the war, that to enlist for two years and go into a malarial country like Cuba and risk their life or death and become

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April 10, 1898
Wilford's Conference address on his 1877 vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Apr 26, 1898