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Day in the Life

Aug 31, 1837

Journal Entry

August 31, 1837 ~ Thursday

31st Last day of summer I visited many friends. I retired in company with
Elder Hale to a grove & sat down under a fir tree and sung a song composed
by Elders Marsh & Pratt on the last day of summer in 1835. The sun that
declines in the far western sky, &c. We then knelt down and worshiped
GOD. We preached in the south schoolhouse. We spent the night at Capt
Justus Eames distance of the day 7 miles

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Hale, Jonathan Harriman
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
148 mentions
Missionary
Ames, Justus
15 May 1790 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle
Marsh, Thomas Baldwin
1 Nov 1800 - 31 Dec 1865
98 mentions
Apostle

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We sat down under the shade of a pine for morning prayers, & O, what glorious contemplations vibrated our souls. Elder Hale read the XVI. ch of Jeremiah that spake of the hunters and fishers that God should chuse in the last days to gather Israel. And of a truth here we were on an Island of the sea standing upon a rock whare we could survey the gallant ships, and also the Island. which was as full of rocks, holes, & caves perhaps as any part of the earth. But what had brought us here? Ah to search out the Blood of Ephraim & gather him from these Islands, rocks, holes, & caves, which were numerous While the sun shed his beams to gladden earth, the spirit of God caused, our souls to rejoice. I sat down in company with Elder Hale, we read, and sung, and Prayed, and rejoiced. We spake of the ancient Prophets & Apostles in Jerusalem and Asia, Also of Nephhi, Alma, Mormon & Moroni in America. We Also spake of Joseph, Oliver, Sidney, & of the twelve
~ Wilford Woodruff
We sat down under the shade of a pine for morning prayers, & O, what glorious contemplations vibrated our souls. Elder Hale read the XVI. ch of Jeremiah that spake of the hunters and fishers that God should chuse in the last days to gather Israel. And of a truth here we were on an Island of the sea standing upon a rock whare we could survey the gallant ships, and also the Island. which was as full of rocks, holes, & caves perhaps as any part of the earth. But what had brought us here? Ah to search out the Blood of Ephraim & gather him from these Islands, rocks, holes, & caves, which were numerous While the sun shed his beams to gladden earth, the spirit of God caused, our souls to rejoice. I sat down in company with Elder Hale, we read, and sung, and Prayed, and rejoiced. We spake of the ancient Prophets & Apostles in Jerusalem and Asia, Also of Nephhi, Alma, Mormon & Moroni in America. We Also spake of Joseph, Oliver, Sidney, & of the twelve
~ Wilford Woodruff

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31st Last day of Summer {shorthand} visited many friends {shorthand} M Elder Hale & myself retired under a fir tree & sang a song composed by Elders Marsh & Pratt on the last day of Summer in 1835 The sun that declines in the far- Western Sky, &c. We then knelt down & worship God. we preached in the south school house {shorthand} {shorthand} I spent the night at Capt Justis Eames distance 7 miles [upside-down text] more fish) Monk fish, Nurs fish, Sunfish, Swordfish, Thrasher, Cat, Whiting, Scuppog, Tootog. Hors mackerel, Eye fish Ground Shark PILOT fish, Gunner, Ling. [end of upside-down text]

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Aug 31, 1837