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Sep 26, 1837

Journal Entry

September 26, 1837 ~ Tuesday

26 I attend a marriage at Mr Jonathan Burgess, his daughter Martha
Burgess
joined in matrimony to Mr Joseph Sylvester. I preached
in the school house No. 2 the spirit of God rested upon me. I spent
the night at Mr John Smith's & I dreamed of seeing the great
Draggon or beast with all of his heads and horns to the number of six
hundred three score and six. [Revelation 13:18] He was about 20 rods in length with
many riding upon his back without fear or alarm 9 miles

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Smith, John, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
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I preached in the school house No. 2. the spirit of God rested upon me. I spent the night at Mr John Smith's & I dreamed of seeing the great Draggon or beast with all of his heads and horns to the number of six hundred three score and six. He was about 20 rods in length with many riding upon his back without fear or alarm
~ Wilford Woodruff

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26. I attended a marriage at Mr Jonathan Burgess Joseph Sylvester to Martha Burgess I preached in the school house No 2 the spirit of God rested upon me I spent the night at Mr John Smiths & I dreamed of seeing the great draggon or beast with all his heads & horns distance 9 miles.

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Sep 26, 1837