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Day in the Life

Sep 16, 1856

Journal Entry

September 16, 1856 ~ Tuesday

16th I spent the day in the office on History. I attended the meeting of the Female
relief society in the 14th ward in the evening

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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and unto they servants the Presidency of thy church & we dedicate this House unto the[e] from the Foundation to the top thereof And we pray that the spirit & power of the Devil may never have Dominion over any man or power or place in the mind of any man who labours in this room we pray that thou wilt bless us O Lord with thy holy spirit that we may never profane they name in this house or dishonour the Holy priesthood or bring reproach upon thy cause or grieve thy Holy spirit in any way & we ask the[e] to bless us & to prosper us in all things & we pray that thou wilt bring to our rememberance all things which is necessary to the writing of this history & that papers & documents & all things necessary may be brought to us to enable to compile a right, usful, & proper History. I pray the My Father in Heaven that thou wilt bless these my brethrn that are my companions in this office that our hearts may be united in the bonds of the Holy Priesthood according to the Anointings & Endow- ments givingen unto us that we may be one in spirit, in heart, in faith, works as touching the cause & kingdom in which we are ingaged & we ask the to bless all things that pertain to this office & we pray that when thy servants Brigham, Heber, & Jedediah may come to visit us that they may feel the spirit of God & the spirit of peace resting upon them & that they may feel at home with us while they are beneath this roof and may we understand our duties towards them & in all things. we pray thee to hear us in all things & to accept of this dedication & we pray thee to bless our households our wives & children from this time forth & forever. we pray thee also to bless the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles The Seventies & all the Authorities & Quorums of thy Church. And bless those of thy servants who are among the Nations of the Earth & grant that they may be inspired to send tous an account of there works that we may be enabled to keep a true & faithful record that when we have gone into the world of spirits that the saints of God may be blessed in reading our record which we have kept we ask the O Lord to grant these our request & every other blessing which thou seest we kneed And in the End of our probation may we be saved in thy kingdom & the glory of our salvation we will ascribe to God the Father through Christ our Redeemer even so Amen
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter from John Taylor, 16 September 1856
New York Answerd April 7th 1857 [end of sideways text] New York Sepr. 16, 1856 Br. Woodruff; I received your communication duly, wherein you request me to furnish ^you^ with some details in relation ^to^ events that transpired, previous to, & at the time of the death of Brs. Joseph & Hyrum in Carthage Jail. It affords me very great pleasure to be able to comply with your request & I have written quite a lenghty detail of facts that then occurred, as near as my memory served. I have been aflso assisted by our esteemed Br. Geo. A Smith, to whose good memory of dates, names, & incidents I am very much indebted.

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Sep 1856 - April 1857
Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).

Sep 16, 1856