Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society
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Excerpt:A Synopsis of my Labors in 1865 I Travelled 1983 Miles I Attended Public Meetings 170 Meeting I Preached 64 discoursed 64 Discourses I Attended two General Conferences 2 Conferences I Attended 62 Prayer Circles 62 Prayer I Ordained 4 Seventies 4 Seventies I Blessed 52 Missionaries in company with the Twelve I Spent 54 days in the Endowment House 54 days We Gave Endowments to 1342 persons 1342 Endowments President B Young sealed several couple President ...
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Excerpt:July 3, 1869 ~ Saturday July 3rd 1869 I met with the school & Attended the circus in the Evening July 4, 1869 ~ Sunday 4. Sunday I Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle J W Cummings Prayed G Q Cannon spoke one Hour G A Smith 14 Minutes. Afternoon Prayer By G. Q. Cannon A sectarian Minister spoke 46 Minutes President Young followed him & spoke 48 Minutes He said one of the Greatest Blessings ...
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Excerpt:August 2, 1869 ~ Monday to August 6, 1869 ~ Friday Aug 2nd 1869 2nd to 6. I spent the week Harvesting &c August 7, 1869 ~ Saturday 7. I attended the school of the Prophets we had the great Eclips upon the sun during school Hours August 8, 1869 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday I met with my prayer Circle attended Meeting in the Tabernacle B Yo[un]g jr spoke in the fMorning followed ...
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Excerpt:October 17, 1869 ~ Sunday Oct 17, 1869 I Attended meeting in the old Tabernacle all day Elder Gibson spoke in the morning 42 Minutes, O. H. Riggs 20 M[inutes], G A Smith 19 M[inutes]. Afternoon A M Musser Prayed Nathan Tanner spoke 20 M[inutes], & G. A. Smith 31. I met with the Presidency & Twelve for prayer in the Evening O. Pratt, W. Woodruff & G. Q. Cannon were Apointed a ...
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Excerpt:A Synopsis of my labors in 1869 I travelled 2172 Miles I Attended 200 Meetings I Preached 83 Discourses 83 discourses I Attended 2 general Conferences 2 Conferences I Attended Prayer Circles with Presidency & 12 22 Meeting I Attended Prayer Circle with W. W. Quorum 21 Meetings Met In Council with Presidency & Twelve 5 Meetings Met with the school of the Prophets 36 days I Assisted in the organization of the school of, 2, the Prophets I Attended 3 High Councils 3 ...
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Excerpt:January 2, 1871 ~ Monday Jan 2nd 1871 I went to the farm & sawed & splip up pin timber to make posts January 3, 1871 ~ Tuesday 3. I spent the day making posts. I went to the City at night 6 m[iles] January 4, 1871 ~ Wednesday 4. My Horse was taken vary sick with the Fearey Pitt doctored him January 5, 1871 ~ Thursday 5 I spent most of the day in Making a shed for waggons & Horses ...
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Excerpt:Jan 2nd 1872 Church appeared in the Court room to answer to the writ Fitch & Hemstead appeared as his council & asked for Bail. Bates the Prosicuting Attorney also Asked for Bail & Put the sum at $500000. MCKean the Judge Refused Bail But put President Young into the Hands of the Marshall to be confined in one of President Youngs own Homes then President Young returned to his own house ...
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Excerpt:July 28 1872 [FIGURE] I felt well in speaking in the Tabernacle. I attended the prayer circle in the Evening I & went to the 14 ward & herd President Young speak about one hour He told how Joseph got the plates & the attack of 3 Men to get them from him & how he was delived He said there were 7 men with Joseph when he first organized the Endowments & he Brigham Young was the ownly witness on the Earth the rest are dead ...
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Excerpt:August 24, 1872 ~ Saturday Aug 24, 1872 I spent the day stacking wheat & in the Evening I attended a Meeting of the Board of the D A & M Society I received 3 letters [FIGURE] from Sarah, Azmon, & Wilford. A Meeting was held 25In Millers Grove Farmington Davis County at 10 oclok the Presidency & Twelve were there August 25, 1872 ~ Sunday 25. Sunday in company with the Presidency ...
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Excerpt:November 25, 1872 ~ Monday Nov 25, 1872 25 I spent the day at home choreing & attended A council in the Evening in the [FIGURE] City hall I received a letter from David November 26, 1872 ~ Tuesday to November 28, 1872 ~ Thursday 26, 27, 28. I spent the time husking corn & putting up fodder November 29, 1872 ~ Friday 29. I came to the City spent several hours with Col Saxe Paid him ...