Day in the Life

Mar 20, 1853

Journal Entry

March 20, 1853 ~ Sunday

20th In company with Brother Maugn I rode to Brother
Bates from thence to the new city near Bensons mill
& held a meeting with the people & they all agreed to build
in a fort I spent the night with brother Mechum 15

20th Sunday I attended meeting P P. Pratt Preached
was followed by David Whitmore. Brother Pratt Preached
upon the first principles of the gospel said the Ancient prophets
had a knowledge of the gospel & of Jesus Christ & bore testim
ony of him And the Apostles were called to preach it to
the nations I always was Anxious to have the same gospel
esstablished in my day A methodist once asked me if I
did not rejoice to see that denomination prosper so I told him
no I said I wished that denomination & all others would come
down He asked why I said so the church of Christ might be
built up in its stead. I had a man a few days since come

to me with a flying roll from Gladden Bishop & wished to tech
me I herd him awhile I then asked him if He believed
Joseph Smith was a prophet of God & set up the kingdom of God
on the Earth & ordained Twelve Apostles to build up that kingdom
in all the world He said He did I then told him as I was
one of those Twelve Apostles that I should be damned if I
was not in a situation to Judge him & all other men that that
I come in contact with whether their work was of God
or the Devil And I know your Rooll & work is of the Devil
& not of God while you say I shall be damned if I dont
received it, we know the Lord is with the leaders of this
people we know through the wisdom which God has given
president Young he has fed & preserved this people in the wilderness
& in other places & has done well we know he has done well &
that He is the good shepherd that feeds the flock A true shephrd
does not stand in need of telling the flock all the time that
He is the good [shepherd] for the flock knows it without being told of it
met for prayer in the evening

Brother David Fulmer made some good rem[ar]ks & was followed
by brother Kimball who brought up the parable of the threshing
floor & compared it with this place & people He gave good
instruction was follow by W. Woodruff who requested
the people to contine their labours on the Temple

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
Host
Fullmer, David
7 Jul 1803 - 22 Oct 1879
41 mentions
Missionary
Whitmer, David
7 Jan 1805 - 25 Jan 1888
51 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
379 mentions
Apostle
Bishop, Francis Gladden
19 Jun 1809 - 30 Nov 1864
4 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
12 mentions
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Maughan, Peter
7 May 1811 - 24 Apr 1871
32 mentions

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Salt Lake City Temple, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Mar 20, 1853