[Rudger Clawson]
....A letter from Pres. J. F. Smith was read. Said that they (namely, Elders S. B. Young, presidency of the Juarez Stake, and himself) had met in council with [BYU President] B[enjamin] Cluff, Jr., pres. of the B. Y. College Scientific Expedition to South America and that Elder Cluff could not give up his cherished project to continue the expedition, although they had so advised it, and in consequence he would select 7 or 8 of his best men to continue the journey, the remainder to be released to take a mission to the S.W. States or return home. Some considerable discussion was indulged in regarding the unwillingness, apparently, of Elder Cluff to take the advice of Pres. J. F. Smith. ... Finally, it was moved and carried by unanimous vote that Pres. J. F. Smith be telegraphed to release and return the members of the expedition to their homes....
Apostle Reed Smoot called attention to the fact that the presidency and high council of the Utah Stake had made a distribution of the 10% tithing set apart as compensation to the bishops, and bishops' clerks, and stake tithing clerks, and that out of the distribution a small margin was reserved to meet some of the stake expenses, such as janitor hire and electric lighting for the stake tabernacle, and sundry other church items. The distribution, he said, was entirely satisfactory to the bishops and all others concerned. Bishop W. B. Preston, the presiding bishop, he remarked, objected to this arrangement, taking the position that the entire 10% should go to the bishops. While no formal vote was taken, it seemed to be the mind of the Presidency and brethren, that the presidency of a stake and high council had ample authority to make the distribution of the said 10%, and that if their action was accepted by the general authorities of the stake, it should stand.
[Stan Larson (editor), A Ministry of Meetings: The Apostolic diaries of Rudger Clawson, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1993, http://bit.ly/rudgerclawson]
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Several curious tidbits that happened on this day in Mormon History
125 years ago today - Aug 9, 1900; Thursday
A letter from President Joseph F. Smith was read. It was dated Juarez [Mexico] 2nd, and conveyed the information that it had been decided to allow Brother [BYU President] Benjamin Cluff to select six or seven of his best men to accompany him, and the others were to be honorably released from the expedition with the privilege of going into the mission field or returning home. President Smith, in closing his letter says: "Bro[ther]. Cluff could not give up his cherished scheme of exploring the south, although I told him we thought it would be well for him to do so."
...Elder Cluff's marital relations were now freely discussed. It seemed that some time ago, but long since the issuance of the Manifesto, he, although already a married man, won the affections of one of his students, and diplomatically endeavored in a quiet way to convey the idea that he had married her, and this he did in hopes of having the marriage ceremony performed secretly in the future. At least this is the supposition. This matter was brought to the attention of President Snow in the presence of Brother Cluff, when it was held by Professor Cluff that there was nothing wrong whatever in the relations between himself and the young lady, but he expressed the desire that the marriage ceremony could be performed...
President Snow then said that from what he had heard, he felt that he should feel perfectly safe in sending word to President Smith that it was the mind of the Twelve--and it was certainly his mind--that the expedition return.
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
...Elder Cluff's marital relations were now freely discussed. It seemed that some time ago, but long since the issuance of the Manifesto, he, although already a married man, won the affections of one of his students, and diplomatically endeavored in a quiet way to convey the idea that he had married her, and this he did in hopes of having the marriage ceremony performed secretly in the future. At least this is the supposition. This matter was brought to the attention of President Snow in the presence of Brother Cluff, when it was held by Professor Cluff that there was nothing wrong whatever in the relations between himself and the young lady, but he expressed the desire that the marriage ceremony could be performed...
President Snow then said that from what he had heard, he felt that he should feel perfectly safe in sending word to President Smith that it was the mind of the Twelve--and it was certainly his mind--that the expedition return.
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
175 years ago today - Aug 9, 1850
The United States Attorney in Illinois files a complaint to recover a debt Joseph Smith owed from the 1840 purchase of the steamship NAUVOO. The judge upholds the Illinois law that no church can legally hold more than ten acres of property, but he also rules that all the property which exceeded the allotted ten acres that Joseph held either personally or as trustee-in-trust after 1842 must be sold to pay the creditors. This includes all the other property Joseph had conveyed to Emma or the children after that time.
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
85 years ago today - Aug 8, 1940
[Heber J. Grant]
I approved a long letter prepared by President Clark to a sister who wants to live according to the law of Moses ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I approved a long letter prepared by President Clark to a sister who wants to live according to the law of Moses ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
125 years ago today - Aug 8, 1900
The first of two plural marriages in Mexico that second counselor Joseph F. Smith secretly authorizes without the knowledge of President Lorenzo Snow, who prohibits polygamous ordinances. Counselor Smith instructs senior Seventy's president Seymour B. Young to perform the polygamous marriages.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
130 years ago today - Aug 8, 1895
First Presidency met with us at 11 a. m. After Circle prayers we partook of the sacrament of bread and wine. ... It was decided by the First Presidency and Twelve that it was not a good thing for women to register and vote at the coming fall election; they thought it would endanger Statehood.
[Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
130 years ago today - Aug 8, 1895
Much talk over letter from Mr. Blackwell of Boston of Aug 6 to sister Zina D Young writing strongly against the women of voting on the Constitution as they have not the suffrage until the Constitution gives it to them
[Diary Excerpts of Franklin D. Richards, 1887-1897, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Diary Excerpts of Franklin D. Richards, 1887-1897, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
180 years ago today - Aug 8 [1845]
[Brigham Young]
.... In the evening went to Wm [William] Smith [age 34] and sealed [him] to Miss Rice [age 14] --
[Brigham Young Journal # 4 in the handwriting of: William Clayton, Evan Greene, John D. Lee, Willard Richards. First person account kept by others. 'Lieut. Genl Brigham Young's Journal 1844']
.... In the evening went to Wm [William] Smith [age 34] and sealed [him] to Miss Rice [age 14] --
[Brigham Young Journal # 4 in the handwriting of: William Clayton, Evan Greene, John D. Lee, Willard Richards. First person account kept by others. 'Lieut. Genl Brigham Young's Journal 1844']
185 years ago today - 1840 Aug 8
Joseph answers John C. Bennett's letters, stating, "My general invitation is, Let all that will, come, and partake of the poverty of Nauvoo freely.-
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ttN3vOzf2UcVhruCrvDf9pF27T0o0PP0Xj1X98tKBc/edit?fbclid=IwAR3HXLgL-X-M_c5LT2W-_F7AYqsqqaQ0yIhfNuyeFsX85irSPuEO6_Q993A]
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ttN3vOzf2UcVhruCrvDf9pF27T0o0PP0Xj1X98tKBc/edit?fbclid=IwAR3HXLgL-X-M_c5LT2W-_F7AYqsqqaQ0yIhfNuyeFsX85irSPuEO6_Q993A]
80 years ago today - Aug 7, 1945
[Joseph Fielding Smith]
The papers reported the dropping of an 'atom' bomb on Hiroshima, Japan which was more powerful than 200,000 tons of TNT. It practically destroyed the entire city. The terror of such warfare is appalling and the lengths that human beings can go to in bitter and deadly conflict is horrorfying. What can happen to the world if this report is true?
[Joseph Fielding Smith Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
The papers reported the dropping of an 'atom' bomb on Hiroshima, Japan which was more powerful than 200,000 tons of TNT. It practically destroyed the entire city. The terror of such warfare is appalling and the lengths that human beings can go to in bitter and deadly conflict is horrorfying. What can happen to the world if this report is true?
[Joseph Fielding Smith Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
85 years ago today - Aug 7, 1940
[President Heber J. Grant]
I did not go to sleep last night until after midnight. I was thinking of the political situation, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's running for a third term. I am unalterably opposed, and I doubt whether I am justified in keeping quiet. I feel that it is an outrage that any man should aspire to a third term in view of the history of all our Presidents up to the present time and the feeling of the people generally. I realize that it would create a good deal of ill will on the part of the people, but I think the way he secured the nomination was an outrage. As a gambler would say, 'the deck was packed to a fare-thee-well.' I just couldn't sleep.
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I did not go to sleep last night until after midnight. I was thinking of the political situation, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's running for a third term. I am unalterably opposed, and I doubt whether I am justified in keeping quiet. I feel that it is an outrage that any man should aspire to a third term in view of the history of all our Presidents up to the present time and the feeling of the people generally. I realize that it would create a good deal of ill will on the part of the people, but I think the way he secured the nomination was an outrage. As a gambler would say, 'the deck was packed to a fare-thee-well.' I just couldn't sleep.
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
90 years ago today - Aug 7, 1935
[Joseph Anderson]
President Grant, to whom your letter of August 6 is addressed, is in the East at the present time.
I suggest that it would be better for you to confide in the Bishop of your Ward, who understands the nature of your husband better than does President Grant. We will say this, however, that it is a good thing for a man to realize that woman is mistress of her own body.
[Joseph Anderson, Letter to Mrs. W. E. Cozzens, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
President Grant, to whom your letter of August 6 is addressed, is in the East at the present time.
I suggest that it would be better for you to confide in the Bishop of your Ward, who understands the nature of your husband better than does President Grant. We will say this, however, that it is a good thing for a man to realize that woman is mistress of her own body.
[Joseph Anderson, Letter to Mrs. W. E. Cozzens, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
110 years ago today - Aug 7, 1915; Saturday
[James E. Talmage]
Practically every spare moment of my time since my return from San Francisco has been given up to the revision of copy and reading of proofs for the book "Jesus the Christ" the printing of which is now well advanced.
[James E. Talmage, Diary]
Practically every spare moment of my time since my return from San Francisco has been given up to the revision of copy and reading of proofs for the book "Jesus the Christ" the printing of which is now well advanced.
[James E. Talmage, Diary]
135 years ago today - Aug 7, 1890
[Heber J. Grant]
At 2 attended a meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles in the Gardo House. All of the Presidency, ten of the Apostles and Counselor Wells were present. Thirteen clothed and we had a prayer circle. It was one of the largest circles that I have ever attended of the Presidency and Apostles. After our prayer circle we adjourned to the lower room of the Gardo and held a long meeting. It lasted until about seven PM ... The subjects that were talked about were Arizona Politics, the loaning of money to the Hedrickites on the Temple site. The Cannon House, The Street Car Stock sold Armstrong. Pres[iden]t Cannon's connection with the Bullion Beck and Champion Mining Co. It was decided that the Presidency of the Arizona Stakes should meet some of the brethren in California and that a decision should then be arrived at on Arizona politics. It was the opinion of those present that we should not vote solidly for either of the National Political Parties. Decided to loan $15,000 on the
Temple Site ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
At 2 attended a meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles in the Gardo House. All of the Presidency, ten of the Apostles and Counselor Wells were present. Thirteen clothed and we had a prayer circle. It was one of the largest circles that I have ever attended of the Presidency and Apostles. After our prayer circle we adjourned to the lower room of the Gardo and held a long meeting. It lasted until about seven PM ... The subjects that were talked about were Arizona Politics, the loaning of money to the Hedrickites on the Temple site. The Cannon House, The Street Car Stock sold Armstrong. Pres[iden]t Cannon's connection with the Bullion Beck and Champion Mining Co. It was decided that the Presidency of the Arizona Stakes should meet some of the brethren in California and that a decision should then be arrived at on Arizona politics. It was the opinion of those present that we should not vote solidly for either of the National Political Parties. Decided to loan $15,000 on the
Temple Site ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
135 years ago today - Aug 7, 1890
The First Presidency and apostles agree to loan $5,000 to the Church of Christ, Temple Lot, as a mortgage on part of their property in Independence, Missouri. Elder Hall of this "Hedrickite" group originally offers seven lots for $20,000 mortgage.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
135 years ago today - Aug 7, 1890
[Brigham Young Jr.]
Pres[iden]t L[orenzo] Snow said none of the Twelve shall loose one of their children if they do not commit the unpardonable sin.
[Brigham Young Jr., Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
Pres[iden]t L[orenzo] Snow said none of the Twelve shall loose one of their children if they do not commit the unpardonable sin.
[Brigham Young Jr., Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
180 years ago today - Aug 7, 1845
This morning I dreamed I saw brother Joseph Smith and as I was going about my business he says brother Brigham don't be in a hurry, this was repeated the second and third time, when it came in a degree of sharpness. -- Nauvoo, Illinois
[Brigham Young Office Journals, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
[Brigham Young Office Journals, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
130 years ago today - Aug 6, 1895
[Heber J. Grant]
At 2 pm attended the regular quarterly meeting of the apostles in the Temple Pres[iden]t Snow felt ... that the first quorum of the apostles, in our day, although selected by men directed by revelation to call them had never come to a perfect union as we have done. The twelve selected by our Lord and Savior were not all united. [Compare to with these] our union is glorious.
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
At 2 pm attended the regular quarterly meeting of the apostles in the Temple Pres[iden]t Snow felt ... that the first quorum of the apostles, in our day, although selected by men directed by revelation to call them had never come to a perfect union as we have done. The twelve selected by our Lord and Savior were not all united. [Compare to with these] our union is glorious.
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
130 years ago today - Aug 6, 1895
[Francis M. Lyman]
[Council] Pres[ident] Snow made nice opening speech. He censured bro[ther]s Thatcher and Merrill for not being with us. ... Bro[ther] Brigham reported that ... bro[ther] Merrill does not attend meetings in that ward and does not partake of the sacrament there. ... I spent the evening with B[isho]p B. Preston. Talked over Frank J. Cannon's transgressions. He only knows of one woman he ruined. A man was sent to come home from a mission for fear his wife would be ruined by Frank, and some talk about another girl.
[Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Council] Pres[ident] Snow made nice opening speech. He censured bro[ther]s Thatcher and Merrill for not being with us. ... Bro[ther] Brigham reported that ... bro[ther] Merrill does not attend meetings in that ward and does not partake of the sacrament there. ... I spent the evening with B[isho]p B. Preston. Talked over Frank J. Cannon's transgressions. He only knows of one woman he ruined. A man was sent to come home from a mission for fear his wife would be ruined by Frank, and some talk about another girl.
[Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
135 years ago today - Aug 6, 1890
[Heber J. Grant]
[At a meeting of the Apostles where they each give the other blessings] Brother Moses made me very many precious promises. I was so filled that I could not make much of an effort to remember what he said. I recall that he promised me among other things that I should have long life and that the veil between me and eternity should be so thin that I could look beyond. I was promised that I should see father, the Prophet Joseph, the Savior, and some of the ancient prophets. Said the Lord was well pleased with the integrity of my heart. I was admonished that there was no power only through humility. I was promised that my influence should increase among the people. The blessing which brother Moses gave me was a very great comfort as I had wondered whether the labors that I had been performing had been acceptable in the sight of the Lord. ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[At a meeting of the Apostles where they each give the other blessings] Brother Moses made me very many precious promises. I was so filled that I could not make much of an effort to remember what he said. I recall that he promised me among other things that I should have long life and that the veil between me and eternity should be so thin that I could look beyond. I was promised that I should see father, the Prophet Joseph, the Savior, and some of the ancient prophets. Said the Lord was well pleased with the integrity of my heart. I was admonished that there was no power only through humility. I was promised that my influence should increase among the people. The blessing which brother Moses gave me was a very great comfort as I had wondered whether the labors that I had been performing had been acceptable in the sight of the Lord. ...
[Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
135 years ago today - Aug 6, 1890
[Brigham Young Jr.]
Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow promised great blessing to this Quorum, should, if we sought it, live to see the Savior in the flesh. And these brethren have power to lengthen out their lives. God approves of it said Pres[iden]t. L[orenzo]. Snow.
[Brigham Young Jr. Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow promised great blessing to this Quorum, should, if we sought it, live to see the Savior in the flesh. And these brethren have power to lengthen out their lives. God approves of it said Pres[iden]t. L[orenzo]. Snow.
[Brigham Young Jr. Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
155 years ago today - Saturday August 6, 1870
[Payson School of the Prophets]
.... All nations are planning to destroy life while we are trying to perpetuate life, and to protect it.
Elder Wimmer ... Bore testimony to the mild and fatherly character of President Young; said he was very far from being the tyrant he is represented to be by his enemies.
[A Record of Sayings and Doings in the School of the Prophets, organized by President Brigham Young September 19, 1868, In Payson City, Utah County, U.T., typescript by Michael Nielsen]
.... All nations are planning to destroy life while we are trying to perpetuate life, and to protect it.
Elder Wimmer ... Bore testimony to the mild and fatherly character of President Young; said he was very far from being the tyrant he is represented to be by his enemies.
[A Record of Sayings and Doings in the School of the Prophets, organized by President Brigham Young September 19, 1868, In Payson City, Utah County, U.T., typescript by Michael Nielsen]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of Susan E. Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... thou shalt live until thou art 83 years old, and till the coming of the Messiah, and shall converse with him. ... and you shall be a prophetess on Mt. Zion, and shall be a Savior with thy companion ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of Nephi Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt have power to raise the dead, and to do any miracle to forward this kingdom; ... thou shalt come upon Mt. Zion with the hundred and forty-four thousand in their robes of righteousness with many of the Holy Prophets face to face. You shall sit in Council with Joseph and Hyrum, and with your Redeemer. ... Shall help to rear a temple in Jackson county, and you shall help to pave the streets around the temple in Jackson county with gold, and you shall hear the prophet Joseph talking unto you about the New Jerusalem. ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of Julia Henrietta Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt be a natural prophetess on Mount Zion and the fulness of the priesthood in due time ... and the Savior will literally lay his hands upon this child when it grows up to womanhood ... and shall stand on the earth at the coming of the Messiah ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of Jesse Nathaniel Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... and ordain you an Elder in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that you may thwart every plan of the Destroyer, that you may live to the coming of the Messiah, for this is the mind and the will of the Father... Inasmuch as you will hearken to every council of thy parents, thou shalt have the heavens opened to your view... with wives and a great kingdom on the earth, and you shall have great treasures of the earth, and with every desire of thy heart upon Mount Zion, and thou shalt converse with your savior face to face ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of James Henry Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... thou shalt be very useful in this kingdom in doing much business in writing and recording the council of heaven and the angels of God shall rejoice over thee... and shall converse with your Savior face to face, and many of the holy prophets since the world began. Thou art of Ephraim, and a lawful heir to the fulness of the priesthood and with wives and a great kingdom on the earth, and shall sit in council with the Ancient of Days, and with all the holy prophets since the world began ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865
Patriarchal Blessing of Charles Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt be like Nephi of old, and the hidden treasures of the earth shall be unfolded to your mind, for no good thing shall be with[h]eld from thee. Thou art of Joseph and a lawful heir to the fulness of the priesthood, and with wives and a kingdom on the Earth forever, and your table shall be spread with the bounties of the earth. For I ordain you an Elder, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that you may comprehend many things of the Father, and sit in council with the Ancient of Days, and receive the fulness of the priesthood by the hand of the Savior, and be crowned with eternal lives. Amen.
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
195 years ago today - Aug 6, 1830
A "Joseph Smith" (Joseph Smith Sr.?) signs a petition in the "rabidly anti-Masonic newspaper" 'The Seneca Farmer and Waterloo Advertiser'
[Homer, Michael, 'Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry':The Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism, Dialogue, Vol. 27, No. 3]
[Homer, Michael, 'Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry':The Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism, Dialogue, Vol. 27, No. 3]
30 years ago today - Aug 5, 1995
CHURCH NEWS lists 117 appointments to new position (non-hierarchy) of "Area Authorities," including native-born professors at universities in Brazil, Canada, England, Japan, and Korea.
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
30 years ago today - Aug 5, 1995
The Church News lists 117 appointments to the new position (non-hierarchy) of "Area Authorities," including native-born professors at universities in Brazil, Canada, England, Japan, and Korea.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
50 years ago today - Aug 5, 1975-Tuesday
[Leonard Arrington]
This morning after our executives meeting, Florence Jacobsen asked me to come to her office and she said that she and her husband would like to give $10,000 to the Mormon History Trust Fund with the understanding that we will prepare or direct the preparation of histories or biographies of Jedediah and Rachel Ivins Grant, the parents of Heber J. Grant; and also the three wives of Heber J. Grant. I told her that we would accept the money and work on these projects, all of which would need to be done as a part of our general preparation of doing a general biography or history of Heber J. Grant as president of the Church. Sister Jacobsen said she wished this matter of her donation to the Mormon History Trust Fund kept quiet; that is, she does not want this information to be told publicly. ...
[Confessions of a Mormon historian : the diaries of Leonard J. Arrington, 1971-1997, Gary James Bergera, editor, Signature Books, 2018]
This morning after our executives meeting, Florence Jacobsen asked me to come to her office and she said that she and her husband would like to give $10,000 to the Mormon History Trust Fund with the understanding that we will prepare or direct the preparation of histories or biographies of Jedediah and Rachel Ivins Grant, the parents of Heber J. Grant; and also the three wives of Heber J. Grant. I told her that we would accept the money and work on these projects, all of which would need to be done as a part of our general preparation of doing a general biography or history of Heber J. Grant as president of the Church. Sister Jacobsen said she wished this matter of her donation to the Mormon History Trust Fund kept quiet; that is, she does not want this information to be told publicly. ...
[Confessions of a Mormon historian : the diaries of Leonard J. Arrington, 1971-1997, Gary James Bergera, editor, Signature Books, 2018]
135 years ago today - Aug 5, 1890
The object of these councils of 12 apostles being the mutually interchange sentiments promote perfect union and derive strength from our Heavenly Father & more fully [?] our callings & Apostleships. ... Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow F[ranklin]. D. R[ichards]. B[righam]. Y[oung]. [Jr.] and Moses Thatcher spoke acknowledging their faults and asking brethren forgiveness if they had offended.
[Franklin D. Richards Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
[Franklin D. Richards Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
145 years ago today - Aug 5, 1880 (Thursday)
Under the administration of the Elders, Eliza Robinson, of the Birmingham branch, England, was instantly healed of ulcers, after fifteen years suffering.
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
150 years ago today - Aug 5, 1875
The trial of John Lee ends in a hung jury, with the nine Mormon jurors voting to acquit and the three non-Mormon jurors voting to convict. The trial, however, severely tarnishes the reputation of the LDS Church in the eyes of most Americans.
[Linder, Douglas, The Mountain Meadows Massacre Trials, http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/mountainmeadows/leechrono.html]
[Linder, Douglas, The Mountain Meadows Massacre Trials, http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/mountainmeadows/leechrono.html]
150 years ago today - Aug 5, 1875
Apostle Joseph Angell Young dies. He had never been a member of the First Presidency and was never added to the Quorum of the Twelve.
[Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)]
[Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)]
170 years ago today - Aug 5, 1855 (Evening)
President Young though[t] none would inherit this earth when it became celestial and translated into the presence of God but those who would be crowned as Gods and able to endure the fulness of the presence of God except they might be permitted to take with them some servants for whom they would be held responsible. All others would have to inherit another kingdom, even that kingdom agreeing with the law which they had kept. He thought they would eventually have the privilege of proving themselves worthy of advancing to a celestial kingdom, but it would be a slow progress. -- SLC Tabernacle
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal. 9 Vols. Scott G. Kenney, ed. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1983-85. 4:333-334, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal. 9 Vols. Scott G. Kenney, ed. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1983-85. 4:333-334, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
175 years ago today - Aug 5, 1850 (Monday)
Pres. Brigham Young pointed out the site for a Temple on the hill where the Manti Temple, Sanpete Co., Utah, now stands.
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
10 years ago today - 2015 August 4
The first photos of Joseph Smith's seer stone are made public by the Joseph Smith Papers Project, along with an Ensign article explaining its use in translating the Book of Mormon.
[Wikipedia, 21st Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century_(Mormonism)]
[Wikipedia, 21st Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century_(Mormonism)]
15 years ago today - Aug 4, 2010
In his 136-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker decided that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same sex marriage passed in 2008, is unconstitutional.
[Prop 8 Timeline, NBC San Diego, http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Proposition-8-Timeline-History-California--138796454.html]
[Prop 8 Timeline, NBC San Diego, http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Proposition-8-Timeline-History-California--138796454.html]
115 years ago today - Aug 4, 1910; Thursday
A letter was read from President William A. Seegmiller, dated June 30th, from Tahiti, presenting a very embarrassing condition which our elders are confronted with in this: that the young Tahitians, after reaching ages ranging from 12 years upwards, continue the practice of their forefathers by living together as husband and wife; that after doing this for some years, after getting tired of a life of smoking, card-playing, &c., some of them will perhaps get married with a view of turning over a new leaf, and the custom is that they ask forgiveness, for the reason that they are already members of the Church, having been baptized when they were eight years of age, and they are then received by vote into fellowship; and by this time they generally have raised a family, and getting well along in life. This is a general condition among all faiths in religions in Tahiti, and this condition prevails despite the labors and teachings of the elders, and the government permits it, and in fact
many of the high French officials are themselves living with native women outside the marriage relation; and the absence of a marriage law makes it very hard for our elders, as we do not receive people as members of the Church living together in this done with [sic] our young native people who have been baptized when eight years of age, and who get in this condition a few years afterwards. Shall wholesale excommunication be made, or shall the wheat and tares be allowed to remain.
As President Smith had already given advice on the same question, it was concluded to lay this over until his return home. ...
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
many of the high French officials are themselves living with native women outside the marriage relation; and the absence of a marriage law makes it very hard for our elders, as we do not receive people as members of the Church living together in this done with [sic] our young native people who have been baptized when eight years of age, and who get in this condition a few years afterwards. Shall wholesale excommunication be made, or shall the wheat and tares be allowed to remain.
As President Smith had already given advice on the same question, it was concluded to lay this over until his return home. ...
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
180 years ago today - Aug 4, 1845
[William Clayton]
P.M. met at Dr Richards but the brethren did not come till late & I left. Emmett was at the council. He says his company are settled among the Sioux Indians about 200 miles beyond Council Bluffs. He says the old chief told him the United States government had promised to send white men amongst his tribe to learn them to raise grain &c but had fail-'s and he was determined now he had the opportunity to have the white people settle amongst them to avail himself of the privilege. It seems this is a favorable prospect for our having a home amongst that tribe if the United States should drive us. Emmett was baptized this evening but whether he will prove faithful is yet to be told.
[The Nauvoo Diaries of William Clayton, 1842-1846, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]
P.M. met at Dr Richards but the brethren did not come till late & I left. Emmett was at the council. He says his company are settled among the Sioux Indians about 200 miles beyond Council Bluffs. He says the old chief told him the United States government had promised to send white men amongst his tribe to learn them to raise grain &c but had fail-'s and he was determined now he had the opportunity to have the white people settle amongst them to avail himself of the privilege. It seems this is a favorable prospect for our having a home amongst that tribe if the United States should drive us. Emmett was baptized this evening but whether he will prove faithful is yet to be told.
[The Nauvoo Diaries of William Clayton, 1842-1846, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]
180 years ago today - Aug 4, 1845
Patriarchal Blessing of John Needham given by William Smith ... the Lamanites shall hear thy voice for in other tongues the Gospel shall be preached to them the gift of tongues and interpretation shall be given thee, by Revelation thou shalt speak and thy tongue shall be unloosed none shall deceive thee for thou shalt have the discerning of Spirits also great wisdom even the true knowledge of God power to organize kingdoms and build up a church of God ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
180 years ago today - Aug 4, 1845
Patriarchal Blessing of Ira Rice given by William Smith ... thou art of a peculiar spirit when thy soul is moved it cometh forth from the deep thicket like the fierce lion that maketh the forest to tremble and as a terror upon thine enemies in thy fierce anger thou canst not be turned back for so the Lord maketh thee an avenger of the blood of Prophets ...
[Patriarchal Blessings]
[Patriarchal Blessings]
190 years ago today - (Tue) Aug 4, 1835
The Church temporarily withdrew fellowship from Orson Hyde and William E. McLellin, following their criticism of Sidney Rigdon's grammar school.
[Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm]
[Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm]
45 years ago today - Aug 3, 1980
Three BYU students are injured (Peter Bergstrom, a Swede, critically) in a terroristt bombing of the railway station of Bologna, Italy.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
50 years ago today - Aug 3, 1975-Sunday
[Leonard Arrington]
I should tell also something I heard in the Friday meeting of Bob Thomas, Frank Fox, and myself with Ernest Wilkinson about volume 3 of the BYU history. Someone made a remark about the frenzy with which President [Spencer W.] Kimball has been traveling here and there, making talks. His wife and his counselors became concerned, and entered into a conspiracy to ask his doctor, Ernest Wilkinson, Jr., to counsel him on a medical basis to cut down this activity. So Dr. Wilkinson agreed to do so, and gave him counsel, larded with medical language, about why he should cut his activity some. President Kimball merely looked at him somewhat impatiently and said, "Dr., if you knew what I know, you would not be trying to put a break [brake] on my work."
[Confessions of a Mormon historian : the diaries of Leonard J. Arrington, 1971-1997, Gary James Bergera, editor, Signature Books, 2018]
I should tell also something I heard in the Friday meeting of Bob Thomas, Frank Fox, and myself with Ernest Wilkinson about volume 3 of the BYU history. Someone made a remark about the frenzy with which President [Spencer W.] Kimball has been traveling here and there, making talks. His wife and his counselors became concerned, and entered into a conspiracy to ask his doctor, Ernest Wilkinson, Jr., to counsel him on a medical basis to cut down this activity. So Dr. Wilkinson agreed to do so, and gave him counsel, larded with medical language, about why he should cut his activity some. President Kimball merely looked at him somewhat impatiently and said, "Dr., if you knew what I know, you would not be trying to put a break [brake] on my work."
[Confessions of a Mormon historian : the diaries of Leonard J. Arrington, 1971-1997, Gary James Bergera, editor, Signature Books, 2018]
105 years ago today - Aug 3, 1920
It was reported that the old Historian's Office had been turned over to the L.D.S. University and would be operated in connection with the Gardo House as part of the L.D.S. School of Music. ... President Guy C. Wilson of the L.D.S.U. states that he conferred with Brother Hooper who agreed that the University School of Music be permitted to occupy the old Historian's Office.
[First Presidency, Meeting with Presiding Bishopric, Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
[First Presidency, Meeting with Presiding Bishopric, Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
145 years ago today - Aug 3, 1880
The Mormon Salt Lake Herald reports that "not one-fourth of the registered voters" vote.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
150 years ago today - Aug 3, 1875
[Wilford Woodruff]
I spent the Evening with Bulah. Mrs Woodruff anointed her and I Blessed her <and the Lord revealed to me the [iniquity?]> of <the hearts of both man and woman.>
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I spent the Evening with Bulah. Mrs Woodruff anointed her and I Blessed her <and the Lord revealed to me the [iniquity?]> of <the hearts of both man and woman.>
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
180 years ago today - Aug 3, 1845
[Brigham Young]
Well, it is no matter what day we observe or rest upon, if we rest the seventh part of the time. I don't remember that I have lived a Sabbath but I broke it; if we kindle a fire, we break it; if we prepare our victuals, we break it, if we eat, we break it. The fact is, in order to keep the Sabbath we must lie in bed all day and scarcely breathe. I take everything in life as it comes. I live for my friends and will seek to do everything in my power to heal them when they are sick, that is good to nourish and sustain their sinking nature. And if I could not heal them and they must die. ...
[Sermons and Writings of the Restoration. 4 Vols. Ogden Kraut, ed. Pioneer Press, 1994. 1:67-79; Manuscript. f 219, 81, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
Well, it is no matter what day we observe or rest upon, if we rest the seventh part of the time. I don't remember that I have lived a Sabbath but I broke it; if we kindle a fire, we break it; if we prepare our victuals, we break it, if we eat, we break it. The fact is, in order to keep the Sabbath we must lie in bed all day and scarcely breathe. I take everything in life as it comes. I live for my friends and will seek to do everything in my power to heal them when they are sick, that is good to nourish and sustain their sinking nature. And if I could not heal them and they must die. ...
[Sermons and Writings of the Restoration. 4 Vols. Ogden Kraut, ed. Pioneer Press, 1994. 1:67-79; Manuscript. f 219, 81, quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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