Today in Mormon History - Sep 05

Parley P. Pratt departs en route to Chile as the first missionary to South America. (1)
-- 160 years ago today - Sep 05, 1851

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5 Conference to day. I spent the day at home. (2)
-- 120 years ago today - Sep 5, 1891

Joseph Smith "preached to a large congregation at the Stand, on the Science and practice of Medicine, desiring to persuade the Saints to trust in God when sick, and not in an arm of flesh, and live by faith and not by medicine, or poison, and when they were sick, and had called for the Elders to pray for them, and they were not healed, to use herbs and mild food." (3)
-- 170 years ago today - Sep 5, 1841

1 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com