Today in Mormon History - Sep 09

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Sept 9, 1891 I signed 60 Recommends. I received 30 Letters. I met with the Bank board. We had a hard rain at Night. (1)
-- 120 years ago today - Sep 9, 1891

[U.S. Religious History] Jerry Falwell stated: "Since the Antichrist will not be revealed before Jesus comes, I believe conditions are falling in place, i.e., one-world government, so he can rule the world after Jesus comes. But we're moving toward a one-world government through the United Nations, through the world court and a growing world opinion. The problem is that the one-world opinion is taking the side of the Palestinians, not the side of Israel." (2)
-- 10 years ago today - Sep 09, 2001

Apostle (and trained scientist) John A. Widsoe writes from England that he thinks James E. Talmadge's speech "The Earth and Man" should be published by the Church as it is. The speech accepts geologist's determination of the age of the earth and that fossils are remnants of life that lived and died before Adam. A group of three apostles, including Joseph Fielding Smith, is adamantly against publication of the speech. After two months of meetings (one lasting seven hours) the speech is published and later issued as a pamphlet. (3)
-- 80 years ago today - Sep 9, 1931

1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com