Today in Mormon History - Oct 05

[Brigham Young Sermon] President Brigham Young spoke on the contents of the letter, [which had just been read by Orson Pratt] and expressed his earnest desire that the business might be speedily adjusted and a proper title obtained by the Church. [Nauvoo, Illinois - HC 4:428] (1)
-- 170 years ago today - Oct 5, 1841

Gordon B. Hinckley is ordained an apostle Harold B. Lee directs the development of the Church correlation program (2)
-- 50 years ago today - Oct 5, 1961

Newspaper reports that general authorities have ordered BYU administrators and local church leaders to discipline BYU professor for giving lecture at recent Sunstone Symposium. Persons are dropped from LDS positions and threatened with excommunication for questioning wisdom or necessity of official declaration against symposia. (3)
-- 20 years ago today - Oct 5, 1991


1 - Elden J. Watson, ed. Brigham Young Addresses, 1801-1877: A Chronological Compilation of Known Addresses of the Prophet Brigham Young, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Privately published, 1971)
2 - Madsen, Truman G., The Presidents of the Church
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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