Today in Mormon History - Oct 07

Amasa Mason Lyman: Appointed to serve mission to New York City 7 October 1841. (1)
-- 170 years ago today - Oct 7, 1841

Brigham Young changes seniority of apostles Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor and ranks Woodruff after Taylor, first time in 22 years. Says their ranking should be according to ordination date rather than previous ranking according to age. (2)
-- 150 years ago today - Oct 7, 1861

[General Conference, October 1916, Apostle Hyrum M. Smith, son of President Joseph F. Smith publicly attacked Catholicism claiming that it Â"is a great liability in any nation. It wields a power for evil... [Catholicism] does not promote civilization, it binds them in the thralldom of superstition.Â" Salt Lake Catholic Bishop Joseph F. Glass, responded, writing to Joseph F. Smith on Oct. 7, 1916 asking if Â"the sentiments expressed by Hyrum M. Smith represent the feelings of the Latter-Day Saints toward the Catholic Church?Â" Joseph F. Smith gave the letter to his son and Hyrum M. Smith who wrote a letter to Joseph S. Glass on October 11, 1916 in response:

Â"It would have been more consistent, in my judgment, had you submitted your questions to me rather than to the President of the Church, since I alone am responsible for the remarks to which you make reference."] General (3)
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1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - 19161007