Today in Mormon History - Jan 08

The Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, completed in 1880 from left-over stones from the Salt Lake Temple construction, was dedicated. (1)
-- 130 years ago today - Jan 8, 1882

[David O. McKay Office Journal] Only one of the Presidency at the office. Heavy mail, and important decisions to render: 1. Question of advisability of urging a Bishop to reconsider refusal to give a recommendation, since the happiness and even the faith of a young girl seemed at stake. Found a satisfactory solution without sacrificing principle. (2)
-- 75 years ago today - Fri Jan 8, 1937

A week after being baptized Willard Richards writes in his journal: "I partook of the sacrament, and was confirmed by Reynolds Cahoon. I received such a measure of the Spirit as to be sensible of the subject of a song of Zion, which was sung by Elder Lyman Sherman, in the gift of tongues, on the coming of Christ." (3)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 8, 1837


1 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
2 - McKay, David O., Office Journal
3 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower

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