105 years ago today - Jan 26, 1909

... Where elderly people may be found to be more or less lacking in their observance of the Word of Wisdom, and the question of their worthiness to be recommended to the temple comes before you for consideration, it will be in order for you and the Stake Presidency to consider together all such cases, deciding each on its own merits, and showing appropriate leniency to elderly people, as there can be no rigid rule for each and every case. ...

[Source: Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund [First Presidency] to William H. Seegmiller and counselors, Jan. 26, 1909, as quoted in Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]