RLDS President Joseph Smith III presents a revelation to the RLDS Quorum of Twelve: "It is expedient in me that you ordain priests unto me, of every race who receive the teachings of my law." The LDS church follows suit 113 years later.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
On the same day the Great Emancipator, President Abraham Lincoln, was laid to rest in Springfield, Illinois.
ReplyDeleteNote: the revelation was given in Kendall County, Illinois.
ReplyDeleteThe specific location for the revelation was Sandwich, Illinois - about 140 miles north of Springfield, Illinois.
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