140 years ago today - Jan 5, 1881

[Franklin D. Richards]

Council at 2'-John Henry Smith opened & F[ranklin]. D. R[ichards]. prayed at alter. Form for prayer & list of names of our persecutors read & considered with view to washing of Feet & presenting before the Lord according to Rev[elation]. ... Pr[e]s[iden]t. W[ilford]. Woodruff dedicated N[orth]. E[ast]. corner room for Council room of the 12 Apostles. I also attend[ed] the dedication of the council chamber of the Twelve. President [Wilford] Woodruff offered the dedicatory prayer and I read the 123 Section of the Doctrine and Covenants new edition.

[Franklin D. Richards Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]

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