[William Clayton]
At 20 minutes to 2 P.M. we arrived and halted on Corn Creek, having travelled 21 1/4 miles. A number of the Pauvan Indians were here to beg, and wanted to trade a female child for a gun and two blankets, but none of the brethren appeared disposed to give as much.
[Source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://bit.ly/WilliamClayton]
165 years ago today - May 15, 1852 - Saturday
[George Q. Cannon]
There had been a woman baptised who belonged to the <other> Church; she called upon Bros. Napela and Uaua to administer to her for her disease which was something resembling dropsy [edema]—she tried various remedies but without any benefit—she was willing to covenant that she would forsake her sins and be baptised—they done according and the swelling left her and she was baptised. She attended meeting last Sunday; and afterwards made remarks derogatory to the work, and her swelling returned.
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, 1855–1875, Church Historian's Press, 2016, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
There had been a woman baptised who belonged to the <other> Church; she called upon Bros. Napela and Uaua to administer to her for her disease which was something resembling dropsy [edema]—she tried various remedies but without any benefit—she was willing to covenant that she would forsake her sins and be baptised—they done according and the swelling left her and she was baptised. She attended meeting last Sunday; and afterwards made remarks derogatory to the work, and her swelling returned.
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, 1855–1875, Church Historian's Press, 2016, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
165 years ago today - May 15, 1852 (Saturday)
Wm. Willes reported 189 members of the Church in Calcutta and vicinity, India, of whom 170 were "Ryots," who previously professed Christianity.
[Source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[Source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
175 years ago today - May 15, 1842
[Wilford Woodruff]
Vengance is mine. I will repay saith The Lord.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Vengance is mine. I will repay saith The Lord.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
175 years ago today - May 15, 1842
[Wilford Woodruff]
May 15th 1842 Sunday True information has just reached us that the Noted Governor Boggs of Missouri who By his orders expeled ten thousand Latter Day Saints, Has just Been assassinated in his own house & fallen in his own Blood. Three Ball wer shot through his head two through his Brains & one through his mouth, tongue & throat. Thus this ungodly wretch has fallen in the midst of his iniquity & the vengance of God has overtaken him at last & he has met his Just deserts though by an unknown hand.... Thus Boggs hath died as a fool dieth & gone to his place to receive the reward of his works.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
May 15th 1842 Sunday True information has just reached us that the Noted Governor Boggs of Missouri who By his orders expeled ten thousand Latter Day Saints, Has just Been assassinated in his own house & fallen in his own Blood. Three Ball wer shot through his head two through his Brains & one through his mouth, tongue & throat. Thus this ungodly wretch has fallen in the midst of his iniquity & the vengance of God has overtaken him at last & he has met his Just deserts though by an unknown hand.... Thus Boggs hath died as a fool dieth & gone to his place to receive the reward of his works.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
175 years ago today - 1842 by mid-May
[Hyrum Smith]
Becomes master pro tem of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.
[Source: Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll, Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity, A Brief Chronology of the Life of Hyrum Smith: 1800-1844]
Becomes master pro tem of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.
[Source: Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll, Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity, A Brief Chronology of the Life of Hyrum Smith: 1800-1844]
5 years ago today - May 14, 2012
There is public criticism in the Netherlands of the Mormon practice of baptism by proxy after a Dutch newspaper revealed May 9 that several members of the royal family were posthumously "baptized" into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colloquially known as the Mormon church.
The daily newspaper Trouw quoted unpublished documents in the Mormon church's global genealogical database that show the late Queen Juliana, her husband Prince Bernhard and Queen Beatrix's late husband Prince Claus were all baptized as Mormons after their deaths.
[Source: The Christian Century]
The daily newspaper Trouw quoted unpublished documents in the Mormon church's global genealogical database that show the late Queen Juliana, her husband Prince Bernhard and Queen Beatrix's late husband Prince Claus were all baptized as Mormons after their deaths.
[Source: The Christian Century]
40 years ago today - May 14, 1977
Aaronic Priesthood and Young women changed to simply Young Men and Young women, and a General Presidencies of each program reinstated.
[Source: Correlation Timeline, Compiled by Lisle Brown]
[Source: Correlation Timeline, Compiled by Lisle Brown]
40 years ago today - May 14, 1977
A bishops central storehouse, the second in the Church and first outside of Salt Lake City, opened at Colton, Calif.
[Source: Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
[Source: Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
65 years ago today - May 14, 1952
[J. Reuben Clark]
[In conversation with F. B. Whitman, president of Western Pacific R.R. regarding a replacement on the board of directors:] ... President Clark said he thought his course was the wisest one, that apparently from what he said, they are in the situation where if the Jews once get in they might control the whole situation. Mr. Whitman said he was not too disturbed about that, but he was watching it. President Clark said that he did not see how they could avoid putting Weismann on, if he could force it [by virtue of his stock control], that he thought his plan was wise, that they not increase the Directors at the time, but they might later. Mr. Whitman said he was not too disturbed about getting the Jews on, but Pres. Clark said he would be greatly disturbed about it.
[Source: The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
[In conversation with F. B. Whitman, president of Western Pacific R.R. regarding a replacement on the board of directors:] ... President Clark said he thought his course was the wisest one, that apparently from what he said, they are in the situation where if the Jews once get in they might control the whole situation. Mr. Whitman said he was not too disturbed about that, but he was watching it. President Clark said that he did not see how they could avoid putting Weismann on, if he could force it [by virtue of his stock control], that he thought his plan was wise, that they not increase the Directors at the time, but they might later. Mr. Whitman said he was not too disturbed about getting the Jews on, but Pres. Clark said he would be greatly disturbed about it.
[Source: The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
175 years ago today - May 14, 1842 - Saturday
[Joseph Smith]
Saturday 14. City council. Advocated strongly the necessity of some active measures being taken to suppress. houses & acts of infamy in the city; for the protection of the innocent & virtuous— & good of public morals shewing clearly that there were certain characters in the place who were dis posed to corrupt the morals & chastity of our citizens & that houses of infamy did exist.— upon which a city ordinance was passed to prohibit such things & published in this days wasp.— <I> Also. spoke Largely for the repeal of the Laws ordinances of the City Licen[s]ing. Merchents. Hawkers Tavern & Ordinaries. desiring that this might be a free people. & enjoy equal rights & Priviliges. & the ordinan[c]es were repealed.— ...T his day it was first hinted in Nauvoo that Ex govenor [Lilburn W.] Boggs of Missouri had been shot.
[Source: Joseph Smith, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842 in "The Book of the Law of the Lord," Record Book, 1841–1845]
Saturday 14. City council. Advocated strongly the necessity of some active measures being taken to suppress. houses & acts of infamy in the city; for the protection of the innocent & virtuous— & good of public morals shewing clearly that there were certain characters in the place who were dis posed to corrupt the morals & chastity of our citizens & that houses of infamy did exist.— upon which a city ordinance was passed to prohibit such things & published in this days wasp.— <I> Also. spoke Largely for the repeal of the Laws ordinances of the City Licen[s]ing. Merchents. Hawkers Tavern & Ordinaries. desiring that this might be a free people. & enjoy equal rights & Priviliges. & the ordinan[c]es were repealed.— ...T his day it was first hinted in Nauvoo that Ex govenor [Lilburn W.] Boggs of Missouri had been shot.
[Source: Joseph Smith, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842 in "The Book of the Law of the Lord," Record Book, 1841–1845]
175 years ago today - May 14, 1842
Nauvoo endowment introduces same grips, tokens, signs, and penalties as the Masonic ceremony except one.
[Source: David Buerger, Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship, Chapter 3: Joseph Smith's Ritual]
[Source: David Buerger, Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship, Chapter 3: Joseph Smith's Ritual]
25 years ago today - May 13, 1992
Apostle Dallin H. Oaks testifies before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights in support of the proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This is designed to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 1990 decision which invoked Reynolds vs. the United States to prohibit use of peyote as a religious sacrament by Native American Indians. Oaks makes a similar appearance on 26 Sept. before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate. The LDS church joins such diverse religious organizations as the Church of Scientology in promoting this bill for which the First Presidency publicly thanks Congress at its passage on 27 Oct. 1993. President Bill Clinton signs it into law on 18 Nov.
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
30 years ago today - May 13, 1987
The B.H. Roberts Society presents a forum entitled, ,Is Salvation a Laughing Matter? or Laugh Now. . ..It May Be Straight Beyond the Gate." It is a look at satire and LDS society. "It was also a circus of comic talent and a groundling's-eye of low comedy in the celestial fast lanes of LDS culture. Five Mormon artists presented a mixture of performance and commentary: a writer [William Wilson], an editorial cartoonist [Calvin Grondahl], a novelist [Levi S. Peterson], and two actors [James Arrington and Darryl Christensen]." Cartoonist Grondahl comments, "We are cautioned in the Church. about being light-minded, but I don't think there is anything light minded about humor. I think it is a very serious thing." The Public Broadcasting Service documentary "The Mormons: Missionaries to the World" premiers across the United States. Even before airing, the film engages controversy, culminating in a letter to all U.S. LDS wards from Howard W. Hunter, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The letter acknowledges that the Church cooperated with the film's production but distances the institution from the final product. There were also press stories about the Church's protest to PRS and KCTS, the local affiliate that produced the documentary. The documentary showcased the LDS missionary program but also had interviews from former Mormons and one missionary who left his mission early.
45 years ago today - May 13,1972
May Presidency letter that "fluoridation of public water supplies to prevent tooth decay" is one of the "non-moral issues" that Mormons should vote on "according to their honest convictions." John Birch Society, which Apostle Ezra Taft Benson and many other Mormons support, is condemning fluoridation as a Communist "plot."
[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, Appendix 5, Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848-1996, http://amzn.to/extensions-power]
[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, Appendix 5, Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848-1996, http://amzn.to/extensions-power]
120 years ago today - May 13, 1897; Thursday
Pres[ident]. Jos[eph]. F. Smith narrated the personal conversation he and Elder Orson Pratt had with William McLellan, in 1878, who had once been an Apostle in the Church. McLellan then bore a strong testimony to Brothers Pratt and Smith of divinity of Mormonism and the Book of Mormon, and in the same breath condemned the Prophet Joseph Smith and many of our leading men. His demeanor however was such as to convey the impression that he felt he had made a fool of himself, but had gone so far that he could not retrace his steps.
Elder F[ranklin]. D. Richards mentioned the manner and language of Lyman Wight at a meeting after he had been cut off the Church. Pres[ident]. [Brigham] Young and Elder Heber C. Kimball met Lyman Wight on the street as they were going to a meeting, and invited him to accompany them. He went and at the meeting asked permission to speak. He bore a strong testimony to the divinity of the work, and said he would give his right arm if he could only feel as he used to, but admitted that he could not.
[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
Elder F[ranklin]. D. Richards mentioned the manner and language of Lyman Wight at a meeting after he had been cut off the Church. Pres[ident]. [Brigham] Young and Elder Heber C. Kimball met Lyman Wight on the street as they were going to a meeting, and invited him to accompany them. He went and at the meeting asked permission to speak. He bore a strong testimony to the divinity of the work, and said he would give his right arm if he could only feel as he used to, but admitted that he could not.
[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
160 years ago today - May 13, 1857
"The murder of Apostle Parley P. Pratt in Arkansas by disgruntled legal husband of his last plural wife. Newspaper accounts of Pratt's murder reach Salt Lake City on 23 June. It should be noted that legal divorces were not as common in this period as they are today. Eleanor McLean had fled from her abusive husband. She fled from San Francisco for Utah considering herself an ""unmarried woman."" Arriving in Utah, she worked in Parley's home as a schoolteacher and became his 12th plural wife. Hector, her estranged husband, pursued Parley and eventually caught up with him in Arkansas where he McLean shot and stabbed Pratt. As Pratt was bleeding to death, a farmer asked what he had done to provoke the attack. Pratt said, ""He accused me of taking his wife and children. I did not do it. They were oppressed, and I did for them what I would do for the oppressed any where."" (Wikipedia entry)//For an interesting interview from decedents of Parley P. Pratt (and also the author of the recent biography, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism), listen to the following episode of Legacy: http://www.mormonchannel.org/legacy/40"
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]
170 years ago today - May 13, 1847
[Wilford Woodruff]
I dreamed last night we had arived at our Journeys end whare we were to build up a stake of Zion. As we came onto the place there was An open vision of A temple presented before me. I asked some brethren that stood by me If they saw it. They said they did not. I gazed upon it & it was glorious. It appeared as though it was built of white & blue stone. The sight of it filled me with Joy and I awoke & behold it was a dream. 11 m.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I dreamed last night we had arived at our Journeys end whare we were to build up a stake of Zion. As we came onto the place there was An open vision of A temple presented before me. I asked some brethren that stood by me If they saw it. They said they did not. I gazed upon it & it was glorious. It appeared as though it was built of white & blue stone. The sight of it filled me with Joy and I awoke & behold it was a dream. 11 m.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
175 years ago today - May 13, 1842
Joseph Smith writes to a creditor: "you will probably be apprised of the failure of myself and brethren to execute our designs in paying off our contracts, or in other words, that we have been compelled to pay our debts by the most popular method; that is by petitioning for the privilege of general bankruptcy, a principle so popular at the present-throughout the United States."
105 years ago today - May 12, 1912
The Church Board of Education approves the "seminary near Granite High" in Salt Lake City. An innovation recommended by the Granite Stake presidency, this first LDS seminary opens the following September with seventy LDS high school students. Thomas J. Yates, an engineer, is the first teacher in what remains the church's only seminary during the next four years. In 1916 the church's second high school seminary opens in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. This grows into a released-time program wherever legal in the western states and into early morning seminary programs everywhere else (beginning September 1950 in California).
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
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