Today in Mormon History - Jan 05

First Presidency repeats its 1978 instructions for "interviewing married persons" but adds: "The First Presidency has interpreted oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice." (1)
-- 30 years ago today - Jan 5, 1982

Section 74, Place: Hiram, Portage County, Ohio.

Historical Note: Section 73, received 10 January 1832, had commanded Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon to resume the translation of the Bible. They had done so. While no available statement definitely connects section 74 with the translation of the Bible, the implication is certainly very strong: Section 74 is an explanation of 1 Cor. 7:14.

Publication Note. Section 74 was first published as the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. (2)
-- 180 years ago today - January 1832 (after 10 January and before 25 January)

At a prayer meeting in the Kirtland temple "One man gave us an account of the general gathering of Israel in the gift of tongues." "I [Wilford Woodruff] interpreted the Substance of the same." (1)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 5, 1837

1 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower
2 - Cook, Lyndon, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith

175 years ago today - Jan 5, 1837

[General] At a prayer meeting in the Kirtland temple "One man gave us an account of the general gathering of Israel in the gift of tongues." "I [Wilford Woodruff] interpreted the Substance of the same."

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]

180 years ago today - January 1832 (after 10 January and before 25 January)

[General] Section 74, Place: Hiram, Portage County, Ohio.

Historical Note: Section 73, received 10 January 1832, had commanded Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon to resume the translation of the Bible. They had done so. While no available statement definitely connects section 74 with the translation of the Bible, the implication is certainly very strong: Section 74 is an explanation of 1 Cor. 7:14.

Publication Note. Section 74 was first published as the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.

[Source: Cook, Lyndon, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith]

30 years ago today - Jan 5, 1982

[General] First Presidency repeats its 1978 instructions for "interviewing married persons" but adds: "The First Presidency has interpreted oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice."

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]

Today in Mormon History - Jan 04

The Church observed a special fast Sunday in conjunction with a national day of prayer called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (1)
-- 70 years ago today - Jan 4, 1942

[Heber C. Kimball Revelations] Word to me HCK

Janu[a]ry the 4, 1862

It was revealed to me that the United Stats would make war with this people the Saints with in three years from this time. (2)
-- 150 years ago today - Jan 4, 1862

First Presidency and Apostles vote not to allow any "President or Apostle to draw funds from the Church without limit for their own use or any other purpose." This avoids financial abuses they attribute to Brigham Young and John W. Young, but putting fixed limit on financial allowances is a salary system. Concerning the meeting Apostle John Henry Smith writes in his diary, "I was somewhat surprised to see the president attempt to bull down the Council after giving them the utmost liberty to speak and he will find such talk will never hold the present Council in awe." (3)
-- 130 years ago today - Jan 4, 1882

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 - "H. C. Kimball Memorandum" book, On the Potters Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Stanley B. Kimball, editor, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower

130 years ago today - Jan 4, 1882

[General] First Presidency and Apostles vote not to allow any "President or Apostle to draw funds from the Church without limit for their own use or any other purpose." This avoids financial abuses they attribute to Brigham Young and John W. Young, but putting fixed limit on financial allowances is a salary system. Concerning the meeting Apostle John Henry Smith writes in his diary, "I was somewhat surprised to see the president attempt to bull down the Council after giving them the utmost liberty to speak and he will find such talk will never hold the present Council in awe."

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]

150 years ago today - Jan 4, 1862

[Heber C. Kimball Revelations] Word to me HCK

Janu[a]ry the 4, 1862

It was revealed to me that the United Stats would make war with this people the Saints with in three years from this time.

[Source: "H. C. Kimball Memorandum" book, On the Potters Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Stanley B. Kimball, editor, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

70 years ago today - Jan 4, 1942

[General] The Church observed a special fast Sunday in conjunction with a national day of prayer called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

[Source: 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]

Today in Mormon History - Jan 03

Professional golfer Johnny Miller receives $500,000 for winning a tournament in South Africa. The sum is the largest awarded in a golf tournament to that date. (1)
-- 30 years ago today - Jan 03, 1982

[President Heber J. Grant Diary] Brother Franklin S. Richards called at Brother David P. Howells' home this morning at my request, and we examined a private record covering a period of a number of years, of an organization that at one time had between forty and fifty members, when I was the junior apostle. Today Brother Franklin and I are the only surviving members. We got about two-thirds of the way through the record, and I arranged to meet him again next Sunday and finish it. (2)
-- 80 years ago today - Jan 3, 1932

[Wilford Woodruff] Called to the First Quorum of the Seventy. (3)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 3, 1837

1 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
2 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah

175 years ago today - Jan 3, 1837

[Wilford Woodruff] Called to the First Quorum of the Seventy.

[Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah]

80 years ago today - Jan 3, 1932

[President Heber J. Grant Diary] Brother Franklin S. Richards called at Brother David P. Howells' home this morning at my request, and we examined a private record covering a period of a number of years, of an organization that at one time had between forty and fifty members, when I was the junior apostle. Today Brother Franklin and I are the only surviving members. We got about two-thirds of the way through the record, and I arranged to meet him again next Sunday and finish it.

[Source: Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

30 years ago today - Jan 03, 1982

[General] Professional golfer Johnny Miller receives $500,000 for winning a tournament in South Africa. The sum is the largest awarded in a golf tournament to that date.

[Source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]

Today in Mormon History - Jan 02

President John Taylor moves into the Gardo House, the official residence of the President of the Church built but never lived in by Brigham Young. (1)
-- 130 years ago today - Jan 02, 1882

Brigham Young placed under house arrest for bigamy; never brought to trial. (2)
-- 140 years ago today - Jan 2, 1872-25 April

Kirtland Safety Society renamed the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company [per Joseph Smith] with "Anti" and "ing" in small type [per Ebenezer Robinson]. (3)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 2, 1837

1 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"

175 years ago today - Jan 2, 1837

[General] Kirtland Safety Society renamed the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company [per Joseph Smith] with "Anti" and "ing" in small type [per Ebenezer Robinson].

[Source: Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"]

140 years ago today - Jan 2, 1872-25 April

[General] Brigham Young placed under house arrest for bigamy; never brought to trial.

[Source: Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550]

130 years ago today - Jan 02, 1882

[General] President John Taylor moves into the Gardo House, the official residence of the President of the Church built but never lived in by Brigham Young.

[Source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]

Today in Mormon History - Jan 01

[Sidney Rigdon] Alexander Campbell licensed to preach (possibly also ordained) (1)
-- 200 years ago today - Jan 1, 1812

[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] (at a stake conference at Brigham City) President Snow reported that on one occasion Joseph Smith was once asked who he was: "The Prophet smiled kindly upon his interlocutor and replied, "Noah came before the flood; I have come before the fire." (2)
-- 120 years ago today - Jan 1, 1892

Oliver Cowdery arrives in Kirtland with plates to print banknotes the same day that Orson Hyde arrives with news that the Ohio Legislature would not grant a charter for a bank to issue paper money. The leaders go ahead with the banking enterprise anyway. Overprinting the notes, they renamed the institution an "anti-banking" company on the assumption that if they could not operate a bank, they could well run an anti-bank. (3)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 1, 1837

1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., History and Genealogy of Sidney Rigdon: The First Theologian of the Latter Day Saints, http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
2 - Abraham H. Cannon Journal Excerpts, http://www.amazon.com/Apostles-Record-Journals-Abraham-1889-1896/dp/B000MFD1K4
3 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower

175 years ago today - Jan 1, 1837

[General] Oliver Cowdery arrives in Kirtland with plates to print banknotes the same day that Orson Hyde arrives with news that the Ohio Legislature would not grant a charter for a bank to issue paper money. The leaders go ahead with the banking enterprise anyway. Overprinting the notes, they renamed the institution an "anti-banking" company on the assumption that if they could not operate a bank, they could well run an anti-bank.

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]

120 years ago today - Jan 1, 1892

[Apostle Abraham H. Cannon Journal] (at a stake conference at Brigham City) President Snow reported that on one occasion Joseph Smith was once asked who he was: "The Prophet smiled kindly upon his interlocutor and replied, "Noah came before the flood; I have come before the fire."

[Source: Abraham H. Cannon Journal Excerpts, http://www.amazon.com/Apostles-Record-Journals-Abraham-1889-1896/dp/B000MFD1K4]

200 years ago today - Jan 1, 1812

[Sidney Rigdon] Alexander Campbell licensed to preach (possibly also ordained)

[Source: Broadhurst, Dale R., History and Genealogy of Sidney Rigdon: The First Theologian of the Latter Day Saints, http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm]