Joseph Fielding Smith dies in Salt Lake City (July 2) Harold B. Lee is ordained President of the Church
[Source: Madsen, Truman G., The Presidents of the Church]
170 years ago today - Jul 7, 1842 - Thursday
[Relief Society] Minutes of the
Thirteenth Meeting of the
Society.
Grove July 7th. <1842>
Meeting opened by singing "When I survey the wondrous cross" &c.
Pray'r by sister [Sophia] Packard.
Mrs. President not present, the business of the Society was defer'd, and the time spent in exhortation and speaking, singing and prayer, much to the comfort and edification of those present.
The following Donations were made to wit.
$
Mary Akerly .. 50
Catharine [Curtis] Spencer .. 20
Sophia Packard appropriated 20 lbs. flour
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. Duel appropriated 27 do
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. Winchester appropriated 25 do
for Mrs. Hawkes.
Prayer for the children earnestly recommended by Councillors [Sarah Kingsley] Cleveland, [Elizabeth Ann Smith] Whitney and others.
Meeting adjourn'd to next week.
[9 lines blank] [p. 73]
[Source: Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperDetails/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book]
Thirteenth Meeting of the
Society.
Grove July 7th. <1842>
Meeting opened by singing "When I survey the wondrous cross" &c.
Pray'r by sister [Sophia] Packard.
Mrs. President not present, the business of the Society was defer'd, and the time spent in exhortation and speaking, singing and prayer, much to the comfort and edification of those present.
The following Donations were made to wit.
$
Mary Akerly .. 50
Catharine [Curtis] Spencer .. 20
Sophia Packard appropriated 20 lbs. flour
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. Duel appropriated 27 do
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. Winchester appropriated 25 do
for Mrs. Hawkes.
Prayer for the children earnestly recommended by Councillors [Sarah Kingsley] Cleveland, [Elizabeth Ann Smith] Whitney and others.
Meeting adjourn'd to next week.
[9 lines blank] [p. 73]
[Source: Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperDetails/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book]
170 years ago today - Jul 6, 1842
[Nauvoo Temple] A third party of men left for the Wisconsin pineries.
[Source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[Source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
20 years ago today - Jul 06, 1992
Latter-day Saint career scouter Rees A. Falkner is named national director of the Boy Scouts of America.
[Source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
[Source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
120 years ago today - Jul 6, 1892
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 6 I received a Letter from Brother H[a/e?]rman in Turkey showing that Bi[.....] [ ] who has been working for us in the Turkish Dominion to give us the Privilege of Printing & Publishing our Doctrins in that Land we learn that this man is a Lier & a deceiver and is keeping our Money without doing any thing for us.
Brother John Henry Smith Called this morning And Stated that the report of the Death of Lot Smith was As follows: That the Navajoes turned there Sheep into Lots Pasture & Lot shot the Sheep & the Navajoes shot 6 Milk Cows of Lots & Lot Commenced shooting at the Navajoes & they shot Lot & He rode 6 Mils & Lived 6 Hours & died. Thus Ends Lot Smith Life.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Brother John Henry Smith Called this morning And Stated that the report of the Death of Lot Smith was As follows: That the Navajoes turned there Sheep into Lots Pasture & Lot shot the Sheep & the Navajoes shot 6 Milk Cows of Lots & Lot Commenced shooting at the Navajoes & they shot Lot & He rode 6 Mils & Lived 6 Hours & died. Thus Ends Lot Smith Life.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
180 years ago today - Jul 5, 1832
Second counselor Sidney Rigdon tries to seize control of the church and is disfellowshipped until Jul 28 when he is re-ordained a high priest. This is the first instance of apostasy by a general authority.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
5 years ago today - Jul 5, 2007
A new Brigham Young University study using sophisticated eye-tracking technology showed that, to most adolescents, alcohol advertisers' "responsible drinking" messages might as well be written in invisible ink.
[Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php]
[Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php]
50 years ago today - Jul 05, 1962
[U.S. Religious History] Helmut Richard Niebuhr died at the age of 67.
[Source: Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline]
[Source: Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline]
170 years ago today - Jul 4, 1842
Joseph Smith asks his Independence Day audience composed of members and non-members if there is any truth to the charge that he practices a "plurality of wives to which no one responds. He then answered himself: "No, not one! There is the answer.
[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]
[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]
150 years ago today - Jul 4, 1862
[Brigham Young Discourse] Governor Young delivered a short address. -- Salt Lake City [Deseret News. Also Deseret Evening News, Deseret News Weekly, Deseret News Semi- Weekly, and Deseret News Extra. Salt Lake City; 1850-current. 12:10; Wilford WoodruffÂ's Journal. 9 Vols. Scott G. Kenney, ed. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1983-85. 6:64; Journal History of the Church, Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DVD 2 (2002); CA.]
[Source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
[Source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
120 years ago today - Jul 4, 1892
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 4 July The people of Utah are Celebrating the day. I spent the day at home. Asahel, Owen & Ovando came home to night from fishing in the [Lo?]st Canyon. They Caught about 150 trout.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[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 - Jul 3, 1837
Ground is broken for the Far West Temple. The corner stones are not laid for a year. Nothing further is done until Apr 26, 1839, when the twelve apostles, in fulfillment of a revelation, hold a secret meeting on the temple site and symbolically re-commenced the building of the temple by rolling a large stone up to one of the corners. The temple is never built because the Mormons are driven from Missouri in 1839.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
175 years ago today - Jul 3, 1837
[Wilford Woodruff Journal] 3rd We left Mr Bidwell and beach hill and repaired to a stream of pure water aside from the abodes of men and in company with my brethren Elders Stillman & Hale and myself we clensed our hands and feet in testimony against the inhabitants of beach hill who had rejected us and our testimony. From thence we walked to Brother William B. French in North Canaan. Distance of the day 10 miles.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
125 years ago today - Jul 3, 1887
Apostle Heber J. Grant writes in his diary: "I have felt for a long while that Pres[iden]t Cannon was expecting to succeed Pres[iden]t Taylor, Pres[iden]t Cannon thinks I am the most ambitious young man in Utah, and I think there is not limit to his ambition. I have but little confidence in Pres[iden]t Cannon's management of affairs financially. I get up out of bed a[nd] prayed with all my heart and soul to God that he would help me to overcome my feeling of ambition that was calculated to lead me from Him or the path of duty . . ." After John Taylor dies three weeks later, nineteen months pass before Wilford Woodruff is chosen as President of the Church.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
50 years ago today - Jul 2, 1962
Counselor Hugh B. Brown rededicates portions of Alberta (Canada) temple. Extensive remodeling of temple interiors (sometimes involving structural replacement of EVERYTHING except exterior walls and roof) is necessary to accommodate filmed endowment ceremony and to allow larger number of temple patrons. Rededication ceremonies occur for Arizona temple (Apr. 15, 1975), St. George temple (Nov. 11, 1975), Hawaii temple (Jun 13, 1978), Logan temple (Mar. 13, 1979), Manti temple (Jun 14, 1985), Alberta temple (again Jun 22, 1991), London temple, (Oct. 18, 1992), Swiss temple (Oct 23, 1992). These temples, sometimes for first time in nearly 100 years, are open to general public for tours prior to rededication ceremonies occurring from 1975 onward.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
170 years ago today - Jul 02, 1842
The church newspaper The Wasp publishes a phrenology chart of Smith's head and personality. The first trait is "Amativeness-11, L[arge]. Extreme susceptibility; passionately fond of the company of the other sex." The official History of the Church still publishes this chart, along with the caution that such a high score indicates "extreme liability to perversion" in the trait. Church newspaper publishes phrenoloy chart of Smith, described as 'passionately fond of the company of the other sex.' . SOURCE: Joseph Smith, History of the Church, Vol. 5, p.53 PLACE: Nauvoo, IL
[Source: Joseph Smith Polygamy Timeline, http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm]
[Source: Joseph Smith Polygamy Timeline, http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm]
100 years ago today - Tuesday July 2nd 1912.
[Apostle Anthony W. Ivins Diary] Quarterly meeting of Council of Twelve. Bro. Talmage said he thought Mission expense greater than necessary. The Twelve might do a little more missionary work on visits to the Stakes. Jos. F. Smith, Jr. followed in same strain. I followed. Discussed Mexican matters. Funeral services at Bro. Woodruff's grave. Extravagance of mission presidents. Colonization. Bro. McKay endorsed retrenchment in the missions, colonization and monument at Bro. Woodruff's grave. Bro. Whitney. We work too hard & too long. Favored stone for Bro. Woodruff's grave. Bro. Richards. Long. Proposed formal covenant before baptism. M. favored headstone for Bro. Woodruff's grave. Hyrum M. Smith, Did not favor the erection of headstones for graves of those who die, by the Church.
[Source: Diary Excerpts of Anthony W. Ivins, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Source: Diary Excerpts of Anthony W. Ivins, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
150 years ago today - Jul 1, 1862
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act into law. This is the first congressional legislation aimed at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the first action of what proved to be an extended anti-polygamy crusade.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
15 years ago today - Jul 1, 1997
[Same-Sex Marriage] Reciprocal Beneficiaries law goes into effect. Application forms are distributed by Governors office.
[Source: Crapo, Richley, Chronology Of Mormon / LDS Involvement In Same-Sex Marriage Politics http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/?q=node/59]
[Source: Crapo, Richley, Chronology Of Mormon / LDS Involvement In Same-Sex Marriage Politics http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/?q=node/59]
170 years ago today - Jul 1, 1842
The Sangamo Journal calls upon General John C. Bennett to "expose the crimes in Nauvoo.
[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]
[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]
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