Today in Church History - Dec 18

On this day in Church History ...

D. P. Hurlbut arrived back in Kirtland and made arrangements to meet with the anti-Mormon "Committe" at the Corning house in Mentor. With or without their permission he scheduled a lecture in the Methodist chapel located a few yeards north of the Temple. (1)
-- about (Wed) Dec 18, 1833

Joseph Smith, Jr. ordains his father, Joseph Smith, Sr. as Presiding Patriarch and assistant to the President of the High Priesthood. (2)
-- Dec 18, 1833

[Sermon] Orson Pratt: Second Coming of Christ - Preparatory Work Thereto, JD 15:53 - 62 (3)
-- Dec 18, 1870

Raleigh North Carolina Temple; Location: Apex, North Carolina, USA; Announcement: 3 September 1998; Dedication: 18 December 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Classic modern, single-spire design (4)
-- 10 years ago - Dec 18, 1999


1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
4 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples


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