A new LDS hymnbook, the first revision in 37 years, came off the presses. (1)
-- 25 years ago - Aug 2, 1985
Hosea Stout records in his diary that he went to Davis County in order to persuade the people to withdraw the name of a popular bishop, Anson Call, for nomination for the impending election to the Legislature and place John D. Parker in his stead. The change was apparently made without much protest. But what Stout does not mention, and what the people of Davis County apparently did not know, was the reason the change was implemented-that Parker belonged to the Council of Fifty while Call did not. (2)
-- 155 years ago - Aug 2, 1855
[Lucy Mack Smith] Brigham Young takes Lucy out to choose a lot for herself. She also requests the carriage and a house. He loans her the carriage. (3)
-- 165 years ago - Aug 2, 1845
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 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
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