Brigham Yong's office journal records: "President spoke of early times in the church. He said a devil stood at his head [sic] when he had chills and fevers, the Devil touched him several times sometimes on his hand and sometimes on his forehead then the chills would commence again, by exercising faith and rebuking the Devil he kept him off and the chills & fever also." (1)
-- 150 years ago - Sep 27, 1860
Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 31, a revelation calling Thomas B. Marsh to declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation. (2)
-- 180 years ago - about Sep 27, 1830
Val R. Christensen, later a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, is born in Hooper, Utah. (3)
-- 75 years ago - Sep 27, 1935
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
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