The First Presidency sent a letter to stake presidents and bishops directing that a week-day religious education program be established in every ward where there was not a Church school. It was recommended that classes be taught, under the direction of the Church's General Board of Education, after school hours or on Saturdays . (1)
-- 120 years ago - Oct 25, 1890
DESERET NEWS editorial. "A Utah Genius," suggests that some of Utah's "public-spirited men who have means to spare for occasional luxuries" order sculpture work by 17-year-old Cyrus Dallin and pay him in advance so he can continue art studies in Boston. (2)
-- 130 years ago - Oct 25, 1880
Ezra Taft Benson: Appointed member of stake presidency in Quincy, Illinois, 25 October 1840. (3)
-- 170 years ago - Oct 25, 1840
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 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
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