Resumption of regular religious services following influenza epidemic-- ...a special fast day had been set for December 22, 1918, "for the arrest and speedy suppression by Divine Power of the desolating scourge that is passing over the earth."
This message one week later indicated that the influenza epidemic had passed its crest to the point that Church services could be resumed. ...
[Source: Clark, James R., Messages of the First Presidency (6 volumes)]
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