The Deseret News Church Section reports that, "after years of effort," Mormons have equal rights with other religions in applying to be military chaplains. This is the decision of recently appointed Secretary of War George H. Dern, a non-Mormon and former governor of Utah.
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
130 years ago today - Jun 3, 1893
[Marriner W. Merrill]
Attended lecture in the Temple at 2 p. m. Wm. J. Kerr gave the lecture on mathematics.
[Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Attended lecture in the Temple at 2 p. m. Wm. J. Kerr gave the lecture on mathematics.
[Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
150 years ago today - Jun 3, 1873
Salt Lake Stake Deacons Quorum Minute Book records: "Bro [Samuel D.] Chambers said It was a source of happiness to him to be here, feels to be the least of all the saints of God, but blest to be one of the number. It is joy to him to fill all calls made upon him. Asks an interest in our faith and prayers, that he may receive an exaltation in the kingdom of God." Chambers, a former slave, had been a Mormon for 29 years at this time.
180 years ago today - Jun 3, 1843. Saturday.
[William Clayton]
I immediately went to the Probate Judge and presented the papers which we had made out pertaining to the Lawrence Estate. He said he could do nothing with them. Upon enquiring what he wanted I finally made a new account which he accepted. I then went to the boat and President Joseph returned with me to make oath to the accounts. Balance in Guardians hands was $3790.89 3/4.
[After Solomon Lawrence died in 1840, Joseph Smith was appointed guardian of his estate and his daughters Sarah and Marie, whom he married in 1843.]
[George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://bit.ly/WilliamClayton]
I immediately went to the Probate Judge and presented the papers which we had made out pertaining to the Lawrence Estate. He said he could do nothing with them. Upon enquiring what he wanted I finally made a new account which he accepted. I then went to the boat and President Joseph returned with me to make oath to the accounts. Balance in Guardians hands was $3790.89 3/4.
[After Solomon Lawrence died in 1840, Joseph Smith was appointed guardian of his estate and his daughters Sarah and Marie, whom he married in 1843.]
[George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://bit.ly/WilliamClayton]
125 years ago today - Jun 2, 1898; Thursday
A discussion took place as to the proper age at which deceased children should be endowed in the Temples after attaining to the age of eight years. The rule established by Pres[ident]. Brigham Young at the opening of the St. George Temple was that such children might be endowed at or near the age of fifteen; but this had been departed from in the Logan Temple, where Pres[ident]. [John] Taylor had fixed the age at 8 years. It was Pres[ident]. Woodruff's view that the rule in the Logan Temple should conform to the rule established by Pres[ident]. Young in relation to this matter and which was observed in all the other Temples in Zion. This became the sense of the meeting.
An informal talk followed on the subject of the age of spirits before they appeared in the flesh. The idea conveyed was that all spirits before appearing in the flesh are of adult age, and that after the death of the body they appear in their natural adult size; but that such spirits, if death occurs in childhood, again enter the child bodies, which grow to the full stature of their spirits after the resurrection.
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
An informal talk followed on the subject of the age of spirits before they appeared in the flesh. The idea conveyed was that all spirits before appearing in the flesh are of adult age, and that after the death of the body they appear in their natural adult size; but that such spirits, if death occurs in childhood, again enter the child bodies, which grow to the full stature of their spirits after the resurrection.
[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
180 years ago today - Jun 2, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith paid Dan Jones $1,375 to become half-owner of the steamboat Maid of Iowa.
[BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith, http://byustudies.byu.edu]
[BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith, http://byustudies.byu.edu]
185 years ago today - Jun 2, 1838
Rhoda Richards (sister of Apostle Willard Richards) and subsequently a plural wife of Joseph Smith recorded in her journal that when she was baptized a member of the LDS church on 2 June 1838 "In obeying the commands of the Lord I found great good. Health was improved, poison disappeared, the cake of ice was melted from my stomach. I found no need of Thomsonian medicine."
[Quinn, D. Michael, "The Practice of Rebaptism at Nauvoo," BYU Studies (1978), 18:2:226]
[Quinn, D. Michael, "The Practice of Rebaptism at Nauvoo," BYU Studies (1978), 18:2:226]
185 years ago today - Jun 2, 1838
Alexander Hale Smith is born to Emma in Far West. He is named for Joseph's friend and lawyer, Alexander Doniphan, and is also given Emma's maiden name, Hale.
[Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]
[Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]
45 years ago today - Jun 1, 1978
Spencer W. Kimball's proposal to resolve "the Negro issue," is sustained by the apostles after a prayer circle in the Salt Lake temple. This answers ends the policy since 1852 of denying the priesthood to those of black African ancestry. The urgency of Kimball's inquiry involves the upcoming dedication of the temple in Brazil, where centuries of racial intermarriage have always posed problems in administering the LDS ban on priesthood to those of black African ancestry. The First Presidency announces this change on 9 June, and general conference accepts it on 20 Sept. This announcement becomes "Document 2" in the 1981 edition of the D&C. First Presidency secretary Francis M. Gibbons writes that this change "seemed to relieve them of a subtle sense of guilt they had felt over the years."
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]
75 years ago today - Jun 1, 1948
[J. Reuben Clark]
Called Mark Petersen about the question and answer column in the Church News. Bro. Petersen said they were all submitted to Bro. Joseph Fielding Smith, that is, the questions on doctrine, and other questions on other matters are submitted to other departments. ... Pres. Clark suggested that he bring the matter to the Council; stating the First Presidency receives some pretty tough questions sometimes; and they don't always agree in the Quorum.
[The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
Called Mark Petersen about the question and answer column in the Church News. Bro. Petersen said they were all submitted to Bro. Joseph Fielding Smith, that is, the questions on doctrine, and other questions on other matters are submitted to other departments. ... Pres. Clark suggested that he bring the matter to the Council; stating the First Presidency receives some pretty tough questions sometimes; and they don't always agree in the Quorum.
[The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
90 years ago today - Jun 1, 1933
The Church opened a 500-foot exhibit in the Hall of Religions at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, Ill. The exhibit was prepared by famed LDS sculptor Avard Fairbanks.
[Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
[Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
95 years ago today - Jun 1, 1928
[Heber J. Grant]
Mr. [C. L.] Wheaton [an apostle in the Hedrickite Church] handed me today a copy of a revelation that one of their apostles claims to have received, a copy of which will be in the files, to the effect that they should commence building the great temple in Jackson County. Inasmuch as they know nothing about temple ordinances or ceremonies it naturally is somewhat amusing that they should get a revelation to build a temple.
[The Diaries of Heber J. Grant, 1880-1945, Abridged, Digital Edition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]
Mr. [C. L.] Wheaton [an apostle in the Hedrickite Church] handed me today a copy of a revelation that one of their apostles claims to have received, a copy of which will be in the files, to the effect that they should commence building the great temple in Jackson County. Inasmuch as they know nothing about temple ordinances or ceremonies it naturally is somewhat amusing that they should get a revelation to build a temple.
[The Diaries of Heber J. Grant, 1880-1945, Abridged, Digital Edition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015]
130 years ago today - Jun 1, 1893
[President Wilford Woodruff]
On Sunday the 7 of May /April 30/ when I lay at the point of Death and was breathing my Last No one thought I would Live. Thousands of the Saints were Praying for me and there Prayers were heard & Answered and the Lord saved my life for a little Longer.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
On Sunday the 7 of May /April 30/ when I lay at the point of Death and was breathing my Last No one thought I would Live. Thousands of the Saints were Praying for me and there Prayers were heard & Answered and the Lord saved my life for a little Longer.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
130 years ago today - Jun 1, 1893 (Thursday)
Saltair, the new bathing resort, built in the Great Salt Lake, about eighteen miles west of Salt Lake City, was opened to the public.
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
135 years ago today - 1 June 1888 ¿ Friday
[George Q. Cannon]
After it was dark enough for me to go out [to evade U.S. Marshalls], I left the Gardo House and went to the Social Hall ...
[The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
After it was dark enough for me to go out [to evade U.S. Marshalls], I left the Gardo House and went to the Social Hall ...
[The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
150 years ago today - Jun 1, 1873
[Wilford Woodruff]
I Attended the Prayer Circle & A O Smoot Dedicated A New Sacrament Service at the Altar.
... President [Young] Said I have asked the Lord what a kind of a Temple we should Build & the Answer of the Lord was that He did not Make two things alike & we need not make two Temples alike so we need not look for two Temples alike.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I Attended the Prayer Circle & A O Smoot Dedicated A New Sacrament Service at the Altar.
... President [Young] Said I have asked the Lord what a kind of a Temple we should Build & the Answer of the Lord was that He did not Make two things alike & we need not make two Temples alike so we need not look for two Temples alike.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
180 years ago today - Jun 1, 1843
Elvira Annie Cowles Holmes (already married, age 29) marriage to Joseph Smith.
[Wikipedia: List of the Wives of Joseph Smith, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_wives_of_Joseph_Smith]
[Wikipedia: List of the Wives of Joseph Smith, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_wives_of_Joseph_Smith]
180 years ago today - Jun 1, 1843
Jewish convert Alexander Neibauer begins publishing a two-installment discussion of Kabbalist views of spirit transmigration or rebirth. His article cites ten Kabbalistic authors and works available only in Hebrew. The Kabbala is Judaism's mystical and magical tradition.
[Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]
[Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]
185 years ago today - Jun 1, 1838
William Marks sells eight Kirtland properties for the Church and continues to dispose of property until July 11, when he transfers ownership of the House of the Lord (also known as the "Stone Temple," and "Chapel House") to Mead, Stafford & Company of Buffalo for goods purchased in 1836.
[Kenney, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://web.archive.org/web/20120805163534/saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml]
[Kenney, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://web.archive.org/web/20120805163534/saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml]
45 years ago today - May 31, 1978
John Sorenson's reconciliation of Book of Mormon archaeology and Mesoamerican cultural geography, "An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon," is rejected for publication by BYU's Religious Studies Center because Elder Mark E. Petersen finds the topic to be "too touchy." The book is Published by F.A.R.M.S. the year following Petersen's death.
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
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