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Historic events in New Mormon History on 3/27
1849: Apostles Orson Hyde, George A. Smith, and Ezra T. Benson write Young that Council of Fifty member Peter Haws complains that "Twelve men had swallowed up thirty eight." Council members George Miller, Lyman Wight, and Lucien Woodworth also claim that Quorum of Twelve usurped Fifty's theocratic prerogatives after 1844. Today Smith retorts that Council of Fifty is "nothing but a debating School."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1886: a polygamist husband confides to his diary: "How delicate is the position of a man in plural marriage who loves his wives and who in turn is loved by them. Every move he makes, in relation or intercourse with them, is an arrow that pierces deep into the heart of one or other of them... A thousand thoughts and plans may come into his mind, but there is only one true solution. He must please God. In doing this, it may be hoped that bye and bye, he may also please them."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1918: Deseret News editorial urges the federal government to give non-combat assignments for conscientious objectors.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1950: First Presidency letter to stake presidents: "Since our meetinghouses are tax exempt, it is most important that we should not do anything that would put them into a position where they might be assessed and we be compelled to pay taxes thereon because we were carrying on a merchandising business therein."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1960: The first stake in Great Britain is organized (Manchester, England). Seventy's president Marion D. Hanks gives the keynote address at the opening session of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1984: An official statement that the First Presidency "are disturbed and saddened at the presence of anti-Catholic posters being placed in areas within Salt Lake City."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
1849: Apostles Orson Hyde, George A. Smith, and Ezra T. Benson write Young that Council of Fifty member Peter Haws complains that "Twelve men had swallowed up thirty eight." Council members George Miller, Lyman Wight, and Lucien Woodworth also claim that Quorum of Twelve usurped Fifty's theocratic prerogatives after 1844. Today Smith retorts that Council of Fifty is "nothing but a debating School."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1886: a polygamist husband confides to his diary: "How delicate is the position of a man in plural marriage who loves his wives and who in turn is loved by them. Every move he makes, in relation or intercourse with them, is an arrow that pierces deep into the heart of one or other of them... A thousand thoughts and plans may come into his mind, but there is only one true solution. He must please God. In doing this, it may be hoped that bye and bye, he may also please them."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1918: Deseret News editorial urges the federal government to give non-combat assignments for conscientious objectors.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1950: First Presidency letter to stake presidents: "Since our meetinghouses are tax exempt, it is most important that we should not do anything that would put them into a position where they might be assessed and we be compelled to pay taxes thereon because we were carrying on a merchandising business therein."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1960: The first stake in Great Britain is organized (Manchester, England). Seventy's president Marion D. Hanks gives the keynote address at the opening session of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1984: An official statement that the First Presidency "are disturbed and saddened at the presence of anti-Catholic posters being placed in areas within Salt Lake City."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
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