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Historic events in New Mormon History on 4/9
1852: Brigham Young’s pubiìshed sermon that Adam “is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom We have to do." For the next twenty-five years, Young speaks about so-called “Adam-God doctrine” in numerous sermons, most of which he pubìishes. In this same sermon Young says: “The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from Himself. . . .The Lord the immensity of space.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1872: conference sustains a new calling of "home missionaries," which Counselor George A. Smith explains before presenting names of those assigned for each stake (which is the entire county at this time). Calling of home missionaries overlaps with visits of "block teachers." In 1912 the term "ward teachers" becomes official, by which time "home missionaries," are known as stake missionaries."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1882: John Taylor formally announces to general conference that the 1880 U.S. census report shows that the Utah territory has 120,283 Mormons, with 14,155 "Gentiles" and 6,988 "Apostates." Utah is the only place in 1880 that the U.S. government includes religion in the census.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: of "O My Father," President Wilford Woodruff tells general conference: "That hymn is a revelation, though it was given unto us by a woman--Sister Eliza R. Snow."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: Death of Thomas C. Sharp, principal conspirator in the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He was a successful mayor, judge, school principal, and newspaper editor.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: "University of the Church" (in SLC) is closing two years after it is inaugurated.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1900: Lorenzo Snow tells the priesthood leadership meeting that the second anointing "is not only intended for the aged, but also for younger men. We are afraid, however, that Presidents of Stakes do not exercise sufficient care in regard to this matter. The privilege should only be given to those who have been tried and tested, being full of integrity and not likely to fall away."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1906: Francis M. Lyman announces the resignations of apostles Taylor and Cowley for being "out of harmony." In priesthood meeting, Lyman is emotional as he says some stake presidents feel he has been out of harmony for his opposition to the post-1890 plural marriages.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1906: Charles H. Hart, the new Seventy's president, is the first general authority with a law degree (LL.B. from the University of Michigan). LL.B (later J.D.) degree of law eventually is the most common graduate degree among general authorities of the modern LDS church including, Stephen L. Richards (appointed in 1917), J. Reuben Clark (1933), Albert E. Bowen (1937), Marion G. Romney (1941), Matthew Cowley (1945), Bruce R. McConkie (1946), Henry D. Moyle (1947), Marion D. Hanks (1953), Howard W. Hunter (1959), Franklin D. Richards (1960), James E Faust (1972), W. Grant Bangerter (1975), Ronald E. Poelman (1978), Derek A. Cuthbert (1978), Robert L. Backman (1978), F. Burton Howard (1978), Dallin H. Oaks (1984), John K. Carmack (1984), H. Verlan Andersen (1986), Francis M. Gibbons (1986), W. Eugene Hansen (1989), Marlin K. Jensen (1989), Merlin R. Lybbert (1989), Earl C. Tingey (1991), Cree L. Kofford (1991), Augusto A. Lim (1992), D. Todd Christofferson (1993), Lance B. Wickman (1994), Burce C. Hafen (1996), Quentin L. Cook (1996), Dennis E. Simmons (1996), etc.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1951: conference sustains David O. McKay as church president with Stephen L. Richards and J. Reuben Clark as counselors. This demotion of Clark from first counselor stuns many Mormons, including the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. For the first time in its history, the Twelve "ordains" the church president and then sets apart McKay and his counselors. McKay is also the first church president who graduated from college (University of Utah).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1977: The death, at age eighty-one, of Mildred T. Pettit, composer of "I Am A Child Of God," the most popular twentieth-century hymn of Mormonism.
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.
1852: Brigham Young’s pubiìshed sermon that Adam “is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom We have to do." For the next twenty-five years, Young speaks about so-called “Adam-God doctrine” in numerous sermons, most of which he pubìishes. In this same sermon Young says: “The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from Himself. . . .The Lord the immensity of space.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1872: conference sustains a new calling of "home missionaries," which Counselor George A. Smith explains before presenting names of those assigned for each stake (which is the entire county at this time). Calling of home missionaries overlaps with visits of "block teachers." In 1912 the term "ward teachers" becomes official, by which time "home missionaries," are known as stake missionaries."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1882: John Taylor formally announces to general conference that the 1880 U.S. census report shows that the Utah territory has 120,283 Mormons, with 14,155 "Gentiles" and 6,988 "Apostates." Utah is the only place in 1880 that the U.S. government includes religion in the census.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: of "O My Father," President Wilford Woodruff tells general conference: "That hymn is a revelation, though it was given unto us by a woman--Sister Eliza R. Snow."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: Death of Thomas C. Sharp, principal conspirator in the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He was a successful mayor, judge, school principal, and newspaper editor.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1894: "University of the Church" (in SLC) is closing two years after it is inaugurated.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1900: Lorenzo Snow tells the priesthood leadership meeting that the second anointing "is not only intended for the aged, but also for younger men. We are afraid, however, that Presidents of Stakes do not exercise sufficient care in regard to this matter. The privilege should only be given to those who have been tried and tested, being full of integrity and not likely to fall away."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1906: Francis M. Lyman announces the resignations of apostles Taylor and Cowley for being "out of harmony." In priesthood meeting, Lyman is emotional as he says some stake presidents feel he has been out of harmony for his opposition to the post-1890 plural marriages.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1906: Charles H. Hart, the new Seventy's president, is the first general authority with a law degree (LL.B. from the University of Michigan). LL.B (later J.D.) degree of law eventually is the most common graduate degree among general authorities of the modern LDS church including, Stephen L. Richards (appointed in 1917), J. Reuben Clark (1933), Albert E. Bowen (1937), Marion G. Romney (1941), Matthew Cowley (1945), Bruce R. McConkie (1946), Henry D. Moyle (1947), Marion D. Hanks (1953), Howard W. Hunter (1959), Franklin D. Richards (1960), James E Faust (1972), W. Grant Bangerter (1975), Ronald E. Poelman (1978), Derek A. Cuthbert (1978), Robert L. Backman (1978), F. Burton Howard (1978), Dallin H. Oaks (1984), John K. Carmack (1984), H. Verlan Andersen (1986), Francis M. Gibbons (1986), W. Eugene Hansen (1989), Marlin K. Jensen (1989), Merlin R. Lybbert (1989), Earl C. Tingey (1991), Cree L. Kofford (1991), Augusto A. Lim (1992), D. Todd Christofferson (1993), Lance B. Wickman (1994), Burce C. Hafen (1996), Quentin L. Cook (1996), Dennis E. Simmons (1996), etc.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1951: conference sustains David O. McKay as church president with Stephen L. Richards and J. Reuben Clark as counselors. This demotion of Clark from first counselor stuns many Mormons, including the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. For the first time in its history, the Twelve "ordains" the church president and then sets apart McKay and his counselors. McKay is also the first church president who graduated from college (University of Utah).
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1977: The death, at age eighty-one, of Mildred T. Pettit, composer of "I Am A Child Of God," the most popular twentieth-century hymn of Mormonism.
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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