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-- 190 years ago today - Mar 21, 1836 --
Patriarchal Blessing of Charles Jameson given by Joseph Smith, Sr. ... thou shalt have power to stand on Earth till the heavens shall rend. the Earth real to & fro, & stagger like a drunken man. shalt gaze upon the glories of the Redeamer [Redeemer] & have power to stand & not be consumed with the wicked. ... (1)
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-- 185 years ago today - Mar 21, 1841 (Sunday) --
[Joseph Smith]
Then the three signs which were given were conclusive The dove which sat upon his shoulder was a sure testimony that he was of God[.] Brethren be not deceived [DEL: an :DEL] nor doubtful of this fact a spirit of a good man or an angel[DEL: l :DEL] from heaven who has not a body will never undertake to shake hands with you for he knows you cannot perceive his touch and never will extend his hand but any spirit or body that is attended by a dove you may know to be a pure spirit[.] Thus you may in some measure detect [DEL: them :DEL] the spirits who may come unto you... (2)
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-- 185 years ago today - Mar 21, 1841 --
[Wilford Woodruff]
21st Sunday This is the last Sabbath I shall ever meet with the Saints in Stanley & Frooms Hill. ... I am now privleged of having more than fifteen hundred Saints in this interesting field which I first opened one year ago the 5th of this present months, all of which have embraced the work since that Date. Many of the Saints have gatherd to Zion from that region & the rest are anxious to go & ownly waiting for a door to be open for them. ... (3)
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-- 180 years ago today - Mar 21, 1846 --
[Hosea Stout]
.... we then went on again performing as we rode some Danite evolutions of horsemanship as practised in the War in Davis County Missouri in the fall of 1838. (4)
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-- 110 years ago today - Mar 21, 1916 --
Question: Is it wrong to call on a class of sisters to form a circle around sick persons and take turns in prayer over them, as long as they do not do it in the authority of the priesthood, but through the power of our Savior; and is it wrong for the priesthood to take their turns in prayer over the sick? Answer: Much praying or praying at great length should not be indulged in, and to form a circle for this purpose would be an innovation. It is the prayer of faith, not of many words, that avails, and wisdom ofttimes suggests brevity in prayer, and especially is this the case when a delicate or weak patient is the subject of administration. (5)
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-- 80 years ago today - Mar 21, 1946 --
[Spencer W. Kimball]
In the 10 A.M. meeting at the temple, the brethren voted to change the name of 'Temple' for that stake which we presented to that stake in its organization two months ago. In last week's meeting I made as heroic a stand as I could. I had felt that there was no reason why the name should not be used because of sacralege or inappropriateness, but the brethren had felt it was not proper. Today they voted to change the name of the Stake. I voted negatively but when they out-voted us, I moved that it be made unanimous. It hurt me not a little, but I am swallowing my pride and disappointment and will be ready to do as the brethren desire at the Stake conference some three weeks to which conference I am now assigned. (6)
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-- 25 years ago today - Mar 21, 2001 --
Ralph Mecham recalls that Harold B. Lee stated "the brethren would never permit another member of the Twelve to serve in the Cabinet or in a high political position because, as he put it, 'Elder Benson had lost his spiritual tone and would no longer accept counsel.'" (7)
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1 - Patriarchal Blessings
2 - Howard and Martha Coray Notebook
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
4 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
5 - First Presidency, Letter to Philemon C. Merrill, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015
6 - Spencer W. Kimball, Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015
7 - L. Ralph Mecham to Greg Prince as referenced in Gregory A. Prince and Wm. Robert Write, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press (2005)
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