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-- 190 years ago today - Mar 29, 1836 --
[Joseph Smith]
Attended school, which was the last day of our course of lectures in Hebrew by Professor Seixas. ...
At evening I met with the Presidency in the Temple of the Lord. The Lord commanded us to tarry and san[c]tify our selves by washing our feet.
...Soon after this, the word of the Lord came to us through Pres[i]d[en]t J[oseph] Smith, Jun[ior], that those who had entered the Holy Place must not leave the House untill morning, but send for such things as were necessary, and also that during our stay we must cleans[e] our feet and partake of the sacrament that we might be made holy before Him, and thereby be qualified to officiate in our calling upon the morrow in washing the feet of the Elders.
Accordingly we proceeded and cleansed our faces and our feet, and then proceeded to wash each other's feet....
The Bishops and their councils were then washed, after which we partook of the bread and wine. The Holy S[p]irit rested down upon us and we continued in the Lord's House all night prophesying and giving glory to God. (1)
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-- 125 years ago today - Mar 29, 1901; Friday --
[Heber J. Grant]
.... Brother Joseph F. Smith followed, occupying the remainder of the time. He spoke with a great deal of power and force. He announced that he looked upon me as being the seed actually of the Prophet Joseph Smith under the New and Everlasting Covenant, my mother having been sealed to the Prophet for all eternity, and only married to my father for time. This remark was called forth because of Jos[eph]. E. Taylor saying that the Lord would not forget the seed of the Prophet Joseph Smith, but that they would be remembered even if he had to wait until the second, third, or fourth generation for the Prophet's seed to have bestowed upon them the Holy Priesthood.
Brother Joseph F. [Smith] did not mention my name, but he announced that the Lord had not forgotten the seed of the Prophet Joseph, that his seed held the high priesthood in the Church, and that he had a son who was sitting not far from where he was then standing addressing the Saints. I knew Brother Smith meant me as on other occasions he had refered to me as the son of President Joseph Smith, and stated that he looked upon me as his cousin. (2)
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-- 110 years ago today - Mar 29, 1916 --
[Heber J. Grant]
At 10:30 called at Brother Lyman's office as per his request and had a long talk with him on prohibition. He tried to catch me last night. He stated that he is anxious for me to take an active part in the coming campaign in favor of prohibition. (3)
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-- 105 years ago today - Mar 29, 1921 --
Pres A[nthony]. W. Ivins'came in about the middle of the afternoon'& later was asked to speak on plural marriages'A. W. I.'After 1890'no man who took plural wives were brought to account. He was instructed to tell the Mex. Government he was not then [there?] to perform plural marriages and at the same time he was instructed to perform plural marriages. (4)
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-- 60 years ago today - Mar 29, 1966 --
"Brother [Ezra Taft] Benson inquired about the [scheduled John Birch Society] dinner, that in the letter that had been sent out it was announced that he would be in attendance and introduce the speaker. President [N. Eldon] Tanner said that he told Brother Benson that he could not give him any further answer than was given in the meeting on Thursday [not to speak at any more Birch meetings]. Elder Benson asked President Tanner if he would clear this matter for him with President McKay, and President Tanner had said no, that he felt that it was just as clear as anything could be." (5)
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1 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1835-36, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
3 - The Diaries of Heber J. Grant, 1880-1945, Abridged, Digital Edition Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015
4 - Richard R. Lyman, Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015
5 - David O. McKay diary 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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