Today in Mormon History - Oct 01

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-- 190 years ago today - Oct 1, 1831 --
[Hyrum Smith]
Administers to the ill daughter of a local minister, who is immediately healed. (1)
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-- 185 years ago today - Fall 1836 --

Fall 1836 Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Sidney Rigdon establish the "Brother of Gideon" society. [Book of John Whitmer] (2)
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-- 165 years ago today - Oct 1, 1856 --

Typical Deseret News report of Reformation meetings. Jedediah M. Grant presides over three days of meetings at Farmington, Utah, where he speaks seven times, prays four times, and during which 450 are rebaptized. (3)
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-- 160 years ago today - Oct 1, 1861 --

Brigham Young and counselor Daniel H. Wells have "a discussion on the use of artillery and contrasted the cannons with Guns, and gave the preference to Small arms. The President told an anecdote of a Ball fired from a Gun that struck a Knot in a rail & then rebounded back, and shot a horse in the heart, the ball was intended for a crow."
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-- 145 years ago today - Oct 1, 1876 --

A woman is considered healed from possession by an evil spirit when baptized for her health [George W. Hill, Letter, October 1, 1876] (4)
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-- 130 years ago today - Oct 1, 1891 --

The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles consider this question: "Shall the Priesthood nominate and the people accept, or shall the people nominate?" The decision of the meeting: "It is quite proper for the brethren before making appointments to consult with the local authorities and be sure to select men for position whom the people will be glad to sustain" to the offices of bishop, stake president, and patriarch. (3)
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-- 125 years ago today - Oct 1, 1896 --
[Brigham Young Jr.]
Met fasting had sacrament at 3 p.m. The time was occupied by discussing the financial affairs of the Church. Pres[iden]t [George Q.] Cannon said the C[hurch]. was solvent. I am sure he is mistaken in this or else most of the 12 are. However there were explanations made which threw much light upon money matters of which the 12 have been wo[e]fully ignorant. (5)
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Wilford Woodruff writes in his journal, "I spent most of the day in the Temple with the Apostles & we partook of the sacrament together. We talked over the Debts of the Church & our individual Debts all of which are pressing us very Heavily now."
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-- 70 years ago today - Oct 1, 1951 --
[J. Reuben Clark]
Mr. Gordon of the Burns Detective Agency (4-5447) called President at the suggestion of Orval Adams, who was to have introduced him to President Clark, but who is in New York at the present time.

The Burns Agency represent the Attorney General of the state of Arizona. The county officials at Kingman had asked the Attorney General for assistance in cleaning up the bunch of polygamists in the Arizona Strip. Mr. Gordon wanted to solicit President Clark's help and his advice on how to go at it. They wanted to handle it so it would not hurt the Church. They wondered if they might get some help from the Church. He understands that the people in southern part of Utah, St. George, have considerable feeling about the matter, and a number of them have gone to the County Officials at Kingman about it, apparently with the idea of cleaning it up. (6)
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-- 45 years ago today - Oct 1, 1976 --

The dissolution of the First Council of the Seventy and the Assistants to the Twelve, who merge into the First Quorum of the Seventy. After this date there is no permanent ranking or membership for the Presidency of the Seventy. The conference also sustains the first ethnic Japanese and first former Buddhist as a general authority, First Quorum of the Seventy's Adney Y. Komatsu, who was born in Hawaii. (3)
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-- 40 years ago today - Oct 1,1981 --

New York Times reports official announcement that new edition of Book of Mormon changes prophecy that Lamanites will "become white and delightsome." Instead of continuing original reference to skin color, new edition emphasizes inward spirituality: "become pure and delightsome." (7)
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1 - Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll, Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity, A Brief Chronology of the Life of Hyrum Smith: 1800-1844
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]
4 - Stapley, Jonathan and Wright, Kristine, '"They Shall Be Made Whole": A History of Baptism for Health,' Journal of Mormon History, Fall 2008
5 - Brigham Young Jr. Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010
6 - The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, Appendix 5, Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848-1996, http://amzn.to/extensions-power