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-- 180 years ago today - May 11, 1845 --
[Brigham Young]
I say in the name of Israel's God there will never be a lack, there will be no cry for food - no cry for clothes - the Lord will provide for us even if it is to open the bowels of the earth and bring out the gold and silver (1)
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-- 170 years ago today - May 11, 1855 (Friday) --
A treaty of peace was concluded with the Ute Indians. (2)
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-- 140 years ago today - May 11, 1885 --
[Heber J. Grant]
Today is the first day that I have devoted to soliciting for insurance since I became a member of the Quorum of Apostles. (3)
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-- 125 years ago today - May 11, 1900 --
[George Teasdale]
Now with regard to your full blessings[,] you will have to see Bro. [Anthony W.] Ivins [president of the Colonia Juarez Stake] and get your recommends to the blessings of the House of the Lord for your full blessings [2nd Anointing]. They will have to be endorsed by Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow, which I shall be pleased to get for you[,] and that will all be O.K. for you all to get your blessings. Anything I can do for you at any time I shall be happy to do. (4)
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-- 65 years ago today - May 11, 1960 --
[Marion G. Romney]
President [J. Reuben] Clark called me into his office and talked to me from 12:45 until 1:20 p.m. about my assignment to Mexico to check the excavations and artifacts which [Thomas Stewart] Ferguson and his co-workers are discovering. (5)
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-- 30 years ago today - May 11, 1995 --
Representatives of the LDS church in Denver withdraw their application for institutional "oberserver status" in the Colorado Council of Churches, the first step to membership in the World Council of Churches. The announcement of the application caused a firestorm of complaints and letters demanding rejection due to the Mormon theology of sexually cohabiting Heavenly Father who progresses by allowing mortals to become gods. The application is withdrawn to avoid bruising the confirmation process. (6)
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Representatives of LDS church in Denver to withdraw their application for institutional "observer status" in Colorado Council of Churches, first step to membership in World Council of Churches. Announcement of application caused firestorm of complaints and letters demanding rejection due to Mormon theology of sexually cohabiting Heavenly Father who progresses by allowing mortals to become gods. The application is withdrawn to avoid bruising confirmation process. (7)
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1 - Thomas Bullock Minutes as quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
4 - George Teasdale to Joseph C. Bently, May 11, 1900 in Joseph T. Bentley, Life and Letters of Joseph C. Bentley: A Biography (Provo: By the Author, 1977), 108, quoted at Exploring Mormonism: Bishop's Interview Timeline, http://www.exploringmormonism.com/bishops-interview-timeline/
5 - The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015, Appendix 2, The Diaries of Marion G. Romney, 1941-1961, Abridged
6 - The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]
7 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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