On this day in Mormon History
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-- 200 years ago today - Dec 27, 1825 --
"A few days since was discovered in this town, by the help of a mineral stone, (which becomes transparent when placed in a hat and the light excluded by the face of him who looks into it, provided he is fortune's favorite,) a monstrous potash kettle in the bowels of old mother Earth, filled with the purest bullion. Some attempts have been made to dig it up, but without success. His Satanic Majesty, or some other invisible agent, appears to keep it under marching orders; for no sooner is it dug on to in one place, than it moves off like "false delusive hope," to another still more remote [place]. ... They have entrenched the kettle all around, and driven a steel ramrod into the ground directly over it, to break the enchantment." (1)
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-- 180 years ago today - Dec 27, 1845 --
Patriarch John Smith blesses a woman whose husband is non-LDS: "the Priesthood in its fullness shall be confered upon thee in due time[--]thou shalt have pow[e]r ov[e]r try relatives & friends & thy husband & children to lead them whethersoever thou wilt in as much as you seek faithfully & truly to preserve them in the bonds of the new & ev[e]rlasting covenant." (2)
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-- 180 years ago today - Dec 27, 1845. Saturday. --
[William Clayton]
At 15 minutes past 10 o clock the United States Deputy Marshall, from Springfield, by the name of Roberts, came to the [Nauvoo] Temple in company with Almon W. Babbitt. He was freely admitted to every part of the Temple, to which he desired access. He went into the tower, on the roof, and into the Attic Story, passed through the various departments into the east room, where he very intently examined the portraits, and made enquiries as to whose they were, severally but obtained no correct information on the subject. ...
In the evening several of the Twelve came in ... these met for prayer in President Younges room at 15 minutes before 7 o clock. Bishop Whitney was with them also. All were clothed in priestly garments. Elder John Taylor came in just as they were commencing their exercises, and without having clothed himself united with them in prayer. . . . (3)
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-- 170 years ago today - Winter 1855 --
[Handcart]
Virtually all the "church train" and commercial freight ox teams die on the range. (4)
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-- 125 years ago today - Dec. 27th, 1900 --
[Apostle Brigham Young Jr.]
Pres. Snow too ill to go out. Met in Office. Question of sending "Mormon" to Senate. I am decidedly in favor of it. Gentiles have one Senator or Representative. We must have a Representative or Senator. Pres. Snow thoroughly worn out... (5)
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-- 70 years ago today - Dec 27, 1955 --
A letter from the Presiding Bishopric announced that students at BYU would be organized into campus wards and stakes beginning Jan. 8, 1956. This move set the pattern for student wards to be organized at Church colleges and institutes of religion wherever their numbers warranted it. (6)
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1 - Wayne Sentinel
2 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power
3 - George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://bit.ly/WilliamClayton
4 - Handcart Timeline, Will Bagley
5 - Diary of Apostle Brigham Young Jr., http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
6 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
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