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-- 195 years ago today - Aug 6, 1830 --
A "Joseph Smith" (Joseph Smith Sr.?) signs a petition in the "rabidly anti-Masonic newspaper" 'The Seneca Farmer and Waterloo Advertiser' (1)
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-- 160 years ago today - Aug 6, 1865 --
Patriarchal Blessing of Charles Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt be like Nephi of old, and the hidden treasures of the earth shall be unfolded to your mind, for no good thing shall be with[h]eld from thee. Thou art of Joseph and a lawful heir to the fulness of the priesthood, and with wives and a kingdom on the Earth forever, and your table shall be spread with the bounties of the earth. For I ordain you an Elder, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that you may comprehend many things of the Father, and sit in council with the Ancient of Days, and receive the fulness of the priesthood by the hand of the Savior, and be crowned with eternal lives. Amen. (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of James Henry Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... thou shalt be very useful in this kingdom in doing much business in writing and recording the council of heaven and the angels of God shall rejoice over thee... and shall converse with your Savior face to face, and many of the holy prophets since the world began. Thou art of Ephraim, and a lawful heir to the fulness of the priesthood and with wives and a great kingdom on the earth, and shall sit in council with the Ancient of Days, and with all the holy prophets since the world began ... (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of Jesse Nathaniel Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... and ordain you an Elder in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that you may thwart every plan of the Destroyer, that you may live to the coming of the Messiah, for this is the mind and the will of the Father... Inasmuch as you will hearken to every council of thy parents, thou shalt have the heavens opened to your view... with wives and a great kingdom on the earth, and you shall have great treasures of the earth, and with every desire of thy heart upon Mount Zion, and thou shalt converse with your savior face to face ... (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of Julia Henrietta Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt be a natural prophetess on Mount Zion and the fulness of the priesthood in due time ... and the Savior will literally lay his hands upon this child when it grows up to womanhood ... and shall stand on the earth at the coming of the Messiah ... (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of Nephi Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... Thou shalt have power to raise the dead, and to do any miracle to forward this kingdom; ... thou shalt come upon Mt. Zion with the hundred and forty-four thousand in their robes of righteousness with many of the Holy Prophets face to face. You shall sit in Council with Joseph and Hyrum, and with your Redeemer. ... Shall help to rear a temple in Jackson county, and you shall help to pave the streets around the temple in Jackson county with gold, and you shall hear the prophet Joseph talking unto you about the New Jerusalem. ... (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of Susan E. Martineau given by Charles W. Hyde ... thou shalt live until thou art 83 years old, and till the coming of the Messiah, and shall converse with him. ... and you shall be a prophetess on Mt. Zion, and shall be a Savior with thy companion ... (2)
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-- 155 years ago today - Saturday August 6, 1870 --
[Payson School of the Prophets]
.... All nations are planning to destroy life while we are trying to perpetuate life, and to protect it.
Elder Wimmer ... Bore testimony to the mild and fatherly character of President Young; said he was very far from being the tyrant he is represented to be by his enemies. (3)
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-- 135 years ago today - Aug 6, 1890 --
[Brigham Young Jr.]
Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow promised great blessing to this Quorum, should, if we sought it, live to see the Savior in the flesh. And these brethren have power to lengthen out their lives. God approves of it said Pres[iden]t. L[orenzo]. Snow. (4)
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[Heber J. Grant]
[At a meeting of the Apostles where they each give the other blessings] Brother Moses made me very many precious promises. I was so filled that I could not make much of an effort to remember what he said. I recall that he promised me among other things that I should have long life and that the veil between me and eternity should be so thin that I could look beyond. I was promised that I should see father, the Prophet Joseph, the Savior, and some of the ancient prophets. Said the Lord was well pleased with the integrity of my heart. I was admonished that there was no power only through humility. I was promised that my influence should increase among the people. The blessing which brother Moses gave me was a very great comfort as I had wondered whether the labors that I had been performing had been acceptable in the sight of the Lord. ... (5)
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-- 130 years ago today - Aug 6, 1895 --
[Francis M. Lyman]
[Council] Pres[ident] Snow made nice opening speech. He censured bro[ther]s Thatcher and Merrill for not being with us. ... Bro[ther] Brigham reported that ... bro[ther] Merrill does not attend meetings in that ward and does not partake of the sacrament there. ... I spent the evening with B[isho]p B. Preston. Talked over Frank J. Cannon's transgressions. He only knows of one woman he ruined. A man was sent to come home from a mission for fear his wife would be ruined by Frank, and some talk about another girl. (6)
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[Heber J. Grant]
At 2 pm attended the regular quarterly meeting of the apostles in the Temple Pres[iden]t Snow felt ... that the first quorum of the apostles, in our day, although selected by men directed by revelation to call them had never come to a perfect union as we have done. The twelve selected by our Lord and Savior were not all united. [Compare to with these] our union is glorious. (5)
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1 - Homer, Michael, 'Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry':The Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism, Dialogue, Vol. 27, No. 3
2 - Patriarchal Blessings
3 - A Record of Sayings and Doings in the School of the Prophets, organized by President Brigham Young September 19, 1868, In Payson City, Utah County, U.T., typescript by Michael Nielsen
4 - 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
5 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
6 - Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
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