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-- 190 years ago today - (Tue) Aug 4, 1835 --
The Church temporarily withdrew fellowship from Orson Hyde and William E. McLellin, following their criticism of Sidney Rigdon's grammar school. (1)
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-- 180 years ago today - Aug 4, 1845 --
Patriarchal Blessing of Ira Rice given by William Smith ... thou art of a peculiar spirit when thy soul is moved it cometh forth from the deep thicket like the fierce lion that maketh the forest to tremble and as a terror upon thine enemies in thy fierce anger thou canst not be turned back for so the Lord maketh thee an avenger of the blood of Prophets ... (2)
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Patriarchal Blessing of John Needham given by William Smith ... the Lamanites shall hear thy voice for in other tongues the Gospel shall be preached to them the gift of tongues and interpretation shall be given thee, by Revelation thou shalt speak and thy tongue shall be unloosed none shall deceive thee for thou shalt have the discerning of Spirits also great wisdom even the true knowledge of God power to organize kingdoms and build up a church of God ... (2)
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[William Clayton]
P.M. met at Dr Richards but the brethren did not come till late & I left. Emmett was at the council. He says his company are settled among the Sioux Indians about 200 miles beyond Council Bluffs. He says the old chief told him the United States government had promised to send white men amongst his tribe to learn them to raise grain &c but had fail-'s and he was determined now he had the opportunity to have the white people settle amongst them to avail himself of the privilege. It seems this is a favorable prospect for our having a home amongst that tribe if the United States should drive us. Emmett was baptized this evening but whether he will prove faithful is yet to be told. (3)
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-- 115 years ago today - Aug 4, 1910; Thursday --
A letter was read from President William A. Seegmiller, dated June 30th, from Tahiti, presenting a very embarrassing condition which our elders are confronted with in this: that the young Tahitians, after reaching ages ranging from 12 years upwards, continue the practice of their forefathers by living together as husband and wife; that after doing this for some years, after getting tired of a life of smoking, card-playing, &c., some of them will perhaps get married with a view of turning over a new leaf, and the custom is that they ask forgiveness, for the reason that they are already members of the Church, having been baptized when they were eight years of age, and they are then received by vote into fellowship; and by this time they generally have raised a family, and getting well along in life. This is a general condition among all faiths in religions in Tahiti, and this condition prevails despite the labors and teachings of the elders, and the government permits it, and in fact
many of the high French officials are themselves living with native women outside the marriage relation; and the absence of a marriage law makes it very hard for our elders, as we do not receive people as members of the Church living together in this done with [sic] our young native people who have been baptized when eight years of age, and who get in this condition a few years afterwards. Shall wholesale excommunication be made, or shall the wheat and tares be allowed to remain.
As President Smith had already given advice on the same question, it was concluded to lay this over until his return home. ... (4)
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-- 15 years ago today - Aug 4, 2010 --
In his 136-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker decided that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same sex marriage passed in 2008, is unconstitutional. (5)
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-- 10 years ago today - 2015 August 4 --
The first photos of Joseph Smith's seer stone are made public by the Joseph Smith Papers Project, along with an Ensign article explaining its use in translating the Book of Mormon. (6)
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1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Patriarchal Blessings
3 - The Nauvoo Diaries of William Clayton, 1842-1846, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015
4 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
5 - Prop 8 Timeline, NBC San Diego, http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/Proposition-8-Timeline-History-California--138796454.html
6 - Wikipedia, 21st Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century_(Mormonism)
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