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-- 190 years ago today - Feb 20, 1836 --
Patriarchal Blessing of Julian Moses given by Joseph Smith, Sr. ... thou shalt not fall a prey to that monster that fell from his high standing, before the most high: ... thou shalt have visions and shalt gaze upon the heavens, and the glories thereof, and thou shalt arise up to meet Christ in the air, while the earth shall reel to and fro and be cleansed and prepared for the saints ... (1)
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-- 185 years ago today - Feb 20, 1841 --
The court-martial of the Nauvoo Legion, by a unanimous vote, adopts a resolution: "That no person whatever, residing within the limits of the City of Nauvoo, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, excepting such as are exempted by the laws of the United States, shall be exempt from military duty, unless exempted by a special act of this court; and the fines for neglecting or refusing to appear on the days of general parade were fixed at the following rates: for generals, $25; colonels, $20; captains, $15; lieutenants, $10; and musicians and privates, $5; and for company parade at the following rates-for commissioned officers, $5; noncommissioned officers, $3; musicians and privates, $2. The 1st and 6th of Apr, and the 3rd of Jul, were fixed upon as days for general parade for this year."
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-- 175 years ago today - Feb 20, 1851 --
[Wilford Woodruff]
20th I spent the day in Council. Had a good time. Was Anointed & Blessed under the Hands of President Young.
[Endowment ceremony is again administered on regular basis since coming west, in such places as Brigham Young's office and upper room of Council House.] (2)
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-- 130 years ago today - Feb 20, 1896 --
Elders Reed Smoot and B[enjamin]. Cluff, Jr., accompanied by brother Willard Young and sister Susa Young Gates, called on the First Presidency, who were all at the office, and expressed satisfaction at the proposition for the B[righam]. Y[oung]. Academy to pass into the hands of the Church. Brother Young and sister Gates thought that the first thing to do was to obtain legal advice in reference to the transfer, and that this should be done before consulting the heirs of the estate of Pres[iden]t. [Brigham] Young. Brothers Cluff and Smoot were advised to consult attorneys in reference to making the change. It was agreed that there would be no necessity to change the name of the Institution, and the general opinion was that by the Church assuming control of the Academy and building up a strong Normal Department, the intention of the late Pres[iden]t. Young in reference to the Academy would be carried out with greater efficiency than ever. (3)
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-- 120 years ago today - Tuesday, Feb 20, 1906 --
[Apostle John Henry Smith]
I had breakfast with Vice President [Charles W.] Fairbanks. ... Our meal consisted of Baked apples & cream, corn cake and butter, Hominy & Cream, Fried Eggs and French fried Potatoes and Coffee. (4)
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-- 120 years ago today - Feb 20, 1906 --
[John Henry Smith to George Alber Smith]
Since writing a few lines to you Bro[ther]. [Reed] Smoot has introduced me to some of my old friends and I have had some very pleasant conversations. They all seem to feel that we must do something to convince the public and also the Senators that we are not coniving in these later cases [of plural marriages]. One man [i.e., Theodore Roosevelt] told me that [John W.] Taylor [Matthias F.] Cowley and [Joseph M.] Tanner must be disciplined by the Church, not cast out but drooped from their positions, and that it must be done at a conference. (5)
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-- 115 years ago today - Feb 20, 1911 --
The BYU Board of Trustees meets. The board, presided over by LDS church president Joseph F. Smith, "agreed that the Presidency of the Faculty should Consider the Cases of the teacher[s] in the university Henry and Jos. Peterson and R. V. Chamberlain." The three professors, who refused to change their teaching on evolution, were either fired or resigned under pressure.
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-- 105 years ago today - Feb 20, 1921 --
[James E. Talmage]
Complaints of wicked and dangerous teachings and practises had been made against Moses S. Gudmundson, J. Elvan Houtz and others; and the Council of the Presidency and Twelve had directed that President Clawson and I be present at the trial. ... The testimony adduced proved conclusively that these men and other residents of the West Tintic branch had been so far misled as to disregard the sanctity of the marriage obligation, as administered in the Temples, and had adopted a system of 'wifesacrifice', whereby men were required to give up their wives to other men, and this under a diabolical misinterpretation of Scripture as to the law of sacrifice requiring one to give up all he has, even wife and children. (6)
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-- 65 years ago today - Feb 20, 1961 --
A staff member of the Church Historian's office writes to Presiding Patriarch Eldred G. Smith that patriarchal blessings had been given through ten of the twelve tribes of Israel, the two not mentioned being the tribes of Issachar and Asher. And fifteen other lineages had been named in blessings, including that of Cain.
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President Clark ... is now a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the following Church-controlled or interested corporations:
Beneficial Life
Radio service Corporation of Utah (Station KSL)
Utah Hotel Company
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Z.C.M.I.
Director and Vice-President of Zions Securities Corp.
Director-Emeritus-Equitable Life Assurance Society
Member of Board of Trustees: Herbert Hoover Foundation Theodore Roosevelt
Foundation
Director'American Peace Society. (7)
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-- 50 years ago today - Feb 20, 1976 --
Thomas Stuart Ferguson writes "...you can't set Book of Mormon geography down anywhere - because it is fictional and will never meet the requirements of the dirt-archeology." Ferguson was a founder of the New World Archaeological Foundation at BYU in 1952 and participated in many archaeological digs in Central America searching for archaeological evidence of Book of Mormon peoples.
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1 - Patriarchal Blessing Book 1:53-54, in Early Patriarchal Blessings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Joseph Smith Sr. (Author), H. Michael Marquardt (Editor), http://amzn.to/rCBHVe
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies; The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
3 - Journal History, 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
4 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
5 - John Henry Smith, Letter to George Albert Smith, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015
6 - James E. Talmage, Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015
7 - The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015
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