On this day in Mormon History
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-- 180 years ago today - May 8, 1845 --
Brigham Young requested the British Saints to "furnish a bell for the Temple," which should be large enough (he suggested about 2,000 lbs.), to be "heard night and day." There is no further information on the bell; when it was delivered to Nauvoo or when it was hung in the tower, but each session of the Endowment was announced with the ringing of the bell when the temple was used for ordinance work during the winter of 1845-1846. (1)
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Brigham Young instructs that church publications be copyrighted in his name as church president. (2)
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-- 160 years ago today - May 8, 1865 --
[Wilford Woodruff]
President Young said He wanted all the Saints to burn up every Copy they have of the History of Joseph Smith by his mother Lucy Smith for it is Not True. Much of its fals. I spent the night at Thomas Kingtons. (3)
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-- 155 years ago today - May 8, 1870 --
Brigham Young is sealed for eternity to Lydia Farnsworth Mayhew, who had nine children by her Mormon husband, Elijah Mayhew. Young is not sealed to her "for time" and she continues to life with her husband Elijah until her death in 1896. (2)
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-- 130 years ago today - May 8, 1895 --
After sixty-six days of deliberation, delegates to Utah's constitutional convention sign the new Utah State Constitution, paving the way for statehood after more than forty years of waiting. (4)
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-- 75 years ago today - May 8, 1950 --
[J. Reuben Clark]
Glen Pearson Division of Religion Brigham Young University'wanted to talk to Pres. Clark about replacing an apostate with an apostate at the Logan Institute. Pres. Clark asked him to write a letter with a statement they would be willing to stand by and then he will read it and see what should be done, and will call him in in case it would seem he would need something else. (5)
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1 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
4 - LDS Daily, www.ldsdaily.com
5 - The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015
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