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-- 185 years ago today - Jun 3, 1840 --
[Wilford Woodruff]
A notable miracle was wrought by faith & the power of God in the person of Sister Mary Pitt at Dymok. She had been Confined 6 years to her bed, with the spine which mostly deprived her of the use of her feet & ancles, & had not walked for 11 years ownly with the use of crutches. Elders Young Richards & Woodruff lade hands upon her & rebuked her infirmity & her ancle bones received strength & she now walks without the aid of crutch or staff. (1)
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-- 170 years ago today - Jun 3, 1855 (Morning) --
[Brigham Young]
In my fullest belief, it was the design of the Lord that Adam should partake of the forbidden fruit, and I believe that Adam knew all about it before he came to this earth. I believe there was no other way leading to thrones and dominions only for him to transgress (2)
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-- 170 years ago today - Jun 3, 1855 (Evening) --
Joseph prophesied that Lyman Johnson would go into the kingdom of heaven, but he has got to go to hell first, burn out and then come out. A man has got to go down, just as far as he had light. (2)
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-- 135 years ago today - Jun 3, 1890 --
The First Presidency sets apart John Hafen, Lorus Pratt, and John B. Fairbanks as "art missionaries" to study in France in order to paint murals on the interior of the Salt Lake temple. They reach Paris on 24 July. They are joined by Edwin Evans and Herman H. Haag. Enrolled in the Julian Academy, the art missionaries return to Salt Lake City in 1892 and complete the temple murals. They are not the first formally trained Mormon artists, because C.C.A. Christensen (b. 1831) and Danquart A. Weggeland (b. 1827) both trained at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Contemporary with these art missionaries are three Julian Academy sculptors of Mormon background. Brigham Young's grandson, Mahonri M. Young, wins the silver medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, creates a statue of Brigham Young in the U.S. Capitol, and sculpts the Salt Lake Temple Square monuments to Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and the Miracle of the Seagulls. Cyrus E. Dallin wins the gold medal at
the Panama Exposition and sculpts the Angel Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake temple, and also creates the pioneer monument. Least identified with his Mormon parentage of the three, Gutzon Borglum designs and sculpts Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. Mary Teasdel joins the Julian Academy in 1899. She is the first female Mormon artist whose work eventually becomes part of a collection at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. (3)
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First Presidency sets apart John Hafen, Lorus Pratt, and John B. Fairbanks as "art missionaries" to study in France in order to paint murals in interior of Salt Lake temple. They reach Paris on Jul 24. They are joined by Edwin Evans and Herman H. Haag. Enrolled in Julian Acadamy, the art missionaries return to Salt Lake City in 1892 and complete the temple murals. They are not first formally trained Mormon artists, because C. C. A. Christensen (b. 1831) and Danquart A. Weggeland (b. 1827) borh trained at Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Contemporary with these art missionaries are three Julian Academy sculptors of Mormon background. Brigham Young's grandson Mahonri M. Young wins silver medal at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, creates statue of Brigham Young in U. S. Capitol, and sculpts Salt Lake Temple Square monuments to Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Miracle of the Seagulls. Cyrus E. Dallin wins gold medal at Panama Exposition and sculpts Angel Moroni statue
atop Salt Lake temple and also creates pioneer monument. Least identified with his Mormon parentage of the three, Gutzon Borglum designs and sculpts Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. (4)
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-- 130 years ago today - Jun 3, 1895 --
[Apostle Francis M. Lyman]
I spoke 75 minutes upon rebaptism, Statehood and woman suffrage. (5)
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-- 125 years ago today - Jun 3, 1900 --
[Heber J. Grant]
After meeting, Brother [Frank Y.] Taylor and I drove to South Cottonwood where we met Bishop Rawlins and I requested that he do not issue a recommend to a brother whose name I have now forgotten, who is about to move to Canada. This man recently married a young lady from the Tirteenth [sic] Ward, and he promised before going to secure an obligation which was owing a young lady also of the Thirteenth Ward, and to whom he had been engaged. Learning that he was going to Canada without making good his promise I felt that he was unworthy of a recommend and that his promise should be fulfilled before he was allowed to secure a recommend. (6)
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-- 90 years ago today - Jun 3, 1935 --
In your letter of June 1 you ask whether or not the Church has changed its attitude towards the playing of cards.
In reply will say that there has been no change and the advice given by President Smith, to which you refer, has been reiterated by myself and others of the General Authorities from time to time.
Card-playing is a waste of time and frequently leads to quarreling and cheating, and sometimes worse evils. (7)
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1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses
3 - The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]
4 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
5 - Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
6 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
7 - Heber J. Grant, Letter to Anna Brown, 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
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