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Date: January 08, 2014 02:11AM
Jan 8, 1837 - A week after being baptized Willard Richards writes in his journal: "I partook of the sacrament, and was confirmed by Reynolds Cahoon. I received such a measure of the Spirit as to be sensible of the subject of a song of Zion, which was sung by Elder Lyman Sherman, in the gift of tongues, on the coming of Christ."
Jan 8, 1844 - Joseph Smith tells William Law that he is no longer his counselor.
Jan 8, 1846 - Brigham Young anoints Heber C. Kimball and his wife Vilate as the first couple to receive the second anointing in a temple in which they are ordained as eternal "king and queen, priest and priestess unto God." Brigham Young, as part of the ceremony, promises Heber "blessing of the Holy reserection, Even to the Eternal Godhead" after which Vilate is anointed "a Queen & Priestess unto her husband."
Jan 8, 1861 - Brigham Young's Office Journal notes: "Bishop Edwd Hunter called in, The President remarked he had 41 Children living, Br Lewis enquired of him if he knew them all."
Jan 8, 1865 - Brigham Young preaches: "And what shall we say of our Heavenly Father? He is also a man in perfection, and the father of the man Jesus Christ, and the father of our spirits; He lives far above the influence and power of sin, and holds in his hands the destinies of all. We have not seen the person of the Father, neither have we seen that of the Son; but we have seen the children of the Father, and the brethren of the Savior who are in every way like them in physical appearance and organization."
Jan 8, 1880 - LDS political newspaper "Salt Lake Herald" reports George Q. Cannon's interview with pro-Mormon Omaha "Herald," in part "Polygamous marriages have ceased entirely so far as I know." In fact, in Endowment House alone, 107 men married polygamously in 1879 and 136 in 1880, most performed by general authorities.
Jan 8, 1881 - John Taylor preaches that "President Brigham Young had adopted the system of asking one-tenth of the property of the new comers in lieu of the surplus spoken of in the [1838] revelation." Taylor says that from now on tithing should be only "one tenth of our interest annually," and says local bishops must bear responsibility for giving temple recommends to non-tithers. Clerk in Presiding Bishopric's office records that Taylor has meeting vote to continue previous requirement of "one tenth of the property on entering the church." Thus a new convert is required to pay 1/10 of his/her property but a new arrival in Utah is not required to repeat lump-sum tithing.
Jan 8, 1887 - Lorenzo Snow is released from prison after serving eleven months of an 18-month sentence. He had been convicted of polygamy but his conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme court on the technicality that one charge against him had been separated into three charges.
Jan 8, 1900 - President Lorenzo Snow issues statement against polygamous cohabitation and new plural marriages and says violators of this rule must bear responsibility themselves.
Jan 8, 1902 - Apostle Matthias Cowley, at a meeting of the Twelve, "Spoke of Freemasonry as being a counterfeit of the true Masonry of the Latter-day Saints."
Jan 8, 1942 - Among toasts offered at first party for all general authorities is Amy Brown Lyman's "Even the apostles are human." This annual social is henceforth held Tuesday after April general conference. At 1946 social, Presiding Bishop LeGrand Richards and Seventy's president Milton R. Hunter perform comic skit in which these nearly bald general authorities wear outrageous-looking wigs.
Jan 8, 1947 - DESERET NEWS publishes John H. Koyle's repudiation of his former claims regarding "Dream Mine," in which he urges his followers and stockholders to "regard this mine as a business venture without any religious significance." Despite this statement, Koyle is soon excommunicated, due to pressure from Apostle Mark E. Petersen.
Jan 8, 1955 - Church News announces that "Duty To God" award is now available for LDS Boy Scouts.
Jan 8, 1965 - Secretary to the First Presidency Joseph L. Anderson writes in answer to a question by a Mormon "regarding the drinking of Sanka Coffee": "I am directed to tell you that the drinking of a beverage made from the coffee bean, from which all caffeine and deleterious drugs have been removed, is not regarded as a violation of the Word of Wisdom."
Jan 8, 1977 - Apostle Boyd K. Packer speaks at an anti-ERA rally in Pocatello, Idaho. He specifically asks that the amendment, originally passed by the Idaho legislature with a two-thirds majority, be rescinded. On the platform with Packer is Allen Larsen, speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives, who was also a stake president. Two weeks later the Idaho Legislature rescinds the ERA vote by a simple majority.
Jan 8, 1995 - In his wheelchair Howard W. Hunter dedicates temple in Bountiful, Utah.