LDS History, 1897 November

-- During 1897 November
Improvement Era began publication. (1)

-- 1897
Church Membership at end of year: 255,736
New Converts : 14,309
Percent Change from previous year: 5.93% (2)

-- During 1897-99
[David O McKay] Fulfills a two-year mission to Great Britain. In addition to his proselyting duties, serves as a leader of all the missionaries in Scotland. (3)

-- During 1897
[Heber J. Grant] Serves as a member of the general presidency of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association and as business manager for the Church magazine titled the Improvement Era. (4)

-- During 1897-1970
[Periodicals] Improvement Era, The; YMMIA Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (5)

-- Apr 1, 1898
Lucy Jane Brimhall and Amanda Inez Knight receive their calls to serve Full-Time Missions to England. They were the first Single Sister Missionaries called to serve to England. (6)

-- Apr 19, 1898
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Death of son, Rudger Elmo Clawson. (7)

-- Apr 21, 1898
The very first single sister missionaries arrive in Liverpool, England. They were Sister Lucy Jane Brimhall, and Sister Inez Knight. (6)

-- Apr 22, 1898
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends funeral service of son, Rudger Elmo Clawson, at residence of child's mother, Mrs. Richard Morris (born Florence Ann Dinwoodey). (7)

-- During 1898 April
Conference Reports began regular twice-yearly publication. (1)

-- During 1898, May
[Spencer W. Kimball] Moves with his family to Thatcher, Arizona, where his father presides over the St. Joseph Stake for the next 26 years. (8)

-- Sep 2, 1898
President Wilford Woodruff d. San Francisco, CA, age 91. (9)

Wilford Woodruff died. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
7 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah
9 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Dec 6, 1896

-- Dec 6, 1896
Fast Day changed from first Thursday of month to first Sunday. [See Fast and Testimony Meeting.] (1)

-- 1896
Church Membership at end of year: 241,427
New Converts : 10,311
Percent Change from previous year: 4.46% (2)

[Deseret] Butch Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch which consisted of 15 men and 4 women. (3)

[Deseret] Utah is admitted to the Union. (3)

[Deseret] Utah becomes the 45th state on January 4 and Heber M. Wells is inaugurated as the first governor. (4)

[Deseret] With statehood, Utah women regain the right to vote. (4)

-- During 1896-
[Periodicals] De Ster; Netherlands Mission Rotterdam, and (Unified 1967) The Hague, Holland Frankfurt, Germany DUTCH (Periodical) (5)

-- Mar 1, 1897
[Wilford Woodruff] Attends the celebration of his 90th birthday. (6)

-- Mar 13, 1897
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Death of daughter, Vera May Clawson, from drinking furniture cleaning fluid with carbolic acid. (7)

-- Mar 21, 1897
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends dedication of new Brigham City tabernacle. (7)

-- Oct 7, 1897
[Quorum of the Twelve] Matthias F. Cowley and Abraham O. Woodruff ordained. (8)

-- Oct 07, 1897
[U.S. Religious History] Elijah Mohammed, Black Muslim leader. was born. (9)

-- During 1897, November
First issue of Improvement Era published. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
9 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jan 4, 1896

-- Jan 4, 1896
Utah became a state. (1)

Utah is recognized by the federal government and achieves statehood as the 45th state. Polygamy is explicitly banned in the state constitution. Women's suffrage is continued. (2)

[Utah Statehood] President Cleveland proclaimed Utah a state on an equal footing with the other states of the Union. The long battle for statehood was won, and most Utahns joined in jubilant celebrations held throughout the new 45th state. On January 6 state officials were inaugurated at impressive ceremonies held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. (3)

-- Jan 6, 1896
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Gives patriotic address to celebrate Utah statehood. (4)

-- Feb 9, 1896
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Sees smoking ruins of the Brigham City tabernacle when returning from Mantua Ward. (4)

-- Apr 6, 1896
LDS "Political Manifesto" issued at General Conference. (5)

Political manifesto issued publicly. (1)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Moses Thatcher is not sustained by the church and dropped from the Quorum. (6)

-- Jul 09, 1896
[U.S. Religious History] William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous Cross of Gold speech. (7)

-- Jul 19, 1896
[Quorum of the Twelve] Abraham H. Cannon dies. (6)

-- Jul 26, 1896
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends funeral service of Abraham H. Cannon. (4)

-- Nov 5, 1896
Fast day changed from first Thursday to first Sunday of the month. (1)

The First Presidency formally announces in a letter that Fast Day will be moved from the First Thursday of each month to the First Sunday of each month. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
4 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
6 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
7 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Nov 13, 1894

-- Nov 13, 1894
[Wilford Woodruff] Oversees the establishment of the Genealogical Society of Utah. (1)

-- 1894
Church Membership at end of year: 222,369
New Converts : 7,835
Percent Change from previous year: 3.65% (2)

-- During 1894-97
[David O McKay] Attends the University of Utah and graduates as valedictorian. (3)

-- During 1894
[Deseret] Congress deeds sixty acres of Fort Douglas land on the city's east bench for the University of Utah campus, moving it from its downtown location on 300 West. (4)

[Utah Statehood] Congress passed the Enabling Act, which set forth the steps Utah must take to achieve statehood. It was signed by President Cleveland on July 16, 1894. On November 6 voters elected 107 delegates to a constitutional convention to be held in Salt Lake City the following year. (5)

-- Feb 11, 1895
The First Presidency of the Church declares Mormon Tabernacle Choir members to be acting missionaries and suggests they consider their choir responsibilities as their primary public duty. (6)

-- Mar 4, 1895
[Utah Statehood] the delegates met in the new Salt Lake City and County Building and framed Utah's constitution. In accordance with provisions of the Enabling Act, it "forever" banned the practice of polygamy. The delegates represented a mix of Mormons and non-Mormons from a wide range of backgrounds. They completed their work on May 6 and signed the engrossed document on May 8. At the general election on November 5, 1895, the new constitution was ratified, and state officials and state legislators were elected. (5)

-- Mar 6, 1895
[Apostle John Henry Smith] After fighting challenges to election, takes seat in convention and is elected president. Presides until its conclusion in May. (7)

-- Mar 28, 1895
Spencer W. Kimball (1895-1985) b. Salt Lake City. (8)

Spencer W. Kimball born in Salt Lake City. (9)

[Spencer W. Kimball] Spencer Woolley Kimball is born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Andrew Kimball and Olive Woolley Kimball. (10)

-- 1895
Church Membership at end of year: 231,116
New Converts : 8,747
Percent Change from previous year: 3.93% (2)

-- Jan 4, 1896
Utah became U.S. 45th state, proclamation signed by President Grover Cleveland. [See Utah Statehood.] (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Nov 13, 1893

-- Nov 13, 1893
[Quorum of the Twelve] William Smith dies. (1)

-- 1893
Church Membership at end of year: 214,534
New Converts : 13,573
Percent Change from previous year: 6.75% (2)

-- During 1893-94
[David O McKay] Serves as a teacher and principal at the Huntsville grade school; sustained as a Sunday School teacher in the Huntsville Ward. (3)

-- During 1893
All polygamists are given executive pardon in preparation for statehood. This restores their right to vote. (4)

The Liberal Party (Utah) disbands as members join the national parties in anticipation of statehood. (4)

-- Jan 30, 1894
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Reports church trial of Weldon Hunsaker of Honeyville, Utah, who was accused of homosexual assault by brothers Peter and Lorenzo. (5)

-- During 1894 February-March
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Visits Mexico on church business and to oversee affairs of the Mexican Colonization and Agricultural Company. (6)

-- Apr 5, 1894
President Wilford Woodruff presented to his counselors and quorum of the Twelve a revelation concerning endowments and adoptions. [See Law of Adoption.] (7)

-- During 1894 April
"Law of adoption" ended. (8)

-- Oct 2, 1894
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Nominated a Republican delegate to the constitutional convention. (6)

-- Nov 7, 1894
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Elected a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1895. (6)

-- Nov 13, 1894
Genealogical Society of Utah organized. (7)

Genealogical Society of Utah organized. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
5 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
6 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Apr 6, 1893

-- Apr 6, 1893
President Wilford Woodruff dedicated Salt Lake Temple, 40 years in construction. (1)

The Salt Lake Temple is dedicated, exactly 40 years after construction began. (2)

[Joseph F. Smith] Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple by President Wilford Woodruff. (3)

Salt Lake Temple; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Announcement: 28 July 1847; Dedication: 6 April 1893 by Wilford Woodruff; Style: Gothic, 6 spire - designed by Truman O. Angell; Notes: The Salt Lake temple was dedicated in 31 sessions held between 6 and 24 April 1893. (4)

[Wilford Woodruff] Dedicates the Salt Lake Temple. (5)

-- Apr 20, 1893
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Participates in largest prayer circle ever in celestial room of Salt Lake temple. (6)

-- May 4, 1893
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Death of son, Daniel Spencer Clawson. (6)

-- May 23, 1893
The First Baptisms for the Dead are Performed in the Salt Lake Temple, Utah. (7)

-- Aug 29, 1893
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Leaves with Lydia to attend Chicago World's Fair. (6)

-- Sep 8, 1893
Tabernacle Choir performed at Chicago World's Fair. (8)

-- Sep 14, 1893
[U.S. Religious History] Pope Leo XIII appointed Archbishop Francesco Satolli to be the first Apostolic Delegate to the USA. (9)

-- During September 1893
[Mormon Tabernacle Choir] The choir completes its first major tour to the Chicago Worlds Fair and Eisteddfod contest. It wins second place in the contest with a cash award of $1,000. (10)

-- Nov 13, 1893
[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith dies at Osterdock, Clayton County, Iowa, age eighty-two. (11)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
9 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
11 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1891

-- 1891
Church Membership at end of year: 195,445
New Converts : 7,182
Percent Change from previous year: 3.81% (1)

[Utah Statehood] Permanent formation of national parties occurred in Utah in 1891. On May 29 the officers of the People's party met in Salt Lake City and voted to disband the party and advised the members to join one of the two major national political parties. On July 6 the Democrats held their convention and nominated a slate of candidates for Salt Lake County offices. On July 8 the Republicans met and nominated their first county ticket. The two parties met several times during July to effect their organization and to field legislative candidates for the August 3 election. Democrats and Liberals won most of the offices. The Liberal party did not disband until December 18, 1893. (2)

-- Feb 5, 1892
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Goes to Washington, D.C., to try to defeat the Democratic Party-sponsored "Home Rule" bill and promote statehood. (3)

-- Mar 17, 1892
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends jubilee celebration commemorating fiftieth anniversary of female Relief Society. 6 April Participates in hosanna shout at Salt Lake tabernacle. (4)

-- Oct 29, 1892
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends Democratic rally and listens to speech of Apostle Moses Thatcher. (4)

-- 1892
Church Membership at end of year: 200,961
New Converts : 5,516
Percent Change from previous year: 2.82% (1)

[Deseret] B'Nai Israel Temple dedicated in Salt Lake City. (5)

The Legislative Assembly changes the University of Deseret's name to the University of Utah. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith testifies on behalf of the RLDS church in the Temple Lot suit. (6)

-- Jan 4, 1893
U.S. president Benjamin Harrison granted amnesty to polygamists. (7)

-- Apr 6, 1893
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends dedication of Salt Lake temple. (4)

Salt Lake Temple, forty years in construction, dedicated by President Wilford Woodruff. [See Temples: Latter-day Saint Temples.] (8)

Dedication of Salt Lake Temple. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
2 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
3 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
4 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
5 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Oct 06, 1890

-- Oct 06, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church. (1)

-- Oct 6, 1890
[Wilford Woodruff] Members of the Church attending general conference unanimously sustain the revelation President Woodruff received regarding plural marriage. (2)

-- Oct 09, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Four Square Gospel Church, was born. (1)

-- 1890
Church Membership at end of year: 188,263
New Converts : 5,119
Percent Change from previous year: 2.80% (3)

[Deseret] Half of Salt Lake City's 45,000 residents are non-Mormons as the flood of twenty million immigrants coming to the United States--in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--find its way to Utah. (4)

[Deseret] LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff issues the Manifesto ending church-sanctioned polygamy. (4)

The Liberal Party wins the Salt Lake City, Utah elections, taking control of that city in addition to Ogden, Utah. (5)

-- During 1890-1935
[Periodicals] Salt Lake City, Beobacher; Local German groups (GERMAN News Paper) (6)

-- During 1891 March
Relief Society became a charter organization of the National Council of Women. (7)

-- May 20, 1891
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Helps organize the Republican Party of Utah, followed by dubs in other cities. (8)

-- During 1891 June
The People's Party disbands and members of the church join one of the two national parties as the effort continues to achieve statehood. With three effective parties in the territory, The Deseret News calls the Liberal Party the "bastard party" even though it is able to take a third of the seats in the state legislature. (5)

-- During 1891 September
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Sent to Arizona to perform marriages and to meet with Arizona Republican leaders. (8)

-- Nov 10, 1891
[U.S. Religious History] The first Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting was held in Boston. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 19, 1890

-- May 19, 1890
The Supreme Court upholds the Edmunds-Tucker Act in The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. United States (1)

-- Sep 24, 1890
President Wilford Woodruff received the vision which led to his issuance of the "Manifesto" stating Plural Marriage officially discontinued in the Church. (2)

President Woodruff records the 1890 Manifesto. (1)

-- Sep 24, 1890; October 6
[Joseph F. Smith] Manifesto received; Official Declaration 1 accepted by the Church. (3)

-- Sep 24, 1890
[Utah Statehood] LDS President Wilford Woodruff drafted the text of a momentous announcement. After conferring with other church leaders, he issued what has since been called the Woodruff Manifesto to the Associated Press on September 25. Woodruff's key sentence stated: "I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land." It was published in many newspapers across the country, and, though some doubted its authenticity or sincerity, it signaled a major shift of direction in church doctrine and practice and cleared the path toward statehood. (4)

[Wilford Woodruff] Having received a revelation from the Lord, issues a declaration stating that the Latter-day Saints should cease the practice of entering into plural marriage. (5)

-- Sep 25, 1890
President Wilford Woodruff issues the 1890 Manifesto ending the official practice of polygamy. (1)

[U.S. Religious History] Mormon President Wilford Woodruff issued a Manifesto in which the practice of polygamy was renounced. (6)

-- Oct 1, 1890
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Votes to endorse church president Wilford Woodruffs manifesto banning plural marriages. (7)

-- Oct 6, 1890
"Manifesto" accepted in General Conference. (2)

The Saints sustained President Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto stopping the performance of new plural marriages. (8)

Manifesto sustained in general conference, ending the practice of plural marriage (see OD-1). (9)

At a General Conference, President Lorenzo Snow submits the manifesto for a vote; it is approved unanimously. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Apr 7, 1889

-- Apr 7, 1889
[Wilford Woodruff] Sustained as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (1)

-- Oct 7, 1889
Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (2)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon ordained. (3)

-- During 1889 October
Young Woman's Journal began publication. (4)

-- During 1889 November
Endowment House razed. (4)

-- Dec 21, 1889
[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith marries Rosanna/Rosa Jewitt Surprise. (According to some sources, the marriage year is 1891.) (5)

-- 1889
Church Membership at end of year: 183,144
New Converts : 2,850
Percent Change from previous year: 1.58% (6)

[David O McKay] Sustained as secretary of the Huntsville Ward Sunday School. (7)

[Deseret] Butch Cassidy is involved with his first robbery, the Telluride, Colorado bank for $10,000 (8)

The Liberal Party is elected to run Ogden, Utah. (2)

Two years after the death of John Taylor, the First Presidency is reorganized with Wilford Woodruff as president. (2)

-- During 1889-1929
[Periodicals] Young Woman's Journal, The; Susa Young Gates Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (9)

-- May 06, 1890
[U.S. Religious History] The Mormon Church officially renounced polygamy. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Legends of America, Old West Timeline, http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-TimeLine2.html
9 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
10 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, May 21, 1888

-- May 21, 1888
Manti Utah Temple; Location: Manti, Utah, USA; Announcement: 25 June 1875; Dedication: 21 May 1888 by Lorenzo Snow; Rededication: 14 June 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley; Style: Castellated Gothic/French Renaissance - designed by William H. Folsom; Notes: Wilford Woodruff performed a private dedication on May 17, 1888. (1)

-- May 27, 1888
[Quorum of the Twelve] Erastus Snow dies. (2)

-- 1888
Church Membership at end of year: 180,294
New Converts : 7,265
Percent Change from previous year: 4.20% (3)

-- During ca. 1888-91
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Works as abstractor of about 8,000 pages of Box Elder County real estate records covering previous nineteen years. (4)

-- Jan 19, 1889
[U.S. Religious History] The Salvation Army split; one group renounced allegiance to founder William Booth while another, lead by Booth's son Ballington and his wife Maud, incorporated itself as a separate organization in America in 1896. (5)

-- Feb 17, 1889
[U.S. Religious History] The famous American evangelist Billy Sunday held his first public crusade in Chicago. Over the course of his career as a popular religious speaker, at least 100 million Americans are estimated to have attended his sermons. (5)

-- Apr 6, 1889
First Relief Society conference. (6)

-- Apr 7, 1889 - 2 September 1898
[1st Presidency Changes] Wilford Woodruff George Q. Cannon Joseph F. Smith First Presidency reorganized after death of John Taylor (7)

-- Apr 7, 1889
Wilford Woodruff sustained President of Church. (8)

Wilford Woodruff sustained as president of the Church. (6)

Wilford Woodruff sustained as President of the Church. (9)

[Joseph F. Smith] Sustained as Second Counselor to President Wilford Woodruff. (10)

[Quorum of the Twelve] The First Presidency is reorganized with Wilford Woodruff President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor. Lorenzo Snow becomes President of the Quorum. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples
2 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
5 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
6 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
7 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1887

-- During 1887
[David O McKay] Receives patriarchal blessing from John Smith. (1)

[Deseret] Congress denies women in Utah right to vote. (2)

[Deseret] Edmunds-Tucker Act is passed by Congress. (2)

The Edmunds-Tucker Act abolishes women's suffrage, and seizes control of the church and its assets. (3)

[Utah Statehood] Although the Edmunds-Tucker bill was passed by the U.S. Senate on January 12, 1886, it was stalled by Democrats in the House as various amendments to it were considered. When finally approved by both houses in February 1887 and sent to President Cleveland, he allowed it to become law without his signature. Among other things, this act provided that LDS church property in excess of $50,000 would be forfeited to the United States and abolished woman suffrage in the territory. This discouraging news seemed to galvanize Mormons in Utah to continue their pursuit of statehood, but with a somewhat different proposal. On June 30, 1887, another constitutional convention met in Salt Lake City and by July 7 had hammered out a constitution that declared bigamy and polygamy "incompatible with a republican form of government" and made both activities misdemeanors. On August 1 the new constitution was ratified by Utah voters. Many doubted the sincerity of its provisions aga
inst polygamy, and
newspapers across the country editorialized against statehood based on such flimsy evidence of a turnaround of affairs in Utah. The new constitution was not automatically set aside by Congress, which held hearings on it in 1888, but ultimately it too failed to achieve the desired result for Utah. With the Mormon hierarchy determined to retain polygamy as a tenet and a practice, some members of Congress began agitating for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ban the practice. (4)

-- Jan 8, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Moves to Brigham City, Utah. (5)

-- Jan 25, 1888
David Whitmer, the last of the Three Witnesses, died in Richmond, Missouri. (6)

-- Feb 5, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] sustained as president of Box Elder Stake at quarterly stake conference. (5)

-- Feb 12, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Ordained a high priest and set apart as Box Elder stake president by Lorenzo Snow. (5)

-- Apr 6, 1888
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Speaks at general conference on polygamy. (5)

-- May 1, 1888
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Moves Josephine to Manassa, Colorado. (7)

-- May 17, 1888
Manti Temple dedicated in a private session. It was publicly dedicated 21-23 May. (6)

[Wilford Woodruff] Dedicates the Manti Utah Temple. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
5 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
6 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
7 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jul 25, 1887

-- Jul 25, 1887
Church President John Taylor dies in Kaysville Utah on this day 1887 aged 78. He served for more than 48 years as a General Authority in the Church (1)

John Taylor passes away, leaving Wilford Woodruff to assume control of the church. (2)

[John Taylor] At age 78, dies in the Thomas Roueché home in Kaysville, Utah. During his administration, Church membership reached over 150,000. (3)

[Joseph F. Smith] Death of President John Taylor, Kaysville, Utah. (4)

[Quorum of the Twelve] John Taylor dies. (5)

[Wilford Woodruff] Becomes the senior Apostle and the presiding leader of the Church at the death of President John Taylor. (6)

-- Jul 30, 1887
Federal government disenfranchised the Church, and confiscated Church property. (7)

The attorney general of the United State files suit and seizes all assets of the church and the Perpetual Emigration Fund. (2)

-- During 1887 November
The Church began renting Temple Square and other confiscated property from the government. (7)

-- Dec 12, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Pardoned by U.S. president Grover Cleveland and released from prison. (8)

-- Dec 20, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Receives second anointing. (8)

-- Dec 23, 1887
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Called as president of Box Elder Stake by Wilford Woodruff. (8)

-- 1887
Church Membership at end of year: 173,029
New Converts : 6,376
Percent Change from previous year: 3.83% (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
2 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
9 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Nov 7, 1885

-- Nov 7, 1885
[Quorum of the Twelve] Albert Carrington excommunicated. (1)

-- 1885
Church Membership at end of year: 164,130
New Converts : 5,888
Percent Change from previous year: 3.72% (2)

[John Taylor] Receives word during a visit to California that federal officials have ordered his arrest for practicing polygamy. Returns to Salt Lake City on 27 January. On 1 February, preaches his last public sermon and, in hopes of limiting the persecution against the Church by federal authorities, goes into hiding. (3)

-- During 1885-1892
[Periodicals] Svenska Hardden; Local Swedish groups (SWEDISH News Paper) (4)

-- During 1885
[Utah Statehood] As federal officials in Utah increased their pursuit and prosecution of polygamists under provisions of the Edmunds Act, many were imprisoned and others went into hiding on the "underground" or into exile in Mexico or elsewhere. On Saturday, May 2, 1885, Mormons held a mass meeting in the Salt Lake Tabernacle to protest the heavy hand of federal authorities. Those in attendance framed a "Declaration of Grievances and Protest" and chose a delegation to carry the document to the president. Similar mass meetings were held in other cities and towns throughout the territory. On May 13 the delegation from Utah, John T. Caine, John W. Taylor, and John Q. Cannon, presented the declaration to President Cleveland. (5)

-- 1886
Church Membership at end of year: 166,653
New Converts : 2,523
Percent Change from previous year: 1.54% (2)

-- During 1886-1890
[Periodicals] Historical Record; Andrew Jenson Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (4)

-- Feb. 17-18, 1887
[Financial] Following passage of the anti-polygamy Edmunds-Tucker Act by the U.S. Congress, the church is disincorporated and much of its property and assets are seized by federal officials. Church property is eventually returned on Oct. 25, 1893, about three years after the church had formally renounced the practice of polygamy. In 1896, a few months after Utah is admitted to the Union as the 45th state, church real estate holdings are also restored.
At the time of the disincorporation of the church in 1887, the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company is also dissolved, never to be reformed. It is estimated that, over the lifetime of the program, the church expended about $12.5 million in goods, livestock and currency to assist Latter-day Saints in traveling to the Utah Territory from points around the globe. (6)

-- Feb 19, 1887
[Wilford Woodruff] The United States Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act, another antipolygamy law, allowing the federal government to confiscate much of the Churchs real estate. The act becomes law on March 3, 1887. (7)

-- Mar 3, 1887
Edmunds-Tucker bill became law without signature of President Grover Cleveland. [See Antipolygamy Legislation.] (8)

Edmunds-Tucker Act became law without signature of Grover Cleveland. (9)

-- Jul 25, 1887
President John Taylor d. in exile, Kaysville, Davis Co., UT. (8)

John Taylor died in hiding; Twelve Apostles lead the Church for nearly two years. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
5 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
6 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1884, May

-- During 1884, May
[John Taylor] Dedicates the Logan Utah Temple. (1)

-- Oct 25, 1884
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Convicted for polygamy and unlawful cohabitation. (2)

-- Nov 3, 1884
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Sentenced by Judge Charles S. Zane to four years imprisonment at Utah Territorial Penitentiary and fined $800; taken to prison by Marshal Edwin Ireland. (2)

-- 1884
Church Membership at end of year: 158,242
New Converts : 6,649
Percent Change from previous year: 4.39% (3)

-- During 1884-85 December-January
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Tours Switzerland and Italy, visiting mission leaders and dealing with problems in Switzerland. (4)

-- During 1884
John W. Taylor is ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (5)

[Utah] David King Udall, the Mormon bishop in St. Johns, Arizona, was indicted on charges of unlawful cohabitation. He was never convicted, because his second wife lived in another town, and prosecutors could not locate her to compel testimony against him. (6)

-- 1885 Summer
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Divorced by first wife, Florence Ann Dinwoodey. (2)

-- Feb 1, 1885
After delivering his last speech in the Tabernacle, John Taylor went into hiding because of antipolygamy movement. (7)

President John Taylor goes underground to avoid being arrested and tried for plural marriage. (5)

-- Feb 3, 1885
Idaho test oath prohibited Mormons from voting. (7)

-- Apr 1, 1885
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Returns to Salt Lake City. (4)

-- Jul 2, 1885
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Arrested for illegal cohabitation but is discharged. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
5 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - Ratnikas, Algis, TimelinesDb, http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=201title=Utah
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1883 December

-- 1883 December
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Receives patriarchal blessing from William J. Smith. (1)

-- Mar 29, 1883
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Marries a plural wife, Lydia Elizabeth Spencer, at the Salt Lake Endowment House. Children: Rudger Remus, Hiram Bradley, Margaret Gay, Daniel Spencer, Vera Mary, Samuel George, Lorenzo Snow, Francis Marion, and Lydia. (1)

-- Apr 14, 1883
John Taylor received revelation on the seventies. (2)

Revelation to President John Taylor on the organization of the Seventies. (3)

-- During 1883 July-August
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Tours European Mission, including Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and France. (4)

-- Nov 17, 1883
[Quorum of the Twelve] Charles C. Rich dies. (5)

-- 1883
Church Membership at end of year: 151,593
New Converts : 5,989
Percent Change from previous year: 4.11% (6)

[Deseret] Children's Service Society of Utah is organized for day care. It later accepted orphans and handled juvenile court cases. (7)

-- During 1883-84
[Heber J. Grant] Visits communities of Native Americans, working with other Church leaders to call and set apart priesthood holders to labor there. (8)

-- During 1883 to 1889
[Wilford Woodruff] Serves as Church Historian. (9)

-- Apr 9, 1884
[Quorum of the Twelve] John W. Taylor ordained. (5)

-- May 17, 1884
Logan Temple dedicated. (2)

Logan Utah Temple; Location: Logan, Utah, USA; Announcement: 1863; Dedication: 17 May 1884 by John Taylor (Latter Day Saints); Rededication: 13 March 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball; Style: Castellated - designed by Truman O. Angell (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
4 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
5 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
6 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
7 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
10 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#List_of_temples
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

Origin of famous Mormon couplet

A recent publication provides information from Brigham Young shedding light on the origin of a foundational teaching of the LDS Church.

As man now is, God once was;
as God now is, man may become

So declared Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since this pronouncement on Sept. 18, 1898 the couplet has been quoted hundreds of times by LDS general authorities and instructors to summarize the Mormon concept of "eternal progression."

...

However Mormon Church President Brigham Young stated in 1849 "Lorenzo Snow put out some principles arguing that Jesus Christ is our father and not our elder brother and asked for light." Brigham Young replied to Lorenzo Snow:

While on a mission to England, the following came forcibly to my mind - As God was, so are we now; as he now is, so we shall be.

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LDS History, Aug 23, 1882

-- Aug 23, 1882
Rudger Clawson is tried for polygamy by a jury composed of 12 non-Mormons. Even though the polygamous marriage was performed before the 1862 Morrill act, he is tried ex-post facto, in clear violation of the Constitution of the United States. He is imprisoned and fined for his marriage. (1)

-- Oct 16, 1882
George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (1)

[Heber J. Grant] Ordained an Apostle by President George Q. Cannon of the First Presidency. (2)

[Quorum of the Twelve] George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant ordained. (3)

-- Oct 28, 1882
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Leaves Salt Lake City to preside over the European Mission. (4)

-- 1882
Church Membership at end of year: 145,604
New Converts : 4,871
Percent Change from previous year: 3.46% (5)

-- During ca. 1882-84
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Works as bookkeeper for brother, Spencer Clawson, in wholesale dry goods business. (6)

-- During 1882
[Deseret] Edmunds Act passed by Congress making it unlawful to cohabitate. (7)

Mormon women opened the Deseret Hospital, which was almost entirely managed and staffed by female directors and doctors. Additionally, LDS Relief Society women became involved in a number of enterprises designed to help care for the state's poor through donations of money, food, and materials, and managed business operations such as silk raising and grain storage. (7)

[John Taylor] Publishes The Mediation and Atonement. (8)

[John Taylor] United States Congress passes the Edmunds bill, making plural marriage a felony and prohibiting polygamists from voting, holding public office, or performing jury duty. (8)

-- During 1882-1885
[Periodicals] Morgenstjernen; Andrew Jenson Salt Lake City, Utah DANISH (Periodical) (9)

-- During 1882
[Wilford Woodruff] The United States Congress passes the Edmunds Act, making plural marriage a felony and prohibiting polygamists from voting, holding public office, or performing jury duty. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
5 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
6 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
7 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
9 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, 1881

-- 1881
Church Membership at end of year: 140,733
New Converts : 7,105
Percent Change from previous year: 5.32% (1)

[David O McKay] David McKay leaves on a mission to the British Isles. David O. and his mother assume responsibility for the farm and family. (2)

[Deseret] On September 7 a game of chess by telephone was played between Salt Lake and Ogden on Sunday. Salt Lake won. This is probably the first instance of telephonic chess on record. (3)

-- Jan 8, 1882
Assembly Hall on Temple Square dedicated. (4)

-- Feb 16, 1882
[Utah Statehood] the U.S. Senate passed the Edmunds Act, and it was approved in the House on March 14 and soon signed by Chester A. Arthur. It made the offense of unlawful cohabitation much easier to prove than polygamy misdemeanor and made it illegal for polygamists or cohabitants to vote, hold public office, or serve on juries. It also provided for a five-man Utah Commission appointed by the president to supervise all aspects of the electoral process in Utah Territory. Against this background Utahns nevertheless decided to mount another statehood drive. A constitutional convention authorized by the legislature met during April 10-27, 1882, in Salt Lake City and framed a constitution for Utah, abandoning the name Deseret and retooling the document. On May 22 the constitution was ratified by a vote of the people. Although a delegation was dispatched to Washington with the new constitution to present to Congress, no action was taken on the matter until February 23, 1883, when
it was introduced in the Senate; a statehood bill was later introduced in the House, but both bills were referred to committees where they were quickly put on hold. (5)

-- Feb 25, 1882
After a bitter dispute between George Q. Cannon (who won a decisive victory) and Liberal Party candidate Allen G. Campbell over who was allowed to represent Utah territory in the House of Representatives, both are denied the position. George Q. Cannon's practice of polygamy was the deciding issue and re-sparks national controversy on the topic. (6)

-- Mar 22, 1882
Edmunds bill signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur. [See Antipolygamy Legislation.] (7)

Edmunds Act signed into law. (4)

[U.S. Religious History] Polygamy was outlawed by Congress, specifically targeting the practices of the Mormon church. (8)

-- Mar 23, 1882
The Edmunds Act declares polygamy a felony. The act not only reinforces the 1862 Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act but also revokes the right of polygamists to vote, disallows them from holding political office, and also makes them ineligible to serve on the jury, regardless of whether they are practicing or merely believe in it. All elected offices in the Utah Territory were vacated, an election board was formed to issue certificates to those who denied polygamy and did not practice it, and new elections were held territory-wide. Practicing polygamists would have their civil rights taken away without a trial or due process. Adulterers and fornicators had no such penalties applied and did not lose their rights. (6)

-- During 1882 March
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Goes to Washington, D.C., to work against passage of the Edmunds Bill by the House of Representatives. (9)

-- Jul 17, 1882
Deseret Hospital opened by the Relief Society. (4)

-- Aug 12, 1882
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Marries Florence Ann Dinwoodey at the Salt Lake Endowment House. Child: Rudger Elmo. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
6 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
8 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
9 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
10 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, October 1851

-- During October 1851
Current format of the Pearl of Great Price is published. Contents include:\* Introductory Note\ * Selections from the Book of Moses\ * The Book of Abraham\ * Joseph Smith - Matthew\ * Joseph Smith - History\ * The Articles of Faith (1)

-- During 1880, October
[John Taylor] Sustained as President of the Church, with George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors. (2)

-- 1880
Church Membership at end of year: 133,628
New Converts : 5,242
Percent Change from previous year: 4.08% (3)

[Deseret] Ogden decides to adopt the electric light. They decided to light the city for $3,000 per year, with 60 days trial of the light before the contract was formally entered into. (4)

The First Presidency is reorganized three years after President Brigham Young's passing. John Taylor is named president. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] The first RLDS edition of Biographical Sketches is printed at Plano, Illinois. (6)

[Mormon Tabernacle Choir] The choirs first trip away from Salt Lake City is undertaken to American Fork, Utah. (7)

-- During 1880-1916
[Mormon Tabernacle Choir] Under the direction of Evan Stephens, the size of the choir increases from 125 members to over 300. (7)

-- During 1880-1887
[Periodicals] Ungdommens Raadgiver; N. Wilhelmse Copenhagen, Denmark DANISH (Periodical) (8)

-- During 1880
David King Udall (1851-1938), while living in Nephi, Utah, was called to be the Mormon bishop in St. Johns, Arizona, a small and primarily Hispanic Catholic community. (9)

-- Aug 1, 1881
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Elected to territorial legislature. (10)

-- Oct 3, 1881
[Quorum of the Twelve] Orson Pratt, the last surviving member of the original quorum, dies. (11)

-- Dec 14, 1881
[Lucy Mack Smith] Martha Jane Coray, mother of twelve and BYU's first woman regent, dies at Provo. (6)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Pearl of Great Price, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Latter_Day_Saints)
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
5 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
9 - Ratnikas, Algis, TimelinesDb, http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=201title=Utah
10 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
11 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Apr 6, 1880

-- Apr 6, 1880
[Heber J. Grant] Begins service as the secretary to the general presidency of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association. (1)

-- Oct 10, 1880 - 25 July 1887
[1st Presidency Changes] John Taylor George Q. Cannon Joseph F. Smith First Presidency reorganized after death of Brigham Young (2)

-- Oct 10, 1880
John Taylor sustained President of Church. Pearl of Great Price accepted as standard work. (3)

First Presidency reorganized with John Taylor as president; Pearl of Great Price accepted by the Saints as a standard work. (4)

John Taylor sustained as President of the Church. The Pearl of Great Price accepted as a standard work. (5)

General Conference.+ The Pearl of Great Price is canonized.+ Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith are called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (6)

[Joseph F. Smith] Sustained as Second Counselor to President John Taylor. (7)

[Quorum of the Twelve] The First Presidency is reorganized with John Taylor President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor. Wilford Woodruff becomes President of the Quorum. (8)

[Wilford Woodruff] Sustained as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the same general conference in which John Taylor is sustained as President of the Church. (9)

-- Oct 27, 1880
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Ordained an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve. (10)

Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (6)

[Quorum of the Twelve] Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith ordained. (8)

-- Oct 30, 1880
[Heber J. Grant] Begins service as stake president in Tooele, Utah. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
6 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
7 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
10 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Aug 3, 1879

-- Aug 3, 1879
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends Standing's funeral service in Salt Lake City. (1)

-- Oct 4, 1879
The Contributor began publication. (2)

-- Oct 16, 1879
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends trial in Georgia of the three men accused of Standing's murder, resulting in verdict of not guilty. (1)

-- 1879
Church Membership at end of year: 128,386
New Converts : 3,340
Percent Change from previous year: 2.67% (3)

-- During ca. 1879-80
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Works as a corresponding secretary for Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution. (1)

-- During 1879
[Deseret] First telephone service established in Ogden. (4)

[Deseret] A group of Mormon pioneers began the now-famous Hole-in-the Rock Expedition through the San Juan region of southeastern Utah, which was one of the most isolated regions of the United States. (5)

[Deseret] First telephone service established in Ogden, Utah. (6)

After six months of delay tactics and formalities, the Mormon-run People's Party regains control of Tooele County, after 5 years of rule by the non-Mormon Liberal Party. The county is left with $16,000 in debt." (7)

-- During 1879-1896
[Periodicals] Contributor, The; Junius F. Wells Salt Lake City, Utah (Periodical) (8)

-- During 1879
[Utah Statehood] George Reynolds, who had agreed to be the subject of a test case of the constitutionality of federal laws against polygamy, found his conviction upheld on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice Morrison Waite issued the unanimous decision on January 6 which upheld the Morrill Act making the practice of plural marriage a criminal offense. (9)

-- Apr 6, 1880
Fiftieth year since organization of Church declared Year of Jubilee. [See April 6.] (10)

Year of Jubilee declared. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
4 - History to Go, Mining and Railroad, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/miningandrailroad.html
5 - History to Go, Pioneers and Cowboys, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/pioneersandcowboys.html
6 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
7 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
9 - Thatcher, Linda, History to Go, Statehood Chronology, http://www.onlineutah.com/statehoodchronology.shtml
10 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

Journal of Discourses

I have removed the Journal of Discourses sermon topics from the list.  Maybe it's just me, but I find it a bit tedious to read through the topics of sermons. 

LDS History, Apr 9, 1879

-- Apr 9, 1879
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Called as LDS missionary to Southern States Mission. (1)

[Sermon] John Taylor: All Temporal Concerns Need the Attention of the Saints - We Should Prepare for the Evils Coming Upon the Earth - Cooperation and the United Order - Functions of the Two Priesthoods - Home Manufactures, JD 21:29 - 38 (2)

-- Apr 13, 1879
[Sermon] John Taylor: Effects of the Preaching of the Gospel - Object of the Gathering - Manifestations of the Ancients to Joseph Smith: - The Gospel to Departed Spirits - Duties of the Saints to Each Other - The Kind of Men Wanted to Go on Missions, JD 21:91 - 101 (2)

-- Apr 30, 1879
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon d. Nauvoo, IL., age 74. (3)

-- May 11, 1879
[Sermon] Aurelius Miner: The Gospel of Christ - Its Object, Principles and Power, JD 20:229 - 236 (2)

-- May 25, 1879
[Sermon] C. W. Stayner: Fates of the Ancient Apostles - Worship of the True God - His Creations and Handiwork - Prophecy, JD 20:206 - 211 (2)

[Sermon] Charles W. Penrose: Definite Ideas Concerning God - How to Worship Him Acceptably - Restoration of the Gospel - Its Preparatory Mission, JD 20:212 - 219 (2)

-- Jun 29, 1879
[Sermon] George G. Bywater: The Gospel As Preached By the Saints - Opposition By the World to the Diffusion of Truth, JD 20:237 - 244 (2)

-- Jul 6, 1879
[Sermon] John Taylor: Power and Effects of the Gospel - Antagonism Between Light and Darkness - Necessity of God's Judgments Upon the Wicked, JD 20:300 - 307 (2)

-- Jul 20, 1879
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Necessity of Revelation - Evidences of the Church of Christ - The Future of the Saints - Plural Marriage, JD 20:268 - 277 (2)

-- Jul 21, 1879
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Witnesses murder of missionary companion, Joseph Standing, by a mob near Varnell's Station, Georgia. (1)

-- Jul 27, 1879
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Practical Nature of the Gospel, JD 20:287 - 292 (2)

-- 1879 Late July
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Accompanies Standing's body to Salt Lake City, arriving on 1 August 1879. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
2 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jan 19, 1879

-- Jan 19, 1879
[Sermon] Charles W. Penrose: Remarks on Union, JD 20:122 - 129 (1)

-- Feb 2, 1879
[Sermon] John Taylor: Remarks, JD 20:138 - 142 (1)

-- Mar 2, 1879
[Sermon] John Taylor: The Interest of Humanity Should Be Observed, JD 20:256 - 267 (1)

[Sermon] John Taylor: The Natural Weakness of Men - The Necessity of Charity - The Purpose for Which the Gospel Was Revealed - The Spirit that Should Prevail Regarding Cooperative Institutions - The Folly of Dissension, JD 20:158 - 171 (1)

-- Mar 9, 1879
[Sermon] Orson Pratt: Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, JD 20:142 - 157 (1)

-- Apr 6, 1879
[Sermon] Erastus Snow: Parable of the Fig Tree - The Rise of the Latter - Day Work - Organization of the Church - Its Subsequent Progress and Development - The Manner of Calling God's Servants - Duties of Church Officers - The Saving Power of Truth - The Disobedient and Idle Condemned - Liberality of the Gospel Plan, JD 20:180 - 187 (1)

[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Influence of the Latter - Day Saints - Their Mission - The Marriage Relation - Capital and Labor - Religious Liberty, JD 20:195 - 205 (1)

-- Apr 7, 1879
[Quorum of the Twelve] Moses Thatcher ordained. (2)

[Sermon] Lorenzo Snow: Blessings of the Gospel Only Obtained By Compliance With the Law, JD 20:187 - 192 (1)

-- Apr 8, 1879
[Sermon] Brigham Young:, Jr The Growth of Zion - Benefits of Seeking Counsel From the More Experienced, JD 20:171 - 173 (1)

[Sermon] John Taylor: Opening of the Last Dispensation - Development of the Work of God - Sending Forth Missionaries - Usefulness of the Sisters - Improvement Associations - Education - Cooperation, JD 20:174 - 180 (1)

[Sermon] Joseph F. Smith: Duties of the Saints in Temporalities - Implicit Obedience Requisite - Church Interests Carefully Guarded - Gathering the Poor - Home Industries, JD 20:341 - 347 (1)

[Sermon] Moses Thatcher: Manifest Blessings of God to the Saints - Proper Education of the Young - Infidelity the Result of Ignorance, JD 20:192 - 195 (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
2 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Dec 1, 1878

-- Dec 1, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: All Things Governed By Law - All Intelligence and Blessings Have Emanated From God - Man's Free Agency Should Not Be Interfered With - The Opponents of the Kingdom of God Should Not Be Allowed to Teach Our Children - Necessity of All Being Subject to Legitimate Authority, JD 20:129 - 137 (1)

-- Dec 8, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: The Perpetual Emigrating Fund - How to Settle Difficulties - Should Be Governed By the Laws of God - Cooperation and Brotherly Kindness - The Proper Training of Children, JD 20:102 - 109 (1)

-- Dec 15, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: All Intelligence Comes From God - Life and Immortality Brought to Light Through the Gospel - Gathering - Temple - Building - The Elders Messengers of Salvation to the Nations, JD 20:219 - 229 (1)

-- 1878
Church Membership at end of year: 125,046
New Converts : 9,981
Percent Change from previous year: 8.67% (2)

The Liberal Party majority disappears in Tooele County. They lose the next election, although the new winners are not seated until next year. (3)

[John Taylor] Primary organization established. (4)

[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith is received in the Reorganized Church as a high priest on the basis of his original baptism and ordination. (5)

-- During circa 1878
[Sermon] Orson Pratt: God is Light - God Our Father - God a Personage - The Holy Ghost - The Earth As Part of the Universe - The Purpose of Experience - The Resurrection - Zion Taken From Each of the Creations - Spiritual Faculties, JD 19:280 - 294 (1)

-- Jan 4, 1879
Elder Hugh Findlay, first missionary to the Shetland Islands, begins preaching the gospel there. (6)

-- Jan 6, 1879
U.S. Supreme Court upheld 1862 antibigamy law in George Reynolds case. [See Antipolygamy Legislation; Reynolds v. United States.] (7)

U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of antipolygamy legislation in the George Reynolds case. (8)

In the first case before the Supreme Court regarding the first amendment, the court upholds the 1862 Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act banning plural marriage in Reynolds v. United States. George Q. Cannon, representative of the territory, states concerning this decision:+"Our crime has been: We married women instead of seducing them; we reared children instead of destroying them; we desired to exclude from the land prostitution, bastardy and infanticide. If George Reynolds [the man who was convicted of committing bigamy] is to be punished, let the world know the facts . . . . Let it be published to the four corners of the earth that in this land of liberty, the most blessed and glorious upon which the sun shines, the law is swiftly invoked to punish religion, but justice goes limping and blindfolded in pursuit of crime." (3)

[Sermon] John Taylor: We Should not Boast of Superiority Over Our Fellow Creatures - God is Interested in the Welfare of All Mankind - The Relation and Amenability of All Men to the Laws of God - We Should Be Courteous to Those Whose Views Differ From Ours - The Servants of God Are Messengers of Salvation - The Restoration of the Priesthood - The Judgments of The Almighty - Absurd Theories of Learned Men - Only the Righteous Among the Saints Will Be Saved in the Kingdom of God, JD 20:109 - 122 (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Jul 7, 1878

-- Jul 7, 1878
[Sermon] Joseph F. Smith: Plural Marriage - For the Righteous Only - Obedience Imperative - Blessings Resulting, JD 20:24 - 31 (1)

-- Jul 21, 1878
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: But One Church of God - Wherein the Saints Are a Peculiar People - Church and State Rule - Religion Should Be No Bar to Political Office - Political Doings Elsewhere - Poverty in the East - Fear of Riots - Labor Question - Trades, Etc., for Young People - Storing of Grain - Troubles Coming - Fortunate Situation of the Saints - Exhortation, JD 25:252 - 260 (1)

-- Aug 4, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: God's Power in All Things - Kingdom of God - Cooperation, a Stepping Stone to the United Order - Political Economy - National Troubles - Missionary Labors - Schools and Teachers, JD 20:39 - 48 (1)

-- Aug 25, 1878
Aurelia Spencer Rogers founded Primary organization, Farmington, UT. (2)

Primary organized. (3)

Aurelia Spencer Rogers held the first Primary meeting in Farmington, Utah. (4)

[Sermon] Angus M. Cannon: The Saints Prospered - Restoration of the Gospel - Should Listen to Instruction - God's Gifts to the Church - Salvation for the Dead - Examples Before Children, JD 20:49 - 54 (1)

[Sermon] Orson Pratt: The Book of Mormon - Promises to the Lamanites - Objects of the Record - The Book of Abraham - Gifts to the Church - Benefit of Immediate Revelation - The Greater Things Shown to Those Who Receive the Record - The Vision of Moses - The Creation Etc., JD 20:62 - 77 (1)

-- Sep 15, 1878
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Consistency Imperative - The Gospel in Conflict With Man's Fallen Condition - Should Love Our Enemies - The - Golden Rule - Necessity of the Holy Ghost - Every Tree Known By Its Fruits, JD 20:88 - 96 (1)

-- Sep 21, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: Cooperation and the United Order - The Saints Should Be Governed By the Law and Will of God - The Approaching Calamities Upon the World - Should Be Willing to Forsake Earthly Interests for the Gospel's Sake, JD 21:53 - 61 (1)

-- Sep 22, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: The Church Partially in the United Order - Perpetual Emigration Fund - Being Educated to a Fullness of the United Order - Cooperation at Brigham City - Union in Elections - Education of the Young, JD 20:55 - 62 (1)

-- Nov 3, 1878
[Sermon] Orson Hyde: Government of the United States - The Corruption of the Administration - Its Treatment of the Latter - Day Saints - The Judgments of God Upon the Wicked - Opposition to Polygamy Preparation for Coming Events, JD 20:97 - 101 (1)

-- Nov 28, 1878
[Quorum of the Twelve] Orson Hyde dies. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
5 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Apr 11, 1878

-- Apr 11, 1878
[Sermon] Joseph F. Smith: An Age of Visitation and Revelation - Revelation the Law of Government - The Nature of Death - Jesus Our Forerunner and Exemplar - The Three Witnesses - Personal Knowledge Above All - Ordinances for the Dead, JD 19:258 - 265 (1)

-- Apr 21, 1878
[Sermon] Lorenzo Snow: United Order - Tithing - Cooperative Labors in Brigham City, JD 19:341 - 350 (1)

-- May 11, 1878
[Sermon] Orson Pratt: A Church of Order - The Lord's Promises Sure - People Prepared By Dreams and Visions to Receive the Elders - Gifts Received and Others Yet to Be Received - Blessings to Be Obtained By Faith - Great Promises, JD 25:144 - 148 (1)

-- May 15, 1878
[Sermon] L. W. Hardy: Remarks, JD 19:334 - 340 (1)

-- Jun 1, 1878
[Sermon] Daniel H. Wells: Opposition to God Among Mankind - Religious Intolerance a Consequence - Infidelity the Result of Departure From Revealed Order - The United Order, JD 19:367 - 371 (1)

-- Jun 04, 1878
[U.S. Religious History] Frank N. Buchman is born. Buchman was an early leader of the social gospel movement. (2)

-- Jun 16, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: The Heavens Full of Intelligence - God Has Revealed Portions of that for the Welfare of His Children - Reasoning From Science to Sacred Things - All Divine Law Unchangeable, JD 19:363 - 367 (1)

[Sermon] Orson Pratt: A Marvelous Work - Angel Visitation - The Book of Mormon - Evidence Calculated to Excite Faith - Testimony not Always to Salvation, JD 19:350 - 357 (1)

-- Jun 23, 1878
[Sermon] Orson Pratt: Interpretation of Scripture - Apparent Miracles Easily Performed When Necessary - Disobedience Brings Calamity - Fulfillment of Prophecy, JD 20:8 - 18 (1)

-- Jun 30, 1878
[Sermon] Charles C. Rich: No Salvation in Ignorance - Revelation of Calamity - This World Not a Bad One; Suited to Its Purpose - Unbelief of Mankind - The Saints Will Live, JD 19:371 - 376 (1)

[Sermon] Wilford Woodruff: Faith - Fulfillment of Prophecy - Restoration of the Gospel - Priesthood, JD 19:357 - 363 (1)

-- Jul 7, 1878
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Gratifying Political and General Material Condition of the Saints - Employment for the Poor - Enemies Foiled - Plural Marriage, JD 20:32 - 39 (1)

[Sermon] John Taylor: An Important Age - Close Questions - A Word With the Bishops - Also the Seventies - Honor the Sabbath, JD 20:19 - 24 (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
2 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/

LDS History, Dec 9, 1877

-- Dec 9, 1877
[Sermon] Orson Pratt: King Limhi's Enquiry, From the Book of Mormon - Ammon Replies - Seership and the Urim and Thummim - The Brother of Jared - Hyrum Smith's Enquiry - What is a Generation - The Immense Number of Records to Be Revealed, JD 19:204 - 219 (1)

-- 1877
Church Membership at end of year: 115,065
New Converts : 3,954
Percent Change from previous year: 3.56% (2)

-- During 1877-78
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Active member of Wasatch Literary Association. (3)

-- During 1877-
[Periodicals] Nordstjernan; Copenhagen, Denmark and (Changed to Stockholm, Sweden Nordstjarnan 1894) Frankfurt, Germany (Unified 1967) SWEDISH (Periodical) (4)

-- Jan 20, 1878
[Sermon] Erastus Snow: Origin of Man and Attributes of Deity - Philosophers and Astronomers versus the Scriptures - Man Possesses the Power of Improvement - this Developed By Inspiration, JD 19:322 - 329 (1)

-- Feb 10, 1878
[Sermon] Charles C. Rich: Blessing the Result of Obedience to Law - Our Agency in the Flesh - The Advantages of Union - Order in the Kingdom of God - The Eternal Warfare Between Good and Evil, JD 19:249 - 258 (1)

-- During Feb. 1878
[Lucy Mack Smith] The RLDS Publication Board appoints W. W. Blair, Joseph Smith III, and H. A. Stebbins as a committee to prepare an edition of Biographical Sketches. (5)

-- Mar 3, 1878
[Sermon] Erastus Snow: There is a God - Communion With Him An Inherent Craving of the Human Heart - Man in His Image - Male and Female Created He Them - Spirit and Flesh - Mortal and Immortal, JD 19:266 - 279 (1)

-- Apr 6, 1878
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Labors and Experience of the Elders - The Work Scarcely Begun - The Power of Union - Temporal Salvation Necessary As Well As Spiritual - Cooperation and the United Order, JD 20:77 - 88 (1)

[Sermon] Wilford Woodruff: The Blessings Realized By the Saints - Men Die, But Their Works Remain - a Day of Infidelity - the Coming Glory of Zion - Temple Building Again - Blessing at St. George, JD 19:295 - 300 (1)

-- Apr 7, 1878
[Sermon] George Q. Cannon: Ideas Held By the Latter - day Saints Winning Their Way - Territorial Prosperity - Mormonism - Not Favored of the Government - Latter - Day Saints to Save the Government - Good Counsel on Many Points, JD 20:1 - 8 (1)

[Sermon] Orson Pratt: Parable of the Vineyard - The Gradual Organization of the Church - Duties of Officers - Union in All Matters Advantageous and Inevitable - Political and Religious Growth, JD 19:330 - 334 (1)

-- Apr 8, 1878
[Sermon] John Taylor: No Man Can Direct the Kingdom of God - The Gospel Did not Originate With Joseph Smith: or Brigham Young: - The Saints Operating With God and the Angels - The Grand Organization of the Church - Other Institutions of Zion, JD 19:300 - 311 (1)

Footnotes:
1 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/