[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Released as president of Box Elder Stake. (1)
-- Dec 9, 1899
[Quorum of the Twelve] Franklin D. Richards dies. George Q. Cannon becomes President of the Quorum. (2)
-- Dec 10, 1899
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Offers dedicatory prayer of Beaver Ward, Box Elder Stake. (1)
-- Dec 12, 1899
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Attends funeral service of Franklin D. Richards at Ogden. (1)
-- Dec 27, 1899
[U.S. Religious History] Carry Nation, a leader of the American Christian temperance movement, raided and wrecked her first saloon in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. (3)
-- 1899
Church Membership at end of year: 271,681
New Converts : 4,430
Percent Change from previous year: 1.66% (4)
-- During 1899-1900
[David O McKay] Teaches at Weber Stake Academy in Ogden, Utah. (5)
-- During 1899
Articles of Faith, by James E. Talmage, published. (6)
[General Religious History] Aradia (aka the Gospel of the Witches) is published by Charles Godfrey Leland. (7)
-- During 1899-1901
[Periodicals] Truth's Reflex; Southwestern States St. Johns, Kansas Mission (Periodical) (8)
-- 1900 January-February
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Visits Arizona and Mexico. (1)
-- 1900 October-November
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Visits Canada (1)
-- Jan 8, 1900
President Lorenzo Snow issues an official statment reaffirming the Church's position against new plural marriages. (9)
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 - 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 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
4 - 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
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O McKay, Salt Lake City, Utah
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, Timeline of Religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion#History_of_Religion
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
9 - 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
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