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/