George Albert Smith, Nov 1, 1918

-- Nov 1, 1918
[Quorum of Twelve] Joseph F. Smith dictates "thus saith the Lord" revelation concerning disbursement of tithing funds. This revelation is not presented to meeting of First Presidency and Quorum or Twelve until Apr 8, 1943. Text available but never published or canonized. (1)


-- Nov 23, 1918
[Quorum of Twelve] President Heber J. Grant was ordained and set apart as the seventh president of the Church during a meeting of the Twelve in the Salt Lake Temple. He selected Presidents Anthon H. Lund and Charles W. Penrose as counselors. (2)


-- During 1918
George A Smith: Listed in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1918 (3)


[George Albert Smith] In 1918 he was elected as President of the Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. (4)


-- Jan 2, 1919
At temple meeting of First Presidency, Quorum of Twelve, and Presiding Patriarch, President Heber J. Grant rules that patriarch ranks below apostles and has no significant vote in temple council meetings. He orders patriarch's chair removed from its place next to First Presidency and placed after junior apostle-s chair. (5)


-- Jan 10, 1919
[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] "Friday Jan 10 was with quorum hearing charges against Thomas J. Steed." (6)


-- Feb 28, 1919
[Quorum of Twelve] Over opposition of Apostle David O. McKay, First Presidency and Twelve vote to "summon" recent plural wives to tell who performed their polygamous marriages. Apostles excommunicate their husbands this day for refusing to answer that question. (5)


-- Mar 2, 1919
[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] Heber J. Grant announces that Smith will be Pres. of European Miss. (6)


-- May 2, 1919
[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] departs SLC on May 2, 1919 for England, routine missionary entries, he returned from Europe to SLC on Aug 3, 1921 (6)


-- During 1919
(George Albert Smith) While serving as president of the European Mission in 1919, he took his first airplane ride "from Brussels to London" in a two-passenger open-cockpit plane. This resulted in his life-long passion for flying. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
3 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power
4 - LDSIndex.com
5 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower
6 - Journals of George Albert Smith
7 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies

LDS History Chronology: George Albert Smith

Mormon History Timeline: The life of George Albert Smith
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