Church History: December 31
Written by Barton Golding
1833 - Wilford Woodruff is baptized in an icy stream near Richland, New York. 1836 - The ice was cut in the river and Dr. Willard Richards was baptized in...
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Church History: December 30
Written by Barton Golding
1839 - The Prophet Joseph left Philadelphia, with Orson Pratt, and traveled to a branch of the Church in Monmouth County, New Jersey, to spend several days with the Saints...
Church History: December 29
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1833 - Wilford Woodruff begins recording early Latter-day Saint history in his journal. His journals would record the daily events of his life and the Church for sixty-five years. 1835...
Church History: December 28
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1832 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives additional portions of the revelation recorded as Doctrine and Covenants 88 and known as the “Olive Leaf,” which he called “the Lord's message...
Church History: December 27
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1832 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives the first part of the revelation known as the “Olive Leaf” and is found in Doctrine and Covenants 88. It commands the Saints...
Church History: December 26
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1831 - A council of Elders met to discuss the cases of several members of the Church. Two were cut off due to repeated transgression and promising to reform but...
Church History: December 25
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1832 - The Prophet Joseph Smith receives the revelation known as Doctrine and Covenants 87 at a time when the brethren were reflecting and reasoning upon slavery in the United...
Church History: December 24
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1833 - On Christmas Eve, four elderly families still living in Jackson County, Missouri, who had not left their homes previously because of their older age, where attacked by a...
Church History: December 23
Written by Barton Golding
Art William Whitaker 1805 - Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Lord, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and translator of the Book of Mormon by...