Two decades of federal pressure. Anti-polygamy laws seize Church property and send men to prison, and in 1890 Wilford Woodruff issues the Manifesto ending the practice of plural marriage. Utah becomes a state in 1896, and the Salt Lake Temple, begun forty years earlier, is dedicated in 1893.
443 entries in this era, shown 200 to a page. This is page 1 of 3, covering 1878 to 1889. See the same material on the moving timeline.
Aurelia Rogers holds first meeting in Farmington, Utah, of her independently devised program for children. Not until June 19, 1880 does this become official churchwide "Primary" program, with Louie B. Felt as its first president.
Aurelia Spencer establishes the first Primary for LDS children.
Book of Mormon published in Swedish; first telephone demonstration in Salt Lake City.
DESERET NEWS editorial in defense of giving Orrin Porter Rockwell a church funeral: "At his death he was under indictment for the killing of some persons by the name of Aiken, in Juab county, over twenty years ago. . . . He was reported honorable in all his dealings, true to his friends and his word, firm in the faith of the gospel, and feared only by cattle-thieves and mobocrats and their supporters.
Emmeline B. Wells begins editing the Woman's Exponent.
Emmeline B. Wells, Isabella M. Horne, and Sarah M. Kimball become first female delegates to county convention of church's People's Party of which they also become members of Salt Lake County central committee. However, convention has to withdraw nomination for Wells as People's Candidate for county treasurer because "though the statute provided for the enfranchisement of women, it does not admit of their holding office." Instead, Wells hoins with Bathsheba W. Smith on Oct. 7 as first female member of territorial central committee of the People's Party.
First American edition of the Pearl of Great Price prepared by Orson Pratt, printed in Salt Lake City.
In 1878 there were 152 missionaries called to serve.
Primary organization established.
Nordstjarnan (The North Star) published in Copenhagen for the Swedish mission.
Northwestern States mission is created
Primary begins.
1878 Church Membership 125,046
The Church had previously provided for the purchase of land in Conejos County, Colo., for settlements of Saints from the Southern States. On this date the first settlers arrived, thus opening Mormon settlements in Colorado.
Aurelia Spencer Rogers organizes the first Primary for the children of Farmington; the program now serves children across the world.
The Primary, founded by Aurelia Rogers, held its first meeting at Farmington, Utah. The movement spread rapidly and on June 19, 1880, a Churchwide organization was established, with Louie B. Felt as the first president.
This translation of El Libro de Mormón was done for Spain. Additional Information:selections published in 1875; most recent edition 1992; translated by Eduardo Balderas and Antoine R. Ivins. Reference information: Anderson, Kai A. (June 1997), "In His Own Language", Liahona: 29,
While under indictment for murder, Orrin Porter Rockwell dies of natural causes at age sixty-five. Rockwell, a boyhood friend of Joseph Smith, had been a member of the church longer than any other living person.
Daniel H. Wells is released from prison for contempt of court in refusing to answer questions about ceremony and clothing of temple endowment. Church authorities organize parade to greet him, as described by DESERET NEWS: "about ten thousand persons took part in the procession, and fully fifteen thousand and more were spectators."
Father Scanlan, a Roman Catholic Priest, conducts mass in the St. George tabernacle at the suggestion and with permission of one of the Council of the Twelve and the president of the stake, who are there.
First Doctrine and Covenants with cross-references and 136 sections issued, prepared by Orson Pratt in England.
First Presidency secretary L. John Nuttall writes: "Read a very interesting letter from Bro Wilford Woodruff of his journey among the "Zunies", "Lagoonies", and "Islatus" Indians, who he believes are the Nephites Jacobites. Josephites and the Zoramites as recorded in the Book of Doctrine & Covenants Sect. 3. par 17th."
First settlers arrived in Conejos County, Colorado.
In 1879 there were 179 missionaries called to serve.
In discussing whether all "colored" people are denied priesthood, John Taylor rules that Chinese are eligible to receive priesthood.
Mexican mission is created
New edition of the Book of Mormon printed with present verse divisions and notes prepared by Orson Pratt.
Primary founded by Aurelia Rogers held its first meeting at Farmington.
1879 Church Membership 128,386
The Book of Mormon is divided into chapters and verses with references.
The Contributor first published by Junius F. Wells (YMMIA magazine).
The first edition of the Contributor, which became the official publication of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, was issued. It was published until 1896.
The Supreme Court of the United States, in the important Reynolds case, upheld the previous conviction of George Reynolds under the 1862 anti-bigamy law. With the ruling, the court paved the way for more intense and effective prosecution of the Mormons in the 1880s.
Thomas Edison tested an electric incandescent light bulb in Menlo Park, N.J., that burned for 13 1/2 hours, marking the beginning of a new era of electric lighting.
U.S. government grants first patent to Mormon, John M. Browning for rifle. Two years after that invention is marketed as Winchester Single shot rifle of 1885, Browning becomes full-time missionary. Among later inventions of this "father of modern firearms," are Winchester Repeating Rifle of 1886, Winchester Leer Action Shotgun Model of 1887, Winchester Pump-action Shotgun of 1890, Winchester .22-caliber Single Shot Rifle of 1900, Cold .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol (standard U.S. military sidearm since 1911), .30-caliber machine gun used in World War I. his Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is later used in World War II.
U.S. Secretary of State William M. Eveats instructs American diplomatic officers to encourage foreign governments to prevent Mormon emigration to United States. With continued defiance of LDS leaders against 1879 Supreme Court decision, U.S. State Department in 1884 instructs diplomatic officers "to refuse protection to Mormon missionaries" from foreign governments or individuals.
U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Reynolds conviction in the bigamy case.
At general conference, a special jubilee year celebration was inaugurated. Charitable actions, reminiscent of Old Testament jubilee celebrations, included rescinding half the debt owed to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, distribution of cows and sheep among the needy, and advice to the Saints to forgive the worthy poor of their debts.
Charles W. Penrose becomes editor of the News; Utah newspaper war with the Salt Lake Tribune begins.
Conference sustains John Taylor as church president with George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors. None of members of this First Presidency are set apart. Taylor is only church president born outside United States or its territories.
Electric light exhibition takes place in front of ZCMI, the Intermountain West's first department store.
Proclaimed a Jubilee Year for the 50th anniversary of the Church. One-half of debts owed by the Saints to the Perpetual Emigration Fund were forgiven.
In 1880 there were 219 missionaries called to serve.
Sustained as President of the Church. Pearl of Great Price canonized and new expanded edition of the Doctrine and Covenants published.
John Taylor restores Old Testament practice of jubilee celebration, in honor of church's fiftieth birthday. He forgives half of unpaid tithing and debts owed to Perpetual Emigrating Fund and encourages charitable gifts to poor.
John Taylor sustained as third president of the Church.
John Taylor was sustained as the third Church president.
Joseph Smith—History becomes part of the Pearl of Great Price, canonized as the fourth standard work.
Ngataki was the first Maori baptized in New Zealand.
Presiding apostle John Taylor reconvenes Council of Fifty for first time in nearly twelve years.
Telephone exchanges licensed in Ogden and Salt Lake City.
1880 Church Membership 133,628
The Children's Primary Hymn Book and Tune Book published under Eliza R. Snow.
The Conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Chior is Ebenezer Beesley. Composed 11 hymns, which are still included in the current LDS hymnal
The First Presidency was reorganized with President John Taylor sustained as third president of the Church, with Presidents George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors.
The Primary Association organized on a general Church level.
Under the leadership of Careless's successor, Ebenezer Beesley, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir begins its tradition of traveling to give performances outside Salt Lake City.
YLMIA organized on a general Church level.
Assembly Hall on Temple Square dedicated.
DESERET NEWS reports Apostle Erastus Snow's sermon of Aug. 3, 1880: "Our people are already settling in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and are stretching into Old Mexico . . . He God wishes us to occupy the land, because the time is coming when He proposes to give it to us, and give us the rule over it. I suppose you voted at the general election yesterday; it is a part of your duty, because by voting at the polls we establish our rule and government in the land."
In 1881 there were 199 missionaries called to serve.
Ngataki was the first Maori baptized in New Zealand.
1881 Church Membership 140,733
United States Congress passed the Edmunds bill, making plural marriage a felony and prohibiting polygamists from voting, holding public office, or performing jury duty.
Annie Gallifant Connelly, despite her pregnancy, is first Mormon woman sentenced to penitentiary for refusing to answer questions from grand jury seeking to indict her polygamous husband. For similar refusal, better-known Belle Harris is in penitentiary with her infnat child from May 18 - Aug. 31, 1883.
Congress passes the Edmunds Bill, making plural marriage in Utah punishable by law.
Deseret Hospital opened by the Relief Society in Salt Lake City.
First LDS-operated hospital is Deseret Hospital, founded by women Eliza R. Snow, Emmeline B. Wells, Zina D. H. Young, Jane S. Richards, Phebe Woodruff, Marinda N. Hyde, Bathsheba W. Smith, Isabella M. Horne, and Dr. Romania B. Pratt.
In 1882 there were 237 missionaries called to serve.
Assembly Hall on Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah) dedicated.
Ordination of first Utah-born apostle, Heber J. Grant. Grant is also first general authority who has previously experienced nervous breakdown. As apostle his debts result in chronic insomnia and nervousness that he frequently fears are pushing him toward another breakdown. Grant's concern for his emotional health is underscored by mental problems he later observes in four fellow general authorities.
1882 Church Membership 145,604
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, completed in 1880 from left-over stones from the Salt Lake Temple construction, was dedicated.
The Deseret Hospital, the second hospital in Utah and the first Church hospital, was opened by the Relief Society in Salt Lake City.
The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy bill became law when U.S. President Chester A. Arthur added his approval to that of the Senate and House of Representatives. Serious prosecution under this law began in 1884.
The Utah Commission, authorized in the Edmunds law, arrived in the territory. The five members of the commission, appointed by the U.S. president, had responsibility of supervising election procedures in Utah. Since the result of its activities was to enforce the disenfranchisement of much of the Mormon population, Church members considered its work unfair.
Utah Commission arrived in the territory.
This edition was created in Liverpool, England and was compiled by John Henry Smith. There were 345 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 18.
Accidental explosion of stored gun powder destroys Council House and some minute books of Salt Lake Stake, as well as blowing out windows of Assembly Hall and Tabernacle on Temple Square.
East Indian mission is created
In 1883 there were 248 missionaries called to serve.
Indian Territory mission is created
John Taylor re-establishes School of the Prophets in obedience to revelation exactly five months earlier. "A number" of First Presidency and apostles "confessed to breaking the Word of Wisdom" and vote to obey it. However, this vote does not apply to wine which members of School of Prophets drink by glassful a their meeting on Oct. 12.
News sets up a papermaking operation in the Big Cottonwood mill near Salt Lake City.
Parowan 1st Ward membership record and stake history records: "Sister Ellen Banks Wife of Wm Banks was ordained & Set Apart to administer to the Sick in the capacity of Midwifery & all other kinds of Sickness By Apostle Francis M. Lyman." Hers is first entry in a list of "Special Ordinations." Ten other entries (1883-86) are for men to various priesthood offices.
Salt Lake City police arrest seventeen boys for "breaking the Sabbath" by playing baseball on Sunday.
1883 Church Membership 151,593
The Council House, the first public building erected in Salt Lake City, was destroyed by fire. The structure was completed in December 1850 and was designed as a "general council house" for the Church, but was also used by the provisional State of Deseret as a statehouse. It also housed the University of Deseret for a number of years.
The first permanent branch of the Church among the Maoris in New Zealand was organized at Papawai, Wairarapa Valley, on the North Island.
Thomas L. Kane, long a friend of the Church and a champion for Mormon people, died in Philadelphia, Pa.
This edition was created in Liverpool, England and was compiled by George Teasdale. There were 352 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 19.
Council House destroyed by fire in Salt Lake City.
Eliza R. Snow writes in EXPONENT, and LDS women's journal, of women blessing one another through laying on of hands and washing and anointing: "Any and all sisters who honor their holy endowments, not only have the right, but should feel it a duty, whenever called upon to administer to our sisters in these ordinances, which God had graciously committed to His daughters as well as to His sons; and we testify that when administered and received in faith and humility they are accompanied with all mighty power. . . . thousands can testify that God has sanctioned the administration of these ordinances of healing the sick by our sisters with the manifestation of His healing influence."
Extensive prosecution under the Edmunds Law continued.
First anti-Salt Lake Tribune editorial appears in the Deseret News.
First permanent Maori branch organized at Papawai, New Zealand.
Went into voluntary exile due to the practice of plural marriage.
In 1884 there were 205 missionaries called to serve.
John Taylor allows first commercial program in Salt Lake Tabernacle, operatic performance by Adelina Patti. In later decades Tabernacle hosts Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Lili Pons, Ignace Paderwerski, John Philip Souza, Fritz Kreisler, Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubenstein, Marian Anderson, Yehudi Menuhin, Van Cliburn, and other.
Presided over the Church in exile.
Logan Utah Temple dedicated.
Last time Council of Fifty formally convenes; its last surviving member dies in 1945.
Cache Valley settlers give one day in ten to the work, quarrying dark limestone from a nearby canyon.
Logan Temple dedicated by President John Taylor.
Logan Utah Temple was dedicated 17–19 May 1884 by John Taylor.
Sunday School issues the Deseret Sunday School Union Music Book.
The "Cock Pit" in Preston, England tumbled down.
1884 Church Membership 158,242
The building known as the "Cock Pit," in Preston, England, in which the first Mormon missionaries to England held meetings in 1837, tumbled down.
The Logan Temple, the second temple constructed after the Saints came west, was dedicated by President John Taylor.
The Logan Utah Temple was dedicated by John Taylor.
Thomas L. Kane, a Church friend, died in Philadelphia.
Turkish mission is created
A delegation, appointed by a mass meeting held in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on May 2, met with U.S. President Grover Cleveland in the White House in Washington, D.C. They presented to the president a "Statement of Grievances and Protest" concerning injustices brought about because of the Edmunds law.
An Idaho law was approved by the governor that prohibited all Mormons from voting through the device of a "test oath." The Idaho "test oath" was upheld five years later by the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 3, 1890.
Delegation met with President Grover Cleveland.
Deseret News editor Charles W. Penrose incarcerated in the Utah Penitentiary for polygamy.
Extensive prosecution under the Edmunds Law continued in both Utah and Idaho. Many who practiced polygamy were imprisoned, while others fled into exile, some to Mexico in 1885 and to Canada in 1887. Many Church leaders involved in plural marriage went into hiding, which was referred to as the "underground." Similar conditions continued for the next few years. These years are sometimes called the years of the "Crusade."
Idaho law approved prohibiting Mormons from voting via a "test oath."
In 1885 there were 235 missionaries called to serve.
In a meeting of apostles "Bros. Brigham Young Jr. and Moses Thatcher reported their trip to Mexico. They had been well treated by all they had met. The Secretaries of state and the interior were very kind and desired our people to move into their country."
John Taylor delivered his last public sermon before going "underground."
Went into self-imposed exile, with headquarters in St. George, Utah.
Mormon colonists in Mexico are ordered by the chief magistrate of Casas Grandes to leave the country by this date. Church leaders appeal to Mexican President Porfirio Diaz who has already decided to let the Mormons stay and has fired the official who issued the expulsion order.
President John Taylor delivered his last public sermon in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. It was also his last appearance in public before he went to the "underground."
1885 Church Membership 164,130
The U.S. Supreme Court annulled the "test oath" formulated by the Utah Commission, thus restoring the right to vote to Saints in the territory.
After receiving word during a visit to California that federal officials had ordered his arrest for practicing polygamy, returned to Salt Lake City.
A mass meeting of 2,000 LDS women assembled in the Salt Lake Theater to protest the abuse heaped upon them by the federal courts and to protest the loss of their vote.
A month after church leaders in Mexico City finalized the purchase of about 20,000 acres of Northern Mexico from the Ignacio G. del Campo Company. The jefe Politico, the judges, and a Catholic priest from Casas Grandes, the county seat twelve miles away, join the Mormons in their celebration of the birthday of the Mexican patriot, Benito Juarez. On which occasion they named their town "Colonia Juarez."
By appointment of First Presidency, Charles O. Card begins mission to North-West Territories (now Alberta Province), Canada, to find refuge for polygamous Mormons to escape arrest. This is origin of Mormon settlements in Cardston Alberta, Canada, where settlers arrive on June 1, 1887.
DESERET NEWS editorial in support of George Q. Cannon's forfeiting bond to become fugitive from justice: "No one believes he would have had a fair trial." Editorial adds: "And our slandering enemies need not talk about Church funds being used for this purpose, either. It is none of their business anyhow."
First Counselor George Q. Cannon does not appear in court and forfeits a $45,000 bond. He and Church president John Taylor become wanted fugitives.
In 1886 there were 209 missionaries called to serve.
Isaac C. Haight dies in Arizona, fully reinstated in church sixteen years after his excommunication for ordering Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Journal of Discourses ceases publication in Liverpool, England.
Led Church as President of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Mass meeting of two thousand LDS women protested in the Salt Lake Theater.
Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor.
1886 Church Membership 166,653
The first Church meeting was held in the first meetinghouse built in Mexico on the Piedras Verdes River in the settlement of Colonia Juarez in northern Mexico.
This translation of Ko Te Pukapuka a Moromona was done for New Zealand. Reference information: Anderson, Kai A. (June 1997), "In His Own Language", Liahona: 29,
The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French people symbolizing the friendship between the United States and France, was dedicated in New York Harbor.
U.S. officials at Staten Island, New York, send immigrants back to England because they are Mormons. They board next ship, conceal their religion and destination, pass through American customs, and arrive in Salt Lake City on Oct. 27. For next several years, European immigrants conceal their LDS religion and Utah destination.
Charles O. Card led a contingent to southern Alberta, Canada.
Charles O. Card, leading a contingent of eight families, pitched camp on Lee's Creek in southern Alberta, marking the beginning of the Mormon settlements in Canada. Under instructions from President John Taylor, a gathering place for Latter-day Saints in Canada was selected, and on June 17 a site was chosen for what later became Cardston.
Church property confiscated under the Edmunds-Tucker Act.
David Whitmer finishes his booklet AN ADDRESS TO ALL BELIEVERS IN CHIRST.
Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes law, disincorporating the Church and abolishing women's suffrage in Utah.
First Counselor George Q. Cannon calls a meeting of a committee of apostles. "President Cannon stated that President Taylor's health was in such a precarious condition that he was utterly incapable of attending to business natters; and stated that it was necessary for us, as leading officials in the Church, to take such actions regarding financial and other matters as we considered for the best interest of the people, without consulting President Taylor. President Cannon referred to Brother John W. Taylor as to the condition of his father, Brother Taylor having recently paid him a visit, and he (Brother Taylor) endorsed the statement of President Cannon to the effect that President Taylor was utterly incapable of attending to business matters." Cannon asks for and receives $2000 from the Church to help the ailing OGDEN HERALD. Later, Moses Thatcher comments to Apostle Heber J. Grant that Cannon's transactions might need to be investigated later since, he claimed to have learned, they were not all "as straight as they might have been"
First Presidency secretary L. John Nuttall records: "Deputy Marshals were at Farmington this afternoon. . . . A very remarkable instance of Prest. Taylor's will and nerve was manifest this evening. On his learning that we had been informed of these Deputies, whilst he could not stand up alone, he asked respecting them and on being further informed, he said, "Stand them off, boys, stand them off; we have our rights and will maintain them, go for them from the beginning."
In 1887 there were 282 missionaries called to serve.
John Taylor dies on "the Underground." Because of his wounds in Carthage Jail and his death in exile, counselors George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith write: "To-day he occupies the place of a double martyr. PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR has been killed by the cruelty of officials who have, in this Territory, misrepresented the government of the United States . . . who, with insensate hate, have offered rewards for his arrest and hounded him to the grave."
Manti Utah Temple dedicated in private services.
John Taylor, third president of the Church, dies.
Justus Morse swears in an affidavit that he had listened to Smith authorize a Danite meeting in Missouri to "suck the milk of the gentiles." Morse, who remained loyal to the prophet throughout his life, added that Smith explained "that we had been injured by the mob in Missouri, and to take from the gentiles was no sin." Morse also recalls that he and others were directed to assist each other when in difficulty by lying, "and to do it with such positiveness and assurance that no one would question our testimony."
Part of First Presidency and Twelve meet for "eleven hours and tried every way to cut and contrive a way to keep our property. It was decided to fight the law by proving that there was no Church Incorporation and for fear of a decision against us, it was decided to loose all of the property."
President John Taylor died at age seventy-eight.
President John Taylor died while in "exile" at Kaysville, Utah, at age 78. The Quorum of Twelve Apostles assumed leadership of the Church until 1889.
Secretary to President Taylor John Nuttall records: "Prests. Cannon and Smith went into the President's room and were with him and they alone. When President Cannon told President Taylor of Brother Joseph F's arrival and presence, and that now the First Presidency are again together for the first time since December 1884. President Taylor said, though scarcely conscious, 'I feel to thank the Lord.' He appeared to recognize Prest. Smith."
1887 Church Membership 173,029
The Edmunds-Tucker Act passed Congress, and it became law without the signature of U.S. President Grover Cleveland. Among other stringent provisions, the law disincorporated the Church, dissolved the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company and escheated its property to the government, abolished female suffrage, and provided for the confiscation of practically all the property of the Church.
Twenty-five of Heber C. Kimball's sixty-five children pose for a photograph on their late father's 86th birthday. Kimball had forty-three wives but had children by only seventeen of them.
Under provisions of the Edmunds-Tucker Act, suits were filed against the Church and the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, and Church property was confiscated. A receiver for the property was appointed in November 1887, but the government allowed the Church to rent and occupy certain offices and the temple block.
Wilford Woodruff notes the cost for the yet uncompleted Manti Temple: "Total up to date $890,662.95. Almost one half of this Expense was in Moving a Mountain to get a place to build a Temple on." Brigham Young had said that the site had been chosen by Moroni.
Wilford Woodruff writes: "I have a large stout man who goes with me every where night and day carries 2 pistols & a double barrel shot gun and sayes sic he will shoot the marshals if they come to take me (Don't tell anybody this) so I am well garded sic . . ."
Died in the Thomas Rouech home in Kaysville, Utah.
Church instructed stakes to establish academies.
Electric lights come into general use in Salt Lake City.
First Presidency Secretary L.John Nuttall writes: "After our meeting the brethren met to consider the meetings of the Womens suffrage association &c commencing next Sunday and see if arrangements cannot be made to keep them from speaking against Utah and her people. Bro. Caine was requested to see Miss Susan B. Anthony on this subject tomorrow."
In 1888 there were 242 missionaries called to serve.
Built over eleven years by local labor on a limestone hill visible for miles, with twin towers and hand-painted murals.
Manti Utah Temple was dedicated 17 May 1888 by Wilford Woodruff.
Nevada Supreme Court declares unconstitutional Nevada's law which denies vote to anyone "who is a member of or belings to the 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,' commonly called the 'Mormon Church'. . ."
Samoan mission is created
1888 Church Membership 180,294
The Church General Board of Education sent a letter instructing each stake to establish an academy for secondary education. From 1888 to 1909, 35 academies were established in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Mexico and Canada. The academy in Rexburg, Idaho, later became Ricks College and then BYU-Idaho.
The Deseret Weekly replaces the weekly Deseret News.
The first celluloid film, Roundhay Garden Scene, made by Louis Le Prince in Great Britain.
The Manti Temple was dedicated in a private service by President Wilford Woodruff of the Quorum of the Twelve; a public service was held May 21.
The Manti Utah Temple was dedicated by Lorenzo Snow.
While in temple, Woodruff "Consecrated upon the Altar the brown seers Stone that Joseph Smith found by Revelation some 30 feet under the earth."
This edition was created in Liverpool, England and was compiled by George Teasdale. There were 356 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 20.
This edition was created in Salt Lake City, UT, USA and was compiled by Careless, Beesley, Daynes, Stephens, Griggs. There were 330 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 1.
Church pruchases ranch in Skull Valley, Tooele county, Utah for Hawaiian Mormon immigrants. They name the community Iosepa (Joseph). Colony continues until 1917.
Conference sustains Wilford Woodruff as church president with George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors. They are not set apart or ordained.
DESERET NEWS describes as "Organized Tyranny" a labor strike at construction site of Zion's Savings Bank. "We feel ashamed to know that many of these men who have combined in this improper manner are 'Mormons,'" NEWS observes. "On general principles we are opposed to 'strikes,' because they usually result in much more harm than good to all parties affected and are often started on incorrect principles."
Hubert Bancroft, Author of HISTORY OF UTAH meets with First Presidency and others. Apostle Franklin D. Richards writes that Bancroft "expressed himself quite willing & desirous to make any corrections or alterations that we might desire all was soon done. It was also decided to purchase 1000 copies for distribution by the Church."
In 1889 there were 249 missionaries called to serve.
Sustained as President of the Church.
Northern States mission is created
President Wilford Woodruff "went with Bros. Geo Q Cannon F D Richards & H J Grant to the uncompleted Salt Lake Temple to decide in regard to the steps at the main entrances East & west. I went up onto the roof of the Temple and examined it. Decided on the Steps. Also examined the opening for an Elevator."
President Wilford Woodruff and counselor George Q. Cannon visits the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, "There were over 100 of the Saints there including a Dozon Bishops. They all looked Clean & Comfortable for a Prision."
President Wilford Woodruff was sustained as fourth president of the Church, with Presidents George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors.
1889 Church Membership 183,144
The Endowment House in Salt Lake City was torn down.
The first Relief Society general conference was held in the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City. Twenty stakes were represented.
The Latter Day Saints' Psalmody published — first hymnal to include words and music.
This translation of Het Boek van Mormon was done for Netherlands, Flanders. Reference information: Anderson, Kai A. (June 1997), "In His Own Language", Liahona: 29,
The Young Woman's Journal first published (Susa Young Gates, editor).