Saints Volume 3: Boldly, Nobly, and Independent

184 flashcards by Nathan

A dated timeline of Latter-day Saint history from 1893 to 1955, drawn from every chapter of Saints, Volume 3. Covers Utah statehood, the Smoot hearings and the Second Manifesto, the two world wars, the 1918 vision of the redemption of the dead, the welfare program of the Depression years, the growth of the Church in Latin America and the Pacific, and the first temple in Europe. Every card carries the date and its chapter, in order.

What was the Tabernacle Choir's achievement in 1893?
September 8, 1893. The choir traveled to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and competed in the Grand International Eisteddfod, a prestigious Welsh singing competition
Why was the church near financial ruin in 1893?
1893. The Edmunds-Tucker Act had authorized confiscation of church property, and a national economic panic struck that year, so the First Presidency sent Heber J. Grant east to negotiate loans
What did Relief Society leaders do at the Chicago World's Fair?
May 1893. Emmeline Wells and other leaders spoke about their organization to the World's Congress of Representative Women
Where did young Latter-day Saint scholars study in the 1890s?
The 1890s. At Harvard University, where John Widtsoe and others enrolled to gain a first-class education they could bring back to Utah schools
When did the United States return confiscated church property?
January 12, 1894. The government returned around $438,000 of what it had seized under the Edmunds-Tucker Act
What was the 1894 revelation on sealings?
April 5, 1894. Wilford Woodruff taught that it was right for children to be sealed to their own parents as far back as records could be obtained, ending the practice of adoption sealings to church leaders
What was the law of adoption?
1840s to 1894. A practice in which Saints were sealed into the families of apostles or other leaders rather than to their own ancestors, which the April 1894 revelation replaced
What organization grew from the 1894 revelation?
November 13, 1894. The Genealogical Society of Utah, created to help Saints research their ancestry so families could be sealed together
When did Congress authorize Utah statehood?
July 16, 1894, when Congress and President Grover Cleveland authorized the people of Utah to draft a state constitution
When did Utah become a state?
January 4, 1896, when Utah became the forty-fifth state, celebrated in Salt Lake City with gun salutes and whistles
How did Utah women regain the vote?
1895. Suffragists campaigned at the constitutional convention held from March to May, and women's suffrage was written into the new state constitution
Why had Utah women lost the vote?
1870 to 1887. Utah granted women suffrage in February 1870, but the Edmunds-Tucker Act revoked it on March 3, 1887 to weaken the Saints' political power
What was the Political Manifesto of 1896?
April 6, 1896. A statement read by Heber J. Grant at general conference requiring general authorities to obtain approval before seeking political office
Who was Mere Whaanga?
1894. A Maori Latter-day Saint from New Zealand who came to Utah that year and became known for diligent temple attendance, performing baptisms for deceased friends
When did the Young Men's and Young Ladies' associations first hold a combined conference?
May 31, 1896, in Salt Lake City, where Susa Gates spoke at the first combined conference of the two organizations
Who was Susa Young Gates?
1856 to 1933. A daughter of Brigham Young who founded the Young Woman's Journal, wrote widely for church publications, and promoted genealogy and temple work
What did missionaries do at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee?
Late June 1897. A choir of missionaries sang in London's Hyde Park amid preachers from all over Britain holding open-air meetings
Who were the first single women set apart as missionaries?
April 1898. Inez Knight and Jennie Brimhall, set apart that month and sent to the British Mission as the first single women called as lady missionaries
Why did the church change its stance on military enlistment in 1898?
1898. With Utah now a state, leaders taught that the Saints were part of the nation and obligated to do their share, so they supported enlistment in the Spanish-American War
When did Wilford Woodruff die?
September 2, 1898, in San Francisco, where George Q. Cannon telegrammed the news to Salt Lake City
Who succeeded Wilford Woodruff as church president?
September 13, 1898. Lorenzo Snow, sustained with George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith as counselors, and sustained again by the members at the October 1898 general conference
What was Lorenzo Snow's revelation on tithing?
May 17, 1899. In St. George he was prompted to call the Saints to pay a full tithing, declaring that the Lord would forgive their past carelessness no longer
Who was Hirini Whaanga?
1898. A Maori convert called on a mission to New Zealand that year, a milestone in calling missionaries from among the peoples they served
What happened to B. H. Roberts after his 1898 election?
January 25, 1900. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to exclude him from his seat because he practiced plural marriage
When was the Cardston Stake founded?
1895, in Alberta, Canada, with Charles Card as president, as Latter-day Saint settlement extended north of the border
How did the church mark the start of the twentieth century?
January 1, 1901. More than four thousand people gathered for a special service with the prophet, general authorities, and the Tabernacle Choir
When did Lorenzo Snow die and who succeeded him?
October 10, 1901. Lorenzo Snow died that day, and the Quorum of the Twelve sustained Joseph F. Smith as the sixth president of the church on October 17, 1901
When did George Q. Cannon die?
April 12, 1901, prompting Joseph F. Smith to say that apart from the prophet Joseph, no man bore a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ
What were the Smoot hearings?
1904 to 1907. A four-year Senate investigation into whether Reed Smoot, an apostle elected senator, should be seated, which became an investigation of the church itself
What did Joseph F. Smith testify at the Smoot hearings?
March 1904. That he had continued to live with his plural families since 1890, preferring to face the penalties of the law rather than abandon his family