First Presidency, Correspondence, 1885

File — Box: 2, Folder: 4

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

John Taylor and George Q. Cannon, letter to Franklin Spencer, 22 October 1885, says: "As to the proper method of dealing with what are called minor sins, the Presidents of Stakes and Bishops have it in their power to decide. That there has been too much looseness upon these points in many places appears clear to us from the reports which reach us. Sabbath breaking, drunkenness, blasphemy, and sins of this character forbidden by the word of God should not be allowed to pass unreproved by the officers of the Church."

Dates

1885

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