Joseph F. Smith, Letterbooks, 1857-1902

File — Box: 6, Folder: 7

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Francis M. Lyman, letter to JFS, 3 September 1888: "Prayer circle: when they offered up the signs in forming the circle I notice a strange movement in connection with the first sign, a kind of wrenching or grabbing movement with the right hand in front of the mouth, as I learned after, representing the tearing out the tongue by the roots. I asked them who organized their circle and they said Bro. Heber C. Kimball. I asked if any of the Twelve had met with them lately. They said Bro. Joseph F. Smith had met with them some years ago. I asked where they got that new movement from and when. They told me from Bishop Chester Call about six months ago, and that he brought it directly from the Logan Temple." At bottom of page JFS asks Marriner W. Merrill if it is being done in Logan; on Wilford Woodruff orders.

Dates

1857-1902

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