Polygamist Arrested

emeraldkity4
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:52:29 +0000

It wasn’t just in the origins of the LDS church that were troubling regarding blacks- why did it take till 1978 to have a “revelation” allowing black males to hold the priesthood?
*Finally, on June 9,1978 the Mormon Church’s Deseret News carried a startling announcement by the First Presidency which said that a new revelation had been given and that blacks would be allowed to hold the priesthood:

"…we have pleaded long and earnestly in behalf of these, our faithful brethren, spending many hours in the upper room of the Temple supplicating the Lord for divine guidance.
“He has heard our prayers, and by revelation has confirmed that the long-promised day has come when every faithful, worthy man in the church may receive the holy priesthood, with power to exercise its divine authority, and enjoy with his loved ones every blessing that flows therefrom, including the blessings of the temple. Accordingly, all worthy male members of the church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.” (Deseret News, June 9, 1978, page 1A)*