I believe it was when Joseph F. Smith
was the President that he invited the then RLDS Church President, Israel Smith, to General Conference. The agreement between the two Church Presidents was that Israel would attend if there was no mention of his attendance. He wanted it to be anonymous so as to not detract from what the LDS Church was trying to do or to embarass the RLDS Church.
Before the first session President Smith, who was conducting so the legend goes, arises and changes the opening hymn to "Israel, Israel God is Calling."
Great stuff.
I also hear that Steve Martin is LDS.
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She had a psychiatrist who said because I didn't trust the water system, the school system, the government, I was paranoid," he said. "I had a psychiatrist who said her psychiatrist was stupid."
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