1912-March 21-Original letter. Church Historian's Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

This was another step in the evolution of the use of various types of vessels for the Sacrament service of the Church. Early custom in the Church used a common large metal goblet, later several glasses or metal goblets, then individual small glass cups, then this change to individual metal cups, then to individual small disposable paper cups. The practice has not been uniform in all Wards fo the Church until fairly recently. The above evolutionary development may not have been uniform for all areas of the Church. This is a good example of a detail in the mechanics of the sacramental service of the Church changing through the individual inventiveness of a single member.

Office of The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21st, 1912.

To the Presidents of Stakes,

Dear Brethren:

In order to encourage Bro. Jacob Schaub of Logan, designer and inventor of an individual metal sacramental service, which it is believed can be sold at the same price now being paid for glass sets, we suggest that you advise your Bishops to defer purchasing from outside manufacturers until Bro. Schaub can place his service on the market, which will be done as soon as he can install the manufacturing plant, a thing which he expects to do in the near future.

We may add that in our opinion the metal sets designed and manufactured by Bro. Schaub are not only more durable, but more sanitary, also more easily cared for and handled when being used at sacramental services than the glass sets already introduced in some of our wards.

Joseph F. Smith,

Anthon H. Lund,

Charles W. Penrose,

First Presidency.