Early Church Callings
Richards was ordained an elder in the LDS Church at age fifteen, which was quite young, though not unheard of. He received the Endowment shortly after this. Among various early callings he held were those of home missionary and president of the ward Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA). In 1890, Richards became a second counselor in the Tooele Stake Presidency.
In 1893, Richards was ordained a patriarch by Francis M. Lyman. At age 32, Richards was one of the youngest men to have ever held this office in the church.
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