Church Service
From 1871 to 1873, Hardy was a LDS Church missionary in the United States. Beginning in 1875, church president Brigham Young asked Hardy, John Henry Smith, and B. Morris Young to tour the wards of the church and establish YMMIA programs in each of them. When this was completed, Young asked Junius F. Wells to be the inaugural general superintendent of the organization; Wells selected Hardy and Rodney C. Badger as his assistants. The superintendency served until 1880, when Wells was released and replaced with Wilford Woodruff. Hardy continued his involvement with the YMMIA, and from 1898 until his death, Hardy was a member of the general board of the YMMIA.
Beginning in 1880, Hardy was also the president of the Utah County Stake of the LDS Church.
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