Brigham Young loved his family. As the demands of his new calling [to the apostleship in 1836] allowed, he always tried his best to convert his cousins, his uncles and his aunts. One of the most careful of these was Willard Richards, his first cousin.
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Community of Christ Apostle Reflects on Sale of Kirtland Temple
Apostle Lachlan Mackay of the Community of Christ reflected in a video on the sale of the Kirtland Temple and other historic sites to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the video, he shares both his grief and hope for the future.
The Kirtland Temple – “A Pentecost and a Time of Rejoicing”
The year 1836 saw the completion and preparation for the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, it was a time of overwhelming spiritual manifestations and restoration of divine keys of authority. Pentecostal events of that year, when the heavens were opened to the Saints, followed a sequential pattern.
The Church Buys the Historic Kirtland Temple and Other Sacred Sites
“I’ve been waiting 60 years for this,” said Karl Ricks Anderson, a priesthood leader in Kirtland and author of two highly-regarded books on Kirtland, when he learned that the Church had purchased the historic Kirtland Temple. If ever the Latter-day Saints had a moment of awe and maybe an intake of breath that matched the 1999 announcement of the Nauvoo Temple, this was it. “I feel” Karl said, “a sense of gratitude and a testimony that the Lord’s in control.”
Kirtland Temple: How the Lord Helped the Saints Do the Seemingly Impossible
“Organize yourselves . . . and establish a house, even a house . . . of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” With these words pronounced in 1832, Christ commanded His poverty-stricken Saints to build the Kirtland Temple, a latter-day house of the Lord. The temple was a priority because in it, ancient priesthood ordinances would once again be performed.
Latter-day Saint German Soldier Sees Miracle in World War ll
When World War II started, Opi received his German draft papers. Our family learned from his journals that many Germans, including Opi, did not support the Nazis. He disliked the war. Whenever possible, he tried to live the Golden Rule: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”.
I Don’t Have a Testimony of the History of the Church
Let's get one thing clear. There is nothing in church history that leads...to the conclusion that the church is false. There is nothing that requires the conclusion that Joseph Smith was a fraud.