| Joseph F. Smith |
 | | | Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918), usually known as Joseph F. Smith to distinguish him from his son of the same name, was the sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the last President of the Church to have personally known the founder of the Mormon faith, the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ...
1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Far West, Missouri, was a Latter Day Saint (Mormon) settlement in Caldwell County, Missouri. ...
State nickname: The Show Me State Official languages English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 1. ...
November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...
In Mormonism, the President of the Church is the head of a Latter Day Saint denomination or church. ...
October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was the fifth President (1898-1901) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the last president of the 19th century. ...
Heber J. Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ...
November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ...
1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
In Mormonism, the President of the Church is the head of a Latter Day Saint denomination or church. ...
The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...
Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
Biography
Smith was son of Patriarch Hyrum Smith and his wife Mary Fielding, a British convert to the Church who married Hyrum after the death of Jerusha Barden Smith. In addition to her two children, Mary Fielding Smith raised Hyrum and Jerusha's five children. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Latter Day Saint movement, a patriarch is the Melchizedek Priesthood office that is called evangelist in the New Testament. ...
Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1804 – June 27, 1844) was the brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
Mary Fielding Smith was the second wife of Hyrum Smith and the mother of Joseph F. Smith. ...
Smith was born in Far West, Missouri in November 1838, while his father was in custody in Liberty Jail, Missouri. Joseph Fielding was named after his uncle, Joseph Smith, Jr. and his mother's brother Joseph Fielding. His mother and maternal aunt Mercy Fielding Thompson fled with their children to Quincy, Illinois early in 1839. After his uncle and father were murdered in Carthage, Illinois in 1844, the seven year old Smith and his family, along with many other Mormons, fled the American Midwest. They briefly settled in the Church encampment at Winter Quarters, Nebraska until the spring of 1848 when Smith drove his mother's wagon across the plains to Utah. Far West, Missouri, was a Latter Day Saint (Mormon) settlement in Caldwell County, Missouri. ...
Liberty Jail is a prison in Liberty, Missouri where Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
Quincy, known as the Gem City, is a city located in Adams County, Illinois. ...
Carthage is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ...
The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ...
Winter Quarters, Nebraska, was an encampment formed by approximately 3,500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they awaited better conditions for their trek westward during the winter of 1846-1847. ...
State nickname: Cornhusker State Official languages English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Senators Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 16th 200,520 km² 0. ...
Utah is one of the Four Corners states, and is bordered by: Idaho (at 42°N) and Wyoming (at 41°N and 111°W) in the north, by Colorado (at 109°W) in the east, at a single point by New Mexico to the southeast (at the Four Corners Monument...
While in Utah, Mary Fielding Smith worked with her sister to raise the two widow's families, as well as continuing to care for Hyrum and Jerusha's younger children. Mary Fielding Smith died in 1852, apparently of pneumonia. Smith reported that he was devastated by his mother's death, and relied upon the emotional support and help of Brigham Young and his step-father Heber C. Kimball among others. Even with the support of his older half brother John Smith, Smith, then thirteen, assumed primary responsibility for his young sister, Martha Ann, and subsequently left school in 1854. Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ...
Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868) (commonly known as Heber C. Kimball) was a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...
Returning from his first LDS mission, Smith found Utah in the midst of serious conflict with the federal government (see Utah War). Smith joined the territory's militia, named the "Nauvoo Legion" after a similar unit in Illinois, and spent the several months patrolling the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. After tensions between the church and the federal government abated, Smith assisted his relatives in their return to northern Utah from areas in southern Utah, where they had taken their families for safety. The Utah War was a 19th century armed conflict between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government. ...
The Nauvoo Legion was a private militia employed by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...
Smith served seven terms in the Utah territorial House of Representatives, as well as terms on the Salt Lake City Council and in the territorial Senate; he also served in the presidency of a state constitutional convention in 1882. Smith also served as a Church representative on boards of many Utah businesses.
In 1859, Smith married his sixteen year-old cousin Levira, daughter of Samuel Harrison Smith. With Levira's permission, Smith also took Julina Lambson as a plural wife. Later, he also married Sarah Ellen Richards, Edna Lambson, Alice Ann Kimball, and Mary Taylor Schwartz. To evade federal anti-polygamy prosecution, Smith was on the "underground," mostly in Hawaii, from 1883 to 1887. Samuel Harrison Smith (1808–1844) was one of the younger brothers of Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
Plural marriage (also formerly known as spiritual wifery) is a type of polygamy that was practiced by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
Smith was the father of forty-three children, thirteen of whom preceded him in death. His first-born son Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr., son of Julina Lambson, later served as the President of the Church. His eldest son by Edna Lambson, Hyrum Mack Smith served as an Apostle from 1901 to 1918. One of Smith's granddaughters, Amelia Smith, married Bruce R. McConkie, a later member of the Quorum of the Twelve. Joseph Fielding Smith (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 to 1972. ...
Born: March 21, 1872 ordained: October 24, 1901 Died: January 23, 1918 Categories: LDS stubs | Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1872 births | 1918 deaths ...
Bruce R. McConkie Bruce Redd McConkie (July 29, 1915–April 19, 1985) was an influential Latter-day Saint apostle and theologian. ...
In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of the church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations, members of which are considered to be Apostles, and special...
Church Service At the age of fifteen, Smith was called on a LDS Church mission to serve in the Sandwich Islands (designated the Hawaiian Islands after acquisition as a territory of the United States) under the direction of Apostle Parley P. Pratt. He successfully learned the language of the Hawaiian people and reported great success in four years of missionary work on the islands. Smith served in the Salt Lake Stake High Council in 1859, and in 1864 began working in the Church Historian's Office as a "recorder" for the Endowment House, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the First Presidency. By the time he was called to the apostleship in 1866 his late twenties, he had served three separate missions for the church. State nickname: The Aloha State Official languages Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² 41. ...
Parley Parker Pratt (12 April 1807–13 May 1857) (commonly known as Parley P. Pratt) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857. ...
On July 1, 1866, Smith was ordained an Apostle by Brigham Young and sustained as a Counselor to the First Presidency, where he served until Young's death. However, he was not sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until the Church's October conference of 1867. He served as President of the European Mission from 1874 to 1875, and again in 1877. The Sandwich Islands was the name given to Hawaii by Captain James Cook on his discovery of the islands on January 18, 1778. ...
State nickname: The Aloha State Official languages Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² 41. ...
In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations. ...
After Young's death, Smith was named Second Counselor to President John Taylor serving from 1880 to 1887. He later served as Second Counselor to President Wilford Woodruff (1889-1898), and as Second Counselor to President Lorenzo Snow (1898-1901). Smith was sustained as first counselor to President Snow on the death of First Counselor George Q. Cannon, but, as President Snow himself died only four days later, never served in this position. John Taylor (November 1, 1808 – July 25, 1887) was the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. ...
Wilford Woodruff (March 1, 1807 – September 2, 1898) was the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1889 until his death in 1898. ...
Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was the fifth President (1898-1901) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the last president of the 19th century. ...
George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827–April 21, 1901) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. ...
Smith felt it was important for Utah to become a state, and thereby eliminate the ongoing federal supervision of the Utah Territory. Following the official discontinuance of new plural marriages by Wilford Woodruff in 1890, and the dissolution of the Mormon People's Party in 1891, Smith championed the anti-polygamy Republican party in Utah. The 1890 Manifesto, sometimes simply called The Manifesto, was a historical statement which officially renounced the practice of polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church; see also Mormon). Signed on by LDS President Wilford Woodruff in September of 1890, the Manifesto was a...
Church President Smith was sustained by the church membership as President of the Church on October 17, 1901. One of the first issues he faced was the ongoing difficulties for the Church due to the practice of plural marriage. As Church President, Smith supported Mormon Apostle Reed Smoot's candidacy for the U.S. Senate. But Smoot's election was contested on the grounds that he was an officer in the Church. The Senate investigation again focused national attention on Mormon marriages and political influence. Following his appearance before a Senate panel in 1904, Smith terminated all surreptitious continuation of church plural marriages. On April 6, 1904, Smith issued the "second manifesto." He also declared that any church officer who performed a plural marriage, as well as the offending couple, would be excommunicated. He clarified that the policy applied world-wide, and not just in North America. Two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley, resigned in 1905 following the second manifesto. The Smoot Hearings or Smoot Case involved controversy surrounding the election of Reed Smoot to the United States Senate. ...
April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...
1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations. ...
John Whittaker Taylor (May 15, 1858–October 10, 1916) was the son of John Taylor (the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and Sophia Whittaker. ...
Matthias Foss Cowley (1858–1940) (commonly known as Matthias F. Cowley) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1897 until his death in 1940. ...
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Smith's seventeen year administration made efforts toward improving the Church's damaged relationships with the federal government and related issues dealing with the Church's financial situation. The administration acquired historic sites, constructed numerous meetinghouses, and expanded the church system of educational academies and universities. He also oversaw a continued growth in Church membership.
Smith is often remembered as Church President for the construction and dedication of the Seagull Monument at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 1, 1913. During much of his presidential tenure, Smith oversaw the planning and construction of the Laie Hawaii Temple in Laie, Hawaii, one of his part-time residences. Smith died on November 19, 1918, a year before his beloved Laie Hawaii Temple—the fifth temple since the restoration—was to be dedicated. He left a body of religious writings often used in discussing church doctrine and religious conduct. Seagull Monument, Salt Lake City Temple Square. ...
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October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ...
1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Lā‘ie Hawai‘i Temple is the fifth oldest Mormon temple in the world. ...
Lā‘ie is a community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Ko‘olauloa District on the Island of O‘ahu, City & County of Honolulu. ...
Doctrinal Contributions During his administration as President of the Church, President Smith issued two significant additions to Latter-day Saint doctrine: - "The Father and the Son": On June 20, 1916, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued a statement examining the LDS use of the term "Father" in scripture, clarifying times when the word referred to God the Father and when the word referred to Jesus Christ. The statement identified four different uses of the word "Father." God the Father is the literal parent of the spirits of mankind and the earthly father of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is referred to as "the Father" when discussing his role as creator of the earth, when he acts as "the Father" of those who abide in his gospel, and when he acts with the authority of his Heavenly Father while on earth. After 1921, to lessen confusion on the nature of the Godhead, portions of Joseph Smith, Jr.'s "Lectures on Faith' dealing with the Holy Ghost were removed from the Doctrine and Covenants, a modern LDS scripture.
- "Vision of the Redemption of the Dead": On October 3, 1918, President Smith received a revelation on the nature of the spirit world and on Jesus Christ's role in ensuring that the gospel is taught to all men, living and dead. A written account of the revelation was submitted to the General Authorities on the October 31, 1918 and was unanimously accepted. The revelation was initially published in December 1918, and was added to the Pearl of Great Price, an LDS scripture, in April 1976; it has since been removed from the Pearl of Great Price and added to the Doctrine and Covenants as Section 138. This revelation complemented a 1894 statement on the eternal nature of the family and appropriate work for the dead issued by President Wilford Woodruff. Genealogy work by members of the LDS Church increased after both of these statements.
In Mormonism, the First Presidency (or the Quorum of the Presidency of the Church) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy of several Latter Day Saint denominations. ...
In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations. ...
Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek ΙησοÏÏ‚ ΧÏιστός) with Christ not being a name but rather a title meaning Anointed. He is also considered a very important prophet in Islam. ...
The Holy Spirit, from the Christian viewpoint, while related to Gods will, is not Gods will personified. ...
The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes referred to as the D&C) is a part of the open scriptural canon of Mormonism, written by Joseph Smith, who reportedly had a severe alcohol problem and was an avowed homosexual, despite having several wives. ...
The Pearl of Great Price is part of the standard works (canonized scripture) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism) and some other Latter Day Saint denominations. ...
The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes referred to as the D&C) is a part of the open scriptural canon of Mormonism, written by Joseph Smith, who reportedly had a severe alcohol problem and was an avowed homosexual, despite having several wives. ...
Wilford Woodruff (March 1, 1807 – September 2, 1898) was the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1889 until his death in 1898. ...
References - Allen, James B. and Leonard, Glen M. "The Story of the Latter-day Saints." Deseret Book Co., Salt Lake City, UT, 1976. ISBN 0-87747-594-6.
- Ludlow, Daniel H., Editor. "Church History, Selections from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism." Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT, 1992. ISBN 0-87579-924-8.
- Nibley, Preston. "The Presidents of the Church" Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT, 1974. ISBN 0-87747-414-1.
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