Tag: Priesthood Men

I don’t see any reasons offered for why John E. Page became disaffected with Joseph Smith and later the main body of saints following Brigham Young. I do see the pattern whereby he gains a position of prominence and later chooses to shirk his responsibilities in that position. It is interesting to know that he…

John Taylor is the only prophet of the church so far who was born outside the United States. He was called with the others to fill vacancies in the quorum of the twelve less than three years after joining the church. He served faithfully through the trials of Missouri, the martyrdom of Joseph Smith (where…

Oliver Granger was a licensed preacher among the Methodists. Reading that reminded me of how many preachers joined the church in its formative years. Brother Granger was among those who remained faithful although he was asking the few who remained in Kirkland after the saints left. He died on Kirkland in 1841 when Nauvoo was…

In a story that I was previously unaware of, Joseph Smith declared the he had no confidence in Sidney Rigdon and encouraged the members at general conference to not sustain him but William Marks supported Sidney and the members sustained him anyway. With the members ignoring his counsel and a first presidency that he no…

I would imagine that Joseph Smith would have loved to have a church filled with men like Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young who endured faithfully in the gospel through every trial. I knew that Heber eventually became an apostle and may even have known that he was in the First Presidency but I hadn’t…

What do you make of a man who was called to the quorum of the twelve but died before he could be ordained? Such was the case with Brother Sherman. From all I can find he was faithful after he found the church but by the time word could be sent off his call to…

John Murdock reminds me of Andrew Smith Gibbons in that he was constantly serving and being called to serve in new fields of labor. In John Murdock’s car he was even serving missions while his children were living with other families after the death of his wife. If I were him I would probably be…

Reynolds Cahoon is one of those rare figures in early church history who doesn’t seem to have any significant highs t lows in his performance. He wasn’t an apostle or notable missionary not was he excommunicated. He followed Brigham Young after the church split and was faithful until his death in Utah a few years…

The biography of Frederick G. Williams is evidence of how chaotic life could be on the early church. He was rebaptized once when we have no record of an excommunication. Later he was excommunicated in abstentia during the time that Joseph was in Liberty jail but then was restored to full fellowship one Joseph was…