Within months, Harris and the others departed their Utah appointments without replacements being named, and their posts remained unfilled for the next two years. [178] Young built the Lion House, the Beehive House, the Gardo House, and the White House in downtown Salt Lake City to accommodate his sizable family. . [119], Young also taught the doctrine of blood atonement, in which the atonement of Jesus cannot redeem an eternal sin, which included apostasy, theft, fornication (but not sodomy), or adultery. Can we use your current location to find the nearest temple? [52] Young travelled east with Wilford Woodruff and George A. Smith from July to October 1843 on a mission to raise funds for the Nauvoo temple and its guesthouse. It is such unique architecture for a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Temple. Utah's most recently constructed temples were dedicated earlier that year in the cities of Draper, Utah and South Jordan, Utah.5. "I am home," said President Boyd K. Packer in his opening remarks at the Brigham City Utah Temple groundbreaking held Saturday, July 31, 2010. On December 3, 2009, the City Council of Brigham City held a public hearing to receive input on a request by the Church to vacate both the plat that subdivides the temple site into lots and the associated easements. Many cities and towns in Utah, and some in neighboring states, were founded under Young's direction. [8] Young reported having a strict Puritan-style Christian upbringing. Fencing will be installed around the temple grounds themselves but not around the surrounding parking lot. Young did not immediately accept the divine claims of the Book of Mormon. Young was born shortly after his return. [39], Under Young's direction, the quorum organized the exodus of Latter Day Saints from Missouri to Illinois in 1838. Instead, this able, energetic, earthy man became the absolute ruler and the revered, genuinely loved father figure of all Mormons everywhere. TUHS neither provides nor controls the provision of health care. [95][96] Young said in an 1852 speech, "In as much as we believe in the Bible we must believe in slavery. With the onset of the Panic of 1819, Jeffries dismissed Young from his apprenticeship and Young moved to Port Byron, which was then called Bucksville. He cited as his reason for this that he was ready to relieve himself from the burden of "secular affairs. Under Smith's leadership, Young participated in the building of the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. Parking will consist of 123 surface stalls, 130 underground stalls, and 29 street stalls. [66] Young led the church as president of the Quorum of the Twelve until December 5, 1847, when the quorum unanimously agreed to organize a new First Presidency with Young as president of the church. Rigdon became the president of a separate church organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and several other potential successors emerged to lead what became other denominations of the movement. Prayer Roll Click here to submit names. He also provisioned the building of the Endowment House, a "temporary temple" which began to be used in 1855 to provide temple ordinances to church members while the Salt Lake Temple was under construction. "[173] Young adopted the Christian idea of the Curse of Hama racist interpretation of Genesis 9 which white proponents of slavery in antebellum America used to justify enslaving black people of African descent[174]and applied it liberally and literally. The Provo City Center Temple is a stunning edifice in the center of the City of Provo. A century after Young's death, historian Rodman W. Paul wrote,[162]. Telephone (1) 801-621-6880. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. Young stated that upon being taught about plural marriage by Joseph Smith: "It was the first time in my life that I desired the grave. Young achieved greatest success in real estate. No clothing rental. Ordinances and covenants have been a part of the gospel from the beginning. Sidney Rigdon, the senior surviving member of the church's First Presidency, argued there could be no successor to the deceased prophet and that he should stay Joseph's "spokesman" and become guardian of the church. Young claimed access to revelation to know God's choice of successor because of his position as an apostle. This form is secure and our Access Center specialist will call you back within one business day to schedule your appointment. Temple Health refers to the health, education and research activities carried out by the affiliates of Temple University Health System (TUHS) and by the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Florence Claxton's graphic novel, The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights (1872), satirizes a would-be emancipated woman whose failure to establish an independent career results in her marriage to Young before she wakes to discover she's been dreaming. Arthur Conan Doyle based his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, on Mormon history, mentioning Young by name. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "President Packer Presides at Groundbreaking of Brigham City Utah Temple," 31 Jul. This will enhance the 360 experience. He was later joined by his family and by other members of the church in Missouri. [141], Shortly after the arrival of Young's pioneers, the new Latter-day Saint colonies were incorporated into the United States through the Mexican Cession. The majority of Young's teachings are contained in the 19 volumes of transcribed and edited sermons in the Journal of Discourses. It later became known as the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association, and was a charter member of the National Council of Women and International Council of Women. [21], After visiting Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Brigham set out to preach with his brother Joseph in the winter of 1832-1833. The Utah Territory was created by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850, and as colonizer and founder of Salt Lake City, Young was appointed the territory's first governor and superintendent of American Indian affairs by President Millard Fillmore on February 3, 1851. History of Brigham Young, entry dated Jan. 5, 1852, Church Historians Office Records Collection, LDS Church Archives (quoted in Ricks, A Peculiar Place, 114). Under his direction, the Mormons built roads and bridges, forts, irrigation projects; established public welfare; organized a militia; issued a "selective extermination" order against male Timpanogos[88] and after a series of wars eventually made peace with the Native Americans. You can schedule an appointment in two ways: You can call us directly at 800-TEMPLE-MED ( 800-836-7536) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. [40][41] Young also served in various leadership and community organization roles among church members in Nauvoo. [104] Young said, "I hope to see an Academy established in Provo at which the children of the Latter-day Saints can receive a good education unmixed with the pernicious atheistic influences that are found in so many of the higher schools of the country. [60] The majority in attendance voted that the Quorum of the Twelve was to lead the church. Brigham City Utah Box Elder Stake. Services Clothing rental available. [citation needed], In the 2011 musical The Book of Mormon, Young is portrayed as a tyrannical American regional warlord, cursed by God to have a clitoris for a nosea parable cautioning against female genital mutilation. . From another planet, Adam brought Eve, one of his wives, with him to the earth, where they became mortal by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. [4], Young was born on June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont. [56][57], In 1844, Young travelled east again to solicit votes for Joseph Smith in his presidential campaign. Young was played by Dean Jagger in the 1940 film Brigham Young. Memorials to Young include a bronze statue in front of the Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building, Brigham Young University; a marble statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the United States Capitol, donated by the State of Utah in 1950;[163] and a statue atop the This is the Place Monument in Salt Lake City. [26] His third child and first son, Joseph A. Since Young's death, a number of works have published collections of his discourses and sayings. This was partly experienced when Young traveled with his wife, Miriam, and Heber C. Kimball to visit the branch of the church in Columbia. Shortly after World War II, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps wrote a book called Man's Search for Meaning. 2022Temple University Health System, Inc. Please contact the temple for more information or if you have special circumstances or needs. When officers arrived at the Nauvoo temple to arrest Young, he sent William Miller out in Young's hat and cloak. [178] A few of his wives served in administrative positions in the church, such as Zina Huntington and Eliza R. Snow. "[97] Seven years later in 1859, Young stated in an interview with the New York Tribune[98] that he considered slavery a "divine institution not to be abolished". Joseph had been a Reformed Methodist preacher and the two made a similar "preaching circuit" in eastern Canada. [65] Not all church members followed Young. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will build 18 new houses of the Lord in the coming months and years. "[177] By the time of his death, Young had fifty-seven children by sixteen of his wives; forty-six of his children reached adulthood. Feb 2015 - Sep 20183 years 8 months. The decree of God that Canaan should be a servant of servants unto his brethren (i.e., Shem and Japhet [sic]) is in full force. [135], During 1856 and 1857, a period of renewed emphasis on spirituality within the church known as the Mormon Reformation took place under Young's direction. There is no debate concerning the involvement of individual Mormons from the surrounding communities by scholars. [102] Young viewed education as a process of learning how to make the Kingdom of God a reality on earth, and at the core of his "philosophy of education" was the belief that the church had within itself all that was necessary to save mankind materially, spiritually, and intellectually. For those LDS faithful who do wish to enter, you need to make an appointment. He also authorized the construction of the Utah Central railroad line, which connected Salt Lake City to the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad. At its prime, the alphabet was used in two Deseret News articles, two elementary readers, and in a translation of the Book of Mormon. Brigham Young (/ b r m /; June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. Visitors of all ages are invited to a free public open house for new and renovated temples. Philadelphia, PA. All rights reserved. He also led the Anointed Quorum. He then stayed for a short time in Dublin, Indiana with his brother Lorenzo before moving to Far West, Missouri in 1838. [171] His manuscript history from January 5, 1852, which was published in the Deseret News, reads: The negro . President Boyd K. Packer had attended school there as a boy. He was the ninth child of John Young and Abigail "Nabby" Howe. According to Wilford Woodruff, in 1861 Young brought an entourage to Mountain Meadows and suggested that the monument instead read "Vengeance is mine and I have taken a little". In the Season 5 mid-season finale, "False Prophets", Young's son, Phineas, attempts to murder his father. Here he became acquainted with Mary Ann Angell, a convert to the faith from Rhode Island, and the two were married in February 1834 and obtained a marriage certificate on March 31, 1834. While there, Young's father remarried to a widow named Hannah Brown, and sent Young off to learn a trade. [20] There, Young saw Alpheus Gifford speak in tongues, and in response Young also spoke in tongues. Appointments. They were from Arkansas." . The Constitution of Deseret is silent upon this, we meant it should be so. History of Brigham Young, entry dated 5 Jan. 1852, in Church Historians Office Records Collection, LDSCA. [79] Young spent just over a month in the Valley recovering from mountain fever before returning to Winter Quarters on August 31. [136] The Mormon Reformation called for a spiritual reawakening among members of the church, and took place largely in the Utah Territory. [45][46] Young campaigned against Bennett's allegations that Joseph Smith practiced "spiritual wifery"; Young knew of Smith's hidden practice of polygamy. While the majority of the sealings were "for eternity", some were "for time only," meaning that Young was sealed to these women as a proxy for their previous husbands who had passed away. "[105] The school broke off from the University of Deseret and became Brigham Young Academy in 1876 under the leadership of Karl G. Maeser,[105] and was the precursor to Brigham Young University. [29][30] On May 4, 1835, Young and other apostles went on a mission to the east coast, specifically in Pennsylvania and New York. He used tobacco but did not drink alcohol. A temple is literally a house of the Lorda special place designated by Him and dedicated to His sacred purposes. As the competing rail lines approach Utah from the east and west coasts, Young supplies Mormon laborers to both railroad companies and negotiates with the railways to have them make Salt Lake City their meeting point. "[77], Among Young's first acts upon arriving in the valley were the naming of the city as "The City of the Great Salt Lake" and its organization into blocks of ten acres, each divided into eight equal-sized lots. He joined the Nauvoo city council in 1841 and oversaw the first baptisms for the dead in the unfinished Nauvoo temple. Young was involved in temple building throughout his membership in the LDS Church, making it a priority during his time as church president. [171] Young also predicted a future in which Chinese and Japanese people would immigrate to America. Brigham City Utah Temple 139th dedicated temple in operation Aaron Nuffer. [146] Leonard J. Arrington reports that Young received a rider at his office on the day of the massacre, and that when he learned of the contemplated attack by members of the church in Parowan and Cedar City, he sent back a letter directing that the Fancher party be allowed to pass through the territory unmolested. [89] Young organized the first Utah Territorial Legislature and established Fillmore as the territory's first capital. A church conference held in Iowa sustained Young and his First Presidency on December 27, 1847. [180][181][182], At the time of Young's death, nineteen of his wives had predeceased him; he was divorced from ten, and twenty-three survived him. Hey Everyone! If the circumstances of his life had worked out differently [he] might have become a captain of industryan Andrew Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller or a railroad builder. Young did not learn of the assassination until early July. Researchers note that not all of the fifty-six marriages were conjugal. Brigham City Utah West Stake. [155] In 1873, he announced that he would step down as president of the Deseret National Bank and of ZCMI, as well as from his role as trustee-in-trust for the church. [78] On August 7, Brigham suggested that the members of the camp be re-baptized to signify a re-dedication to their beliefs and covenants. Byron Morrow played Young in a cameo appearance in the Death Valley Days 1966 episode "An Organ for Brother Brigham". Wagonmaster Luke Winner (Morgan Woodward) feels compelled to leave the instrument behind until Ridges finds solid rock under the sand. You will see in the design of it reflections of previous temples that have been built, particularly the Salt Lake Temple. Any person that mingles his seed with the seed of Canaan forfeits the right to rule and all the blessings of the Priesthood of God; and unless his blood were spilled and that of his offspring he nor they could not be saved until the posterity of Canaan are redeemed. Lyon, T. Edgar (1989). [195] He encounters Joseph Smith and attempts to ambush his party of Mormons, but, rather than engaging with "the Clitoris Man", Smith shows mercy, rubbing one of the frogs that God has given him to have sex with to cure his AIDS on Young's face, curing his AIDS, and so moving him that he decides to convert to the faith. . [24] In May 1834, Young became a member of Zion's Camp, and traveled to Missouri and returned to Kirtland with members of the camp in August. [130], Throughout his time as prophet, Young went to great lengths to deny the assumption that he was the author of the practice of priesthood denial to black men, asserting instead that the Lord was. [10] They first resided in a small house adjacent to a pail factory, which was Young's main place of employment at the time. On many occasions, Young taught that blacks were denied the priesthood because they were "the seed of Cain. "[190], Mark Twain devoted a chapter and much of two appendices to Young in Roughing It. [87] During his time as governor, Young directed the establishment of settlements throughout present-day Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, California and parts of southern Colorado and northern Mexico. He joined the Masons in Nauvoo on April 7, 1842, and participated in an early endowment ritual led by Joseph Smith that May and became part of the Anointed Quorum. [19] In April 1832, a branch of the church was organized in Mendon; eight of the fifteen families were Youngs. If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. [67], Before departing Nauvoo, Young focused on completing the Nauvoo temple. "[114] Young believed that sexual desire was given by God to ensure the perpetuation of humankind, and believed sex should be confined to marriage. 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