Joseph had quite a bit to participate in the history of Mormonism. I mean other than even being a Prophet. By the way he was the 6th Prophet in the history of Mormonism. He was born in far west Missouri to Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith. His birthday was November 13, 1838. Joseph F. Smith started his process of Mormonism, AKA: baptized, in 1852 at the age 13 by Heber C. Kimball. Joseph F. Smith served 4 missions with one of them being a service mission. His first one was to Hawaii and happened in 1854. Then the second was to Hawaii as well, but this time he had Lorenzo Snow and Ezra Taft Benson join him. Joseph F. Smith became an Apostle on July 1, 1866. Then a second counselor to John Taylor on the 10th of October, 1880. Then on September 13, 1898 became the second counselor to Lorenzo Snow. The first huge thing he donated to the history of Mormonism is that he adopted the Boy Scouts of America. You can still enter through the state for it, but if your part of Mormonism you're just basically already registered right off and Mormonism helps to fund it. A year later he created another widely known item to make it another big event in the history of Mormonism. This is that he put together seminary. Then another year after that making it 1913 he adopted another program that stuck around for a year. this was the campfire program for the young women's. So in 1914, that one year, it got replaced with a year-round beehive girls program. Continuing in the process of individual years he started to promote FHE, family home evening. Joseph F. Smith may have not gotten to dedicate any Temples either, but he did get to dedicate some sites for temples. He was able to dedicate the Laie Hawaii temple finally in the same year instead of the next, so basically 1915. then a couple years back in 1913 he dedicated the site for the Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.
I enjoy his testimony so I'll post that first this time. "We are living for eternity and not merely for the moment. Death does not part us from one another, if we have entered into sacred relationships with each other by virtue of the authority that God has revealed to the children of men. Our relationships are formed for eternity. We have prove ourselves faithful and true to the covenants that we have entered into here, and then we will receive a fullness of joy." I agree with him families will live together in this life and after."
I also enjoy this quote from him, " We desire it destinctly understood that 'Mormonism' as it is called, has come to the world to stay."
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