Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The 10th Prophet in the History of Mormonism

Some May know what the 10th Prophet in the history of Mormonism is. Some may not. To state, the 10th Prophet in the history of Mormonism was Joseph Fielding Smith. Joseph Fielding Smith's birthday was July 19, 1876. His dad was Joseph Fielding Smith Sr., but I'll only refer to the Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith. Joseph Served a 2 year mission to England starting in 1899, but before that he received his Patriarchal Blessing. In his Patriarchal Blessing it mentioned that, "It shall be thy duty to sit in counsel with thy brethren and to preside among the people." It basically infers of him becoming a Prophet of the Church. My Patriarchal blessing mentions, "You will receive additional authority and power within the Priesthood." My Dad supposes that it just talks about becoming a High Priest, but two of my Bishops, a Stake President and one of my counselors from my current ward feel it's more than that. Maybe not as drastic, or even as drastic as a Quorum of the 12/70, but maybe still a counselor, or Bishop. That came True later of course. Joseph got married three times, but at separate times. He got married to the next once the previous died. The first woman he married was Louie E. Shurtliff. She died in 1908 so later in 1908 he got married to Ethel G. Reynolds. She perished on September 26, 1937. His final wife was Jessie Ella Evans and got married in April of 1938. She died about a half year before President Smith. Some other matters of service Joseph gave were for three relations of a Church historian, being the president on the Genealogical Society, and being the President of the Salt Lake Temple. Joseph got to become an Apostle on April 7, 1910. I will mention Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. one more time. He got ordain Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. as an Apostle. Later in 1970 Joseph Fielding Smith became President of the Church. While President he assigned Mondays for being the night of Family Home Evening. Another item that happened while President of the Church is that the Church organized three of the Church magazines. Joseph Fielding Smith Dedicated the Ogden Temple and the Provo temple both in 1972 the same year in which he died. The precise date of the year was July 2.
A quote of him is, "We must endure to the end; . . . We must so live as to acquire the attributes of godliness and become the kind of people who can enjoy the glory and wonders of the celestial kingdom."
A testimony as well is, "I pray that we may all be guided by the power of the Holy Spirit, that we may walk uprightly before the Lord, and that we may inherit eternal life in the mansions and kingdoms that are prepared for the obedient."
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