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Title: The martyrs : a sketch of the lives and a full account of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, together with a concise review of the most prominent incidents connected with the persecutions of saints, from the time the Church was organized up to the year 1846 ..
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Littlefield, Lyman O
Subjects: Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844 Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844
Publisher: Salt Lake City : Juvenile Instructor Office
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tended a very large meeting thathad been called by Sidney Rigdon, at the grove east of theTemple. After Mr. Rigdon had got through speaking, andtrying to induce the people to choose him as a guardian for theChurch, Brigham Young took the stand, and it was then soonmade manifest to the people who was the right man to stepinto Josephs shoes and be his successor to lead Israel. He said: There has been much said about President Rigdon beingpresident of the Church, and leading the people, being the head,etc. Brother Rigdon has come one thousand six hundredmiles to tell you what he wants to do for you. If the peoplewant President Rigdon to lead them they may have him ; butI say unto you that the quorum of the Twelve have the keys ofthe kingdom of God in all the world. The Twelve are appointed by the finger of God. Here isBrigham; have his knees ever faltered? have his lips everquivered? Here is Heber and the rest of the Twelve, an inde-pendent body, who have the keys of the Priesthood—the
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WORK ON THE TEMPLK CROWDED. 97 keys of the kingdom of (jrod fo deliver to all the world ; this istrue, so help me Clod. Thev stand next to Joseph, and are asthe First Presidency of the Church. Brother Brigham made many further remarks on that occa-sion which were intensely interesting and instructive, but it isregretted that they cannot be inserted here in full. At this meeting, the Twelve Apostles were unanimously sus-tained as the First Presidency of the Church. Brigham Youngbeing the President of that quorum, he became, of course, thefirst representative man or President over the whole people. President Young and the Twelve pushed forward the work onthe Temple as fast as possible, and took a very wise course forthe promotion of peace and to restore confidence in the com-munity generally. They published an epistle to the Church atlarge, which was timely and replete with good counsel, and the)also used all their influence with Grovernor Ford and the lead-ing men of the State to have

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