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Presidents of the Church: Student Manual Language 09797 Xxx Presidents of the Church Student Manual Religion 345 Presidents of the Church Student Manual Religion 345 09797_000_Cover.indd 1-3 9/16/13 9:59 AM Presidents of the Church Student Manual Religion 345 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah 09797_000.indb 1 9/16/13 9:42 AM We extend appreciation for the use of the visuals in this manual. Visuals that are not specifically identified were provided by the Church History Library or the Church History Museum. Comments and corrections are appreciated. Please send them to: Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Curriculum 50 E. North Temple Street, Floor 8 Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0008 USA E-mail: ces-manuals@ ldschurch .org Please list your complete name, address, ward, and stake. Be sure to give the title of the manual. Then offer your comments. © 2003, 2013 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America English approval: 2/12 Translation approval: 2/12 Translation of Presidents of the Church: Student Manual Language 09797 xxx 09797_000.indb 2 9/16/13 9:42 AM Contents Joseph Smith First President of the Church ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Brigham Young Second President of the Church . 20 John Taylor Third President of the Church . 40 Wilford Woodruff Fourth President of the Church . 58 Lorenzo Snow Fifth President of the Church ........................................................76 Joseph F. Smith Sixth President of the Church .......................................................94 Heber J. Grant Seventh President of the Church ....................................................112 George Albert Smith Eighth President of the Church ................................................130 David O. McKay Ninth President of the Church ....................................................146 Joseph Fielding Smith Tenth President of the Church ...............................................164 Harold B. Lee Eleventh President of the Church .....................................................180 Spencer W. Kimball Twelfth President of the Church ................................................198 Ezra Taft Benson Thirteenth President of the Church ................................................216 Howard W. Hunter Fourteenth President of the Church ..............................................238 Gordon B. Hinckley Fifteenth President of the Church ..............................................260 Thomas S. Monson Sixteenth President of the Church ...............................................286 Presidents of the Church Timeline ...............................................................312 09797_000.indb 3 9/16/13 9:42 AM 09797_000_1-4.indd 4 9/16/13 10:22 AM Joseph Smith First President of the Church 1 Highlights in the Life of Joseph Smith Age Events He was born December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. 7 He endured surgery on his leg—diseased bone was removed (winter, 1812–13). 14 He saw and talked with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ (spring, 1820). 17 Moroni visited him and told him about the Nephite record (Sept. 21–22, 1823; Moroni visited him annually thereafter, 1824–27). 21 He married Emma Hale (Jan. 18, 1827), obtained the plates (Sept. 22, 1827), and began the translation (Dec. 1827). 22 116 manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon were lost (June 1828). 23 He and Oliver Cowdery received the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist (May 15, 1829); they received the Melchizedek Priesthood from Peter, James, and John (probably between May 16–28, 1829); the Three Witnesses were shown the plates (June 1829). 24 The Book of Mormon was published (first copies were available on Mar. 26, 1830); the Church was organized (Apr. 6, 1830). 25 He moved his family to Kirtland, Ohio (1831); he dedicated the temple site at Independence, Missouri (Aug. 3, 1831). 26 He was sustained as President of the high priesthood (Jan. 25, 1832). 27 The First Presidency was organized (Mar. 18, 1833). 28 He led Zion’s Camp from Ohio to Missouri (May–June 1834). 29 The members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Feb. 14, 1835) and the Seventy (Feb. 28, 1835) were called and ordained; the Doctrine and Covenants was accepted as scripture (Aug. 17, 1835). 30 He dedicated the Kirtland Temple (Mar. 27, 1836); Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah appeared to him and Oliver Cowdery and restored priesthood keys (Apr. 3, 1836). 32 He was imprisoned in Liberty Jail (1838). 33 He directed the Church from Liberty Jail (Dec. 1838–Apr. 1839); the building of Nauvoo was begun (1839); the members of the Church gathered to Nauvoo and commenced the building of the area (1839). 35 Work began on the Nauvoo Temple; the immigration of European Church members was planned (1841). 36 The book of Abraham was published (Mar. 1, 1842); the Relief Society was organized (Mar. 17, 1842); he prophesied the Saints’ removal to the Rocky Mountains (Aug. 6, 1842). 37 He recorded revelation on eternal marriage (July 12, 1843). 38 He became a candidate for president of the United States of America (Jan. 1844); he and his brother Hyrum were martyred at Carthage Jail (June 27, 1844). 1 09797_000.indb 1 9/16/13 9:43 AM CHAPTER 1 No Trumpets Sounded His Birth [1.1] President Spencer W. Kimball, then President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wrote: “When clouds of error need dissipating and spiritual darkness needs penetrating and heavens need opening, a little infant is born. Just a few scattered neighbors in a hilly region in the backwoods [of Vermont] even know that Lucy [Mack Smith] is expecting. There is no prenatal care or nurses; no hospital, no ambulance, no delivery room. Babies live and die in this rough environment and few know about it. “Another child for Lucy! No trumpets are sounded; no hourly bulletins posted; no pictures taken; no notice is In 1811 the Smiths rented a farm in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. given; just a few friendly community folk pass a word This home was identified as the Smiths’ residence. It was torn down along. It’s a boy. Little do the brothers and sisters dream in 1967. that a prophet is born to their family” (Faith Precedes the Miracle [1972], 324–25). Joseph Smith Was a Boy of Courage and Joseph Smith Jr. was born on December 23, 1805, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith. These faithful parents taught their Resolve [1.2] children religious truths. Lucy especially encouraged her Lucy Mack Smith wrote of the seven-year-old Joseph’s children to study the Bible. Joseph Sr., though suspicious struggle with an unusually severe infection in his left of traditional churches, had a strong belief in God. Both leg, which afflicted him shortly after he recovered from parents descended from generations of ancestors who typhoid fever: sought to live by correct religious principles. “His leg immediately began to swell and he continued in the most excruciating pain for two weeks longer. During this time, I carried him in my arms nearly continually, soothing him and doing all that my utmost ingenuity could suggest to ease his sufferings, until nature was exhausted and I was taken severely ill myself. “Then Hyrum, who was always remarkable for his tenderness and sympathy, desired that he might take my place. As he was a good, trusty boy, we let him do so, and, in order to make the task as easy for him as possible, we laid Joseph upon a low bed and Hyrum sat beside him, almost incessantly day and night, grasping the most Joseph Smith Sr., father of the Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the painful part of the affected leg between his hands and, Prophet Joseph Smith, was Prophet Joseph Smith, was born born July 12, 1771, in Topsfield, July 8, 1776, in Gilsum, New by pressing it closely, enabled the little sufferer the better Massachusetts. Hampshire. to bear the pain which otherwise seemed almost ready to take his life” (History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Joseph Smith Jr. was a noble spirit, foreordained and eds. Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor tutored before he was born. He was raised a farm boy. [1996], 73). During his early years his family moved often, trying to After several weeks and two unsuccessful attempts to find a place to live where they could support themselves. reduce the swelling and drain the infection, a group of Joseph worked with his family and suffered their hard- surgeons was consulted. Their recommendation was to ships. They endured crop failure, land fraud, and betrayals amputate the leg, but Joseph’s mother refused to allow it in investment. Through it all, the Smith family played an until they tried another operation. She wrote: important role in the restoration of the gospel in these “The principal surgeon, after a moment’s conversation, latter days. ordered cords to be brought to bind Joseph fast to the bedstead, but Joseph objected. When the doctor insisted that he must be confined, Joseph said decidedly, ‘No, 2 09797_000.indb 2 9/16/13 9:43 AM JOSEPH SMITH (1) Wooded area known as the Sacred Grove, (2) location of the restored log home first built by the Smith family, (3) home started by Alvin Smith, (4) view of Palmyra village. The Church purchased the entire Smith farm, including the Sacred Grove area in 1907. Doctor. I will not be bound. I can bear the process better he screamed so loud with the pain of his leg that I could unconfined.’ not forbear running to him, but as soon as I entered the “‘Then,’ said the doctor, ‘will you take some wine? You room, he cried out, ‘Oh, Mother! Go back! Go back! I do must take something, or you can never endure the severe not want you to come in. I will tough it out, if you will operation to which you must be subjected.’ go’” (Smith, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, 74–75). “‘No,’ answered the boy, ‘I will not touch one particle of His recovery was slow, but young Joseph’s leg eventually liquor, nor will I be tied down, but I will tell you what I healed, leaving him with only an occasional slight limp.
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