The Seal of the Prophets

John Woolf II states that the Prophet Joseph Smith borrowed money from his father and then gave his father what is known as the “Seal of the Prophets.” What is the “Seal of the Prophets?”

a.      A notarized document stating the conditions of the loan

b.      A handshake signifying a deal had been reached

c.       A blessing

d.      His calling and election assured

Yesterday’s answer:

a.      Fear

T. Samuel Browning, born in Ogden in 1860, remembers the first train coming to Ogden when he was nine years old: “A number of us boys had heard that it was coming, so we went out to the south end of town and climbed over a bank and heard it whistle. It frightened us very much. We hastened back to the station where quite a large crowd of people had gathered to see it. There was a large slough on the south side of the station. When the train came into Ogden, and whistled, people were so frightened they ran in all directions. Several people fell into this slough and had to be pulled out. It caused quite a commotion.”

Nearly Everything Imaginable, Walker, Ronald W., Doris R. Dant ed., (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1999), 320.