It was thought that the Utah War would cause
the Saints to abandon their desert home in Utah. Truth be known, Brigham Young
was flirting with the possibility of moving the Church to Mexico. To be honest,
this was what President Buchannan desired. He felt if, as a result of pressure
from Federal troops, that Brigham would pick up and move south into Mexico, and
once this happened, then James Buchannan could fulfill his “Manifest Destiny”
by annexing Mexico into the United States. But Mexico wasn’t the only
destination at the back of Brigham’s mind. What was one other location luring
the Saints?
A) Great Britain
B) Texas
C) Canada’s Vancouver Island
D) What is currently known as Canada’s
Province of Alberta
Yesterday’s answer:
(A)
Be married
The following from
the journal of Jesse N. Smith (cousin to the Prophet Joseph Smith), dated
October 21, 1862 while serving a mission to Scandanavia:
. . . Took a walk on the beach. Attended
Elder’s Council. The clergy of Norway having ruled our Church outside the pale
of Christianity, it was held that members of our Church could not be legally
married, the clergy solemnizing all the marriages.
Oliver
R. Smith, ed., The Journal of Jesse
Nathaniel Smith-1834-1906 (Provo: Jesse N. Smith Family Assn., 1970), 98.
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