A Monumental Prophecy Realized

Parley P. Pratt

Which of the following promises listed below was not a promise made by Heber C. Kimball to Parley P. Pratt if he served his mission to Canada?

A)     He would eventually be martyred

B)     He would not have to worry about his financial situation

C)     Though childless for 9 years, that Thankful (Parley’s wife) would have a child

D)     That the effects of this mission would open the doors to missionary work in England

Yesterday’s answer:

1.      (A)   The tenth anniversary of Joseph’s and Hyrum’s death

On Tuesday, June 27, 1854 a large congregation of Latter-day Saints gathered in what has since become known as the Old Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. The meeting served as an extension of the annual April general conference and was scheduled to mark the tenth anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. As the day grew miserably hot, Brigham Young directed the bishops in the audience to provide fifty buckets of water from City Creek at the doors in order to pass drinking ladles into the crowded, perspiring congregation.

Transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth, Introduced and Edited by Mark Lyman Staker, John Taylor’s June 27, 1854, Account of the Martyrdom,  BYU Studies Vol. 50. No. 4, pg. 25.

2.      (B)   To remember the blessings of the Lord

Brigham Young had noted during the morning meeting the purpose of adjourning the April 6 general conference and reconvening it on June 27 was “more especially in consequence of bringing to mind, to our brains, to realize and to contemplate what the Lord has done for us in the last days.”

Transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth, Introduced and Edited by Mark Lyman Staker, John Taylor’s June 27, 1854, Account of the Martyrdom,  BYU Studies Vol. 50. No. 4, pg. 39.

3.      (A)   Spiritual Wifery

During this conference, John Taylor revealed the original name of what eventually became known to the world as polygamy when he stated, “There was a time, some time, little time before these persecutions commenced; there was a time that was particularly trying to the people—new doctrine of what used to be called them ‘spiritual wifery.’”

Transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth, Introduced and Edited by Mark Lyman Staker, John Taylor’s June 27, 1854, Account of the Martyrdom,  BYU Studies Vol. 50. No. 4, pg. 43.