The Kirtland Safety Society Banking Crisis

Kirtland Society Bank note

We often read that when the Kirtland Safety Society failed, many felt that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet and apostatized. What percentage of the 187 investors actually left the Church?

a.      15%

b.      90%

c.       80%

d.      50%

Yesterday’s answer:

c.   It has Biblical origins

Such prophets as Samuel, Elijah, and Elisha conducted special schools that were called here “the company of the prophets” ( 1 Samuel 19:20).

Elsewhere, the men who attended these schools were called “sons of the prophets” (1 Kings 20:35). This fact is of interest to Latter-day Saints because Joseph Smith set up a similar school in Kirtland, Ohio, to help teach priesthood holders their special duties.

Old Testament Student Manual, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2003, 279.