Spanish Fork, Utah Iceland Monument
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Many of the Saints that immigrated to Utah from
Iceland settled in Spanish Fork, Utah. Spanish Fork is a small city now with
many of the current residence able to trace their ancestry to these Icelandic immigrants.
Today it is known as little Iceland. When missionaries returned to Iceland in
1975 how many active members of the Church were found?
a.
None
b.
One
c.
5,000
d.
500
Yesterday’s
answer:
A.
Sent a
proclamation to the world
After bringing the first group of pioneers into the
Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young returned to Winter Quarters. Here the leading
men of the Church talked about the necessity of reorganizing the First
Presidency with Brigham Young as president. On December 5, 1847, nine of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles sustained Young as president of the Church with
Heber C. Kimball as first counselor and Willard Richards as second counselor. A
special conference was to be held December 24 to 27 so members of the Church
could assemble and sustain these men in their new positions.
Before the conference was held, however, Brigham Young
issued a greeting to all the world. It was dated December 23, 1847.
“We are at peace with all nations, with all kingdoms, with all powers,
with all governments, with all authorities under the whole heavens, except the
kingdom and powers of darkness, which are from beneath and are ready to stretch
forth our arms to the four quarters of the globe, extending salvation to every
honest soul; for our mission in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is from sea to sea,
and from river to the ends of the earth; and the blessings of the Lord are upon
us; and when every other arm shall fail, the power of the Almighty will be
manifest in our behalf; for we ask nothing but what is right, we want nothing
but what is right, and God has said that our strength shall be equal to our pay;
and we invite all Presidents, and Emperors, and Kings, and Princes, and Nobles,
and Governors, and Rulers, and Judges, and all nations, kindred, tongues and
people under the whole heavens, to come and help us to build a house to the
name of the God of Jacob, a place of peace, a city of rest, a habitation for
the oppressed of every clime, even for those that love their neighbor as they
do themselves, and who are willing to do as they would be done unto; and this
we are determined to do, and we will do, God being our helper; and we will help
everyone that will help to sustain good and wholesome laws for the protection of
virtue and punishment of vice.
“We ask no preeminence; we want no preeminence; but
where God has place us, there we will stand; and that is, to be one with our
brethren, and our brethren are those that keep the commandments of God, that do
the will of our Father who is in heaven; and by them we will stand, and with
them we will dwell in time and in eternity.
“Come then, ye saints of Latter Days, and all ye great
and small, wise and foolish, rich and poor, noble and ignoble, exalted and
persecuted, rulers and ruled of the earth, who love virtue and hate evil, and
help us to do this work, which the Lord hath required at our hands; and
inasmuch as the glory of the latter house shall exceed that of the former, your
reward shall be an hundred fold, and your rest shall be glorious. Our universal
motto, ‘Peace with God, and good will to all men.’
“Written at Winter Quarters, Omaha Nation, west bank
of Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, North America, and signed December 23,
1847 in behalf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. . .”
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Museum Memories (Talon Printing: Salt
Lake City, 2011), 3: 216-217.
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