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Which
Prophet of the church had a little girl approach him asking for his autograph
when his attention was momentarily diverted. When he went to sign the little girl’s
book, she was gone. He had a search put out for her so that he could sign her
book. Who was the prophet?
a.
Thomas S. Monson
b.
David O. McKay
c.
George Albert Smith
d.
Howard W. Hunter
Yesterday’s answer:
C Temple clothing
From
the life of John W. Taylor: Charged
with entering into plural marriages after the 1904 “Second Manifesto,” and of
aiding others to do likewise, Taylor told the Twelve, “I have never married
anyone without the endorsement and authority of the President of the Church,
and if you desire I will give the names of those I have married, but I think
this would be unwise.”
“I
have no aspirations in an ecclesiastical way,” He added. “I have a large family
of children, my wives to take care of and my business needs my attention. I
don’t say these things out of disrespect, but I would like you to do as you
think best, not because of lack of testimony, but feel free in regard to my
case. . . .
“I
am a different man to what I have been. I am not a man of spiritual temperament
as I was at one time. . . In my parting
with you, I desire to go with a spirit of kindness and with the best purposes.
I feel freerer [sic] today than I have felt for the past four or five weeks.”
March
28, 1911: Excommunicated by the Quorum of the Twelve for “insubordination.”
October
10, 1916: Died of cancer at the age of
fifty-eight in Salt Lake City.
Prior
to his death, he had told his wives, “No tears. . . I will be waiting for you
over there. I must go now to prepare a place. And when I leave I want no mourning,
I want no flowers, no public display. No funeral, I am a nomad. Let the ashes
of this wandering body blow with the winds from some mountain peak.”
Speculation
as to whether the ex-apostle would be buried in his temple clothes caused
curious onlookers to attempt to view the body. Family security prevented this.
His wife Nettie related that on the night of Taylor’s death, President Joseph
F. Smith, regretting his role in Taylor and Cowley’s dismissals, called
privately at her home and gave her a package containing temple robes. He was
buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
May
21, 1965: Reinstated as a Church member
in full standing by authorization of President David O. McKay.
Richard
S. Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker, A
Book of Mormons, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1982), 364-365.
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