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Non-member Thomas L. Kane received a patriarchal blessing
while residing with the Saints in Winter Quarters in 1846. In 1855 he wrote
Brigham Young stating that what promise in his patriarchal blessing was
fulfilled, a promise he thought could never happen?
a.
His mission call
b.
Having a family
c.
Being baptized a
member
d.
Getting married
Yesterday’s
answer:
D He was
taking money for the Nauvoo temple for his own use
The first signs of trouble emerged with startling
promptness after this exchange of cordialities between William [Smith] and
Brigham [Young]. Following these letters of support, members of the Twelve at
Nauvoo became increasingly concerned about William’s leadership in the East. Brigham
Young learned from Apostle Wilford Woodruff, who travelled through the eastern
branches during the months of October-December 1844, that William had
authorized plural marriages, bestowed the sealing power on several of his
colleagues, and had diverted the eastern Saints’ temple donations to his own
ends. Young acted almost immediately after receiving Woodruff’s report, sending
Parley P. Pratt to assume leadership over the eastern branches in December
1844. Pratt’s appointment sent William into a simmering rage, but a letter written
to William from Heber C. Kimball temporarily pacified him. Kimball assured
William that leaders at Nauvoo were expecting him to return to Nauvoo
immediately—one reason that had factored into their appointment of Pratt—and
that until he left for Nauvoo the two apostles should “act as one.” But the
experience made William uneasy about his ecclestical station.
James A. Toronto, The “Wild West” of Missionary Work”
Reopening the Italian Mission, 1965-71, Journal
of Mormon History, Fall 2014, 76-77.
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