Re-baptizing the Apostates

Lyman Wight

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After Lyman Wight was made an apostle he returned to Kirtland in 1842 to baptize those that apostatized in 1838-1839. How many did he baptize?

a.                  About 50

b.                  About 100

c.                   About 150

d.                  About 200

Yesterday’s answer:

A   An angel appeared to him

From the life of David W. Patten:   Elder Patten exhibited great courage in defense of the truth. During a missionary meeting a crude and boisterous intruder disrupted the preaching and challenged anyone to evict him. Brother Patten vowed, “in the name of the Lord I will do it.” and, grabbing the heckler, he carried him to the door and threw him out onto a pile of wood. Some who witnessed the episode reported that “Patten had cast out one devil, soul and body.” On another occasion this powerful servant of the Lord, with only a walking stick, warded off an angry mob. Once a violent enemy approached him with a drawn bowie knife, threatening to cut his throat. Looking him squarely in the eye, David said, “My friend, do nothing rashly.” At the same time he reached slowly into his empty breast pocket. The assailant ran away, screaming, “Don’t shoot!” One night the Lord sent an angel to wake Elder Patten and his companion and warn them to flee from an approaching mob.

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 352.

The Approaching Mob

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How was Elder David Patten and his companion warned of an approaching mob?

a.                  An angel appeared

b.                  From the wife of a mob member

c.                   The spirit whispered to him

d.                  A local minister

Yesterday’s answer:

C   In the Kirtland Temple

Brigham Young Jr. was named after one of the most valiant men in modern Israel. His mother was a courageous woman of great faith. His parents met at a fast and testimony meeting in Kirtland in 1833, where Brigham Young, a widower and father of two small children, spoke with the gift of tongues. When one of the brethren gave the interpretation, the message was that Brother Young and Miss Mary Ann Angell should be married. The spirit bore witness to Mary Ann, and soon thereafter she became Brigham’s wife and the mother of his two children. Within three years three more children were born, including twins, a son and daughter, who were given the names of Brigham and Mary. During the trying exodus of the Saints from Missouri, Brigham Jr.’s two-year-old twin sister, Mary, was run over by the wheels of a loaded wagon. Her mother molded the child’s crushed skull back into shape and with great faith begged God to spare her life. Mary recovered completely.

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 289-290.

Brigham’s Marriage Proposal

Mary Ann Angell

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How did Brigham Young make it known to Mary Ann Angell that the two were to be married?

a.                  On his knee at a  beach on Lake Erie

b.                  On his knee at a beach on the Mississippi River

c.                   In the Kirtland Temple

d.                   In the Nauvoo Temple

Yesterday’s answer:

C   Willard Richards

From the life of Willard Richards:   The following spring, while still in England, Elder Richards was called by revelation to serve in the Quorum of the Twelve. He was ordained by Brigham Young and became the first and only apostle ordained outside of the United States.

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 249.

The First and Only

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Who is the first and only apostle ordained outside the United States in this dispensation?

a.                  The apostle Paul

b.                  John Taylor

c.                   Willard Richards

d.                  Nathan Eldon Tanner

Yesterday’s answer:

B.   Gordon B. Hinckley

From the life of Gordon B. Hinckley:   Early in his life, President Hinckley displayed an exceptional gift for public speaking. During his college years, the bishop of his ward asked him to substitute for apostle Reed Smoot, a U.S. senator, who was unable to come to speak to the overflow audience awaiting him. Young Gordon Hinckley got up to address the disappointed audience. A friend who heard him recalled, “When Gordy Hinckley finished speaking, people had forgotten all about Senator Smoot’s absence. The boy really stirred them.”

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 143.

Forgetting the Main Speaker

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When it was announced that U.S. Senator Reed Smoot could not make his speaking engagement, people were disappointed at first, but soon forgot the Senator when they were wowed by the replacement speaker. Who replaced the Senator?

a.                  Thomas S. Monson

b.                  Gordon B. Hinckley

c.                   David O. McKay

d.                  LeGrand Richards

Yesterday’s answer:

A   One

When Joseph Fielding Smith became president of the Church on 23 January 1970, some members wondered why the Lord chose him to be president of the Church; why at ninety-three years of age were the burdens of the kingdom placed on his shoulders? There were many answers to this question. An article in the Church Section of the Deseret News stated: “In preserving President Smith to succeed his illustrious predecessor, President David O. McKay, the Lord maintains an invaluable bridge over the generations, still holding us close to the Prophet Joseph Smith and the fundamentals of our divinely founded faith. . .  President Smith’s own father knew the Prophet well, as a boy, and he knew the Prophet’s family too. President Smith’s father, who lived through the martyrdom in which he lost his own father, the Patriarch, bore constant testimony to Joseph Fielding Smith concerning the reality of the work.”

President Harold B. Lee gave his testimony of the Lord’s will in the calling of so old a man to hold this most demanding office: “[The Lord] knows whom he wants to preside over this church, and he will make no mistake. The Lord doesn’t do things by accident. He has never done anything accidentally.”

The Lord purposely spared the life of Joseph Fielding Smith, who outlived fifteen of the apostles called after him and was in the Quorum of the Twelve longer than any man in this dispensation, having been ordained on 7 April 1910. The Lord preserved him so that for two and a half years he could preside over the Church, lending to those Saints his tremendous understanding of Church doctrine and knowledge of the scriptures, his orthodoxy, and his uncompromising commitment to revealed truth.

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 95-96.

Handshakes away from the Prophet Joseph Smith

President Joseph Fielding Smith

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When Joseph Fielding Smith was made the President of the Church on January 23, 1970, how many handshakes away was he from the Prophet Joseph Smith?

a.                  One

b.                  Two

c.                   Three

d.                  Four

Yesterday’s answer:

B   Lorenzo Snow

Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the Church, led a life interlaced with miracles. His very countenance reflected his closeness to the Lord. One traveler, the Reverend Dr. Prentis of North Carolina, observed, “When I was introduced to Pres. Lorenzo Snow . . . I was startled to see the holiest face but one I had ever been privileged to look upon. His face was a poem of peace, his presence a benediction of peace. . . . The strangest feeling stole over me, that I stood on holy ground. . . . The picture of that slight, venerable form hallowed with the aura of an ineffable peace will haunt my heart like the vision of a celestial picture.”

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 49.

The Reverend Dr. Prentis

The Reverend Dr. George Lewis Prentis

The Reverend Dr. Prentis stated that the holiest face he ever looked on belonged to whom?

a.                  Joseph Smith

b.                  Lorenzo Snow

c.                   Lucy Mack Smith

d.                  Eliza R. Snow

Yesterday’s answer:

D   The radiance in his face when receiving revelation

The Prophet’s physical appearance often surprised those who met him. Many people coming to Nauvoo expected to find a solemn prophet with a long white beard, but they found instead a very “jolly fellow.” He considered himself “one of the last persons on earth whom God would have raised up as a prophet or priest,” being “so diametrically opposite” what one would expect a prophet to be. Physically “he was more than six feet in height, with expansive chest and clean-cut limbs—a staunch and graceful figure. His head, crowned with a mass of soft, wavy hair, was grandly poised.” One observer said, “But the Prophet’s most remarkable feature is his eye. . . . The hue light hazel, and it is shaded, and, at time, almost veiled by the longest, thickest light lashes you ever saw belonging to a man. The brows ware also light and thick indeed.”

But most impressive about the descriptions of Joseph Smith are the continual references to the near transparency of his being and to the light his face radiated at the times when he communed with heaven. George Q. Cannon said, “His face possessed a complexion of such clearness and transparency that the soul appeared to shine through.” Mary Elizabeth Rollins, who was present at a meeting where the prophet spoke, wrote: “After prayer and singing, Joseph began talking. Suddenly he stopped and seemed almost transfixed, he was looking ahead and his face outshone the candle which was on a shelf just behind him. I thought I could almost see the cheek bones, he looked as though a searchlight was inside his face and shining through every pore.” And Wilford Woodruff described the magnificent last speech he gave to the Quorum of the Twelve: “He was clothed upon with the Spirit and power of God. His face was clear as amber. The room was filled as with consuming fire. He stood three hours upon his feet.”

Flake, Lawrence R., Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation, (Provo, Utah: Religious Study Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 14-15.

Most Agreed

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Most agreed the feature that distinguished Joseph Smith the most as a prophet was what?

a.                  His friendliness

b.                  His beard

c.                   His stature

d.                  The radiance in his face when receiving revelation

Yesterday’s answer:

D   The arrival of the rescue teams

Tuesday, October 21, 1856, Sixth Crossing, Willie Company, John Chislett Journal:   The storm which we encountered, our brethren from the Valley also met, and to knowing that we were utterly destitute, they encamped to await fine weather. But when Captain Willie found them and explained our real condition, they at once hitched up their teams and made all speed to come to our rescue. On the evening of the third [probably the second] day after Captain Willie’s departure, just as the sun was sinking beautifully behind the distant hills, on an eminence immediately west of our camp several covered wagons, each drawn by  four horses, were seen coming towards us. The news ran through the camp like wildfire, and all who were able to leave their beds turned out en masse to see them. A few minutes brought them sufficiently near to reveal our faithful captain slightly in advance of the train. Shouts of joy rent the air; strong men wept till tears ran freely down their furrowed and sun-burnt cheeks, and little children partook of the joy which some of them hardly understood, and fairly danced around with gladness. Restraint was set aside in the general rejoicing, and as the brethren entered our camp the sisters fell upon them and deluged the brethren with kisses. The brethren were so overcome that they could not for some time utter a word, but in choking silence repressed all demonstration of those emotions that evidently mastered them. Soon, however, feeling was somewhat abated, and such a shaking of hands, such words of welcome, and such invocation of God’s blessing have seldom been witnessed.

I was installed as regular commissary to the camp. The brethren turned over to me flour, potatoes, onions, and a limited supply of warm clothing for both sexes, besides quilts, blankets, buffalo-robes, woolen socks, etc. I first distributed the necessary provisions, and after supper divided the clothing, bedding, etc., where it was most needed. That evening, for the first time in quite a period, the songs of Zion were to be heard in the camp, and peals of laughter issued from the little knots of people as they chatted around the fires. The change seemed almost miraculous, so sudden was it from grave to gay, from sorrow to gladness, from mourning to rejoicing. With the cravings of hunger satisfied, and with hearts filled with gratitude to God and our good brethren, we all united in prayer, and then retired to rest.

Stewart E. Glazier and Robert S. Clark, Journey of the Trail (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1997), 150-151.