"[132], These racial restrictions remained in place until 1978, when the policy was rescinded by church president Spencer W. Kimball,[133] and the church subsequently "disavow[ed] theories advanced in the past" to explain this ban,[134] essentially attributing the origins of the ban solely to Young. [24] In May 1834, Young became a member of Zion's Camp, and traveled to Missouri and returned to Kirtland with members of the camp in August. On December 3, 2009, the City Council of Brigham City held a public hearing to receive input on a request by the Church to vacate both the plat that subdivides the temple site into lots and the associated easements. Building and landscape designs were created to reflect both the history of Brigham City and the classical designs found at the Logan, Manti, and Salt Lake temples. Under his direction, the Mormons built roads and bridges, forts, irrigation projects; established public welfare; organized a militia; issued a "selective extermination" order against male Timpanogos[88] and after a series of wars eventually made peace with the Native Americans. During the defense of Utah, now called the Utah War, Young held the U.S. Army at bay for a winter by taking their cattle and burning supply wagons. [16] In 1831, five missionaries of the Latter Day Saint movementEleazer Miller, Elial Strong, Alpheus Gifford, Enos Curtis, and Daniel Bowencame from the branch of the church in Columbia, Pennsylvania to preach in Mendon. Please call 9-1-1, your physician or go to the closest emergency room for care and treatment. There he showed a talent for organizing the church's work and maintaining good relationships with Joseph Smith and the other apostles. [142], When federal officials received reports of widespread and systematic obstruction of federal officials in Utah (most notably judges), U.S. President James Buchanan decided in early 1857 to install a non-Mormon governor. The majority of Young's teachings are contained in the 19 volumes of transcribed and edited sermons in the Journal of Discourses. [22] During the visit, Brigham spoke in a tongue that Smith identified as the "Adamic language". During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley. [120][121] Instead, those who committed such sins could partially atone for their sin by sacrificing their life in a way that sheds blood. [12] In 1828, the family moved briefly to Oswego, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario, and in 1828 to Mendon, New York. [23] Young continued to preach in eastern Canada in the spring, and accompanied two Canadian converts to Kirtland in July 1833. Young stated that upon being taught about plural marriage by Joseph Smith: "It was the first time in my life that I desired the grave. "[77], Among Young's first acts upon arriving in the valley were the naming of the city as "The City of the Great Salt Lake" and its organization into blocks of ten acres, each divided into eight equal-sized lots. [172], On this topic, Young wrote: "They have not wisdom to act like white men. This website is NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Or you can go directly to temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.) [74] Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, a date now recognized as Pioneer Day in Utah. United States. [62][63][64] Young began acting as the church's president afterwards, though he did not yet have a full presidency. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. A large slab of granite was put up on which he had the following words engraved: "Here 120 men, women and children were massacred in cold blood early in September, 1857. Appointments. [68] With the repealing of Nauvoo's charter in January 1845, church members in Nauvoo lost their courts, police, and militia, leaving them vulnerable to attacks by mobs. Many cities and towns in Utah, and some in neighboring states, were founded under Young's direction. A bronze marker was placed at the grave site June 10, 1938, by members of the Young Men and Young Women organizations, which he founded. Latter-day Saints are a temple-building and temple-loving people. . Everything in the temple points us to Jesus Christ. . Here he became acquainted with Mary Ann Angell, a convert to the faith from Rhode Island, and the two were married in February 1834 and obtained a marriage certificate on March 31, 1834. The warm white temple, faced with precast concrete limestone, will point east toward the historic Brigham City Tabernacle with the top of the angel Moroni reaching several feet above the highest point of the tabernacle. In Mendon, Young first became acquainted with Heber C. Kimball, an early member of the LDS Church. [38] When Joseph Smith arrived in Far West, he appointed Young, along with Thomas Marsh and David Patten, as "presidency pro tem" in Missouri. Young knew her father, Isaac Decker, in New York. :200 When Young received word in July that federal troops were headed to Utah with his replacement, he called out his militia to ambush the federal force using delaying tactics. If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. By 1870, it had all but disappeared from use.[109]. Historians have come to different conclusions on whether contemporary records support this "transfiguration of Brigham Young" (also sometimes called the "mantle phenomenon") as an authentic experience, whatever its causation. Young achieved greatest success in real estate. 2022Temple University Health System, Inc. Brigham City Utah Temple (image source LDS.org) Address 250 S Main St Brigham City UT 84302-2560 United States Telephone 435-695-2170 Services. The status of four was unknown. [25] After his return to Kirtland, Young did carpentry, painting and glazing work to earn money. [75] Two days after their arrival, Young and the Twelve Apostles climbed the peak just north of the city and raised the American flag, calling it the "Ensign of Liberty. Rigdon became the president of a separate church organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and several other potential successors emerged to lead what became other denominations of the movement. Shortly after World War II, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps wrote a book called Man's Search for Meaning. [194], Gregg Henry depicts Young in the fourth (2014) and fifth (2015) seasons of the TV series Hell on Wheels, a fictional story about the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. [145], The degree of Young's involvement in the Mountain Meadows massacre, which took place in Washington County in 1857, is disputed. As governor and church president, Young directed both religious and economic matters. If the circumstances of his life had worked out differently [he] might have become a captain of industryan Andrew Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller or a railroad builder. [179] In 1865, Karl Maeser began to privately tutor Young's fifty-six children and stopped when he was called on a mission to Germany in 1867. He cited as his reason for this that he was ready to relieve himself from the burden of "secular affairs. [140] The Reformation appeared to have ended completely by early 1858. After meeting Joseph Smith, Young joined the Church of Christ in April 9, 1832. [58][59] Several claimants to the role of church president emerged during the succession crisis that ensued. [175], Young was a polygamist, having at least fifty-six wives. [15] Sometime in 1830, Young was introduced to the Book of Mormon by way of a copy that his brother, Phineas Howe, had obtained from Samuel H. Smith. Thereby the Mormons became the most important single agency in colonizing that vast arid West between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. As part of the Reformation, almost all "active" or involved LDS Church members were rebaptized as a symbol of their commitment. [2] His last words were "Joseph! Visitors of all ages are invited to a free public open house for new and renovated temples. [42] Young proposed marriage to Martha Brotherton, who was seventeen years old at the time and had recently immigrated from Manchester, England. [53] On November 22, 1843, Young and his wife Mary Ann received the second anointing, a ritual that assured them that their salvation and exaltation would occur. On this mission he visited the family of his aunt, Rhoda Howe Richards. Learn more about rooms in the temple and their unique purposes. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "President Packer Presides at Groundbreaking of Brigham City Utah Temple," 31 Jul. [150] It is believed that he died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix. There is no debate concerning the involvement of individual Mormons from the surrounding communities by scholars. [171] Young also predicted a future in which Chinese and Japanese people would immigrate to America. [106], Within the church, Young reorganized the Relief Society for women in 1867, and created organizations for young women in 1869 and young men in 1875. Young and his two daughters moved to Kirtland along with the Kimball family later that summer. At its prime, the alphabet was used in two Deseret News articles, two elementary readers, and in a translation of the Book of Mormon. [111], Though polygamy was practiced by Young's predecessor, Joseph Smith,[112] the practice is often associated with Young. PCI stands for the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. [187], The Scottish poet John Lyon, who was an intimate friend of Young, wrote Brigham the Bold in tribute to him after his death.[188][189]. Brigham City Utah North Stake. Brigham Young and William Smith discredited Brotherton's character, and Brotherton herself did not associate with the church afterwards. Please contact the temple for more information or if you have special circumstances or needs. [103], On October 16, 1875, Young deeded buildings and land in Provo, Utah to a board of trustees for establishing an institution of learning, ostensibly as part of the University of Deseret. Temple Services Telephone; Aba Nigeria Temple (+234) 80-3903-4804: Accra Ghana Temple (+233) 302-650-123: Adelaide Australia Temple (+61) 8-8363-8000: Albuquerque New Mexico Temple : 505-822-5110: Anchorage Alaska Temple : 907-348-7890: Apia Samoa Temple (+685) 64-230: Arequipa Peru Temple (+51) 54-640-300: Asuncin Paraguay Temple (+595) 21-216-92 Provo, Utah Area. The Brigham City Utah Temple serves members from 13 stakes headquartered in Box Elder County and Malad Valley: Map View. From another planet, Adam brought Eve, one of his wives, with him to the earth, where they became mortal by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This form is secure and our Access Center specialist will call you back within one business day to schedule your appointment. [60] The majority in attendance voted that the Quorum of the Twelve was to lead the church. "[76], Upon being asked why he chose for them to settle in the Salt Lake Valley, Young stated: "We have been kicked out of the frying-pan into the fire, out of the fire into the middle of the floor, and here we are and here we will stay. Monday, 27 February 2023 - Monday, 13 March 2023, Monday, 7 August 2023 - Monday, 21 August 2023, Friday, 8 September 2023 (Limited Operations), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 (Limited Operations), Saturday, 30 December 2023 (Limited Operations). Brotherton signed an affidavit saying that she had been locked in Smith's office for two days while Young and others tried to convince her to accept polygamy. President Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife Donna are natives of Brigham City. "[129] Young was also a vocal opponent of theories of human polygenesis, being a firm voice for stating that all humans were the product of one creation. With the onset of the Panic of 1819, Jeffries dismissed Young from his apprenticeship and Young moved to Port Byron, which was then called Bucksville. One of the homes that Young helped paint in Auburn belonged to Elijah Miller and later to William Seward, and is now a local museum. During time as prophet and governor, Young encouraged each bishop to establish a grade school for his congregation, which would be supported by volunteer work and tithing payments. Since Young's death, a number of works have published collections of his discourses and sayings. [95][96] Young said in an 1852 speech, "In as much as we believe in the Bible we must believe in slavery. There's no visitors center, and the grounds are limited so there's not much to do if you're just passing through. Temple closed today. ", invoking the name of the late Joseph Smith Jr, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. [191], Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., talking about his fondness of trees, joked in his The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table: "I call all trees mine that I have put my wedding-ring on, and I have as many tree-wives as Brigham Young has human ones."[192]. He also married in Nauvoo, but did not have children with: Augusta Adams Cobb, Susannah Snively, Eliza Bowker, Ellen A. Rockwood, and Namah K. J. [91] It was established on February 28, 1850, as the University of Deseret; its name was eventually changed to the University of Utah. He then stayed for a short time in Dublin, Indiana with his brother Lorenzo before moving to Far West, Missouri in 1838. You can schedule an appointment in two ways: You can call us directly at 800-TEMPLE-MED ( 800-836-7536) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. [83][84] Young and his counselors were again sustained unanimously by church members at a church conference in Salt Lake City in September 1850.[85]. Central Elementary School once stood on the site, but it was razed several years ago in a downtown redevelopment effort. [176], Of Young's fifty-six wives, twenty-one had never been married before; seventeen were widows; six were divorced; six had living husbands and the marital status of six others is unknown. Can we use your current location to find the nearest temple? [86][87] He was sworn in by Justice Daniel H. Wells for a salary of $1,500 a year, and named as superintendent of Indian Affairs for an additional $1,000. For a view skeptical of the "mantle phenomenon" as historically authentic, see. He refused to sign a temperance pledge, however, stating that "if I sign the temperance pledge I feel that I am bound, and I wish to do just right, without being bound to do it; I want my liberty. 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