Appointments Address 250 S Main St Brigham City UT 84302-2560 United States Telephone (1) 435-695-2170 Email Log in to send email to temple Prayer Roll Click here to submit names Services No clothing rental available No cafeteria available. [82] Young named Heber C. Kimball as his first counselor and Willard Richards as his second. [127] After settling in Utah in 1848, Young announced the ban,[127] which also forbade blacks from participating in Mormon temple rites such as the endowment or sealings. [62][63][64] Young began acting as the church's president afterwards, though he did not yet have a full presidency. "[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. Young negotiated with Stephen A. Douglas and agreed to lead church members out of Nauvoo in the spring in exchange for peace. Brigham City Utah Box Elder Stake. The decree of God that Canaan should be a servant of servants unto his brethren (i.e., Shem and Japhet [sic]) is in full force. The prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presided at the groundbreaking of the Ephraim Utah Temple on Saturday, August 27, 2022. [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. [110] During his tenure, Young oversaw construction of the Salt Lake Tabernacle and announced plans to build the St. George (1871), Manti (1875), and Logan (1877) temples. [140] The Reformation appeared to have ended completely by early 1858. 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. He also led the Anointed Quorum. [4], Young was born on June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont. Young also served a year-long mission to the United Kingdom. A key element of the teachings of this group in Young's eyes was their practicing of spiritual gifts like speaking in tongues and prophecy. Instead, this able, energetic, earthy man became the absolute ruler and the revered, genuinely loved father figure of all Mormons everywhere. Young performed the sealing ordinances for two of Joseph Smith's plural wives in early 1842. The Beehive House and the Lion House remain as prominent Salt Lake City landmarks. 2022Temple University Health System, Inc. Please contact the temple for more information or if you have special circumstances or needs. [153], Young engaged in a vast assortment of commercial ventures by himself and in partnership with others. In his will, Young shared his estate with the sixteen surviving wives who had lived with him; the six surviving non-conjugal wives were not mentioned in the will. [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. [164] In the 1840s, Young strove to keep aloof from nationwide political debates over slavery, avoiding committing to either antislavery or proslavery positions. [44], During his time in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith introduced the doctrine of plural marriage among church leaders. PCI stands for the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. [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. President Nelson Presides at Ephraim Utah Temple Groundbreaking . . Temples are reopening in phases due to COVID-19 pandemic. Latter-day Saints are a temple-building and temple-loving people. Young was born shortly after his return. . [2] His last words were "Joseph! Within months, Harris and the others departed their Utah appointments without replacements being named, and their posts remained unfilled for the next two years. [5] Young received little formal education, but his mother taught him how to read and write. [46] Eight of Young's plural marriages in Nauvoo were to Joseph Smith's widows. [58][59] Several claimants to the role of church president emerged during the succession crisis that ensued. 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Can we use your current location to find the nearest temple? The sweetest relationships we can experience in life are in loving families. While there, Young's father remarried to a widow named Hannah Brown, and sent Young off to learn a trade. There's no visitors center, and the grounds are limited so there's not much to do if you're just passing through. You will see in the design of it reflections of previous temples that have been built, particularly the Salt Lake Temple. In the story line, the organ built and guided west to Salt Lake City by Joseph Harris Ridges (18271914) of Australia becomes mired in the sand. After bearing mortal children and establishing the human race, Adam and Eve returned to their heavenly thrones where Adam acts as the god of this world. Some Latter Day Saint denominations, such as the Community of Christ, consider Young the "Father of Mormon Polygamy". [23] Young continued to preach in eastern Canada in the spring, and accompanied two Canadian converts to Kirtland in July 1833. [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. Box Elder County. [6] At age twelve, he moved with his parents to the township of Genoa, close to Cayuga Lake. [147] Young's letter reportedly arrived on September 13, 1857, two days after the massacre. "[156], At the time of his death, Young was the wealthiest man in Utah, with an estimated personal fortune of $600,000 (equivalent to $15,300,000 in 2021).[154]. 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. On November 5, 2009, sale of the Brigham City Utah Temple site formally closed, advancing the temple to the construction approval phase. As the competing rail lines approach Utah from the east and west coasts, Young supplies Mormon laborers to both railroad companies and negotiates with the railways to have them make Salt Lake City their meeting point. . John Lyon: the life of a pioneer poet. The seed of Canaan cannot hold any office, civil or ecclesiastical. Memorials to Young include a bronze statue in front of the Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building, Brigham Young University; a marble statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the United States Capitol, donated by the State of Utah in 1950;[163] and a statue atop the This is the Place Monument in Salt Lake City. It will be gorgeous, it will be white. The west faade will be detailed similarly to the east including a second spire. For two years, the monument stood as a memorial to those travelling the Spanish Trail through Mountain Meadow. [81], After three years of leading the church as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Young reorganized a new First Presidency and was sustained as the second president of the church on December 27, 1847 at Winter Quarters. [175], Young was a polygamist, having at least fifty-six wives. [171] His manuscript history from January 5, 1852, which was published in the Deseret News, reads: The negro . "[9], Young married Miriam Angeline Works, whom he had met in Port Byron in October 1824. Persuaded by The Swede, Phineas believed he was the chosen one to go forward to lead the Mormons, instead of his father. In the 1995 film The Avenging Angel, the role of Young was played by Charlton Heston. Joseph had been a Reformed Methodist preacher and the two made a similar "preaching circuit" in eastern Canada. 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. His call was to preach to the "remnants of Joseph," a term people in the Church used to refer to indigenous people. [143] Buchanan accepted the reports of the Runaway Officials without any further investigation, and the new non-sectarian governor was appointed and sent to the new territory accompanied by 2,500 soldiers. Lucy and Young had seven children together. [89] Young organized the first Utah Territorial Legislature and established Fillmore as the territory's first capital. TUHS neither provides nor controls the provision of health care. As part of the Reformation, almost all "active" or involved LDS Church members were rebaptized as a symbol of their commitment. Young organized the journey that would take the Mormon pioneers to Winter Quarters, Nebraska, in 1846, before continuing on to the Salt Lake Valley. 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. [137] At a church meeting on September 21, 1856, Brigham Young stated: We need a reformation in the midst of this people; we need a thorough reform.[138] Large gatherings and meetings during this period were conducted by Young and Grant, and Young played a key role in the circulation of the Mormon Reformation with his emphasis on plural marriage, rebaptism, and passionate preaching and oration. [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. President Packer had attended elementary school 80 years before on the very site where he stood. [104] Young said, "I hope to see an Academy established in Provo at which the children of the Latter-day Saints can receive a good education unmixed with the pernicious atheistic influences that are found in so many of the higher schools of the country. A short sentence describing what someone will receive by subscribing. On October 26, 2009, Church officials announced that the Brigham City Utah Temple would be constructed on a downtown block on Main Street known as Central Square, located directly west of the Brigham City Tabernacle.4 Speculation of this location began shortly after the announcement of the temple when a sign was posted on the site indicating that sale of all seven commercial lots on the block were pending. All rights reserved. It will be a beacon from all over the valley."1. "Regular Meeting of the Brigham City Council,", "Brigham City Temple draws on city's history,". ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org shares construction news, photographs, maps, and interesting facts about the temples of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. Take a look inside the Washington D.C. Temple with a tour hosted by Elder and Sister Stevenson and Elder and Sister Renlund. He also provisioned the building of the Endowment House, a "temporary temple" which began to be used in 1855 to provide temple ordinances to church members while the Salt Lake Temple was under construction. Young was involved in temple building throughout his membership in the LDS Church, making it a priority during his time as church president. He used tobacco but did not drink alcohol. [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. (Or you can go directly to temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.) [38] When Joseph Smith arrived in Far West, he appointed Young, along with Thomas Marsh and David Patten, as "presidency pro tem" in Missouri. According to Wilford Woodruff, in 1861 Young brought an entourage to Mountain Meadows and suggested that the monument instead read "Vengeance is mine and I have taken a little". [113] In 1853, Young made the church's first official statement on the subject since the church had arrived in Utah. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley. Upon joining the Methodists, he insisted on being baptized by immersion rather than by their normal practice of sprinkling. Following her death, he moved with his father to Tyrone, New York. His mother died of tuberculosis in June 1815. Brigham City Utah Temple 139th dedicated temple in operation Aaron Nuffer. 2010. Appointments. 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