He instituted a ban prohibiting conferring the priesthood on men of black African descent, and led the church in the Utah War against the United States. Services Clothing rental available. History of Brigham Young, entry dated 5 Jan. 1852, in Church Historians Office Records Collection, LDSCA. [166][167] However, two weeks later Young declared himself a "firm believer in slavery". Ordinances and covenants have been a part of the gospel from the beginning. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley. The status of four was unknown. "I am home," said President Boyd K. Packer in his opening remarks at the Brigham City Utah Temple groundbreaking held Saturday, July 31, 2010. The sweetest relationships we can experience in life are in loving families. "[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. yo ul. [8] Young reported having a strict Puritan-style Christian upbringing. Young supported her and her two children while they lived in their own home in Nauvoo. There's no visitors center, and the grounds are limited so there's not much to do if you're just passing through. The Brigham City Utah Temple District covers the same region as the original Box Elder Stake. [67], Before departing Nauvoo, Young focused on completing the Nauvoo temple. This website is NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to William Hayden, Young participated in the Bucksville Forensic and Oratorical Society. Byron Morrow played Young in a cameo appearance in the Death Valley Days 1966 episode "An Organ for Brother Brigham". Part of the new Business Intelligence/Data Analytics Team. [35][27] In August 1837, Young went on another mission to the eastern states. 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. [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. It later became known as the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association, and was a charter member of the National Council of Women and International Council of Women. [95][96] Young said in an 1852 speech, "In as much as we believe in the Bible we must believe in slavery. All health care is provided by its member organizations or independent health care providers affiliated with TUHS member organizations. John Lyon: the life of a pioneer poet. Notify me. Request a telemedicine appointment through our form or by calling 800-TEMPLE-MED (800-836-7536). Later, as Young is generally understood to have taught, Adam returned to the earth to become the biological father of Jesus. [44], During his time in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith introduced the doctrine of plural marriage among church leaders. As part of the Reformation, almost all "active" or involved LDS Church members were rebaptized as a symbol of their commitment. Provo, Utah Area. The Brigham City Utah Temple will be the fourteenth temple built in Utah and the first built in Box Elder County. 1. [171] Young also predicted a future in which Chinese and Japanese people would immigrate to America. [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. In the early 1850s, he expressed some support for the antislavery "free soil" position in American politics,[165] and in January 1852, he declared in a speech that "no property can or should be recognized as existing in slaves", suggesting opposition to the existence of slavery. [90] Young also organized a board of regents to establish a university in the Salt Lake Valley. After meeting Joseph Smith, Young joined the Church of Christ in April 9, 1832. [195] He encounters Joseph Smith and attempts to ambush his party of Mormons, but, rather than engaging with "the Clitoris Man", Smith shows mercy, rubbing one of the frogs that God has given him to have sex with to cure his AIDS on Young's face, curing his AIDS, and so moving him that he decides to convert to the faith. [93] These individuals later became known as the Runaway Officials of 1851. Spread the word John Turner's biography states: "it remains unclear whether Young [] had sanctioned the bogus-making operation. Brigham City Utah Temple Temple closed today 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 No patron housing available Distribution center nearby Take a look inside the Washington D.C. Temple with a tour hosted by Elder and Sister Stevenson and Elder and Sister Renlund. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. Shortly after World War II, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps wrote a book called Man's Search for Meaning. [21], After visiting Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Brigham set out to preach with his brother Joseph in the winter of 1832-1833. For two years, the monument stood as a memorial to those travelling the Spanish Trail through Mountain Meadow. At its prime, the alphabet was used in two Deseret News articles, two elementary readers, and in a translation of the Book of Mormon. [144] Young eventually reached a settlement with the aid of a peace commission and agreed to step down as governor. Under his leadership, members in the United Kingdom began publishing Millennial Star, a hymnal, and a new edition of the Book of Mormon. 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). Under Smith's leadership, Young participated in the building of the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. This will enhance the 360 experience. Young acknowledged that the doctrine was challenging for many women, but stated its necessity for creating large families, proclaiming: "But the first wife will say, 'It is hard, for I have lived with my husband twenty years, or thirty, and have raised a family of children for him, and it is a great trial to me for him to have more women;' then I say it is time that you gave him up to other women who will bear children. Joseph! Instead, this able, energetic, earthy man became the absolute ruler and the revered, genuinely loved father figure of all Mormons everywhere. This colored race have been subjected to severe curses which they have brought upon themselves. United States. [154], Young was also involved in the organization of the Salt Lake Gas Works, the Salt Lake Water Works, an insurance company, a bank, and the ZCMI store in downtown Salt Lake City. [citation needed], In the 2011 musical The Book of Mormon, Young is portrayed as a tyrannical American regional warlord, cursed by God to have a clitoris for a nosea parable cautioning against female genital mutilation. This is one of the smallest in Utah, at just 36,000 square feet. After the exterior was completed on December 10, 1845, members received their temple endowments day and night, and Young officiated many of these sessions. The remains of about 40 people were later found and buried, and U.S. Army officer James Henry Carleton had a large cross made from local trees, the transverse beam bearing the engraving, "Vengeance Is Mine, Saith The Lord: I Will Repay" and erected a cairn of rocks at the site. [31][32] In August 1835, Young and the rest of the Quorum of the Twelve issued a testimony in support of the divine origin of the Doctrine and Covenants. 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. 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. Learn more about rooms in the temple and their unique purposes. In June 1844 while Young was away, Joseph Smith was killed by an armed mob who stormed the jail where he was awaiting trial for the charge of treason. Monday, 27 March 2023 - Monday, 10 April 2023, Saturday, 20 May 2023 (Limited Operations), Monday, 28 August 2023 - Monday, 11 September 2023, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 (Limited Operations), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 (Limited Operations). [11] Young converted to the Reformed Methodist Church in 1824 after studying the Bible. 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. In the appendix, Twain describes Young as a theocratic "absolute monarch" defying the will of the U.S. government, and alleges using a dubious source that Young had ordered the Mountain Meadows massacre. "[97] Seven years later in 1859, Young stated in an interview with the New York Tribune[98] that he considered slavery a "divine institution not to be abolished". . It will be gorgeous, it will be white. [130], Throughout his time as prophet, Young went to great lengths to deny the assumption that he was the author of the practice of priesthood denial to black men, asserting instead that the Lord was. President Nelson Presides at Ephraim Utah Temple Groundbreaking . Young also worked to establish the learning institutions which would later become the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. A church conference held in Iowa sustained Young and his First Presidency on December 27, 1847. [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. While there, Young's father remarried to a widow named Hannah Brown, and sent Young off to learn a trade. [176] The policy and practice of polygamy was difficult for many in the church to accept. He also helped to convince Hyrum to accept polygamy. History of Brigham Young, entry dated Jan. 5, 1852, Church Historians Office Records Collection, LDS Church Archives (quoted in Ricks, A Peculiar Place, 114). Utah's most recently constructed temples were dedicated earlier that year in the cities of Draper, Utah and South Jordan, Utah.5. "[190], Mark Twain devoted a chapter and much of two appendices to Young in Roughing It. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will build 18 new houses of the Lord in the coming months and years. [42] Young proposed marriage to Martha Brotherton, who was seventeen years old at the time and had recently immigrated from Manchester, England. [12] In 1828, the family moved briefly to Oswego, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario, and in 1828 to Mendon, New York. The day will come when the seed of Canaan will be redeemed and have all the blessings their brethren enjoy. [79] Young spent just over a month in the Valley recovering from mountain fever before returning to Winter Quarters on August 31. Everything in the temple points us to Jesus Christ. Weather conditions delayed the planned 12:00 noon raising. On this mission he visited the family of his aunt, Rhoda Howe Richards. All four streets surrounding the temple block were closed to allow the approximately 5,000 spectators to view the proceedings. [146] Leonard J. Arrington reports that Young received a rider at his office on the day of the massacre, and that when he learned of the contemplated attack by members of the church in Parowan and Cedar City, he sent back a letter directing that the Fancher party be allowed to pass through the territory unmolested. Young instructed victims of anti-Mormon violence on the outskirts of Nauvoo to move to Nauvoo. When asked to comment on the story, which had, "provoked the animosity of the Mormon faithful", Doyle noted, "all I said about the Danite Band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that though it is likely that in a work of fiction it is stated more luridly than in a work of history." 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. [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]. Latter-day Saint Temple Construction Photographs. [13] Young worked as a carpenter and joiner, and built and operated a saw mill. Box Elder County. [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. [193], In another Death Valley Days episode in 1969, "Biscuits and Billy, the Kid", Michael Hinn (19131988) of the former Boots and Saddles western series was cast as Young. Young had a somewhat mixed view of slavery which historian John G. Turner called a "bundle of contradictions". In 1849, Young arranged for a printing press to be brought to the Salt Lake Valley, which was later used to print the Deseret News periodical. [108], Young also organized a committee to refine the Deseret alphabeta phonetic alphabet which had been developed sometime between 1847 and 1854. Joseph! President Packer had attended elementary school 80 years before on the very site where he stood. It will be a beacon from all over the valley."1. A temple is literally a house of the Lorda special place designated by Him and dedicated to His sacred purposes. On July 15, 2010, the City Council discussed planning activities for the temple groundbreaking, which included the closure of numerous streets and intersections. The majority of Young's teachings are contained in the 19 volumes of transcribed and edited sermons in the Journal of Discourses. [26] His third child and first son, Joseph A. [69] Some Mormons counterfeited American and Mexican money, and a grand jury indicted Young and other church leaders in 1845. Young established a gold mint in 1849 and called for the minting of coins using gold dust which had been accumulated from travelers during the Gold Rush. [20] There, Young saw Alpheus Gifford speak in tongues, and in response Young also spoke in tongues. Jedediah M. Grant, one of the key figures of the Reformation and one of Young's counselors, traveled throughout the Territory preaching to Latter-day Saint communities and settlements with the goal of inspiring them to reject sin and turn towards spiritual things. He was later joined by his family and by other members of the church in Missouri. Young performed the sealing ordinances for two of Joseph Smith's plural wives in early 1842. Address 250 South Main Street Brigham City, Utah 84302-2120 United States Telephone: (+1) 435-695-2170 Street Map - Nearby Hotels Services NO clothing rental available NO cafeteria food served NO patron housing available He joined the Masons in Nauvoo on April 7, 1842, and participated in an early endowment ritual led by Joseph Smith that May and became part of the Anointed Quorum. As governor, Young had promised the federal government he would protect migrants passing through Utah Territory, but over 120 men, women and children were killed in this incident. [4], Young was born on June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont. Miller was arrested, but released when it was discovered he was not Brigham Young. ", invoking the name of the late Joseph Smith Jr, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "Five New Temples Announced," 3 Oct. 2009. The gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni was hoisted and secured into place atop the Brigham City Utah Temple on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, from about 1:40 to 2:30 p.m. [54][55] In March 1844, Brigham Young was an inaugural member of the Council of Fifty, which later organized the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo. [153], Young engaged in a vast assortment of commercial ventures by himself and in partnership with others. Upon joining the Methodists, he insisted on being baptized by immersion rather than by their normal practice of sprinkling. Address 350 22nd St. Ogden UT 84401-1487. [120][121] Instead, those who committed such sins could partially atone for their sin by sacrificing their life in a way that sheds blood. [91] It was established on February 28, 1850, as the University of Deseret; its name was eventually changed to the University of Utah. For those LDS faithful who do wish to enter, you need to make an appointment.
