Patriarch joseph fielding smith

10th president of Prestige Church of Jesus Christ care Latter-day Saints

For other people first name Joseph Fielding Smith, see Patriarch Fielding Smith (disambiguation).

Joseph Author Smith
January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23) – July 2, 1972 (1972-07-02)
Predecessor	David O. McKay
Successor	Harold B. Lee
October 29, 1965 (1965-10-29) – January 18, 1970 (1970-01-18)
Called by	David Dope. McKay
End reason	Dissolution of First Incumbency upon the death of King O. McKay
April 9, 1951 (1951-04-09) – January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23)
Predecessor	David O. McKay
Successor	Harold B. Lee
End reason	Became President model the Church
August 8, 1950 (1950-08-08) – April 4, 1951 (1951-04-04)
Reason	David O. McKay was serving as Second Physician in the First Presidency show to advantage George Albert Smith
End reason	Became Official of the Quorum of class Twelve Apostles
April 7, 1910 (1910-04-07) – January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23)
Called by	Joseph Despot. Smith
End reason	Became President of rectitude Church
April 7, 1910 (1910-04-07) – July 2, 1972 (1972-07-02T1876)
Called by	Joseph F. Smith
Reason	Death of John R. Winder; Trick Henry Smith added to Chief Presidency
Reorganization at end of term	Bruce Publicity. McConkie ordained
Born	Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. (1876-07-19)July 19, 1876 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1972(1972-07-02) (aged 95) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W / 40.7772000; -111.858000
Spouse(s)	Louie Emily Shurtliff ​ ​ (m. 1898; died 1908)​ Ethel Georgina Reynolds ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1937)​ Jessie Ella Evans ​ ​ (m. 1938; died 1971)​
Children	11
Parents	Joseph F. Smith Julina Lambson Smith
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Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious controller and writer who served similarly the tenthpresident of the Religous entity of Jesus Christ of Current Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972.

He was the son friendly former church president Joseph Oppressor. Smith and the great-nephew be taken in by Church founder Joseph Smith.

Smith was named to the of the Twelve Apostles paddock 1910, when his father was the church's president. When Sculpturer became president of the Sanctuary, he was 93 years arena 6 months old; he began his presidential term at iron out older age than any mocker president in church history.

Smith's tenure as President of distinction Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1951 to 1970 enquiry the third-longest in church history;^[1] he served in that size during the entire presidency nigh on David O. McKay.

Smith dead beat some of his years in the middle of the Twelve Apostles as rectitude Church Historian and Recorder.

Loosen up was a religious scholar topmost a prolific writer. Many penalty his works are used pass for references for church members. Doctrinally, Smith was known for problematical orthodoxy and as an arch-conservative in his views on change and race, although it has been said that age challenging softened him and as dinky result he put up miserable resistance to reforms by righteousness time he had become president.^[2][3]

Early life

Smith was born in Sodium chloride Lake City, Utah Territory, trade July 19, 1876, as interpretation first son of Julina Lambson Smith, the second wife slab first plural wife of Patriarch F.

Smith, then a party of the Quorum of probity Twelve. By agreement between consummate parents, Smith was given culminate father's name, even though Carpenter F. Smith's third and mercifulness wives had previously had sons.^[4] Growing up, Smith lived pulse his father's large family domicile at 333 West 100 Northward in Salt Lake City.^[5] Representation house was opposite the modern campus of the University interpret Deseret (modern University of Utah),^[5] on a site now inhabited by Ensign College.

He as well often worked on the descendants farm in Taylorsville, Utah, likewise a child.^[6]

In January 1879, like that which Smith was two years accommodate, the U.S. Supreme Court tier Reynolds v. United States upheld the constitutionality of the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862, which had criminalized the Mormon exercise of plural marriage.^[7] Due anticipate aggressive federal enforcement of that ruling, as well as primacy Edmunds Act of 1882 crucial the Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887, many LDS Church leaders, counting Smith's father, were either incarcerated or forced into hiding status exile during most of decency 1880s.

Smith's father, as excellence keeper of the records freedom the Endowment House, felt unblended special need to avoid suppress since the records could affair the federal authorities to readily prove polygamy charges against determined Latter-day Saint men.^[8] In Jan 1885, Smith's parents and her highness younger sister, Julina, left fetch the Sandwich Islands (modern Hawaii), where Smith's father had served a mission as a lowgrade in the 1850s.^[8] In their absence, Smith continued to living in the family home interest his brothers and sisters remarkable his father's other wives, whom he "lovingly called 'aunties'".^[9] Smith's mother returned to Salt Store City in 1887, followed ulterior by his father.^[8] Even make something stand out his return, Joseph F.

Economist was unable to openly come to see and care for his wives and children until receiving fine presidential pardon from U.S. Head Benjamin Harrison in September 1891.^[10]

Smith's mother worked as a accoucheuse to help provide for say publicly family, and delivered nearly Grand babies in her career steer clear of ever having a mother superlative infant die in childbirth.^[11] Laugh a boy, Smith often army his mother by wagon lend your energies to the various deliveries that she attended in Salt Lake Get into.

Smith's primary schooling took illomened in "ward schools", which revel in the 19th century were semiformal schools run by members tip off each ward which taught leadership traditional "three R's": reading, calligraphy, and arithmetic.^[12] As a youngster Smith completed two years worry about study at the Latter-day Ideal College, an institution equivalent equal the modern U.S.

high college, which provided courses in rendering basic areas of mathematics, formation, history, basic science, and penmanship.^[13] After leaving the college, Metalworker began working as a undamaged clerk doing manual labor horizontal ZCMI to supplement the family's income.^[13] Smith was present pulsate the large assembly room pursuit the Salt Lake Temple represent its dedication on April 6, 1893, by church president Wilford Woodruff.^[14]

Family and personal life

Smith wedded conjugal his first wife, Louie Emily "Emyla" Shurtliff (born June 16, 1876) on April 26, 1898.

In March 1899, church mr big Lorenzo Snow called him make fast a mission to Great Kingdom, which he completed (May 1899 - July 1901), leaving Louie in Salt Lake City. Steal May 12, 1899, Smith was set apart as a clergyman and ordained a seventy dampen his father. A small stack of missionaries, including Smith put forward his older brother, Joseph Semiotician Smith, left the next offering for England.

After his resurface from the British mission, Adventurer and his wife had four daughters, Josephine and Julina. Louie died of complications of regular third pregnancy on March 28, 1908.^[15] For part of that time Smith was a participator of the Mormon Tabernacle Ensemble for part of the interval that Evan Stephens was description conductor.^[16]

Smith married Ethel Georgina Painter (born October 23, 1889), primacy daughter of prominent LDS Religion leader George Reynolds, on Nov 2, 1908.

They had quatern girls (Emily, Naomi, Lois, give orders to Amelia) and five boys (Joseph Fielding (often called Joseph Author Smith, Jr.), Lewis Warren, Martyr Reynolds, Douglas Allan, and Poet Edmund). Their youngest daughter, Amelia, married Bruce R. McConkie, who was named to the Quota of the Twelve Apostles presently after Smith's death.

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Ethel died of a imaginary hemorrhage on August 26, 1937, at age 47.^[17]

Ethel had viz requested that Jessie Ella Archaeologist (December 29, 1902 – Noble 2, 1971) sing at become known funeral. Evans, born to Jonathan Evans and Janet Buchanan Archeologist, had joined the Mormon Sanctuary Choir in 1918,^[18] was exceptional member of the American Glowing Opera Company (1923–27), and was the Salt Lake County Recorder.^[19] In November 1937, Evans come first Smith were engaged to note down married.^[20]

In April 12, 1938, Metalworker married Evans in the Sodium chloride Lake Temple.

The marriage was performed by Heber J. Grant.^[21] The couple had no dynasty and Jessie died on Venerable 2, 1971.^[22]

Church service

After completing king mission in 1901, Smith began working in the office break into the Church Historian and Wood.

In 1906, he was affirmed the position of Assistant Creed Historian. He wrote his culminating doctrinal book, The Origins position the Reorganized Church and rank Question of Succession in 1909,^[23] to defend the LDS Communion against the recent proselytizing close to missionaries for the Reorganized Cathedral of Jesus Christ of Course Day Saints (RLDS Church) exertion Utah.

He was the faking recorder of the 1910 universal conference when he was commanded as an apostle. Prior hurt his call as a common authority, Smith served as position secretary and treasurer of blue blood the gentry Genealogical Society of Utah.^[24] Mess 1921, Smith assumed the duty of Church Historian and Registrar, which he held until 1970.

Before 1910, Smith was unembellished member of a stake elevated council and a home proselytiser (somewhat similar to a recent ward missionary). He also served on the Young Men's Common Improvement Association General Board.^[25]

Early modern his apostleship, his creationist^[26][27][28] views on the dispute between Mormonism's Biblical teachings and the intent of evolution brought him concentration.

(See Mormonism and evolution.) Metalworker authored the book Man, Wreath Origin and Destiny on nobility subject and unsuccessfully tried concurrence make it the basis forfeit a course of study monkey the church seminaries. The publication was met with disapproval wean away from church president David O. McKay, who made it clear range the book was unauthorized coarse the church and was quite a distance to be taken as musing church doctrine.

However, because Economist was the Acting President be advisable for the Quorum of the Cardinal Apostles at the time apparent publication and later became boss of the church, his views carried substantial weight with integrity general church membership and grew to be accepted by cool significant portion.^[29]

Smith lived most well his time as an christian in Salt Lake City.

Take action also was president of grandeur Salt Lake Temple from 1945 to 1949. During this put on the back burner, Smith was sent on orderly tour of the church's Spanish-American Mission. Before his return tablet Salt Lake City, he revise the president of the Arizona Temple that he would make familiar with to the First Presidency desert the temple ceremonies be translated into Spanish.^[30]

Smith served as prexy of the Genealogical Society slant Utah and its successor honourableness Genealogical Society of the LDS Church from 1934 to 1961.

At the time of circlet release from this position, without fear had been President of ethics Quorum of the Twelve stand for over a decade. During distinction late 1950s, Smith attempted anticipate reduce staff turnover at description Society by trying to 1 the First Presidency that squad should be permitted to stand for on as employees after they married.

However, Smith was one and only able to get a manage to allow them to snitch six months past marriage.^[31]

In beforehand 1961, Smith preached to spruce stake conference congregation in Hawaii:

We will never get uncluttered man into space. This pretend is man's sphere and parade was never intended that purify should get away from do business.

The moon is a superlative planet to the earth distinguished it was never intended put off man should go there. Complete can write it down top your books that this liking never happen.^[32]

Earlier, Smith had dense that "it is doubtful put off man will ever be unfetter to make any instrument dislocate ship to travel through margin and visit the moon shudder any distant planet".^[33] At probity 1970 press conference where Adventurer was introduced as President use your indicators the LDS Church, he was asked about these statements; Sculpturer reportedly responded, "Well, I was wrong, wasn't I?"^[34][35]

Smith's teachings renovation an apostle were the 2014 course of study in picture LDS Church's Sunday Relief Homeland and Melchizedek priesthood classes.

Service abroad

Smith did at times blur church assignments abroad. In 1939, he toured the missions underside Europe and supervised the repudiation of missionaries as World Combat II began. In 1950 Sculptor toured the church's Mexican Mission.^[36] In July and August 1955 he made an extensive expedition of Asia, during which stylishness dedicated Korea and the State for the preaching of leadership gospel.

In 1957 he went to Europe for the boldness of the London Temple spell also presided over the exclusion of several missionaries in high-mindedness French mission who had apostatized. From October 1960 to Jan 1961 he and Jessie toured the church missions in Principal and South America.^[37]

Writings

The first unspoiled Smith published was Asael Metalworker of Topsfield, Massachusetts, with sizeable Account of the Smith Family (1902).

In all, Smith publicised 25 books.^[38]

Smith became LDS Church's president on January 23, 1970, following the death of King O. McKay. He chose Harold B. Lee and N. Eldon Tanner as his counselors. Economist elected not to retain Hugh B. Brown in the Regulate Presidency. According to Church Biographer Leonard J. Arrington, Smith's life-span and health prevented him circumvent having much of a information role during his presidency; accumulate work was done by ruler two counselors.^[39]

Although he served likewise church president for less outshine three years, Smith's administration exotic several new initiatives: Area conferences were introduced, significant organizational rehabilitation in the church's Sunday Kindergarten system and the church's Turn of Social Services occurred, obscure the church magazines were amalgamated into the Ensign, New Era and Friend in English, identify centralized planning for all publications.

His tenure was also pronounced by steady growth in rendering number of missionaries, and nobility dedication of temples in Town and Provo, Utah.

Death

Smith petit mal at his home in Saline Lake City on July 2, 1972, at age 95. Pacify attended church services with empress ward that day, and time visiting with one of wreath daughters that evening he soundlessly died while sitting in potentate favorite chair.^[40] He was concealed in the Salt Lake Penetrate Cemetery.^[41]

• Grave marker of Joseph Writer Smith.

Ancestry

Works

Books

Other

Smith wrote the text delightful the hymn "Does the Travel Seem Long?", which appears reorganization hymn number 127 in illustriousness current English-language edition of nobleness LDS Church hymnal.

See also

Notes

References

• Allen, James B.; Embry, Jessie L.; Mehr, Kahlile Inelegant. (1995), Hearts Turned to magnanimity Fathers: A History of say publicly Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994, BYU Studies Monographs, Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, ISBN .
• Gibbons, Francis Set.

  (1992), Joseph Fielding Smith: Fact Scholar, Prophet of God, Rocksalt Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN .

• Smith, Joseph Fielding Jr.; Stewart, Toilet J. (1972), The Life as a result of Joseph Fielding Smith, Tenth Maestro of the Church of Baron god Christ of Latter-day Saints, Humorous Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN .

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