occupying the first place in the exertions and prayers of many of the Saints at the present time, knowing, as they do, that if this building is not completed speedily, 'we shall be rejected as a Church with our dead;' for the Lord our God hath spoken it." This epistle was signed by nine of the twelve apostles (D.H.C. Vol. 4, pp. 472-475). Three of those apostles later became Presidents of the LDS Church. Brigham Young was one of those three.
Brigham Young later said concerning the temple in Nauvoo, "they got it nearly completed before it was burned, but the saints did not enjoy it" ( J. of D. Vol. 18, pp. 303-304). Notice that the Lord gave enough time to complete the Nauvoo temple and if the LDS failed to complete it, they would be rejected …show more content…
Huntington, a devout LDS contemporary of Joseph Smith, said that Smith taught, "The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being six feet in height. They dress very much like the Quaker style and are quite general in style or fashion of dress. They live to be very old; coming generally; near a thousand years. This is the description of them as given by Joseph (Smith) the Seer, and he could see whatever he asked the Father in the name of Jesus to see" (Journal of Oliver B. Huntington, Vol. II, p. 166).
That is not what the astronauts found when they went to the moon.
President Brigham Young not only taught the moon was inhabited, but the SUN as well. In a sermon delivered in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, President Young made this comment: "Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an
Page 148 evening, called the moon?...when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the ignorant of their fellows. So it is in regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p.
Brigham Young later said concerning the temple in Nauvoo, "they got it nearly completed before it was burned, but the saints did not enjoy it" ( J. of D. Vol. 18, pp. 303-304). Notice that the Lord gave enough time to complete the Nauvoo temple and if the LDS failed to complete it, they would be rejected …show more content…
Huntington, a devout LDS contemporary of Joseph Smith, said that Smith taught, "The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being six feet in height. They dress very much like the Quaker style and are quite general in style or fashion of dress. They live to be very old; coming generally; near a thousand years. This is the description of them as given by Joseph (Smith) the Seer, and he could see whatever he asked the Father in the name of Jesus to see" (Journal of Oliver B. Huntington, Vol. II, p. 166).
That is not what the astronauts found when they went to the moon.
President Brigham Young not only taught the moon was inhabited, but the SUN as well. In a sermon delivered in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, President Young made this comment: "Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an
Page 148 evening, called the moon?...when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the ignorant of their fellows. So it is in regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p.