Just before his death in 1856, Jedediah M. Grant received a vision of the spirit world. At his funeral, Heber C. Kimball spoke of President Grant’s vision: I went to see him one day last week, and he reached out his hand and shook hands with me; he could notContinue Reading

President Brigham Young called Wilford Woodruff of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to be the temple president in St. George and directed him to begin in earnest the ordinance work for the dead. It was in this temple that the first endowments for the dead were performed. Furthermore, thatContinue Reading

In October 1838, Wilford Woodruff  began to lead 53 new Saints from his missionary labors in Maine to Nauvoo, Illinois.  It took them three months traveling in wagons.  Wilford took his wife and only child on this journey.  Early in his travels, he became sick as did his wife, theirContinue Reading

Zebedee Coltrin Shares His Experiences  Presidents John Taylor and George Q. Cannon, Apostles Erastus Snow, Brigham Young, Francis M. Lyman, and Heber J. Grant, and Elders L. John Nuttall and Zebedee Coltrin present. Brother Zebedee Coltrin said:  I believe I am the only living man now in the church whoContinue Reading

Sometime into the teaching of this section, I was reminded of a story I heard about Florence Chadwick.  This story has great application in the lives of youth in keeping true to their covenants in the midst of trials and living in a time with so much uncertainty. On JulyContinue Reading

Of all the sections in the Doctrine and Covenants, this section contains more names of individuals than any other.  While the message of this section focuses on building the temple in Nauvoo and the construction of the Nauvoo house, I took this opportunity to discuss with the youth the peopleContinue Reading