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Wilford Woodruff was the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church. He was known for his missionary work, the formation of the Genealogical Society, his witness of church history extensively recorded, and for writing the manifesto that officially prohibited plural marriage within the Church.
Wilford Woodruff was born on March 1, 1807, in Connecticut. His mother died when he was only fifteen months old, but his father remarried three years later and his stepmother raised him. He grew up on a farm, went to school and helped his father run his sawmill.
Wilford Woodruff pondered religious things and became convinced that the Church of Christ was no longer on the earth in its pure form.
When he was 26 years old Wilford Woodruff heard a sermon given by a Mormon missionary. President Woodruff knew he had found what he was looking for. He was baptized as a member of the Mormon Church just two days after hearing the sermon, on December 31, 1833.
In 1834, Wilford Woodruff was sent on the first of six missions. His call was to the Southeastern United States. He returned home from his mission in 1836 and recorded that he had traveled over 9,800 miles, held over 300 meetings, organized 4 branches of the Church, baptized 70 people and confirmed 62, performed 11 priesthood ordinations, and healed 4 people by the laying on of hands, and that he had been delivered from the hands of 6 different mobs.
President Woodruff was ordained an elder in 1835 and then as a Seventy in May, 1836. Just a year after his return, he served another full-time mission to the Fox Islands off the coast of Maine. During this mission he found a group of people searching for the truth and baptized over one hundred. Also while on this mission, President Woodruff received a letter from Thomas B. Marsh. The letter informed him that he had been called to be an apostle and that he would be asked to serve a mission in Great Britain.
President Woodruff was ordained an apostle on April 26, 1839, and just a short time later left for Great Britain. When he returned home, he helped Latter-day Saints travel to the Salt Lake Valley. He was with Brigham Young and the first company of saints. Once the Mormons were finally settled in Utah, President Woodruff was not sent on any more missions. Instead, he was sent to check on different settlements across the West including Arizona and Idaho.
The entire time President Woodruff served as an Apostle (1856-1883), he filled the role of Church Historian. He loyally kept a journal, and keeping a record of the Church's history came naturally. On July 25, 1887, President John Taylor passed away. President Woodruff was then the presiding officer and felt the burden of leading the Church. He recorded in his journal
This places me in a very peculiar situation. It is a position I have never looked for during my life. But in the providence of God it is laid upon me, and I pray God my Heavenly Father to give me grace equal to my day. It is a high and responsible position for any man to occupy and a position that needs great wisdom. I never expected to outlive President Taylor. . . . But God has ordained otherwise. . . . I can only say, marvelous are Thy ways, O Lord Almighty, for Thou hast truly chosen weak instruments to perform in Thy hand Thy work on earth. May Thy servant Wilford be prepared for whatever is required at his hands by the God of Heaven (Preston Nibley, The Presidents of the Church, 13th ed., p.129).
On April 7, 1889, Wilford Woodruff was ordained as the President and Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When Wilford Woodruff was ordained as the prophet, the Church was being penalized by the government for practicing polygamy. The situation made President Woodruff ponder the issue constantly, he finally went to the Lord for help in the matter and was told that the Church should stop the practice. He issued a statement to the members of the Church as well as the world explaining that the practice would be stopped within the Church on September 24, 1890. President Woodruff continued to guide and lead the Church until he passed away on September 2, 1898.
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@lds9999 Amen! What God hath put together, let no man put asunder! The ancients understood the principle of binding on earth as well as in heaven very well!
EphraimLDS 1 year ago
I did not know any of this about my great great grandfather
rachiexoxo321 1 year ago
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
CTR831 2 years ago
(4) With similar respect back to you, you are interpreting Jesus' words to say more than they do in the scripture. Again, he clearly says that no one will get married, or be given in marriage, after the Resurrection.
In cases like this, I am grateful for living prophets and additional word of God that answer any questions that arise and confirm the truth. I am grateful that I can be married to my wife for time and all eternity through the Lord's way.
lds9999 2 years ago
(2) Three people in one being? That doesn't make sense. They are one God, unified in purpose, but three distinct beings. The Book of Mormon teaches that. The Bible does as well. Consider Acts 7:55-56 when Stephen sees Jesus standing on the right hand of God. If they were the same being, how is one standing on the right hand of the other?
lds9999 2 years ago 2
(4) With all due respect, you are looking at Jesus' statement in isolation from the question raised by the Sadducees. The Sadducees asked Jesus to whom would the woman be married to in heaven (of the 7 brothers). These were men that she had already been married to in her mortal life.
Your interpretation of Jesus' response doesn't answer the Sadducees question. However, if Jesus is saying that there is no marriage in the next life, then it makes perfect sense and answers the Sadducees.
hsarvis62 2 years ago
(2) No - three persons, one essence (being). It has been a while since studied the Book of Mormon, but if memory serves me correctly, the Book of Mormon teaches that God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one God. The teaching of the three distinct person/beings was added by Joseph Smith later on.
(3) I would be interested in the article.
hsarvis62 2 years ago
(4) (4) Look at Jesus' words carefully. He says, "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage." That is absolutely what we believe and teach. We can be married for all eternity, but it must be done by the authority of God and done in this life, not the next.
(5) God has established temples in these latter-days largely in order to perform ordinances on behalf of those who died without receiving the necessary ordinances, like baptism.
lds9999 2 years ago
(1) I agree with you that it is only through Christ that we can be saved. However, He has given us commandments to follow.
(2) Three distinct persons, unified in purpose. Agreed.
(3) This discussion needs far more than 500 characters. If you're interested, I can send you an article that specifically addresses this in depth.
lds9999 2 years ago
(4) - Please look at the context of Mark 12 - The Sadducees asked to whom would the woman be married at the resurrection. Jesus' response indicates that their would be no marriage in heaven. If LDS teaching is correct, then Jesus would have answered differently (she would have been married to all the brothers, or the first one,etc.)
(5) Please note Hebrews 7-10 - OT Temple is now obsolete with the coming of Christ. LDS Temple is nothing like OT. It is a creation of Joseph Smith.
hsarvis62 2 years ago