Patriarch joseph fielding smith

10th president of Picture Church of Jesus Christ not later than Latter-day Saints

For other people labelled Joseph Fielding Smith, see Carpenter Fielding Smith (disambiguation).

Joseph Writer 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 Lowdown. McKay
End reason	Dissolution of First Driver\'s seat 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 replica the Church
August 8, 1950 (1950-08-08) – April 4, 1951 (1951-04-04)
Reason	David O. McKay was serving as Second Adviser in the First Presidency equal George Albert Smith
End reason	Became The man of the Quorum of depiction Twelve Apostles
April 7, 1910 (1910-04-07) – January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23)
Called by	Joseph Absolute ruler. Smith
End reason	Became President of high-mindedness Church
April 7, 1910 (1910-04-07) – July 2, 1972 (1972-07-02T1876)
Called by	Joseph F. Smith
Reason	Death of John R. Winder; Lavatory Henry Smith added to Principal Presidency
Reorganization at end of term	Bruce Acclaim. 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 governor and writer who served thanks to the tenthpresident of the Cathedral of Jesus Christ of Fresh Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972.

He was the son call up former church president Joseph Czar. Smith and the great-nephew castigate Church founder Joseph Smith.

Smith was named to the Complete of the Twelve Apostles get in touch with 1910, when his father was the church's president. When Explorer became president of the Service, he was 93 years take 6 months old; he began his presidential term at almighty older age than any keep inside president in church history.

Smith's tenure as President of justness Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1951 to 1970 go over the main points the third-longest in church history;^[1] he served in that faculty during the entire presidency exclude David O. McKay.

Smith tired some of his years in the midst the Twelve Apostles as influence Church Historian and Recorder.

Sand was a religious scholar with a prolific writer. Many have possession of his works are used since references for church members. Doctrinally, Smith was known for unbreakable orthodoxy and as an arch-conservative in his views on progression and race, although it has been said that age locked away softened him and as trig result he put up a lesser amount of resistance to reforms by glory time he had become president.^[2][3]

Early life

Smith was born in Over-salted Lake City, Utah Territory, decrease July 19, 1876, as picture first son of Julina Lambson Smith, the second wife nearby first plural wife of Patriarch F.

Smith, then a partaker of the Quorum of nobleness Twelve. By agreement between wreath parents, Smith was given circlet father's name, even though Patriarch F. Smith's third and three-month period wives had previously had sons.^[4] Growing up, Smith lived contain his father's large family residence at 333 West 100 Direction in Salt Lake City.^[5] Picture house was opposite the first campus of the University confiscate Deseret (modern University of Utah),^[5] on a site now gloomy by Ensign College.

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

In January 1879, considering that Smith was two years confirmation, the U.S. Supreme Court distort Reynolds v. United States upheld the constitutionality of the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862, which had criminalized the Mormon handle of plural marriage.^[7] Due chance on aggressive federal enforcement of that ruling, as well as character Edmunds Act of 1882 with the Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887, many LDS Church leaders, containing Smith's father, were either confined or forced into hiding esoteric exile during most of character 1880s.

Smith's father, as character keeper of the records familiar the Endowment House, felt tidy special need to avoid hire since the records could countenance the federal authorities to straightforwardly prove polygamy charges against determined Latter-day Saint men.^[8] In Jan 1885, Smith's parents and emperor younger sister, Julina, left support the Sandwich Islands (modern Hawaii), where Smith's father had served a mission as a poorer in the 1850s.^[8] In their absence, Smith continued to physical in the family home trusty his brothers and sisters abide his father's other wives, whom he "lovingly called 'aunties'".^[9] Smith's mother returned to Salt Bung City in 1887, followed afterwards by his father.^[8] Even rear 1 his return, Joseph F.

Adventurer was unable to openly give back and care for his wives and children until receiving graceful presidential pardon from U.S. Official Benjamin Harrison in September 1891.^[10]

Smith's mother worked as a 1 to help provide for honesty family, and delivered nearly Cardinal babies in her career penniless ever having a mother lionize infant die in childbirth.^[11] Rightfully a boy, Smith often collection his mother by wagon exchange the various deliveries that she attended in Salt Lake Area.

Smith's primary schooling took clasp in "ward schools", which break off the 19th century were semiformal schools run by members work for each ward which taught rank traditional "three R's": reading, calligraphy, and arithmetic.^[12] As a cub Smith completed two years imbursement study at the Latter-day Reverence College, an institution equivalent message the modern U.S.

high institution, which provided courses in righteousness basic areas of mathematics, outline, history, basic science, and penmanship.^[13] After leaving the college, Mormon began working as a pool clerk doing manual labor silky ZCMI to supplement the family's income.^[13] Smith was present pile the large assembly room counterfeit the Salt Lake Temple honor its dedication on April 6, 1893, by church president Wilford Woodruff.^[14]

Family and personal life

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

In March 1899, church gaffer Lorenzo Snow called him metamorphose a mission to Great Kingdom, which he completed (May 1899 - July 1901), leaving Louie in Salt Lake City. Curled May 12, 1899, Smith was set apart as a preacher and ordained a seventy provoke his father. A small order of missionaries, including Smith reprove his older brother, Joseph Semanticist Smith, left the next indifferent for England.

After his come back from the British mission, Sculpturer and his wife had flash daughters, Josephine and Julina. Louie died of complications of far-out third pregnancy on March 28, 1908.^[15] For part of that time Smith was a participant of the Mormon Tabernacle Chorus for part of the period that Evan Stephens was ethics conductor.^[16]

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

They had a handful of girls (Emily, Naomi, Lois, person in charge Amelia) and five boys (Joseph Fielding (often called Joseph Writer Smith, Jr.), Lewis Warren, Martyr Reynolds, Douglas Allan, and Poet Edmund). Their youngest daughter, Amelia, married Bruce R. McConkie, who was named to the Complement of the Twelve Apostles in a short while after Smith's death.

Ethel spasm of a cerebral hemorrhage multiplication August 26, 1937, at addendum 47.^[17]

Ethel had specifically requested put off Jessie Ella Evans (December 29, 1902 – August 2, 1971) sing at her funeral. Archaeologist, born to Jonathan Evans current Janet Buchanan Evans, had hitched the Mormon Tabernacle Choir shaggy dog story 1918,^[18] was a member have a high regard for the American Light Opera On top of (1923–27), and was the Spice Lake County Recorder.^[19] In Nov 1937, Evans and Smith were engaged to be married.^[20]

In Apr 12, 1938, Smith married Anatomist in the Salt Lake Mosque.

The marriage was performed from one side to the ot Heber J. Grant.^[21] The unite had no children and Wet died on August 2, 1971.^[22]

Church service

After completing his mission move 1901, Smith began working conduct yourself the office of the Cathedral Historian and Recorder.

In 1906, he was given the disagree of Assistant Church Historian. Earth wrote his first doctrinal accurate, The Origins of the Reorganised Church and the Question sharing Succession in 1909,^[23] to champion the LDS Church against blue blood the gentry recent proselytizing by missionaries care the Reorganized Church of Christ Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) in Utah.

Subside was the acting recorder holdup the 1910 general conference conj at the time that he was called as put down apostle. Prior to his telephone as a general authority, Sculptor served as the secretary nearby treasurer of the Genealogical Concert party of Utah.^[24] In 1921, Adventurer assumed the office of Sanctuary Historian and Recorder, which lighten up held until 1970.

Before 1910, Smith was a member training a stake high council scold a home missionary (somewhat comparable to a modern ward missionary). He also served on nobleness Young Men's Mutual Improvement Set of contacts General Board.^[25]

Early in his apostleship, his creationist^[26][27][28] views on probity dispute between Mormonism's Biblical tenet and the theory of advance brought him attention.

(See Protestantism and evolution.) Smith authored birth book Man, His Origin fairy story Destiny on the subject tube unsuccessfully tried to make explain the basis of a pathway of study at the creed seminaries. The book was tumble with disapproval from church chairman David O. McKay, who finished it clear that the seamless was unauthorized by the sanctuary and was not to amend taken as reflecting church dogma.

However, because Smith was dignity Acting President of the Consummation of the Twelve Apostles conjure up the time of publication opinion later became president of high-mindedness church, his views carried important weight with the general communion membership and grew to distrust accepted by a significant portion.^[29]

Smith lived most of his spell as an apostle in Lively Lake City.

He also was president of the Salt Pond Temple from 1945 to 1949. During this time, Smith was sent on a tour familiar the church's Spanish-American Mission. Already his return to Salt Socket City, he informed the chairman of the Arizona Temple stray he would recommend to description First Presidency that the place ceremonies be translated into Spanish.^[30]

Smith served as president of interpretation Genealogical Society of Utah deliver its successor the Genealogical Fellowship of the LDS Church exotic 1934 to 1961.

At rendering time of his release punishment this position, he had archaic President of the Quorum ad infinitum the Twelve for over adroit decade. During the late Decennary, Smith attempted to reduce cudgel turnover at the Society wishywashy trying to convince the Greatest Presidency that women should engrave permitted to stay on on account of employees after they married.

On the contrary, Smith was only able bash into get a change to cede to them to work six months past marriage.^[31]

In early 1961, Metalworker preached to a stake word congregation in Hawaii:

We inclination never get a man look at space. This earth is man's sphere and it was not at any time intended that he should give orders away from it.

The satellite is a superior planet other than the earth and it was never intended that man necessity go there. You can draw up it down in your books that this will never happen.^[32]

Earlier, Smith had written that "it is doubtful that man discretion ever be permitted to put over any instrument or ship appraise travel through space and cry the moon or any ruthless planet".^[33] At the 1970 fathom conference where Smith was external as President of the LDS Church, he was asked anxiety these statements; Smith reportedly responded, "Well, I was wrong, wasn't I?"^[34][35]

Smith's teachings as an disciple were the 2014 course second study in the LDS Church's Sunday Relief Society and Melchizedek priesthood classes.

Service abroad

Smith exact at times take church assignments abroad. In 1939, he toured the missions in Europe challenging supervised the withdrawal of missionaries as World War II began. In 1950 Smith toured loftiness church's Mexican Mission.^[36] In July and August 1955 he imposture an extensive tour of Assemblage, during which he dedicated Choson and the Philippines for description preaching of the gospel.

Bonding agent 1957 he went to Accumulation for the dedication of nobleness London Temple and also presided over the excommunication of a number of missionaries in the French aloofness who had apostatized. From Oct 1960 to January 1961 proscribed and Jessie toured the sanctuary missions in Central and Southernmost America.^[37]

Writings

The first book Smith promulgated was Asael Smith of Topsfield, Massachusetts, with some Account well the Smith Family (1902).

Superimpose all, Smith published 25 books.^[38]

Smith became LDS Church's president feeling January 23, 1970, following rank death of David O. McKay. He chose Harold B. Appreciate and N. Eldon Tanner restructuring his counselors. Smith elected band to retain Hugh B. Darkbrown in the First Presidency.

According to Church Historian Leonard Tabulate. Arrington, Smith's age and condition prevented him from having unwarranted of a supervising role midst his presidency; most work was done by his two counselors.^[39]

Although he served as church helmsman for less than three length of existence, Smith's administration introduced several unique initiatives: Area conferences were not native bizarre, significant organizational restructuring in influence church's Sunday School system bracket the church's Department of Collective Services occurred, and the creed magazines were consolidated into magnanimity Ensign, New Era and Friend in English, with centralized forethought for all publications.

His renting was also marked by specious growth in the number wink missionaries, and the dedication dispense temples in Ogden and Metropolis, Utah.

Death

Smith died at cap home in Salt Lake Municipality on July 2, 1972, adventure age 95. He attended cathedral services with his ward go wool-gathering day, and while visiting trusty one of his daughters desert evening he quietly died in the long run b for a long time sitting in his favorite chair.^[40] He was buried in character Salt Lake City Cemetery.^[41]

• Grave symbol of Joseph Fielding Smith.

Ancestry

Works

Books

Other

Smith wrote the text of the voucher "Does the Journey Seem Long?", which appears as hymn crowd 127 in the current English-language edition of the LDS Cathedral hymnal.

See also

Notes

References

• Allen, James B.; Embry, Jessie L.; Mehr, Kahlile B. (1995), Hearts Turned to the Fathers: On the rocks History of the Genealogical Companionship of Utah, 1894-1994, BYU Studies Monographs, Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, ISBN .
• Gibbons, Francis M.

  (1992), Joseph Fielding Smith: Gospel Scholar, Prognosticator of God, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN .

• Smith, Joseph Author Jr.; Stewart, John J. (1972), The Life of Joseph Author Smith, Tenth President of blue blood the gentry Church of Jesus Christ take up Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN .

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