THE GOSPEL KINGDOM ~ Mormon Writings & Discourses of John Taylor 1990 HC
Second Collectors Edition printing, 1990. Pages are in great shape, very clean. No rips or tears. No highlighting or writing on the pages. Nice binding. Minor marks on the cover.
Gospel Kingdom Writings & Discourses John Taylor Leather LDS Mormon Gift Edition
Gospel Kingdom Writings & Discourses John Taylor Leather LDS Mormon Gift Edition________________________________ Gospel Kingdom Writings & Discourses of John Taylorby John TaylorIntroduction by Homer DurhamPublished by Bookcraft (1990) About this Book:This book was originally published in 1943, but this special black leather (faux?) bound employee gift edition was published in 1990. This book was never sold! It was only given to LDS Church employees in December 1996 as a gift from the First Presidency. Condition:LIKE NEW condition LDS employee gift edition book with leather binding; Gold imprinted title on spine! The binding is tight and all pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The gold gilded page edges and the silk marker are near perfect, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About John Taylor:John Taylor (November 1, 1808 – July 25, 1887) was an English religious leader who served as the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States. Following Brigham Young’s death in 1877, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles governed the church, with John Taylor as the quorum’s president. Taylor became the third president of the church in 1880. He chose as his counselors Joseph F. Smith and George Q. Cannon, the latter being the nephew of his wife, Leonora. Taylor applied for and was granted United States citizenship in 1849. That same year he was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Deseret. He later served in the Utah territorial legislature from 1853 to 1876. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive sessions, beginning in 1857. In 1852, he wrote a small book, The Government of God, in which he compared and contrasted the secular and ecclesiastical political systems. From 1868 to 1870 Taylor served as a probate judge of Utah County, Utah. He also served as superintendent of schools for Utah Territory beginning in 1876 As church president, Taylor oversaw the expansion of the Salt Lake community; the further organization of the church hierarchy; the establishment of Mormon colonies in Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona as well as in Canada’s Northwest Territories (now in Alberta) and the Mexican state of Chihuahua; and the defense of plural marriage against increasing government opposition. While he was church president, Taylor also established Zion’s Central Board of Trade to coordinate local trade and production, which was done largely through the local stakes, on a wider basis. In 1878, the Primary Association was founded by Aurelia Spencer Rogers in Farmington, Utah Territory. For a time, the organization was placed under the direction of Relief Society General President Eliza R. Snow. In 1880, Taylor organized the churchwide adoption of the Primary Association and selected Louie B. Felt as its first general president. In October 1880, the Pearl of Great Price was canonized by the church. Taylor also oversaw the issuance of a new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. During his term as church president, the seventies quorums were also more fully and regularly organized. In 1882, the United States Congress enacted the Edmunds Act, which declared polygamy to be a felony. Hundreds of Mormon men and women were arrested and imprisoned for continuing to practice plural marriage. Taylor had followed Brigham Young’s teachings on polygamy and had at least seven wives. He is known to have fathered 34 children. Taylor moved into the Gardo House alone with his sister, Agnes, to avoid prosecution and to avoid showing preference to any one of his families. However, by 1885, he and his counselors were forced to withdraw from public view to live in the “underground” and were frequently on the move to avoid arrest. In 1885, during his last public sermon, Taylor remarked, “I would like to obey and place myself in subjection to every law of man. What then? Am I to disobey the law of God? Has any man a right to control my conscience, or your conscience?… No man has a right to do it.” Many viewed Mormon polygamy as religiously, socially, and politically threatening. In 1887, the US Congress passed the Edmunds–Tucker Act, which abolished women’s suffrage in Utah Territory, forced wives to testify against their husbands, disincorporated the LDS Church, dismantled the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company, abolished the Nauvoo Legion, and provided that LDS Church property in excess of $50,000 would be forfeited to the United States. For two-and-a-half years, Taylor presided over the church from exile. During this period, some Mormon fundamentalist groups claim that he received the 1886 Revelation. Photographs of the original document exist. It restated the permanence of the “New and Everlasting Covenant”, which these fundamentalist groups consider to be a direct reference to the practice of plural marriage. The validity of the revelation is rejected by the LDS Church, which does not consider it to be authentic, but it is used by fundamentalist groups as justification for their continued practice of polygamy. Copyright © 2018-2024 TDM Inc. 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THE GOSPEL KINGDOM ~ Mormon Writings & Discourses of John Taylor ~ 1990 HC ~ LDS
The Gospel Kingdom John Taylor LDS Mormon Writings Discourses 1990 Hardcover. Pictorial frontispiece portrait of John Taylor (1852) included. Second Collector’s Edition printing, 1990 by Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah.
THE GOSPEL KINGDOM ~ Mormon Writings & Discourses of John Taylor ~ 1990 HC ~ LDS
The Gospel Kingdom John Taylor LDS Mormon Writings Discourses 1990 Hardcover. Pictorial frontispiece portrait of John Taylor (1852) included. Second Collector’s Edition printing, 1990 by Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Gospel Kingdom: Writings & Discourses Of John Taylor LDS Mormon Hardcover NEW
Gospel Kingdom: Writings & Discourses Of John Taylor LDS Mormon Hardcover NEW
