By Lisle G. Brown All rights reserved. November 1995. This document may be freely distributed, as long as it includes this statement and no alterations are made to the text. In the Spring of 1836, Joseph Smith introduced the Church’s first temple ordinances (washings, anointings, washing of the feet, and the solemn assembly) in the […]
The Order of Enoch Brigham Young 9th of October 1872, Journal of Discourses 15:219 Suppose we should examine a city in a stake of Zion conducted after the order of Enoch! We would like to look, for a few moments, upon the facts as they would exist. If a people were gathered together, were they
On the 8th day of August 1839, the Prophet Joseph Smith prophesied: “We ought to have the building of Zion as our greatest object”- But, the prophecy did not end there. The revelation in its fulness warned, “Wars will come and we shall have to flee to Zion, the cry is to
