The Life of John Taylor Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The morning of Friday, July 29, 1887, dawned over Salt Lake Valley, rosy and beautiful; but it was a day of sadness in the chief city of the Saints, and throughout Israel. It wa...

PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER--HIS BROAD VIEWS--FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD--DEVOTION TO HIS RELIGION--MORAL LIFE ABOVE SUSPICION--LOVE OF LIBERTY--"I WOULD NOT BE A SLAVE T...

After a brief stay in England Elder Taylor sailed for France, arriving in Boulogne-sur-Mer--a fortified seaport town in the North of France--on the 18th of June. He was accompan...

On arriving in Kirtland Elder Taylor found that the Presidency of the Church and many of the Saints had removed to Far West, Missouri. This alone was calculated to make a great...

THE ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN VAN VLIET IN SALT LAKE--ELDER TAYLOR ON THE APPROACHING ARMY--HOW IT WOULD BE MET--VAN VLIET'S SURPRISE AND PERPLEXITY--HIS REPORT TO SECRETARY OF THE INT...

A REIGN OF JUDICIAL TERROR--JUDGES WITH A MISSION--JAMES B. MCKEAN--A JUDICIAL CRUSADE--A SYSTEM ON TRIAL--THE HIGH-HANDED MEASURES STOPPED BY THE SUPREME COURT--"MASTERLY INACT...

After the close of the "Mormon War," Elder Taylor's public labors were mostly confined to Utah. For a number of years he traveled extensively through all the settlements of the...

The Saints at Winter Quarters had been instructed to organize into companies and follow the pioneers into the mountains as soon as practicable. As Elders Taylor and Pratt did no...

The next morning--the 25th of June--the city authorities of Nauvoo and some persons who had assisted the marshal to remove the _Expositor_ press, appeared before Robert F. Smith...

Soon after the return of Elder Taylor to Nauvoo, he, in connection with Willard Richards and W. W. Phelps, issued an address to the Saints, beseeching them to hold fast to the f...

WORK ON THE "MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT"--ITS CHARACTER--"THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD"--THE "STORM"--ARRIVAL OF THE COMMISSION--TEST OATH--"IN THE MARRIAGE RELATION"--HOW IT WORKS--FIRS...

REFLECTIONS--DEATH OF SOPHIA TAYLOR--DETERMINATION TO BRING ABOUT AN ISSUE--A VIOLENT ONE PREFERRED--HALF MASTING EPISODE--THE COURSE OF THE G. A. R.--WARLIKE PREPARATIONS FOR P...

The remainder of Elder Taylor's time while on his first mission to England was employed mostly in preaching in Liverpool and in assisting the Saints who were beginning to emigra...

Immediately after the terrible tragedy was ended, fear seized upon the perpetrators of it, and they precipitately fled. A number of the inhabitants of Carthage gathered about th...

PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING NAUVOO--LABORS IN THE TEMPLE--ELDER TAYLOR'S SACRIFICE--JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS--ARRIVAL AT COUNCIL BLUFFS--HELPS TO RAISE THE MORMON BATTALION--...

THE WORK INTRODUCED INTO PARIS--INTERVIEW WITH M. KROLOKOSKI--"WHICH IS BEST, YOUR PHILOSOPHY OR OUR RELIGION?"--FRENCH PHILOSOPHY OR FRIED FROTH--TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF MOR...

Elder Taylor arrived in Salt Lake City from his mission to the eastern states on the 7th of August, 1857. Two days later, in the bowery on the Temple square, he preached a power...

Great energy characterized President Taylor's administration of affairs in the Church, both in Zion and abroad. He pushed forward with increased zeal the work on the temples, of...

THE UNJUST STEWARDS CALLED TO ACCOUNT--DISPOSED OF--TOUR THROUGH THE CHURCHES--OVATIONS--ARTICLES FOR THE STAR--MODERATE SPIRIT OF THEM--WORK ACCOMPLISHED--START FOR HOME--STORM...

And what of the question of polygamy, which, during the years that _The Mormon_ was published, was the slogan of the enemies of the people of Utah--the head and front of Mormon...

After his arrival in Toronto he connected himself with the Methodists in that city, and began preaching under the auspices of their church organization. It was while he was enga...

"Once more the Latter-day Saints are called upon to mourn the death of their leader--the man who has held the keys of the kingdom of God upon earth. President John Taylor depart...

ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR FORD IN CARTHAGE--MOB CONVERTED INTO MILITIA--ELDER TAYLOR AND DR. BERNHISEL GO TO CARTHAGE--DEMANDS OF GOVERNOR FORD--PLEDGES THE HONOR OF THE STATE FOR JOS...

"As I am prevented from being with you on the present occasion, I desire to send to you my benediction and blessing; and to say unto you: May grace, mercy and peace be extended...

When Elder Taylor arrived in New York, Elder Woodruff had been there some time, and was all impatience to embark for England, but as yet the former had no means with which to pa...

Shortly after his baptism, John Taylor was ordained an Elder in the Church, and began his labors in the ministry. He was now preaching the gospel in America in fulfillment of th...

Returning to Liverpool Elder Taylor delivered his course of lectures in the Music Hall, Bold Street. The course covered the principal events connected with the work of the Lord...

The situation of the Saints at that time was, to say the least, remarkable. Besides the arch fiend Bennett, the Church had warmed within her bosom a number of other snakes that...

In the latter part of December, 1881, the committee appointed to furnish and arrange the affairs of the Gardo House as the family residence of President Taylor, announced that i...

Thus far I have spoken only of those prosperous events which befell the Saints at Nauvoo from the return of the Twelve from England, in July, 1841, to the nomination of the Prop...

Besides defending the character of the Saints in Utah and their religion, _The Mormon_ raised its voice for the preservation of the Union. In those years disunion sentiments wer...

Elder Taylor continued calling upon ministers and other gentlemen in Liverpool, bearing testimony to them of the restoration of the gospel. For this purpose he called upon an ag...

The Saints, after their expulsion from the State of Missouri, found a temporary resting place in Quincy, Illinois, and to that city, after visiting the Prophet Joseph Smith in L...

THE QUORUM OF APOSTLES NOT THE PERMANENT PRESIDING QUORUM OF THE CHURCH--FIRST PRESIDENCY CHOSEN--A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF QUORUMS--THE VOTING--VOX DEI ET VOX POPULI--DIGNITY OF PR...

"The Mormon" was the title which Elder Taylor gave his paper. It was a handsome, well printed, twenty-eight columned weekly. It had a very striking and significant heading, fill...

"A STORM IS COMING"--"TURN UP YOUR COLLARS"--POLICY OF THE CHURCH OUTLINED--CONTEST UNDER THE LAW EVERY ENCROACHMENT ON THE DOMINION OF LIBERTY--WARNINGS AND PROPHECIES--HOSANNA...

Elder Taylor took advantage of his visit to England and Europe, where skill in the fine arts was more perfect than in the United States, to get out the busts of his friends and...

From his places of retirement among the Saints, President Taylor continued to preside over the Church, and under God to shape its policy and direct its movements. Prevented by t...

THE STORM BURSTS UPON THE PEOPLE--THE MORALITY PLEA--WHO THE CRIMINALS ARE--TESTIMONY OF STATISTICS--A VISIT TO ARIZONA AND MEXICO--ASSAULT UPON THE PEOPLE IN ARIZONA--AN AMERIC...

It was at the October conference of 1849 that Elder Taylor was called to go to France, and the 19th of the same month saw him leave his home for that distant land. In the same c...

John Taylor was eleven years old when his father settled on his estate in Hale. He attended school at Beetham, about a mile from Hale, and only a few miles south of his birth pl...

MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN UTAH--THE LEGISLATURE TO CONGRESS--"WE SHALL NOT ABANDON OUR RELIGION"--GIVE US OUR RIGHTS AND WE ARE AT HOME--ARRIVAL OF COL. KANE--COMPROMISES--ENTRANC...

Although President Taylor, at the time he became President of the Church, was two years past the three score years and ten allotted by the Psalmist as the life of man, he was no...

The leading spirits whom the Prophet Joseph Smith gathered about him in his brief but glorious career, were remarkable men. Not remarkable for illustrious birth, for they were o...

INTEREST IN EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS--CHOSEN SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS--COMMENDED BY AUTHORITIES AT WASHINGTON--DEATH OF PRESIDENT YOUNG--THE NEW LEADER--STANDING OF THE TWELV...

"There had been various opinions about the complicity of the governor in the murder, some supposing that he knew all about it, and assisted or winked at its execution. It is som...

So the winter passed away, and the spring came, and with it came frequent rain storms. "We made one mistake in building," remarks Elder Taylor; "having been informed there was n...

LABORS AT HOME--CALLED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IN THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE SAINTS--A MISSION TO NEW YORK--MORMONISM TO REPRESENT ITSELF--"I CAN CALL SPIRITS FROM THE VASTY DEEP"--WIL...

The spirit of apostasy so prevalent in Kirtland, in 1837 and 1838, resulted in many prominent leaders being excommunicated from the Church. Among those who fell in those dark da...

The Work Introduced into Paris--Interview with M. Krolokoski--"Which is best, your Philosophy or our Religion?" French Philosophy or Fried Froth--Translation of the Book of Morm...

Personal Appearance and Character--His Broad Views--Faith and Confidence in God--Devotion to his Religion--Moral Life Above Suspicion--Love of Liberty--"I would not be a Slave t...

Martial Law Declared in Utah--The Legislature to Congress--"We shall not Abandon our Religion"--Give us our rights and we are at Home--Arrival of Col. Kane--Compromises--Entranc...

Reflections--Death of Sophia Taylor--Determination to bring about an Issue--A Violent one Preferred--Half-masting Episode--The Course of the G. A. R.--Warlike Preparations for P...

Labors at Home--Called to Preach the Gospel in the Settlements of the Saints--a Mission to New York--Mormonism to Represent Itself--"I can call Spirits from the Vasty Deep"--Wil...

The Storm Bursts upon the People--The Morality Plea--Who the Criminals are--Testimony of Statistics--A Visit to Arizona and Mexico--Assault upon the People in Arizona--An Americ...

Preparations for leaving Nauvoo--Labors in the Temple--Elder Taylor's Sacrifice--Journey Through the Wilderness--Arrival at Council Bluffs--Helps to Raise the Mormon Battalion--...

Arrival of Governor Ford in Carthage--Mob Converted into Militia--Elder Taylor and Dr. Bernhisel go to Carthage--Demands of Governor Ford--Pledges the Honor of the State for Jos...

A Reign of Judicial Terror--Judges with a Mission--James B. McKean--A Judicial Crusade--A System on Trial--The Highhanded Measures Stopped by the Supreme Court--"Masterly Inacti...

The Arrival of Captain Van Vliet in Salt Lake--Elder Taylor on the Approaching Army--How it would be Met--Van Vliet's Surprise and Perplexity--His Report to Secretary of the Int...

The Quorum of Apostles not the Permanent Presiding Quorum of the Church--First Presidency Chosen--A General Assembly of Quorums--The Voting--Vox Dei et Vox Populi--Dignity of Pr...

"A Storm is Coming"--"Turn up your Collars"--Policy of the Church Outlined--Contest under the Law every Encroachment on the Dominion of Liberty--Warnings and Prophecies--Hosanna...

Work on the "Mediation and Atonement"--Its Character--"The Aaronic Priesthood"--The "Storm"--Arrival of the Commission--Test Oath--"In the Marriage Relation"--How it Works--Firs...

The Unjust Stewards called to Account--Disposed of--Tour through the Churches--Ovations--Articles for the Star--Moderate Spirit of them--Work Accomplished--Start for Home--Storm...

Interest in Educational Affairs--Chosen Superintendent of Common Schools--Commended by Authorities at Washington--Death of President Young--The new Leader--Standing of the Twelv...