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Show Samuel Francis was born 3 July 1830 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Served as a counselor to Willard G. Smith and then to Richard Fry for a total of twenty- three years. He died 26 May 1906. settlement, was to be included in the membership of the nearest ward. 3. The organization of the priesthood quorums was outlined. 4. Stake conferences were to be held every three months. 5. Tithing and temple offerings were needed to complete the three temples under construction (Logan, Manti, and Salt Lake). 6. There was no duty more important than the education of the children. 7. Children were to be taught the art of singing. 8. Every settlement was to have a library with carefully chosen books. 9. All were to become self-sustaining. 10. Grain was to be stored. 11. The stake presidencies were to visit wards on a regular basis. 12. All members were urged to read and follow the counsel of the 121st section of the Doctrine and Covenants.7 On Wednesday 27 August 1877, President Brigham Young died at age 76 at his home in Salt Lake City, having led the Church for 33 years. On Sunday, 9 September, Presidents Fry and Francis, representing the Morgan Stake, attended the viewing and funeral service for President Young in Salt Lake City. They were also privileged to walk in the funeral procession.8 The reorganization and setting in place of the priesthood in 1877 was the final testament by Brigham Young. George Q. Cannon, counselor to President Young, stated: "He set the Priesthood in order as it has never before been since the first organization of the Church upon the earth. He defined the duties of the Seventies, he defined the duties of the High Priests, the duties of the Elders and those of the lesser Priesthood, with plainness and distinction and power—the power of God—in a way that it is left on record in such unmistakable language that no one need err who has the spirit of God resting down upon him."9 Growing Into Stakehood General Authorities who visited the Morgan Stake during the administration of Willard G. Smith were: Francis M. Lyman, Charles W. Penrose, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, Heber J. Grant, Joseph F. Smith, Albert Carrington, John W. Taylor, George Teasdale, Orson F. Whitney, John Henry Smith, Abraham H. Cannon, and Moses Thatcher, who were all Apostles. Daniel H. Wells, a former member of the First Presidency and an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve along with Levi Hancock1", |
