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'''Brigham Young''' (June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was the second [[Prophet|prophet]] and the president of the [[LDS Church|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. After [[Joseph Smith]], the founder, was killed in 1844 by a lynch mob while awaiting trial for charges of treason in [[Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]], Young was appointed the faith's new leader.
'''Brigham Young''' (June 1, 1801 - August 29, 1877) was the second [[Prophet|prophet]] and the president of the [[LDS Church|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. After [[Joseph Smith]], the founder, was killed in 1844 by a lynch mob while awaiting trial for charges of treason in [[Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]], Young was appointed the faith's new leader.
In 1925, a famous American [[biographer]], not a member of the Church, wrote these words about Brigham Young:
<blockquote>As a statesman, Brigham Young is one of the few Americans deserving of the adjective "great." In a situation of precariousness and importance, he showed himself a man of resourcefulness and sturdiness, and his personality contributed as much as that of any one man of the development of the western half of the United States.<ref>Werner, ''Brigham Young'', p. 1.</ref></blockquote>
[[Sidney Rigdon]], Joseph Smith's former counselor, believed that he was to lead the Church. But as Brigham Young spoke to the people, the [[mantle]] of Joseph fell upon him, and it was said he looked and sounded like the Prophet Joseph. A vote was taken, and the people sustained Brigham Young as their new leader. From that day, for over thrity-three years, he lead the Church as [[prophet]], [[seer]], and [[revelator]].
Like many great men in his time of history, Brigham Young was a self-made man. The ninth of eleven children, he [[cut wood]], [[plowed]] on his father's [[farm]], and found little time for [[school]] or [[recreation]]. He later said that he had gone to school no more than eleven and a half days. However, his mother had taught him to read, his father had taught him from the [[Bible]], and he was able to observe and relate events in the world around him.
Brigham Young's original contact with the Church came as a result of [[newspaper]] accounts he read of the [[publication]] of the [[Book of Mormon]]. He later read the book - a copy that had been sold to his brother Phineas, and shared with the others of his family - and received a [[testimony]] of its truthfulness. This testimony was reinforced by the testimony of missionaries who came to his brother's home and again by other missionaries whom he traveled to hear.
Perhaps his greatest testimony came from his first meetings and his continued relationship with the Prophet Joseph Smith, for no man affected his life as deeply as did the Prophet, of whom he became a [[staunch]] [[disciple]] and for whom he would have given his life. He was Joseph Smith's most trusted lieutenant, filling several effective [[missions]], [[preaching]], [[baptizing]], organizing [[branches]], participating in the march of [[Zion's Camp]] and the [[exodus]] from [[Missouri]] to [[Illinois]] and helping to establish [[Nauvoo]].
Brigham Young learned from Joseph Smith and through [[prophecy]] that the [[destiny]] of his people lay far to the west, beyond the limits of [[civilization]], in the tops of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. By 1845 it had become impossible for the Saints to live in peace among the "[[gentiles]]." Ill-equipped as they were for such a long trek, the Mormons turned their backs on the Illinois homes and set out toward the western [[horizon]].
Young led a group from Nauvoo to [[Salt Lake City]] in what is now [[Utah]], where he established what the Mormons call [[New Zion]]. While in Salt Lake Brigham Young started a school ([[Brigham Young University]]) and a clothing store, [[ZCMI]] (Zion Cooperative Mercantile Exchange). ZCMI was later purchased by Meyer & Frank, and in 2006 was purchased by Macy's. Prior to the sale, ZCMI was solely owned an operated by the LDS church.
Young led a group from Nauvoo to [[Salt Lake City]] in what is now [[Utah]], where he established what the Mormons call [[New Zion]]. While in Salt Lake Brigham Young started a school ([[Brigham Young University]]) and a clothing store, [[ZCMI]] (Zion Cooperative Mercantile Exchange). ZCMI was later purchased by Meyer & Frank, and in 2006 was purchased by Macy's. Prior to the sale, ZCMI was solely owned an operated by the LDS church.
=Sources=
=Sources=
*West, Emerson Roy. Profiles of the Presidents'', Deseret Book Co: Utah (1972)
*Werner, Morris R. ''Brigham Young''. Jonathan Cape, Ltd.: London, (1925)
*West, Emerson Roy. ''Profiles of the Presidents''. Deseret Book Co: Utah (1972)
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