Letter to Heber Jeddy Grant, 28 March 1887

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Letter to Heber Jeddy Grant, 28 March 1887
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    WILFORD WOODRUFF HISTORIAN'S OFFICE. March 28, 1887. Elder Heber J. Grant Dear Brother: You asked me a question the last time we met ehich I was not prepared to answer at the time it was given. I have gibven the subject some thought and reflection and I now feel prepared to answer the question according to my views. You asked me if I knew any reason in case of the death of the President of the Church why the Twelve Apostles should not choose some other person to be the ...
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    dent. If the President of the Twelve Apostles is not fit to be the President of the Church, he is not fit to be the President of the Twelve Apostles. Again, there is another eternal truth stares me in the face. In case of the death of the President of the Church, Brother George Q. Cannon, Wilford Woodruff, the President of the Twelve (whoever he may be); notr any six Apostles combined have not power to appoint a president for the Church. And as far as the appointment of Brigham Young and ...
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    appointment of Brigham Young and John Taylor it so happened in those instances that the president of the Twelve Apostles was appointed President, but it did not follow that that principle would be followed out hereafter. And the argument was used to sustain it that Elder Woodruff prophesied at a Conference at Ogden that Joseph F. Smith would yet become president of the Church, and we would have to deviate from the usual course in order to have that fulfilled. Now if Elder Woodruff delivered such a prophecy ...