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English
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The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smith Passes to Brother Brigham : One Hundred Twenty-one Testimonies of a Collective Spiritual Witness
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Opening the Heavens : Accounts of Divine Manifestations 1820-1844
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Provo, UT and Salt Lake City
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BYU Press and Deseret Book
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372-477
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Discusses the meeting of August 8, 1844, in which Brigham Young and the Twelve were sustained as successors to Joseph Smith. Produces 121 personal accounts of spiritinal confirmation that Brigham Young was to be the leader. This article is followed by a transcription of Brigham Young's speech on this pivotal day.