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English
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In the Tops of the Mountains
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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Dissertation
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Throughout the ages many saints have sought truth in the tops of the mountains: Moses spoke with God on Mount Sinai; the brother of Jared saw God on Mount Shelem; and Nephi "did go into the mount oft." Mountains were a pivotal part of the earthly ministry of the Savior. After Jesus Christ was baptized, he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be with God. Jesus taught his followers eternal truths in the Sermon on the Mount, and gave his apostles, Peter, James, and John, essential priesthood authority on the Mount of Transfiguration. After His resurrection the Savior ascended into heaven from the Mount of Olives.
In this dispensation prophets also sought truth in the tops of the mountains: Joseph Smith went to the hill Cumorah to receive eternal truths from the angel Moroni; and Brigham Young led the latter-day saints to the tops of the mountains where they established the Lord's house fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy: "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:" (Isaiah 2:2-3). In subsequent years saints established the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in communities throughout the mountain West. These early settlers endured many hardships as they gathered to Zion but they were sustained by their faith in God.
This show memorialized some of my family members who settled in the tops of the mountains. These ancestors include Jonathon Browning, 1805-1879; James Laird, 1825-1884, and Mary Rainey, 1826-1883; Alexander Adamson, 1837-1913 and Mary Hutchison, 1839-1913; Warren M. Johnson, 1838-1902; William Neves, 1847-1916, and Abigail Shaffer, 1852-1915; and Ruth Park Hawke, 1934-2003.