The Great Apostasy James E Talmage s thorough discussion of the significance of the great apostasy as a condition for the reestablishment of the Church in modern times A summary of the most important evidences of the de

James E Talmage s thorough discussion of the significance of the great apostasy as a condition for the reestablishment of the Church in modern times A summary of the most important evidences of the decline and final extinction of the primitive church Helpful for missionaries and investigators Offers a clear understanding of the apostasy and the restoration of the priesJames E Talmage s thorough discussion of the significance of the great apostasy as a condition for the reestablishment of the Church in modern times A summary of the most important evidences of the decline and final extinction of the primitive church Helpful for missionaries and investigators Offers a clear understanding of the apostasy and the restoration of the priesthood.
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James E. Talmage
James Edward Talmage was a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, and a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah He was born Sunday Sept 21, 1862, at Hungerford, Berkshire, England, the son of James Joyce Talmage and his wife, Susannah Preater He is the first son and second child in a family of eight He was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints at the place of his birth, June 15, 1873, and on the 18th of the following August was ordained a Deacon in the Ramsbury branch of the London conference The entire family left England May 24, 1876, landed in New York June 5th, and arrived in Salt Lake City June 14th following His career in the Church was upward and onward from the time of his baptism In Provo, Utah, where the family had established a home, he was ordained a Teacher December 17, 1877, and an Elder June 28, 1880 On September 29, 1884, he was ordained a High Priest, and was set apart as an alternate High Councilor in the Utah Stake of Zion On December 7, 1911, he was appointed and sustained to be one of the Apostles, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Elder Charles W Penrose as second counselor in the First Presidency, and on the following day Dec 8th was ordained an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and was set apart as one of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, under the hands of President Joseph F Smith, assisted by his counselors and members of the Council of the Twelve In 1888 June 14th he married Mary May Booth daughter of Richard Thornton Booth and his wife, Elsie Edge Booth , at the Manti Temple, and from this union there came the following children Sterling B born May 21, 1889 Paul Bborn Dec 21, 1891 Zella, born Aug 3, 1894, died of pneumonia April 27, 1895 Elsie, born Aug 16, 1896 James Karl, born Aug 29, 1898 Lucile, born May 29, 1900 Helen May, born Oct 24, 1902, and John Russell, born Feb 1, 1911 Elder Talmage obtained his early schooling in the National and Board schools of his home district in England, and was an Oxford diocesan prize scholar in 1874 He entered the Brigham Young Academy now University at Provo, Utah, in 1876, and followed to completion the high school and normal courses, and in his 17th year was a teacher of elementary science and English in the institution named His early predilection was for the sciences, and in 1882 83 he took a selected course, mainly in chemistry and geology, at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa Though a special student and not a candidate for a degree, he passed during his single year of residence nearly all the examinations in the four year course and was later graduated and in 1883 84 he was engaged in advanced work at Johns Hopkins University, Balti, Md He returned to Utah in the fall of 1884, in response to a summons from the home institution, and served as professor of geology and chemistry, with varied activities in other departments, in the Brigham Young Academy from 1884 to 1888 While still a member of the faculty, he was elected a member of the board of trustees of the Brigham Young Academy During his residence in Provo, he served successively as city councilman, alderman and justice of the peace In 1888 he was called to Salt Lake City to take the presidency of the Latter day Saints College, which position he held until 1893 He was president of and professor of geology in the University of Utah, 1894 97 In the year last named he resigned the presidency, but retained the chair of geology, which had been specially endowed and ten years later 1907 he resigned the professorship to follow the practical work of mining geology, for which his services were in great demand In 1891 he received the degree of Bachelor of Science, and in 1912 the honorary degree of Doctor of Science, from his old alma mater, Lehigh University In 1890 he was given the honorary degree