Show v NEW EW CHURCH PRESIDENT H NOTABLE FIGURE H Intimate Sketch SI of J. J President Grants Grant's Biography Shows s Him 1 as Intensely Human Though Devout 1 Churchman Conquers Many rany Ol Obstacles f Associates Are IC Sterling Characters r By C. C F. F Yeager W WHEN JT lIEN Teddy Grant was sustained president of the tho formon ormon V Y church on November Xo 23 1018 1918 he hc began the third sixty-third year Jear of his life simultaneously with his duties of the first presidency 1 Since his his birth hirth in Salt bake J November oem er 22 1850 President Grant has made this city cit his home and was the tho first native c son sou of to bo honored with Hit the office of apostle Ho lie became a n. member of the church quorum for th has never nc wavered in his work for und antI in il 1882 and thirty six six years 1 tlC to me tue While citizens of or Salt Lako ll arc aro moreS moro more S v or 01 less Jess familiar familial with the recent events ent V eS of or President Grants Grant's life liCe few tew know lwow nOW 11 M an anything of ot his boyhood day ar When a a a. mere lad while he ho had a tendency S. S to to topIa pIa play ball and marbles s with other boys of his 1113 ag ho showed a tenacity of ot purpose that ha hn since characterized his every oVery step tep of or pro progress ress in the business business busi busl- I ness world The story is told that ono of ot tho the 55 church bishops once designated young oung t. t Hober Grant as aa the tiie laziest bo boy In 4 tho the Thirteenth ward vid 5 and a 30 regular good for because because- of his hits unusual unusual un- un usual Interest In baseball which was a hard haril game Jame for tor him to le learn rn Tie lie final final- I ly 1 became expert through practicing S throwing and catching and Is reputed reputed'S S 'S to have ha rl nearly rounded pounded In tho the gable before beCore he ho of oC his neighbors neighbor's barn sue suc In acquiring speed d enough h to i I pIa play In the nino nine that won the cham- cham of or tho territory tho tho thio Red ned I Stockings Having achieved ed victory with the S other othur members of oC his hie team an and seeing nothing furth further r to be gained b by playIng play play- S. S ln lug Ing ball ho quit tho the gamo game and devoted his efforts to the more serous phases r roC of oC life UCe which began to dawn on him with the realization that It was up to toP him as aa tho the only son of ot his mother to P homo home for provide pro a more moro comfortable her When hen ho he was wan 21 l years old h he made good bood hii his promise to his mother x made while In his teens teenA that he would 55 build a n. nice house for tor her right for Mastery That tho the president must have hn enJoyed en- en Joyed pla playing ln ball ban is evidenced toda today by his habit of or occasionally going over 5 J to the Deseret J gymnasium and engagIng S. S tn lug Ing with Intimate friends in volley olle ball ballf f Practice In tho thio game gamo ho finds en- en enjoyable pastime as well as needed o ox- ox Another Instance of ot President Grants Grant's S. S 5 5 11 determination 10 to conquer an 01 obstacles encountered by br him Is seen In his energetic efforts to acquire good penmanship Ho He was once tho the laughIngstock laugh laugh- 5 Ing stock of or his schoolmates it is IA said sail r because he could coul 1 not write plainly Ho He chafed under their ridicule and reE re- re E rt solved to excel the best of ot his classI classmates class- class I mates In writing One day he told them theft he would soon bo setting copies 1 I for Zor them to follow tollow and he did as ns he afterward became professor of or penmanship penmanship penman penman- ship In the Dc Deseret university Ho lie also won a ft diploma for tho the finest penmanship penmanship penman penman- ship from the Deseret A Agricultural S Manufacturing society Ho lie Is toda today S Ono fl no of at tho best penmen In Utah f. f J in Busine's K President Grant early exhibited a It av v remarkable adaptation to business and perhaps have 0 devoted do his en entire entire entire en- en tire time to financial affairs had not the call to an apostleship changed tho the course of ot his career an and aroused In him hima a a. deeper religious feeling lIe He began work orle aa RI a n. messenger In an insurance office an and won promotion step by step through careful study tudy and determined endeavor When hen an opportunity was presented ho he changed his vocation temporarily tem tern to banking At first he was I cashier of oC tho the ZIons ZIon's Say Sav ings Bank Trust company then hen t presIdent presIdent president pres pres- ident of ot tho the State Bank of oC Utah when It Sit was organized In 18 1800 1890 0 Tho The State bank ha has hns since become tho the Utah State National bank which Is one oneat of at tho largest financial Institutions of ot tho the region Other re responsible responsible responsible re- re positions held b by President Grant In the world of oC business affairs Include the following Director of at the 1 Provo Woolen Mills company tho the Deseret Des- Des eret National bank and tho the Oregon Lumber company Z 7 C. C M. M I. I president of ot tho the Homo Home Fire Insurance company of ot Utah tho Salt SaIl I Lake Theatre company com coin pany tho the Consolidated Wagon Machine Ma- Ma chine company arid and tho the insurance firm Ia-I Ia of or of Heber J. J Grant Co F For r some someS sometime sometime time lima past he lie has been vice president S of oC the Utah National bank Great Greut Aid tid Numerous financial missions for or the church and institutions connected with It fulfilled by President Grant In lii the panic of at 18 1890 1891 O 1891 he visited the mone money centers of oC the thc United States and raised largo large sums of or cash to tide lidS over oer big financial enterprises of oC this His Ills greatest financial achievement achieve e ment mente perhaps was In 1893 When hen failures failures fail rall- ures elsewhere in tho the United States were at nt their worst ho made several se trips across the continent and obtained for tOT the relief of oC tho the church chinch and business Institutions fostered b by It Though ho he attained great success in all business undertakings and anti has shown a marvelous capacity for tor hard work his record of activity In church endeavor or eclipses his efforts along other lines and has but few tew If It an any parallels Ho lie was counselor in iii tho the I fir first t 1 Y r. M. M 1 M. M t. t 1 I. A. A In tho the Thirteenth ward vard He lIe was an elder and seventy ont before his ordination Uon as high h priest In October 1880 when he lie be became hc- hc camo came president o of Tooele stake He Ito was as not quite 24 years old oM then nn and is said salil to have tJ been tho the youngest stake president president president dent In tho thu Mormon church In lii Mission Minion lI When hen ho he became apostle October 16 ISS he was sas ordained b by the first presidency presidency pres pres- idene and apostles tho the ordination be beIng being belag be- be ing lag made h by President George Q Can Can- ii non 0 ii When hen called to fill rill a mission In Ja In- Ja- Ja J pan President lt Grant n t left heft t Salt Lake I. I e Salt on I JUlY i-i i i 1 no lie has lias labored also aiso as asa asa I Ia a missionary in the United States Great Britain and anti Mexico Ho lie accompanied Brigham Young YounS' Jr to tho the state of oC Sonora Mexico an any church members were there to spread I tho the go gospel pel to the tho Yaqui Indians Tho rho two later lator visited other Indian tribes for tho tue same purpose President Grant presided for tor a time over oer tho European mission Previous to going to Japan his ec ecclesiastical cc- cc missions were In various stakes throughout the tho United States and Mexico President Grant is tho the seventh se ex executive executive executive ex- ex of or tho the churchs church's first presidency and Is much loved ed b by his people fund Iund I Is Iff Tho newly chosen choson first counselor to President lieber Heber J. J Grant is Anthon II 11 Lund lun who has been a a. I. I member of ot the tho twelve o apostles of or tho Church of oC Jesus Christ Of or LaMer thi r In 1 when ho o h-o- was ordained b by President i c George Q Cannon Counselor Lund has held many posItions positions positions of oC trust both In church and state since his arrival nl in Utah In September 1862 from Denmark where ho was born May Ila 1 13 15 I. I When hen only 20 O years old ld he lie was called to go as a church teamster to tho Missouri river rl to bring back hack immigrating members of or tho the Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- orman or- or mon man church He lie did this work orl faith faith- fully Later Latel at nt the suggestion of Brigham Young he lie learned telegraphy In Salt Lake Lalo and then settled at nt Mount Pleasant Pheasant Utah whore where ho kept the telegraph tele tele- graph office and find a photo photograph h gallery Ho lie was sa secretary of ot the first cooperative co oper Institution started there and was elected a member of or the tho city council Goe Coes l On 3 Mission Though Coun Counselor elor Lund had plenty of or work outside of or the church ho lie did not neglect his religious duties In 18 lie 10 aided in the organization of ot t to ie c first I Sunday school started In Mount Pleasant Pleasant Pleas Pleas- ant at which place he remained until tho the fall of or when he removed to Ephraim In 1871 ho was sent to Scan Scan- on his first foreign mission and became business of or manager tho the I I I. I II S. S nn m III v in 4 hi 10 was appointed a member of or tho the high council In Sanpete and when tho stake organization was effected in 1877 he became it its clerk and a n member of oC the now new high council In 1878 ho was chosen superintendent of oC the Sunday school at Ephraim Five Fhe years later hater ho was again called to fill a n mission to Scandinavia and was absent from Utah Ulah more than two years While hUo away from homo home ho lie was elected a member of oC the Legislature of ot Utah territory In 1888 ho was re Unceasingly Four years rears after his ordination as nn an apostle Counselor Lund was sent to toi Liverpool LI E to preside over oer ver ho the European mission i lIe He 11 remained there from Crom 1893 to 1806 1896 S 6 and his administration was cr very successful in 1897 he lie was called on a mission to Palestine and Syria to organize branches of ot the church thero there n Returning A to Utah Ulah In ln the summer slimmer of ot 18 1898 8 ho he removed to Salt Lake Lako th the next fall Call During his entire residence In Salt Lake Lako he has hns taken an active e part n ii tho work orle of ot tho the quorum and also aided much In other church activities In April I 1900 OO he hc i was made super superintendent dent of tho IS S Si religion classes I cut and ad In I August Au- Au gust of oC the i same samo year ear lie he became church historian Wherever herc thero there was work worle to do f for tor r th the church Counselor i i Lund n has been untiring in his field of ot usefulness Ho has haR H ce cess s of or business being connected connected 1 0 at this time with several lc of or tho the states state's leading ent enterprises Counselor r Lund Is highly highl by his Ills associates LUnd esteemed teemed of oC the tho church and is universally loved and respected As first r to President Grant he will be hc permanent president of or tho the council of or twelve c He lie was also a coun Coun- olor to the late lato President Joseph Joeph I r. r Sm Smith 1111 I la I 1 Concert COnert roo C rt Charles William Imam Penrose who was recently appointed second counselor to President Heber J. J Grant is lA a native e ot of J ii England idi an and was vas born at Camber Camber- London February 1 4 1 1832 s At th the tho carl early age of 1 I 1 years cars hc he began reading the tho Bible In school ho showed in an usual for reading au and was nas writ wen ci crac ned l In scripture lI He joined the tho Mor Mor- mon church ChUIch in 1850 and mil In tho the spring of ot l is-l wa bent on a n ml lgon to Mallion Mal Mal- lion don in Essex He lie established branches R of oC the church in various sections and was Instrumental In inducing many man English families to come to Utah Ulah Counselor once presided over o the Jie London church conference and after aft aft- er ten years ears work Tork In iii tho thio ministry ho was isas released from his labors In England Eng Eng- land and emigrated to America He lie drove hi his own o ox team across the plains and md settled In Farmington Davis I count county coun- coun ou t ly ty In iii 1861 Whilo residing there thero he lie was ordained one of or the presidents of oC the tho quorum of or seventy ont In April r rn i 1865 ho he was called to mission work worle In England and made the trip from Crom Salt Lake Lako to Omaha Omah overland o thirty six aJ being required to go I ERE is new leader lender of Mormon l church a as ho lie appears at nt his desk P President nt Grant is is s a a. tireless 53 worker Ll H in both hoth ecclesiastical and nna secular activities II lie c is is shown below with his Ins two t counselors counselors counselors-Anthon Anthon II 11 Lund Lun nt at left of picture and C. 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Penrose at nt right I ci c 4 t gc I S 4 t A j C CS S wy c iY v k vf 4 t I I A Ar r imA cv 4 W F the distance He lie returned from England England Eng Eng- land lantI In 1863 Being Doing possessed of or a a. versatile pen Counselor Penrose Penro o took up editorial work on tho den Os-den Junction a semiweekly semiweekly semi semi- weekly newspaper In January 1870 semi semi-I In September 1872 ho lie changed tho the JUnctIon Junction Junction Junc JUnc- tion Into a daily lh In 1880 ho became I editor In chief chic of or the tho Deseret News Xe 1 which position ho lie filled tilled with much credit to himself for Cor several years In 1884 1864 ho became one of ot the presidency pres I of ot rue tho Salt I Lake Lako ako stake Ho lIe He- He performed a n. brief brIer mission to tho the states tates I in iii 1885 and went wen t from rom there to England Eng Eng I land where he hc did editorial work on tho the Millennial Star He lIe returned home to resume active work as editor of ot the News Subsequently he h. was sent to Washington where he lie spent tat I I. I S fields writing articles for the tho Forum orum and other magazines on the Mormon question Later he was e editor of or The Tho Salt Lake Herald and In the fall of or 1883 1885 lie hc became a member of or the tho staff starr of ot tho the church historians historian's office January January Janu Janu- aT ary 1 1 1899 ho became again editor In chief chic of or tho the News a a. position which he tel hold until C called to tho the presidency of Ot t the tho European mission lie He has always al a l worker and now even en enat at hi his advanced nd ago Is 18 as ns active alert and Jud ready as s most men man many years mn his junior II lie Ila chosen choson was second counselor coun court to Pr President Joseph F. F Smith D December De Dc- cember 2 1 1911 11 and now h has hs s been called to sustain tho the same relationship to Pr J J. J Grant |