Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, Appendix 5, Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848-1996; “Jan 7,1882 – Apostle Francis M Lyman’s diary begins recording month-long nervous breakdown of Heber J Grant, his successor as Tooele Stake President. Physician diagnoses Grant’s condition as “nervous convulsions” and warns that condition could lead to “softening of the brain,” if Grant continues his stressful pace of activity. Grant becomes apostle ten months later and is first LDS leader with diagnosed history of emotional illness.” – Michael Quinn
Matthew 6:24; “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
There are numerous articles on this man’s life and the obvious trouble he seemed to be plagued with. Many of the sites you’ll find are pro-Mormon and will only reference his ‘personality disorder’ as a personal burden of the Church’s finances. (See Gospel Doctrine Lessons by Bill Beardall for one example.)
If you’d like to find the truth about Mr. Grant’s mental issues, I recommend D. Michael Quinn’s book noted above and also A Book of Mormons by Richard S. Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker.
Our point to bringing this subject matter to light is for the Mormon to think about the status of the leaders. Is this who’d you want to lead you in all spiritual things?
The overriding theme in each example pointed out Mr. Grant ‘relished’ the idea he might be able to follow God and make lots of money at the same time. Other notable events in his life were a couple of other comments he made which obviously don’t point to the Lord;
There are always two spirits residing with mankind all the time
He wasn’t sure he knew Christ
Those three statements should give every Mormon pause. Even if he ironed out the statements and gave a sufficient explanation, the other issue remains. Was he mentally stable enough to be a reliable man of God?
The Bible tells us several things about the scenarios mentioned here.
1.Jesus said man can’t serve two masters and Mr. Grant admitted he wasn’t sure he knew Christ so whom is he serving?
2.Peter tells us the devil is sneaking around waiting for someone to devour.
If Mr. Grant said there were two spirits striving w/ man, what are the implications here?
3.Paul emphatically declared nothing could separate us from Christ so where was Grant’s heart during his lifetime?
Why did he request Fanny Woolley as another wife (he already had 3) after the Anti-polygamy Manifesto went into effect? See A Book of Mormons, p. 100
Would a true prophet do this?
4.Every Christian knows the reassuring passage Paul gave to the Philippians which we now enjoy and treasure.
Are any of the adjectives Paul described in Philippians 4:7-9 obvious attributes of Grant’s life?
1 Peter 5:7-8; “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”
Romans 8:38-39; “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Philippians 4:8-9; “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”
Feel sorry that you people have to spend so much time TRYING to prove us wrong…. Why can’t you just be nice to everyone and be and act more Christlike? What difference does it make what we believe in. To tear down another’s faith is mean and burtful.