Brigham Young was among those who went
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Brigham Young was among those who went to Kirtland, Ohio, to meet Joseph Smith. Brigham had become acquainted with the Church in about 1830, after having moved to Mendon, N.Y., about 15 miles southeast of Rochester. At the home of a brother, Phinehas Young, he saw a copy of the Book of Mormon left by Samuel H. Smith, one of the Prophet's brothers.
Brigham was baptized April 14, 1832. After his wife, Miriam Works Young, died in September, he left his two small daughters with Heber C. Kimball's wife, and he, accompanied by Joseph Young and Heber Kimball, departed for Kirtland.Of meeting the Prophet, Brigham Young wrote: "My joy was full at the privilege of shaking the hand of the Prophet of God, and receiving the sure testimony, by the spirit of prophecy, that he was all that any man could believe him to be as a true prophet. He was happy to see us and bid us welcome. We soon returned to his house, he accompanying us."
The three visitors spent about five days in Kirtland, " . . . during which time," wrote the Prophet, "we had many interesting moments. At one of our interviews, Brother Brigham Young and John P. Greene spoke in tongues, which was the first time I had heard this gift among the brethren; others also spoke, and I received the gift myself." (History of the Church 1:296-7.)
