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125 years ago
President Heber J. Grant, at age 25, was called to fill a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve on Oct. 13, 1882, according to the Oct. 19, 1882, Deseret News.
The article stated: "The Lord by revelation through His servant President John Taylor designated by name Brothers George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant to be ordained to the Apostleship and Brother Seymour B. Young to fill the remaining vacancy in the Presidency of the Seventies.
"These brethren were ordained on Monday October 16th, the two Apostles under the hands of the First Presidency and Twelve, and the other under the hands of the Twelve and the Presidency of the Seventies."
The vacancies were created by the deaths of Elder Orson Pratt and Elder Charles C. Rich of the Quorum of the Twelve.
After serving in the Quorum of the Twelve for 37 years, President Grant became the president of the Church on Nov. 23, 1918. He served until his death on May 14, 1945.
As president of the Church, he dedicated the Laie Hawaii Temple, the Cardston Alberta Temple and the Mesa Arizona Temple, according to the Deseret Morning News 2007 Church Almanac. He also directed development of the Church's welfare program.
