While traveling in the night, with Brother Benjamin L. Clapp and others, a tremendous storm of wind and rain overtook us. We came to a creek which had swollen to such an extent by the rain, that we could not cross without swimming our horses; several of the company were females. We undertook to head the stream, to ford it; but in the attempt, in the midst of the darkness and the raging of the wind and rain, we were lost in the thick woods, amidst the rain, wind, creeks and fallen treetops. We crossed streams nearly twenty times. I was reminded of Paul's perils by water; but the Lord was merciful unto us in the midst of our troubles, for while we were groping in the dark, running the risk of killing both ourselves and animals, by riding off precipitous bluffs, a bright light suddenly shone round about us, and revealed our perilous situation, as were upon the edge of a deep gulf. The light continued with us until we found a house, and learned the right road; then the light disappeared, and we were enabled to reach the house of Brother Henry Thomas, at nine o'clock, all safe, having rode twenty miles, five hours in the storm; and we felt to thank the Lord for our preservation.
Clapp was set apart as one of the Seven Presidents of the Seventy on December 2, 1845. He replaced Daniel S. Miles, who had died. After moving west, he settled in Ephraim, Utah Territory, where he conflicted with Bishop Warren S. Snow. He was subsequently dropped from the Presidency and excommunicated for apostasy on April 7, 1859. Jacob Gates took his place in the church hierarchy.[2]
^ abc"Benjamin Lynn Clapp". Church History: Life Schetch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ abc"Benjamin L. (Lynn) Clapp". Grampa Bill. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
October 22, 2023
benjamin, clapp, benjamin, lynn, clapp, august, 1814, october, 1865, early, mormon, leader, member, first, seven, presidents, seventy, church, jesus, christ, latter, saints, first, seven, presidents, seventydecember, 1845, 1845, june, 1859, 1859, called, bybri. Benjamin Lynn Clapp August 19 1814 October 31 1865 1 was an early Mormon leader and member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Benjamin L ClappFirst Seven Presidents of the SeventyDecember 2 1845 1845 12 02 June 7 1859 1859 06 07 Called byBrigham YoungEnd reasonExcommunicated for apostasyPersonal detailsBornBenjamin Lynn Clapp 1814 08 19 August 19 1814West Huntsville AlabamaDiedOctober 31 1865 1865 10 31 aged 51 1 Liberty CaliforniaSpouse s Mary SchultzAne C DiedrickElvira RandallAnn BinghamChildren12ParentsLudwick Lewis ClappMargaret Ann LoyClapp was born in West Huntsville Alabama and married Mary Schultz in 1832 He was baptized at some point before February 26 1836 when Wilford Woodruff ordained him a priest He served with Woodruff as a missionary in Kentucky where Woodruff recorded the following experience 2 While traveling in the night with Brother Benjamin L Clapp and others a tremendous storm of wind and rain overtook us We came to a creek which had swollen to such an extent by the rain that we could not cross without swimming our horses several of the company were females We undertook to head the stream to ford it but in the attempt in the midst of the darkness and the raging of the wind and rain we were lost in the thick woods amidst the rain wind creeks and fallen treetops We crossed streams nearly twenty times I was reminded of Paul s perils by water but the Lord was merciful unto us in the midst of our troubles for while we were groping in the dark running the risk of killing both ourselves and animals by riding off precipitous bluffs a bright light suddenly shone round about us and revealed our perilous situation as were upon the edge of a deep gulf The light continued with us until we found a house and learned the right road then the light disappeared and we were enabled to reach the house of Brother Henry Thomas at nine o clock all safe having rode twenty miles five hours in the storm and we felt to thank the Lord for our preservation Clapp was set apart as one of the Seven Presidents of the Seventy on December 2 1845 He replaced Daniel S Miles who had died After moving west he settled in Ephraim Utah Territory where he conflicted with Bishop Warren S Snow He was subsequently dropped from the Presidency and excommunicated for apostasy on April 7 1859 Jacob Gates took his place in the church hierarchy 2 Clapp died in Liberty California on October 31 1865 1 with a firm conviction of the truth of the latter day work citation needed By this time some of his wives and children had become members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 2 References Edit a b c Benjamin Lynn Clapp Church History Life Schetch The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Retrieved 28 July 2014 a b c Benjamin L Lynn Clapp Grampa Bill Retrieved 2008 04 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benjamin L Clapp amp oldid 1124722097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
