Brigham Young Puts His Team on the Nauvoo Temple and Trusts God for the Increase — His Untended Corn Matches Any on the Farm (1845)

“When we were finishing the Temple in Nauvoo, the last year of our stay there, I rented a portion of ground in what was called the Church farm, which we afterwards deeded to sister Emma. Brother George D. Grant worked for me then, and planted the corn, sowed the oats, and said this, that, and the other must be attended to. They called for teams to haul for the Temple, and could not get them. Said I, Put my team on the Temple, if there is not a kernel of grain raised. I said I would trust in God for the increase, and I had as good corn as there was on the farm, though it was not touched from the time we put the seed in to the time of gathering. I proved the fact. I had faith. I have had many such things happen to me. I have been placed in circumstances where I have had to trust in the Lord, and I have always found him true to his promise.”

— Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:334