[Apostle Brigham Young Jr. Diary] God be thanked that Frank Cannon has returned from east where he was sent by presidency to borrow 1,500,000 dollars One million five hundred thousand dollars. The present Presidency are not altogether certain that they want him to be the agent of the church. [At Temple meeting of the 12, including the 2 former members of the 1st Presidency.] talk began by Bro[ther] H. J. Grant about my preceding Jos[eph] F. S. in the Quorum. He thought wrong and was surprised to see us take our seats, with me between Geo[rge] Q. C. Pres[ident] F. S. I said, I am willing to take any place in the quorum, never felt I was fit to be an ap. ... Said that, I submitted this matter to father one day and he said, rather severely "It is just right the way it is, and you let it alone." I never had courage to tackle question again; still, I am of the opinion that when a man is ordained an apostle and to magnify that office no new man can rank him in being set apart to fill a vacancy in Quorum of the Twelve. I am anxious for God through my brethren to decide this question and I yield my views to them with all my heart.
[Source: Diary of Apostle Brigham Young Jr., http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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