The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

He was interred at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Plural marriage
Like many Mormon leaders in the nineteenth century George A.

Smith to distinguish him from his grandson of the same name) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency. George Albert Smith (June 26 1817 – September 1 1875) (commonly known as George A.