​1st is of Francis (in dark suit because he didn't have prison robes to fit him) The picture says it was his turn to conduct Sunday School services.
2nd picture says it is Amasa, serving in prison for polygamy (I didn't know he was ever in prison) but the guy on the second row on the left surely looks like a Lyman.

I was interested in my studies today, by a theses about Seniority of the 12 Apostles and how they have affected the Church. The article mostly excludes Amasa, but for those who know the story and his impact on eventual direction of the church, it is exciting to see what he was involved in and what was happening during his life time.

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1370&context=etd

​Some fun old photos of San Francisco and Hawaii, before and at the time Amasa was sent to collect Tithes and gather saints in California. Please understand that the pictures of preaching in Hawaii are depictions from the David Belden Lyman's family books (1830 Protestant missionaries). It is fun to see the past as compared to now. Wow what 200 years can do to a civilization.

I loved these artists perception of how the San Bernardino Valley changes in the time that Amasa lived there (first picture 1852, 2nd 1865). They sure gave up a lot to come back to Utah.

AML Quote of the Week: 12-9-55   Jesus Christ never declared his independence at all. He said he came into the world——on his own business? No, but he came to do the will of his Father. In this we have an example of what we should seek for, and how we should value the principles we should cherish within us. The truth is before us, and it is for us to learn it. This is the great key to our happiness; and when we have learned all the truth, we shall get all our salvation. That which does not learn us the truth does not bestow salvation on us; it is that which learns us the truth, and enables us to comprehend it, which is salvation to us.

Last Weeks AML Quote of the Week:​  12-20-55 Perfection is not at the guide-board, but we can read it there, that this is the way that leads to it. But supposing you were to stay there, what would you accomplish? You would be perfectly bewildered, without any possibility of ever getting right. How foolish it would be for us to stay there and say, why, I cannot leave this; it first pointed out to me the way of life; and can I leave it now? No, I will live by it, and die by it.​
​​​

What a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the Francis Marion Lyman Book, it has been made available for your pleasure "free" at the AML E&H Society Tab above, under Publications.  Please enjoy

Many people know that apostle, Amasa Mason Lyman, was excommunicated, but few know that his membership was posthumously reinstated because of a dream. You can get the DVD about his life, "A Labor of Love," just go to the store for ordering information.

A clip from the DVD about Amasa...