reiterated the idea that blacks were to be servants to righteous white people after the resurrection, as was the case with Jane Manning James who was sealed to Joseph Smith to be his servant in the next life. Petersen said: In spite of all he did in the pre-existent life, the Lord is willing, if the Negro accepts the gospel with real, sincere faith, and is really converted, to give him the blessings of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. If that Negro is faithful all his days, he can and will enter the celestial kingdom. He will go there as a servant, but he will get a celestial resurrection. He will get a place in the celestial glory. In the 1940s, Petersen coined the term "Mormon fundamentalist" to describe people who had left the LDS Church to practice plural marriage. Death Petersen died from longstanding complications of cancer after entering Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah, and undergoing surgery. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Publications ------ (1953). Your Faith and You. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft. ------ (1953). An apostle speaks to youth about... The Sacredness of Sex - Chastity in Its Holy Mission. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. ------ (1959). Teen Dating and Marriage. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book References Further reading External links General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Mark E. Petersen 1900 births 1984 deaths American general authorities (LDS Church) American Latter Day Saint writers Deaths from cancer in Utah Editors of Latter Day Saint publications Mission presidents (LDS Church) American Mormon missionaries in Canada Mormon missionaries in Europe Writers from Salt Lake City University of Utah alumni 20th-century Mormon missionaries Deseret News people Apostles (LDS Church) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery 20th-century American non-fiction writers Latter Day Saints from Utah American white supremacists