Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"Smith, Joseph Fielding
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Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
2. Later they were arranged in order of precedence according to age as
follows:
Thomas B. Marsh David W. Patten Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Orson
Hyde William E. McLellin Parley P. Pratt Luke S. Johnson William Smith
Orson Pratt John F. Boynton Lyman E. Johnson
3. For the names of those who formed this quorum of seventy see the
_Documentary History of the Church_, vol. 2:203; and for the names of
the members of Zion's Camp see the same volume, pages 183-5.
4. This important revelation should receive careful study for few
revelations have been given containing greater instruction for the
Church.
5. This Book of Abraham, like the Book of Moses, which also appears
in the Pearl of Great Price, is another addition to our collection of
lost scripture which the Lord, through his wisdom, has restored. These
records contain many important revelations, and should be carefully
read. The history of the discovery of these rolls of papyrus, and the
guiding hand of the Lord which placed them in the hands of Joseph Smith
is set forth in the _Documentary History of the Church_, vol. 2:348-51.
See also _Messenger and Advocate_, Dec. 1835.
6. These ceremonies were repeated for the benefit of those who could
not gain admittance at the first session.
7. "The Spirit of God like a fire is burning."
8. _Documentary History of the Church_, vol. 2:309.
9. There were four veils in the temple arranged crosswise, so that they
could be lowered and divide the assembly room into four parts.
10. See Doc. and Cov. Sec. 110, for an account of these visions.
Chapter 22
Clay County Rejects the Saints--Apostasy and Sorrow
1836-1837
Dishonorable Action of Governor Dunklin
Governor Daniel Dunklin, of Missouri, who showed some sense of honor
and willingness to enforce the law at the beginning of the trouble
in Jackson County, later manifested a spirit of fellowship with the
stronger side, against right and justice--a trait common with many
politicians. In a communication to William W. Phelps and others,
bearing date of July 18, 1836, he cravenly insinuated that the mobbings
and expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from Jackson County, was due to
faults of their own; the people would not have united against them,
without some reason, and while they had some friends at first even
these had forsaken them. Whether his conclusion was right or wrong, he
maintained it to be the duty of the Saints to convince their enemies of
their innocence and worthiness. "If you cannot do this," he wrote, "all
I can say to you is that in this Republic the vox populi is the vox
Dei." Such was the contemptible answer of the governor of a sovereign
state, to an innocent people, driven from their homes and smitten by
their enemies, because of their faith in the Gospel of our Redeemer.
Clay County Rejects the Saints
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