The Latter-Day Prophet: History of Joseph Smith Written for Young PeopleCannon, George Q. (George Quayle)
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The Latter-Day Prophet: History of Joseph Smith Written for Young People
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle)
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 -- Juvenile literature
The Saints in Clay County--Citizens Ask them to Leave--Caldwell County
Formed--John Taylor--Lorenzo Snow--Willard Richards
CHAPTER XXV.
The Spirit of Speculation--Kirtland Safety Society Begins and
Fails--Many Apostatize--The English Mission Opened--Satan Strikes Heber
C. Kimball, but Fails to Stop the Work
CHAPTER XXVI.
Joseph Visits Canada--Carries Sidney Through Swamps to Escape Mob--Men
Fall from High Places--Prophet Escapes to Missouri--David Whitmer and
Oliver Cowdery Cut off the Church
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Last Missouri Persecution Begins--Fifteen Brave Men Defeat One
Hundred and Fifty Cowards--Penniston and Black Swear Falsehoods--Joseph
and Lyman Wight Put Under Bonds--Mob Gathers
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Mob Attacks De Witt--Joseph Tries in Vain to Save the
Town--Mob Driven Away from Adam-ondi-Ahman--Apostle Patten Killed in
Battle of Crooked River--Extermination Begins at Haun's Mill--Alma
Smith's Wound and his Mother's Faith
CHAPTER XXIX.
Hinkle Betrays Joseph and Brethren to Mob-Militia--Court-Martial
Orders them to be Shot--Soldiers Sack Far West--Joseph Preaches in
Independence--Brethren taken to Richmond for Trial--Clark Finishes
Terrible Work at Far West and Adam-ondi-Ahman--Mock Trial and
Imprisonment
CHAPTER XXX.
Petition the Legislature for Justice--John Taylor and John E. Page
Ordained Apostles--Preparations to Leave Missouri--Treatment of Joseph
and his Fellow-Prisoners--Illinois the next Gathering Place of the
Saints
CHAPTER XXXI.
Prisoners in Liberty Jail Seek their Liberty--Taken to Gallatin for
Trial--Ordered to be Taken to Boone County--Their Escape from the
Guards--Conference at Far West--A Prophecy Fulfilled--Last of the
Saints Leave Missouri
CHAPTER XXXII.
Saints Locate at Commerce, Afterwards called Nauvoo--An Unhealthy
Place--A Day of Miraculous Healings--Apostles set out upon Missions to
England--Their Labors in that Land
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Joseph and Companions Depart for the National Capital--The
Prophet's act of Heroism--Visits President Van Buren--The Latter's
Cowardice--Apostle Hyde's Mission to Jerusalem--Boggs' Demand for
the Prophet and his Brethren--Death of the Prophet's Father--Nauvoo
Chartered as a City--Nauvoo University and Legion
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Carlin sends out the old Order for Arrest--Joseph Nurses the
Sheriff--The Trial--Don Carlos Smith Dies--Visit from Sac and Fox
Indians--Baptism for Dead Begun--First Relief Society Organized
CHAPTER XXXV.
Bennett's Plots to Destroy the Prophet--A Prophecy--Joseph Charged with
Being an Accessory to the Attempted Assassination of Boggs--His Arrest
and Trial--Set at Liberty
CHAPTER XXXVI.
A Bloody War Predicted--The Prophet's Interview with Stephen A.
Douglas--A Prophecy--The Celestial Order of Marriage--Joseph Kidnapped
and Abused--He Entertains the men who sought to take his Life
CHAPTER XXXVII.
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