[…] permanent condition, though alluded to vaguely. Henry Caswell, a nineteenth century professor of divinity at Kemper College, Missouri, speaks of him as deserting the pulpit “for some reason which has not transpired.” More recently, […]
[…] historical questipns as, well: Mountain Meadows Massacre? War hysteria, pure and simple. Expulsion of the Saints from Missouri and Nauvoo? Persecution by the greedy and intolerant “old settlers,” nothing more. The Saints’ experience in […]
[…] have written with clearer insights and fewer errors. Joseph and Emma Companions by Roy A. Cheville. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1977. 206 pps. $8.00. Judge Me Dear Reader by Erwin E. Wirkus. Idaho […]
[…] the priesthood from Negroes. The practice began partly because of the slavery issue. When they went to Missouri, Church members had no slaves and the Missourians killed off the Mormons. So the position was […]
[…] a significant contribution to the scholarship on Mormonism. F. M. Smith: Saint as Reformer 1874- 1946 by Larry E. Hunt (Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1982), 2 vols., paper vol. 1, $11; vol. 2, $12.
[…] geographically that it was still relatively simple in organizational terms. Presidencies of stakes had been called in Missouri and Nauvoo, and the evolution of wards began in Nauvoo. The relationship between these two levels […]
[…] faith and sought diety elsewhere. These dissenters were treated as harshly as were those Mormons forced from Missouri or Illinois. The author’s objectivity will cause some grief among readers. Anderson is careful to not […]
[…] and vicinity from 100 to 500 within two years of the departure of some 2,000 members for Missouri. Anyone seriously interested in events surrounding Mormon Kirtland will of necessity consult this source and be […]
[…] of hardships, and to be happy with their new homes. Betsey Bayley, who crossed the plains from Missouri to Oregon in 1845, notes, “I saw a great many curiosities on the journey, the buffalo […]
[…] into my possession. It had been handwritten by Brigham Young to a Carl Meyer of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1877. Meyer’s grandson gave me the letter on the condition that I personally deliver it […]