[…] path, they became increasingly belligerent after 1833 in response to their enemies. During violent conflicts in northern Missouri in 1838, their leaders were nearly executed and were lucky to escape from prison after about […]
[…] Whitmer was appointed, by revelation, to “write and keep a regular history.” Whitmer served in this capa city until 1835, and wrote a brief manuscript narrative, which is now in the possession of the […]
[…] and perhaps most influential early Mormon pamphleteer was Orson Pratt. From his conversion in 1830 to his death in 1881, he authored over thirty works on both religious and scientific topics. Influential during his […]
[…] Laban and then as a tool of Nephi. As Nephi and this nameless servant walk to the city walls of Jerusalem after acquiring the brass plates, there is the scattered record of their conversation. […]
[…] in California in 2008, it surprised the national press in November 2009 by publicly supporting Salt Lake City’s sexual orientation/gender identity non-discrimination ordinances in housing and employment. In early 2009, Equality Utah, an organization […]
[…] to “Free People of Color” who might join the Mormon movement or its settlements warning them that Missouri was a slaveholding state. So intense was the reaction of local white Missourians to this notice […]
[…] the same that Senator Mike Lee brandished during his speech at the US Senate hearings for Presi dent Trump’s 2020 Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Holding the pamphlet during the nationally televised session, […]
[…] of the Seventy. An early sign of Lyman’s exceptional commitment was his courage and resourcefulness in antagonistic Missouri. On several occasions he disguised himself to gather information about the citizens’ plans to force the […]
[…] story is largely drawn from the contemporary accounts of Joseph Lyman Jessop, a polygamist from Salt Lake City. Jessop was among a handful of men sent by priesthood leaders to Short Creek in May […]
[…] I bethought myself day after day. The appointed time arrived, the doors were opened for me. In deed I set my eyes on the ancient stele of Nebuchadnezzar . . . on which was […]