Appendix
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The Revised and Enhanced History
of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Do you realize that Joseph Smith,
Sr. came from a family of eleven children? And Lucy Mack and
Joseph Smith had eleven children? And Joseph and Emma Smith
had eleven children? Mother Smith left us with a wonderful genealogical
record of both her husband's and her own family lines. As we
draw her history to a close, don't miss this.
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Mother Smith
ends her history with a soliloquy and a testimony of warning
to her persecutors.
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and Maurine Jensen Proctor
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William
Law identified as an enemy of the Church. Joseph Jackson wants
Hyrum’s daughter for a wife, is refused, begins to plot the
murders of all the Smith family. The Nauvoo Expositor affair.
Governor Thomas Ford arrives in Carthage, Illinois. Joseph and
Hyrum are arrested, taken to Carthage Jail, and murdered by
a mob of between one and two hundred men. Samuel Smith chased
by the mob, receives injury, dies thirty-three days after the
Martyrdom. Tremendous scene of sorrow at the family viewing
of their murdered sons, husbands, and fathers. Church leadership
set in order after Joseph’s death.
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City of Nauvoo established. Lucy's severe illness. Death of
a number of the Smith family, including Samuel's wife, Mary;
Don Carlos; Hyrum's brother-in-law Robert Thompson; Joseph's
toddler son, Don Carlos; Hyrum's son Hyrum; and Don Carlos's
daughter Sophronia. Joseph the Prophet put on trial in Monmouth,
Illinois. Assassination attempt on ex-Governor Lilburn Boggs
of Missouri. Joseph and Orrin Porter Rockwell are accused. To
avoid false arrest, Joseph goes into hiding. Joseph is tried
and acquitted in Springfield. Joseph is arrested in Dixon, Illinois.
He is tried in Nauvoo, Hyrum gives sworn testimony, and Joseph
is acquitted.
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Joseph the
Prophet with Sidney Rigdon and others go to Washington, D.C.,
and visit with President Martin Van Buren to no avail. Mother
Smith comments on her love for the Constitution and her sorrow
for the nation’s departing from the Founding Fathers’ ideas.
Joseph Smith Sr. gives patriarchal blessings to a number of
Saints. Father Smith’s health worsens; he gathers his family
around him, gives his dying blessings, and passes on. Lucy’s
sorrow and reflections after forty-four years of marriage.
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Large
tracts of land are purchased at Commerce, Illinois. The Smiths
move from Quincy to a log cabin in what will later be called
Nauvoo. Sickness reigns in Nauvoo and the Smiths’ household.
Don Carlos’s tender letter to his wife.
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Lucy
and Joseph Sr. gather with members of their family and share
their experiences of the expulsion from Missouri. Samuel and
party nearly starve to death, but are saved by direction from
the Lord. Young Lucy becomes very ill. Mother Smith contracts
cholera. Both finally receive their health. Mother Smith sees
Joseph and Hyrum in vision as they make their way painfully
across Missouri. She prophesies of their arrival. They are reunited
in Quincy and rejoice together.
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Joseph,
Hyrum, and others are taken prisoner in Far West. His parents
think Joseph has been murdered. Lucy describes the scenes of
Joseph and Hyrum being taken prisoner and their parting emotions.
The Spirit whispers peace to the mind and heart of Mother Smith.
Merciless conditions in Far West are beyond description. The
Smiths leave for Illinois. Lucy describes the deplorable conditions
of their journey east. The Saints, as destitute refugees, gather
at Quincy, Illinois.
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Hyrum Smith
gives sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and
privations of the Saints in Missouri. Mob action at Far West,
Diahman, DeWitt, and Haun's Mill. Missouri militia marches on
Far West to lay siege to the city. Joseph, Hyrum, and others
are taken prisoner and marched to Independence, Richmond, and
Liberty. Sufferings and privations of these leaders and the
Saints in general are enumerated. Joseph and others spend six
months under guard and in prison. Sufferings of the brethren
in Liberty Jail. More than twelve thousand Saints are driven
from Missouri. Brethren are aided in escaping
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Hyrum Smith
gives sworn statement of the trials, tribulations, abuses, and
privations of the Saints in Missouri. Mob action at Far West,
Diahman, DeWitt, and Haun's Mill. Missouri militia marches on
Far West to lay siege to the city. Joseph, Hyrum, and others
are taken prisoner and marched to Independence, Richmond, and
Liberty. Sufferings and privations of these leaders and the
Saints in general are enumerated. Joseph and others spend six
months under guard and in prison. Sufferings of the brethren
in Liberty Jail. More than twelve thousand Saints are driven
from Missouri. Brethren are aided in escaping.
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Joseph Smith
Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith with twenty-two family members are driven
from Ohio and take the nearly one-thousand-mile journey to Far
West, Missouri. An account of their terrible suffering and trials
along the way. Lucy catches a cold that persists and threatens
her life. Catharine Smith Salisbury gives birth to a son on
the journey. Mother Smith hobbles into the woods at Huntsville,
Missouri, prays for three hours, and is completely healed. Lucy
recounts the mob action at the election in Gallatin, Missouri.
Eight mobsters enter the Smith home in Far West to murder Joseph
the Prophet. Lucy withstands them and Joseph softens their hearts.
The Missouri militia surround the city of Far West to lay it
to ashes.
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Mob action increases in
Kirtland; apostasy is rampant. Mob threatens to burn the
Egyptian mummies. Joseph prophesies of the Lords promise
of protection on his life. Joseph flees Kirtland to Missouri.
Constable Luke Johnson arrests Joseph Smith Sr., then allows
him to escape with son Hyrum. Most of the Smiths move temporarily
to New Portage, Ohio, to await removal to Missouri.
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Mary
Duty Smith, grandmother of the Prophet
Joseph, arrives in Kirtland and dies
ten days later. Joseph Smith Sr. and
John Smith perform a mission to the
East, visiting many of their extended
family and trying to further convince
them of the Restoration. Hyrums wife,
Jerusha, passes away in Kirtland.
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The completion
of the Kirtland Temple. Joseph takes
a journey to the East. A vision is given
to Joseph as he passes through Palmyra
which he finds difficult to look upon.
Joseph returns to Kirtland, meets with
the Saints, and prophesies about the
apostasy of one-third of those present.
His words are fulfilled and many turn
violently against the Prophet. A woman
of Kirtland begins receiving revelations
through a black stone. Many are deceived,
including David Whitmer and Frederick
G. Williams. Lucy describes Sidney Rigdon.
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Mother
A council is called to discuss
the matter of building the house of the Lord. Joseph
gives the plan of the Lord. Account of the struggles
to build the temple in poverty and guarding it against
the mob. Sophronia taken very sick and healed by the
power of the priesthood. Letter from Joseph the Prophet
to his uncle Silas Smith outlining the reasons for
modern-day revelation. Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
move into Joseph and Emma’s home. Lucy falls
down the stairs, receives a severe injury, later catches
a cold and loses her eyesight. She is healed by the
blessing of the priesthood and never uses glasses
again.
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Mother
Lucy recounts
her involvement and management of building a new schoolhouse
in Kirtland. Joseph and Hyrum return from Zions Camp.
They relate details to their mother about the journey,
including the terrible outbreak of cholera, Hyrums
vision of Mother Smith praying for them while they
were attacked by the disease, and their healing.
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Joseph, Emma, and
family move thirty miles south to John Johnson farm
in Hiram, Ohio. Joseph and Sidney Rigdon are mobbed,
beaten, tarred, and feathered. Little Joseph M. Smith
dies five days later. Joseph the Prophet goes to Missouri.
An account of a stagecoach accident, poisoning, and
safe return to Kirtland. Report of terrible mob action
in Missouri. Joseph gathers an army to redeem Zion.
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Lucy
recounts her mission with niece Almira Mack, son Hyrum,
and others to Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. Teaching
the Book of Mormon aboard ship. Meeting with various
relatives (all from the Stephen Mack family). Confrontation
with the Reverend Mr. Ruggles of Pontiac. Lucy gives
a prophecy to the reverend concerning the missionary
work and his congregation. It is all fulfilled. Samuel
serves a mission with William McLellin, then an eleven-month
mission with newly baptized Orson Hyde.
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The Smiths
settle on a farm in Kirtland. Joseph, Samuel, and Hyrum leave on
missions for Missouri. Lucy Mack Smith inserts a number of revelations
given at this time concerning the building up of Zion, the keeping
of the commandments, and the preaching of the gospel among the congregations
of the wicked, including, in part or whole, sections 52, 58, 59,
60, and 61 of the Doctrine and Covenants.
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Lucy Mack Smith's faith before a frozen Buffalo harbor on their journey to Kirtland is one of the great stories of Mormonism.
By Scot Facer Proctor
Unprecedented Joseph Smith Postal Commemorative Available
Some things only happen once in your lifetime. Celebrating the 200th year anniversary of Joseph Smiths birth was one of those rare events. As if to help us understand the significance of the experience wed shared together as a people, President Hinckley told us at the end of the celebration that he was adjourning it for another hundred years.
By Scot Facer Proctor
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Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, Peter Whitmer Jr., and Oliver Cowdery are called on a mission to the Lamanites. Lucys description of the indomitable Emma. The four missionaries stop in Ohio to preach the gospel, and hundreds respond to the message of the Restoration, including Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge. Sidney and Edward come to Waterloo to meet the Prophet. The Lord commands the Church to gather in Ohio. Joseph and Emma move to Kirtland, Ohio.
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Samuels account of his third
mission to Livonia, New York. John and Rhoda Greene, Phineas Young,
Brigham Young, and others join the Church through Samuels efforts.
The Smiths move from the farm at Manchester to Waterloo, New York,
and are treated with great kindness and enjoy a season of peace.
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A Quaker calls
upon Joseph Smith Sr. to pay a debt for fourteen dollars. Joseph
cannot pay but is given the option to burn the Book of Mormon and
be forgiven the debt. Joseph refuses and goes to jail. A large mob
gathers to pilfer the Smith home when only Lucy and little Lucy
are present. Mother Smith prays that her family will be safe. Son
William Smith arrives and immediately breaks up the mob. Samuel
goes to help his father in jail. Joseph Sr. works for thirty days
in the jail yard to pay his debt, preaches the gospel, and baptizes
two people.
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Joseph Smith
Sr. and Don Carlos set out on a mission to bring the gospel to the
extended Smith family. They are well treated by all the family,
save Jesse. Extract from brother John Smiths journal. Meeting with
Parley P. Pratt. Trouble in Colesville, New York. Joseph is arrested
and tried before false witnesses. John Reed is led by the Spirit
to defend Joseph.
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Legal organization
of the Church at the home of Peter Whitmer Sr. in Fayette, New York.
Josephs parents are baptized. Samuel Harrison Smith called on a
mission to surrounding area. An account of his challenges. He meets
with John P. Greene.
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Work of printing the
Book of Mormon continues. Hyrum Smith is led by the Spirit to go
to the press on the Sabbath. He and Oliver Cowdery discover Abner
Cole pilfering the Book of Mormon, publishing it in a series in
his small newspaper. They ask him to cease and desist. Joseph is
brought in from Pennsylvania, warns Cole he will use the law, and
convinces Cole to stop his illegal activities. Citizens of Palmyra
combine and agree to never purchase the gold bible. The Book
of Mormon is published.
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Group of religionists meet and plan
to thwart the work of publishing the Book of Mormon. Mother Smith
spends the night with the manuscript in a trunk under her bed. She
contemplates many scenes she has passed through. Three men visit
the Smiths with intentions of distracting Lucy, seizing the manuscript,
and immediately burning it. Their scheme fails.
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Books
that Illuminate the Prophet Joseph
Latter-day Saints who want to know
more about the man behind the prophet's mantle would be well served
by reading these three enlightening books.
By Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin
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Translation
of the Book of Mormon is completed. Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer,
and Martin Harris receive divine witness of the work. Testimony
of the Three Witnesses. Testimony of the Eight Witnesses. Contract
negotiations completed for publication of the Book of Mormon with
E. B. Grandin of Palmyra. Mob gathers to stop Joseph and is confounded.
Copyright secured. Careful instructions are given concerning protection
of the sacred manuscript.
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BYU
Studies Publishes the Library of Congress
Joseph
Smith Bicentennial Conference
The next issue
of BYU Studies (volume 44, number 4) will be a double-sized issue
containing all of the papers presented at the Joseph Smith Bicentennial
Conference at the Library of Congresss, held in Washington, D.C.,
last year.
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Joseph is commanded
to write David Whitmer and ask him to move them to Fayette, New
York. David Whitmer wants a witness of the work. Three strangers
arrive and in an extraordinary fashion finish all remaining farmwork.
David makes the trip to Harmony and gets Joseph and Oliver. The
translation process continues in the home of Peter Whitmer Sr.
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Lucy
Harris raises a vexatious lawsuit against Joseph Smith Jr. Mrs.
Harris gathers witnesses. Mother Smith prays fervently for her sons
protection and receives a direct answer. Conflicting witnesses are
confounded. Martin Harris boldly testifies as to Joseph Smiths
integrity and the work of the Lord.
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Joyous Celebration
for Josephs Birthday
A bigger birthday party may have never been
held as the one celebrating 200 years since the birth of the Prophet
Joseph Smith. Marking this 200th anniversary was in the same
spirit of those who made such an immense effort to celebrate the
100th anniversary in 1905. Come and celebrate with us on the
pages of Meridian.
By Maurine Jensen Proctor; Photographs by Scot Facer
Proctor
President Hinckley
at Joseph Smiths Birthplace
President Hinckley said he wanted
to come to Vermont to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Prophet
Joseph's birth. It's December 23, 2005 and President Hinckley is
here. Let Meridian bring you to this obscure, cold place and get
a close-up of this significant event while you stay in your warm
homes and enjoy the view.
Text by Maurine Jensen Proctor, with photos by Scot
Facer Proctor
Winterlight A Photo Essay of Christmas at Joseph Smiths
Birthplace
Here's a photo essay from the Joseph
Smith Birthplace, shot on the darkest night of the year--the Winter
Solstice--sent to you, the Meridian Readers, to warm the soul.
By Scot Facer Proctor
Joseph
Smith: The Lords Anointed
I intended to suggest that Joseph Smith
fit the qualifications for the Messiah of Joseph expected by the
Jews. But by the time I got through the top third of the list, I
heard whispering among a group of orthodox Jewish students in the
audience. They were saying, mashiah ben Joseph, “Messiah
the son of Joseph.”
By
John A. Tvedtnes
The
Joseph Smith Tsunami Rescue Brigade of 2005
"The most meaningful tribute to the Prophet
Joseph’s life for me did not occur in a scholarly seminar,
or a large center for the performing arts. Rather, it occurred in
a remote jungle area, where most people had never heard of Joseph
Smith or his religion."
By Professor Warner Woodworth,
BYU
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Sickness
in the Smith household. Oliver Cowdery is hired to teach school
in Manchester. Oliver becomes acquainted with the history of Joseph
Smith Jr. and desires to become a scribe for him. Smiths are forced
to move to their old cabin. Oliver and Samuel Smith go to Harmony,
Pennsylvania, to see Joseph. Oliver acts as scribe for Joseph in
the translation of the Book of Mormon. Joseph and Oliver receive
the Aaronic Priesthood and the ordinance of baptism.
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Evidence
Infinite and Infinitesimal: Joseph Smith Leaves Traces of Prophetic Proof
Ours is a tactile religion as well
as a spiritual one. Ours is a history of real gold plates that many
men hefted and examined, personal Deities with tangible flesh and
bones, and authentic angels that can reach down and shake a person's
hand.
By James T. Summerhays
Remembering
Christmas Past:
How
Joseph Smith Spent His Christmases
Come back in time and glimpse Joseph at Christmas,
from his birth to his last celebration in Nauvoo.
By Larry C. Porter
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Joseph Smith
Sr. and Lucy go to see Joseph Jr. and Emma in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
Joseph relates details of what happened after the manuscript was
stolen. Joseph goes through time of repentance and finally obtains
forgiveness. Parts of Doctrine and Covenants 3 and 10 are quoted.
Joseph Sr. and Lucy meet Emmas parents, Isaac and Elizabeth Hale.
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Happy
Birthday, Grandpa The Prophet's Great-Great-Granddaughter Tells
Her Story
What do you give a prophet who had everything
that mattered before his death? A united family.
By
Kimberly Jo Smith Davis
Like
Great-Great-Great-Grandfather, Like Great-Great-Great-Grandson
Although
it is impossible to know exactly how Joseph and Emma looked at crucial
times in their lives, these pictures of their great-great-great-grandchildren
may give you some ideas.
By
Kimberly Jo Smith Davis
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Events in the life of Martin Harris,
leading to the loss of the 116 manuscript pages. He first shows
the manuscript to those he is allowed to, but then forgets his sacred
covenant and begins showing it to others. The manuscript is stolen.
His crops are blighted and destroyed by a thick fog.
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Martin
Harris pleads with Joseph to take the sacred manuscript to show
to his family. The Lord finally consents to let Martin take the
116 pages, with a solemn covenant to show them only to five of his
family members. Emma gives birth to a son who soon after dies. Emmas
precarious health condition. Joseph leaves for Palmyra to find Martin.
A stranger assures Josephs safe passage home. The Book of Lehi
manuscript is lost.
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Detailed description of the breastplate.
Mob action. Hiding the plates under the hearthstone in the house
and then in the coopers shop. Martin Harris involves himself in
the work. Dealing with Lucy Harris. Lucy Harriss remarkable dream.
Joseph and Emma move to Harmony, Pennsylvania. Martin and Lucy Harris
visit soon thereafter. Lucy Harris actively tries to destroy Josephs
reputation.
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Two Churches Only
Perhaps we need to rethink the idea
of seeking common ground with those we desire to teach. Every
likeness we identify leaves them with one less reason to join the
Church. When we cease to be different, we cease to be.
By Joseph Fielding McConkie
The First Vision and Religious
Tolerance
Joseph and Hyrum did not die in the hope that
future generations of Latter-day Saints would go out and say to
the world, “Look, we are just like you.”
By Joseph Fielding McConkie
Liberty Jail
Play by Orson Scott Card Available for Free
Some of the
most harrowing times in the Prophet Joseph's life and some of the
most spiritual are depicted in a play that is ready for production
in wards and stakes.
Remembering
Joseph: We Who Press to the Path
Here were broadly-painted descriptions
of Joseph's youthful thoughts and feelings: his concern for the
state of mankind and his own personal standing before God; the thoughts
that motivated him to eventually approach the Lord in that first
momentous prayer.
By
Robb Cundick
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Joseph Knight and Josiah Stowell arrive
at the Smith home on September 20, 1827. Joseph and Emma go to the
Hill Cumorah. Joseph receives the plates from the angel Moroni.
Description of the Urim and Thummim. Money diggers gather and by
evil means conjure to find the gold plates. Joseph hides the plates
in an old birch log. Joseph brings the plates home and is accosted
by three men. Admonition of Moroni to Joseph.
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Evil-designing men purchase deed to
Smith property and press for immediate eviction of the Smiths. Mr.
Durfee helps them, and they become tenants on their own land. Josephs
and Hyrums marriages. Three-hour reprimand from Moroni to Joseph.
The time is near for the plates to be received.
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A man tries
to unify the churches in Palmyra. Joseph gives a prophecy about
Deacon Jessup that is fulfilled. Joseph goes to the hill September
22, 1824, and is unable to obtain the plates. A lesson from the
angel on keeping all the commandments. Joseph works for Josiah Stowell
in Harmony, Pennsylvania. The frame house is completed. Joseph becomes
acquainted with Emma Hale.
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Alvin Smiths illness and death.
He speaks to each of his brothers and sisters and to his parents,
encourages them, and bids them farewell. Cause of his death is determined.
His funeral. Alvins great zeal for the work of the Lord.
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Joseph
tells his father of the visits of Moroni. His father believes
every word and tells Joseph to do as he is commanded. Joseph goes
to the hill and finds the ancient record hidden in a stone box.
Joseph is shown by contrast the powers of darkness and light.
Moroni informs Joseph that the time has not yet come for the record
to come forth. Evening after evening Joseph teaches his family
about the ancient inhabitants of America.
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Assassination attempt upon fourteen-year-old
Joseph. The seventh and final vision of Joseph Smith Sr. Religious
excitement in the region of Palmyra. Young Joseph wants to know
which church he should join. Account of the First Vision. Account
of the first three visits of the angel Moroni.
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The Smiths move to Norwich,
Vermont. Three successive years of crop failures. Removal of the
Smith family to Palmyra, New York. They obtain one hundred acres
of virgin land. Lucy goes to tea with neighbors in Palmyra. Record
of Joseph Smith Sr.'s third and sixth visions: the vision of the
beautiful garden with twelve wooden images; the vision of going
to meeting on the Day of Judgment.
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Seven-year-old Joseph
Smith Jr. suffers from a large fever sore, then contracts osteomyelitis
in his left leg. Medical efforts to relieve his suffering. Drs.
Smith, Perkins, Stone, et al. perform an experimental operation
on Joseph's leg in an attempt to save it. Joseph, now on crutches,
eventually recovers and goes to Salem, Massachusetts, with his uncle.
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The Smiths settle in Lebanon,
New Hampshire. The older children start school. Typhoid fever epidemic
rages, and all the Smith children contract the disease. Sophronia’s
ninety-day siege, near death, and miraculous recovery.
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Day
by Day in the Life of Joseph Smith
In
celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of the Prophet Joseph
Smith, BYU Studies and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints have collaborated in producing a detailed online daily chronology
of the Prophet’s life. While major events are highlighted
and documented in the Chronology, also included are many other visions,
revelations, prophecies, ordinances, heavenly visitations, and other
events of the restoration that are not commonly studied.
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The Smiths move from Tunbridge
to Royalton, then to Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, where they
rent a farm from Solomon Mack, Lucy’s father. Births of Joseph
Jr., Samuel Harrison, Ephraim, and William mentioned. First and
second in a series of seven visions or dreams given to Joseph Smith
Sr. First, the dream of the box, and second, the dream of the tree
of life.
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Lucy’s dream of the two
beautiful trees by a very pure and clear stream in a magnificent
meadow. Interpretation is given about Joseph Smith Sr. and his older
brother, Jesse Smith.
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Joseph Smith Challenges
the Theological World
The theological contributions of Joseph
Smith challenged traditional Christian thought in the nineteenth
century and continue to do so today.
By Page Johnson
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Joseph Smith Sr. begins the
business of crystallizing ginseng root. He exports a large quantity
to China but is taken by fraud and deceit, and the entire venture
fails. He loses his business in Randolph and has to sell the Tunbridge
farm. Visit of Jason Mack, brother of Lucy, and final correspondence
from Jason before his death.
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Lucy's sickness and near death
at Randolph, Vermont.
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A
wedding present of one thousand dollars from Stephen Mack and John
Mudget to Lucy. Six years on the farm at Tunbridge, Vermont. Two
children, Alvin and Hyrum, added to the Smith family. Move to Randolph,
Vermont.
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An introduction
to the early life of Lucy Mack, her visits to Tunbridge, Vermont,
and subsequent marriage to Joseph Smith.
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Brief account of Solomon Mack, youngest
son of Solomon Mack.
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Daniel Mack’s courage in saving the lives
of three men in Miller’s River by Montague, Massachusetts.
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Brief look at Lydia Mack, third daughter of
Solomon Mack.
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Day
of Celebration Thrills, Delights
Brother Joseph would have felt comfortable
there, with flags waving, singers clapping, dancers hopping, and
more cheers and smiles than you could shake a stick-pulling stick
at.
By Jane Brady, with photos by Nick Bayless
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The remarkable life of Stephen Mack.
Young Revolutionary War soldier; successful businessman of Tunbridge,
Vermont; pioneer developer of Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.
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The sicknesses of Lovisa and Lovina.
Miraculous healing of Lovisa. She preaches to and exhorts the people
for three years. Lucy cares for Lovina. Deaths of Lovina and Lovisa.
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The tragic history of Lucy Mack Smith's
brother, Jason Mack, and his courtship and engagement to Esther
Bruce is recounted. Jason sails with his father to the Maritime
Provinces while another man deceives Esther Bruce and takes her
to wife. Jason returns to this terrible disappointment.
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A Time
to Reflect
If an individual's
greatness is measured by how much good he did during his lifetime
for the benefit of others, then what are we to think of one whose
works increasingly continue to bless millions of people two hundred
years after his death?
By Dr. W.
Jeffrey Marsh
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A brief sketch is given of the life
of Solomon Mack, father of Lucy Mack, from his own writings. His
early military service. His marriage to Lydia Gates and service
in the Revolutionary War. His final devotion to God and family.
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Introduction, Part 3
The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph
Smith by His Mother
The Revised and Enhanced edition is
an attempt to lessen the distance to Lucy Mack Smith's original
voice, while adding photographs, extensive endnotes to provide texture
and context, easy chapter headings, appendices, and an index for
quick reference. In this edition, Lucy’s voice is heard more
clearly, her sentiments and perceptions explored more openly than
ever before.
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Introduction,
Part 2
The Revised and Enhanced History
of Joseph Smith by His Mother
Don't miss today's introductory
explanation as we see why questions about Lucy Mack Smith's book
had been simmering in the minds of the Brethren for several years
before 1865 and then Brigham Young decided to recall it. In a rather
dramatic gesture the First Presidency said, “We wish those
who have these books to either hand them to their Bishops for them
to be conveyed to the President’s or Historian’s Office
or send them themselves, that they may be disposed of.”
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The
Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
One of the greatest blessings ever
extended to us was the opportunity to edit Lucy Mack Smith’s
original manuscript of the history of her son, the Prophet Joseph—then
see this most accurate rendition of her history be published as
The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother.
In celebration of the bicentennial of the Prophet's birth, Meridian
will publish this history, beginning today, in serial form, the
first time this history has been so published in over 100 years.
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His
Name Shall Be Joseph
What's
in a name? More than you think, if you are a prophet.
By
Joseph Fielding McConkie
Joseph
Smith and the One True Church Doctrine
To declare such
a doctrine makes you the skunk at the picnic. If you are right,
everyone must repent; everyone must conform their thinking, their
faith, and their lives to accord with the will of God.
By Joseph Fielding McConkie
The
Birth of a Modern-Day Prophet : Let the Celebrations Begin
In the coming two years celebrations
will begin all around the world as we mark the bicentennial of the
birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith—today Meridian begins our
celebration.
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Scot Facer Proctor |
