JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET.
HYRUM SMITH, THE PATRIARCH.
A Young Folks' History
OF THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
By NEPHI ANDERSON
"We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have
told us, what Work thou didst in their days, in the time of
old"—Psalm xliv:1.
Published by the
DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
Salt Lake City. Utah
1916
Copyright, 1889,
By Nephi Anderson
Copyright, 1916,
By Joseph F. Smith,
For the Deseret Sunday School Union.
[Transcriber's note: Minor typos in text corrected and
footnotes moved to end of text.]
To Parents and Teachers.
Studying the history of our country creates patriotism and
engenders loyalty. For the same reason, a study of the history
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will implant
in our boys and girls a love for its heroes, a loyalty to its
principles, and an appreciation of its achievements. By a
knowledge of the history of the Church, our young people will
prize more highly that heritage given them of God and preserved
for them by the sweat and blood of their fathers.
The teacher using this little book will understand that it is
not exhaustive, but rather suggestive. The teacher should be in
possession of much more history than is given here. He should
fill in much of the undercurrent of heroism, faith, and devotion
exhibited by the characters of the history, very little of which
can be given in the text. The importance of this larger
knowledge on the part of the teacher will be understood by an
examination of the review and questions at the end of each
chapter. The aim in these questions is not only to review the
facts of the lesson, but by suggestions and reference to bring
out more fully deductions and principles.
It is believed that by combining the topical and the question
methods the best results may be obtained. The topics are to be
assigned certain pupils for treatment. Questions
should not be limited to those
in the book. The teacher should find many more to ask.
Special attention is called to the maps. Have pupils locate
each important place. Quite a number of dates are found in the
text. It is not intended that the pupils should memorize them
all. Most of them should be used merely in fixing the relative
time between events. It is suggested that the pupils be
encouraged to refer to the Church works and other books
mentioned in the text.
For further preparation the teacher is referred to "The
History of the Church," "Cannon's Life of Joseph Smith,"
"Whitney's History of Utah." The "Faith Promoting Series,"
Evan's "Hundred Years of Mormonism," etc., will give much
interesting and valuable information.
CONTENTS
| To Parents and Teachers |
| CHAPTER I. |
| A Parable |
| CHAPTER II. |
| The First Vision |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The Angel Moroni |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Sacred Plates |
| CHAPTER V. |
| The Book of Mormon |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| The Three Witnesses |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Priesthood Restored |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Organization of the Church |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Persecution of Joseph |
| CHAPTER X. |
| The Mission to the Indians |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Removal to Ohio |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| The Land of Zion |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Persecution in Jackson County |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Expulsion from Jackson County |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| Zion's Camp |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| The Church at Kirtland |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| The Twelve Apostles—The
Seventies—Kirtland Temple |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| The Mission to England |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Far West |
| CHAPTER XX. |
| Haun's Mill Massacre |
| CHAPTER XXI. |
| Driven from Missouri |
| CHAPTER XXII. |
| In Missouri Prisons |
| CHAPTER XXIII. |
| Nauvoo |
| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| The Martyrdom |
| CHAPTER XXV. |
| Expulsion from Illinois |
| CHAPTER XXVI. |
| The Battle of Nauvoo |
| CHAPTER XXVII. |
| Westward |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| The Mormon Battalion |
| CHAPTER XXIX. |
| The Pioneers |
| CHAPTER XXX. |
| Great Salt Lake City |
| CHAPTER XXXI. |
| Growth of Utah and the Church |
| CHAPTER XXXII. |
| The "Utah War" |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. |
| The "Utah War" (Concluded) |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. |
| Prosperity |
| CHAPTER XXXV. |
| The "Crusade" |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. |
| The Presidency of Wilford Woodruff |
| CHAPTER XXXVII. |
| Temple Building |
| CHAPTER XXXVIII. |
| The Presidency of Lorenzo Snow |
| CHAPTER XXXIX. |
| The Presidency of Joseph F. Smith |
| APPENDIX. |
| First Presidencies of the Church |
| List of Twelve Apostles |
| MAPS. |
| Fayette and Kirtland |
| Missouri and Illinois |
| Routes of Mormon Battalion and
Pioneers |
| ILLUSTRATIONS. |
| Joseph Smith, the Prophet |
| Hyrum Smith the Patriarch |
| Brigham Young |
| The Hill Cumorah |
| The Three Witnesses |
| Sidney Rigdon |
| President Brigham Young |
| The Kirtland Temple |
| President Heber C. Kimball |
| Haun's Mill |
| The Nauvoo House |
| The Nauvoo Mansion |
| Carthage Jail |
| A Pioneer Train |
| Salt Lake Valley in 1847 |
| The Old Fort |
| Salt Lake Tabernacle (Interior) |
| Salt Lake Tabernacle (Exterior) |
| President John Taylor |
| President Wilford Woodruff |
| The Pioneer Monument |
| Salt Lake Temple and Grounds |
| President Lorenzo Snow |
| The First Presidency, 1916 |
| Joseph Smith Monument and Memorial
Cottage |
| Church Office Building |
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