Journal of Discourses 2:165 “I wish the lawyer who says we have no powers in Nauvoo may be choked to death with his own words. Don’t employ lawyers, or pay them money for their knowledge, for I have learnt they don’t know anything. I know more than they all.” — Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, IL, June 20, […]
Tag Archives: Nauvoo
When Secrets Become Scandals: Joe Smith’s 42 Wives Were Friends of Emma
Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy: A Preliminary Demographic Report, pp. 128, 131; “The secret became a scandal in May 1844…During the two-and-one-half years from his first official plural marriage in April 1841 to his last known marriage in November 1843, Smith took as many as forty-two wives, one or two at a time. On average, this […]
Peace and Violence among 19th-Century Latter-day Saints
Journal of Discourses 2:186; “I will take the Government of the United States, and the laws of Missouri and Illinois, from the year 1833 to 1845, and if they had been carried out according to their letter and spirit, they would have strung up the murderers and mobocrats who illegally and unrighteously killed, plundered, harassed, […]
19th Century Marriage Customs
While gathering info for our Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders series I kept noticing a common occurrence in the lives of these men. The issue for this article isn’t about polygamy (that’s for another day), rather my focus is on the age of the girls these men married. I refer to them as girls because […]
Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Joseph Young
Joseph Young April 7, 1797 – July 16, 1881 This man’s life is another example of how Mormons view themselves as a people group. Both he and they are somehow oblivious to the outside world and most importantly God’s word. There are many instances in historical records where Joseph Young is affectionately referred to as […]
Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Edward Stevenson
Edward Stevenson May 1, 1820 – January 27, 1897 Until a month or so ago I had never heard of Edward Stevenson. I obviously knew about the MTC (Missionary Training Center), but had no idea one of the buildings on BYU’s campus was named in his honor or what significance this man’s name surely holds […]
Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Abraham Owen Smoot
We’ve added another resource to our Polygamy & Mormon Church Leaders series! This time we looked at Abraham Owen Smoot. If you’re not familiar with this gentleman, think BYU. If it weren’t for the deep pockets and generosity of this man BYU would’ve died certain death. When Brigham Young died he left the school in […]
False Prophecies of Joseph Smith
Rising Generation Won’t Die till Christ Returns History of the Church 5:336-337; “Then read the 14th chapter of Revelation, 6th and 7th verses—”And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and […]
Tip of the Day, April 22
April 22 – Heb 12:22; “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.”
Nauvoo and Salt Lake Temples
For the next few days we’re going to be looking at the markings on the Nauvoo and Salt Lake Temples. Now that summer is just about over, this means the pageants at the temples are over with as well. Our prayers for this is that the Mormons who visited the pageants would think about the […]