As recorded by Joseph Smith: About 3 o’clock P.M. I dismissed the school and the presidency retired to the loft attic storey of the printing office, where we attended to the ordinance of washing our bodies in pure water. We also perfumed our bodies and our heads, in the name of the Lord. At early candlelight […]
As recorded by Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Prophet Joseph Smith: my husband commenced vomitting blood. I sent immediately for Joseph and Hyrum; who as soon as they came, gave him something to alleviate his distress. This was saturday night. The next morning Joseph came in and told his father, that he should not […]
Maori Prophecy of LDS Missionaries in New Zealand Elder Matthew Cowley tells of a great convention held in 1881 that represented all of the native tribes of New Zealand. They were gathered at a native village near Mastertown, near Wellington. Many who attended that conference were old enough to have seen the first Christian missionaries […]
Journal of Elder Alma O. Taylor, Relief Society Magazine JANUARY, 1921, pg. 199-203 After supper we sat out in the garden together, talking over the future and the problems which it presented. It was a beautiful moonlight evening, and there came a gentle breeze from off the ocean that filled the air with freshness most […]
Preface written by Oliver Cowdery: “The reader will remember the remarks made at the commencement of the foregoing blessings, pronounced by the first patriarch, and first elder in this church, Joseph Smith, jr. I said that he had authority to bless; this is so, and it may be understood that those men whose names are […]
Joseph, my son, I lay my hands upon thy head in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to confirm upon thee a father’s blessing. The Lord thy God has called thee by name out of the heavens: thou hast heard his voice from on high from time to time, even in thy youth. The […]
Autobiography (1803-1836)Typescript, HBLLTHE LIFE OF LEVI HANCOCK(Copied from his own journal by Clara E. H. Lloyd, great-grand daughter.) My father, Thomas Hancock, born 20 Nov. 1763, son of Thomas Hancock and Jemima Wright. My mother Amy Ward was born Feb 29, 1769, daughter of General Jacob Ward and Irene Jones. Children: Elijah born 21, Sept. […]
I refer to these things because I know not how long I may have the privilege of bearing my testimony of the Gospel of Christ on the earth. The revelations that are in the Bible, the predictions of the patriarchs and prophets who saw by vision and revelation the last dispensation and fullness of times […]
I warn future historians to give credence to my history; for my testimony is true, and the truth of its record will be manifest in the world to come. All the words of the Lord will be fulfilled upon the nations, which are written in his book. The American nation will be broken in pieces […]
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if that were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives […]
The western boundaries of the state of Missouri will be swept so clean of its inhabitants that, as President Young tells us, when we return to that place, ‘There will not be left so much as a yellow dog to wag his tail. Before that day comes, however, the Saints will be put to a […]
I went to bed as usual at about 7:30PM. I had been readÂing a revelaÂtion in the French lanÂguage. My mind was calm, more so than usual if possible, so I composed myself for sleep, but could not. I felt a strange feeling come over me and apparently beÂcame partially unconÂscious. Still I was not […]
Charles D. Evans was a church patriarch, in the 1890’s, while living in Springville, Utah. While I lay pondering in deep solitude on the events of the present, my mind was drawn into a reverie such as I had never felt before,–a strong solicitude for my imperiled country utterly excluded every other thought, and raised […]
A Remarkable Prophecy By President John Taylor As Told by Edward Lunt, An Ordinance Worker in the Mesa Temple The following statement is published for research purposes. Note that the First Presidency (consisting of Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee and N. Eldon Tanner) published a letter to stake presidents, bishops, and mission presidents in the […]
Mosiah Lyman Hancock, 1834-1907 Autobiography (1834-1865) Source: Autobiography of Mosiah Hancock, typescript, BYU-S. Compiled by Amy E. Baird, Victoria H. Jackson, and Laura L. Wassell (daughters of Mosiah Hancock). Grammar has been standardized. Mosiah Lyman Hancock Autobiography PREFACE It is not my intent to treat much on my sufferings; suffice it to say that my […]
Note: As described below, this history was dictated by Joseph Smith and written by James Mullholland. The inserted and deleted phrases were done by Willard Richards, who was with the prophet when he was martyred at Carthage. “The writing of Joseph Smith’s History of the Church in its present form was begun on April 30, […]
U.S. Senate, Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, of the Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:20 a.m., in room 18, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Thomas J. Dodd presiding. Also present: Jay G. Sourwine, chief counsel; Benjamin Mandel, […]
Sermon delivered at the funeral of King Follett held at the General Conference of the Church at Nauvoo, Ill. on Sunday Afternoon April 7, 1844 Sources: Joseph Smith diary (Willard Richards), Samuel W. Richards record, Thomas Bullock report, Wilford Woodruff journal, William Clayton report, George Laub record and Thomas Bullock’s official conference minutes compiled from […]
A comparison of nine different accounts of the First Vision
