Edward Stevenson, while living in Pontiac, heard Joseph speak to the branch of the Church there. [A]fter the organization of the Pontiac [Michigan] Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of L. D. Saints, in 1834, we had the pleasure of having a visit from the Prophet Joseph Smith: aContinue Reading
George Q. Cannon was a young boy in Nauvoo who heard Joseph speak on many occasions. He would later became one the Apostles and eventually a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church. Joseph was earnest beyond his years; but he was not of a nature to become aContinue Reading
Now, we will come to other events, of later date; events with which we are associated—I refer now to the time that Joseph Smith came among men. What was his position? and how was he situated? I can tell you what he told me about it. He said that heContinue Reading
Alexander Neibaur was a convert originally from Germany who migrated to Nauvoo with his family. He was a dentist and a linguist and taught German and Hebrew to Joseph Smith. One day while still struggling to master the English Language, he recorded in his diary what the Prophet had saidContinue Reading
Orson Hyde wrote a treatise on the faith, doctrine, and history of the Church which he then translated and published in German. Hyde’s work was titled Ein Ruf aus der Wuste, which was the first time an account of the First Vision was published in a foreign language. He consideredContinue Reading
Orson Pratt published a pamphlet titled A Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, and of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records. The significance of the Pratt pamphlet is that it was the first time an account of the Vision had been published. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., who made theContinue Reading
In 1843, Israel Daniel Rupp, a Pennsylvania historian, planned to publish a work containing the history and doctrine of religious organizations in the United States as written by representatives of each church. In July 1843, Rupp requested from Joseph Smith a chapter on the Mormons. The book containing the Prophet’sContinue Reading
Orson F. Whitney’s vision of the Savior As a young missionary, Elder Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931), who later served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, had a dream so powerful that it changed his life forever. He later wrote: “One night I dreamed … that I was in theContinue Reading
Amanda Barnes Smith Amanda Barnes Smith 1809-1886 Amanda Smith, a woman of great faith and a survivor of the Haun’s Mill massacre, was born Feb. 22, 1809, in the town of Becket, Beckshire county, Mass., daughter of Ezekiel and Fannie Barnes. While she was but a young girl she movedContinue Reading
Willard Richards gives his firsthand account of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Gives an account of martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith: Mob approached jail room door; Hyrum struck by musket ball, falls to floor exclaiming “I am a dead man!”; Joseph looked at Hyrum, responding “Oh, dear brotherContinue Reading
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