Latter Day Saints
The Angel Visits Joseph again--Joseph Tells his Father what he has Seen and Heard--He is Permitted to Behold the Plates--Receives Further Instructions--Communicates the Same to the Family--Takes the Plates into his Hands--They are Taken from him and he is Reproved--His Disappo...
The Angel Visits Joseph again--Joseph Tells his Father what he has Seen and Heard--He is Permitted to Behold the Plates--Receives Further Instructions--Communicates the Same to...
10. CHAPTER XXI.11. CHAPTER XXII.12. CHAPTER XXIV.13. CHAPTER XXV.14. CHAPTER XXVII.15. CHAPTER XXVIII.16. CHAPTER XXXI.17. CHAPTER XXXII.18. CHAPTER XXXIX.19. CHAPTER XLII.20. CHAPTER XLIII.21. CHAPTER XLIV.22. CHAPTER XLV.23. CHAPTER XLVI.24. CHAPTER XLVII.25. CHAPTER XLVIII.26. CHAPTER LI.27. CHAPTER LII.28. CHAPTER LIII.29. CHAPTER LIV.30. CHAPTER I.My father, Solomon Mack, was born in the town of Lyme, New London county, State of Connecticut, September 26, 1735. His father, Ebenezer Mack, was a man of considerable property...
31. CHAPTER II.Jason, my oldest brother, was a studious and manly boy. Before he had attained his sixteenth year, he became what was then called a Seeker, and believing that by prayer and fait...
32. CHAPTER III.They were one in faith, in love, in action, and in hope of eternal life. They were always together, and when they were old enough to understand the duties of a Christian, they u...
33. CHAPTER IV.I shall pass his childhood in silence, and say nothing about him until he attained the age of fourteen, at which time he enlisted in the army, the circumstances of which were as...
34. CHAPTER V.Of my sister Lydia I shall say but little; not that I loved her less, or that she was less deserving of honorable mention; but she seemed to float more with the stream of common...
35. CHAPTER VI.Daniel comes next in order. He was rather worldly-minded, yet he was not vicious; and if he had any peculiar trait of character, it was this--he possessed a very daring and phil...
36. CHAPTER VII.My youngest brother, Solomon, was born and married in the town of Gilsum, state of New Hampshire, where he is still living; and although he is now very aged, he has never travel...
37. CHAPTER VIII.I shall now introduce the history of my own life. I was born in the town of Gilsum, Cheshire county, state of New Hampshire, on the eighth of July, 1776.
38. CHAPTER IX.Here, I would like to give the early history of my husband, for many facts might be mentioned, that doubtless would be highly interesting; but as I am not able to give them in o...
39. CHAPTER X.Soon after I was married, I went with my husband to see my parents, and as we were about setting out on this visit, my brother Stephen, and his partner in business, John Mudget,...
40. CHAPTER XI.We had lived in Randolph but six months when I took a heavy cold, which caused a severe cough. To relieve this, every possible exertion was made, but it was all in vain. A hecti...
41. CHAPTER XII.My husband, as before stated, followed merchandising for a short period in the town of Randolph. Soon after he commenced business in this place, he ascertained that crystalized...
42. CHAPTER XIII.While we were living in the town of Tunbridge, my mind became deeply impressed with the subject of religion; which, probably, was occasioned by my singular experience during my...
43. CHAPTER XIV.After selling the farm at Tunbridge, we moved only a short distance, to the town of Royalton. Here we resided a few months, then moved again to Sharon, Windsor county, Vermont....
44. CHAPTER XV.We moved, as before-mentioned, to the town of Lebanon, New Hampshire. Here we settled ourselves down, and began to contemplate, with joy and satisfaction, the prosperity which h...
45. CHAPTER XVI.Joseph, our third son, having recovered from the typhus fever, after something like two weeks' sickness, one day screamed out while sitting in a chair, with a pain in his should...
46. CHAPTER XVII.When health returned to us, as one would naturally suppose, it found us in quite low circumstances. We were compelled to strain every energy to provide for our present necessiti...
47. CHAPTER XVIII.I now come to the history of Joseph. By reference to the table (chap. ix), you will find the date and place of his birth; beside which, except what has already been said, I shal...
48. CHAPTER XIX.THE ANGEL VISITS JOSEPH AGAIN--JOSEPH TELLS HIS FATHER WHAT HE HAS SEEN AND HEARD--HE IS PERMITTED TO BEHOLD THE PLATES--RECEIVES FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS--COMMUNICATES THE SAME TO...
49. CHAPTER XX.On the 15th of November, 1824, about 10 o'clock in the morning, Alvin was taken very sick with the bilious colic. He came to the house in much distress, and requested his father...
50. CHAPTER XXI.Shortly after the death of Alvin, a man commenced laboring in the neighborhood, to effect a union of the different churches, in order that all might be agreed, and thus worship...
51. CHAPTER XXII.A few days subsequent to my husband's departure, I set myself to work to put my house in order for the reception of my son's bride; and I felt all that pride and ambition in doi...
52. CHAPTER XXIII.On the twentieth of September, Mr. Knight and his friend Stoal, came to see how we were managing matters with Stoddard and Co.; and they tarried with us until the twenty-second....
53. CHAPTER XXIV.After bringing home the plates, Joseph commenced working with his father and brothers on the farm, in order to be as near as possible to the treasure which was confided to his c...
54. CHAPTER XXV.Martin Harris, having written some one hundred and sixteen pages for Joseph, asked permission of my son to carry the manuscript home with him, in order to let his wife read it,...
55. CHAPTER XXVI.After leaving Joseph, he arrived at home with the manuscript in safety. Soon after, he exhibited the manuscript to his wife and family. His wife was so pleased with it, that she...
56. CHAPTER XXVII.For nearly two months after Joseph returned to his family, in Pennsylvania, we heard nothing from him, and becoming anxious about him, Mr. Smith and myself set off to make him a...
57. CHAPTER XXVIII.When Mr. Smith, and myself arrived at home, we found Samuel and Sophronia very sick, indeed, they were so low that Hyrum had left his own house, and quitted business, in order t...
58. CHAPTER XXIX.About the first of August, Samuel returned home, bringing us news of Joseph's success. This intelligence produced in Martin Harris a great desire to go down to Pennsylvania to s...
59. CHAPTER XXX.After Samuel left them, they still continued the work as before, until about the time of the proceedings that took place in Lyons, New York. Near this time, as Joseph was transl...
60. CHAPTER XXXI.As soon as the Book of Mormon was translated, Joseph despatched a messenger to Mr. Smith, bearing intelligence of the completion of the work, and a request that Mr. Smith and my...
61. CHAPTER XXXII.Oliver Cowdery commenced the work immediately after Joseph left, and the printing went on very well for a season, but the clouds of persecution again began to gather. The rabble...
62. CHAPTER XXXIII.The work of printing still continued with little or no interruption, until one Sunday afternoon, when Hyrum became very uneasy as to the security of the work left at the printin...
63. CHAPTER XXXIV.About the first of April of the same year in which the Book of Mormon was published, Joseph came again from Pennsylvania, preached to us several times. My husband and Martin Har...
64. CHAPTER XXXV.In the summer after the Church was organized, my husband set out, with Don Carlos, to visit his father, Asael Smith. After a tedious journey, they arrived at the house of John S...
65. CHAPTER XXXVI.This gave me great anxiety, for I knew that they had no business with him. The same night, my husband was taken rather ill, and, continuing unwell the next day, he was unable to...
66. CHAPTER XXXVII.Samuel returned from Canandaigua the same day that my husband was liberated from the cell. After relating to us the success he had met with at Canandaigua, he gave us an account...
67. CHAPTER XXXVIII.I mentioned, in a foregoing chapter, that when Joseph and Emma left Manchester, they went to Macedon. Here, he commenced his ministerial labors, and continued, for some time, to...
68. CHAPTER XXXIX.Soon after my husband and Joseph left for Kirtland, William, being one of the teachers, visited the church; and calling upon each family, he remained with them until each indivi...
69. CHAPTER XL.We remained two weeks at Mr. Morley's, then removed our family to a farm which had been purchased by Joseph for the Church. On this farm my family were all established with this...
70. CHAPTER XLI.As Hyrum, my eldest son, was directed to go to Missouri by the way of Detroit, I thought it would be a good opportunity to visit the family of my brother, General Mack. Accordin...
71. CHAPTER XLII.I shall now return to the month of September, 1831. Joseph, at this time, was engaged in translating the Bible, and Sidney Rigdon was writing for him. About the first of this mo...
72. CHAPTER XLIII.Previous to taking leave for Missouri, the brethren commenced building a house, which was designed for both a meetinghouse and a school. This was left in the hands of Brother Re...
73. CHAPTER XLIV.In this council, Joseph requested that each of the brethren should give his views with regard to the house; and when they had all got through, he would then give his opinion con...
74. CHAPTER XLV.The house of the Lord went steadily forward, until it was completed, notwithstanding the threats of the mob. When this work was accomplished, there was much rejoicing in the Chu...
75. CHAPTER XLVI.Soon after they left for New Portage, their aged mother arrived in Kirtland from New York, after traveling the distance of five hundred miles. We sent immediately for my husband...
76. CHAPTER XLVII.Soon after the apostasy that took place in Kirtland our enemies began again to trouble us. Having seen our prosperity in everything to which we had set our hands previous to thi...
77. CHAPTER XLVIII.When we were ready to start on our journey, I went to New Portage, and brought my husband to his family, and we all proceeded together on our journey, highly delighted to enjoy...
78. CHAPTER XLIX.Here I shall introduce a brief history of our troubles in Missouri, given by my son Hyrum, when Joseph was before the Municipal Court, at Nauvoo, June 30, 1843, on a writ of _ha...
79. CHAPTER L.At the time when Joseph went into the enemy's camp, Mr. Smith and myself stood in the door of the house in which we were then living, and could distinctly hear their horrid yell...
80. CHAPTER LI.We spent the evening after we arrived in Quincy in relating our adventures and escapes, while making our exit from the land of Missouri, and the following circumstance, during o...
81. CHAPTER LII.In the spring of 1839, Joseph and Hyrum made a purchase of a tract of land in Commerce, of one Mr. White, and after moving their families thither, sent Brother Jacob G. Bigler b...
82. CHAPTER LIII.In the month of December, 1840, we received for Nauvoo, a city charter with extensive privileges; and in February of the same winter, charters were also received for the Nauvoo...
83. CHAPTER LIV.About the time that John C. Bennett left Nauvoo, an election was held for the office of mayor, and Joseph, being one of the candidates, was elected to that office. I mention thi...