The Latter-Day Prophet: History of Joseph Smith Written for Young People

Do you remember in one of the early chapters of this book it was said that when Joseph began translating the Book of Mormon he could not spell so well as an ordinary schoolboy o...

When Judge Pope declared that Joseph was a free man again after the trial at Springfield, on the fifth of January, 1843, a few months of peace followed his long hiding. It was a...

When the conference of June 1st, 1830, was over Joseph went to his home at Harmony after a somewhat long absence. He had no time, however, to settle down and rest; he was still...

HINKLE BETRAYS JOSEPH AND BRETHREN TO MOB-MILITIA--COURT-MARTIAL ORDERS THEM TO BE SHOT--SOLDIERS SACK FAR WEST--JOSEPH PREACHES IN INDEPENDENCE--BRETHREN TAKEN TO RICHMOND FOR...

Shortly before sunset on the 19th of July, 1834, two hundred armed men stood on the southern bank of the Missouri river ready to cross. Seventy armed men waited for them on the...

Joseph's visit to Missouri in the spring of 1832 was not alone to escape the mob, although his life was in danger in Ohio. It seemed necessary for him to see and encourage the S...

On the evening of the 8th of May, 1834, Zion's Camp slowly made its way into a beautiful grove at the end of its first day's journey. Each captain chose a camping spot for his c...

When the chosen people of the Lord had fled from the wicked mobs of Missouri and settled among the kind-hearted citizens of Illinois, they began to enjoy a season of welfare and...

THE PLOT OF AN APOSTATE--THE PUBLICATION OF THE NAUVOO "EXPOSITOR"--DECLARED A NUISANCE AND ABATED AS SUCH--JOSEPH'S LAST PUBLIC SPEECH--HE AND HIS BROTHER HYRUM LEAVE NAUVOO--R...

Almost in the center of the United States is Missouri, one of the most fruitful states of the Mississippi valley. It is a beautiful land with its dales and hills and woodland. T...

There are few things that will drive the Spirit of the Lord away from a man or woman or a boy or girl so quickly as impurity. Hundreds of men have fallen in this Church, some fr...

Joseph was now in Ohio, and for a number of years he made his home there. The Saints were in two bodies; one part gathered about Kirtland, a few miles from Lake Erie in the nort...

The Saints in Jackson county, taking the advice of the governor, prepared to try by the common methods of law to gain their rights, and they relied on his promise to use force i...

JOSEPH AND COMPANIONS DEPART FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL--THE PROPHET'S ACT OF HEROISM--VISITS PRESIDENT VAN BUREN--THE LATTER'S COWARDICE--APOSTLE HYDE'S MISSION TO JERUSALEM--BOG...

Much sorrow was felt by the Church because Zion's Camp was not permitted to help the Saints back to Jackson county, and thus redeem Zion--and yet no one was sorry that the breth...

MOB ATTACKS DE WITT--JOSEPH TRIES IN VAIN TO SAVE THE TOWN--MOB DRIVEN AWAY FROM ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN--APOSTLE PATTEN KILLED IN BATTLE OF CROOKED RIVER--EXTERMINATION BEGINS AT HAUN'...

While the winds of bleak November, in the fall of 1833, were howling through the forest, stripping from the branches the few remaining leaves, twelve hundred robbed and beaten s...

Long, long ago, before we were born, before any man on earth was born, a great and terrible war was fought. This was in Heaven, between God, our Eternal and Heavenly Father, and...

THE PROPHET A MODEL OF PERFECT MANHOOD--APOSTASY OF MEN WHO HAD BEEN HIS FRIENDS--CHRISTMAS DAY--THE PROPHET A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES--PREDICTION CONC...

Early in June, 1829, a young man drove up to Joseph's door after two days of hard traveling. He said that he had come from Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, one hundred and fifty m...

The bright days of prosperity seemed to have come to the Church with the spring of 1811. At a general conference held on the 6th of April, the corner stones of the temple at Nau...

When Governor Ford left Carthage on the morning of the twenty-seventh of June, taking with him the friendly troops of Captain Dunn, he disbanded all but the Carthage Greys, and...

When Joseph first visited the hill Cumorah the Lord let him look upon the kingdom of heaven and upon the kingdom of hell. He saw the powers of each, and the methods and influenc...

During the year of trouble in Missouri, the Prophet Joseph Smith was not idle. He could not be with the western Saints to share their suffering, but he sent them many letters be...

And now our story plunges into the awful events that began in August, 1838, and did not end until the spring of 1839--the time during which the Latter-day Saints were driven fro...

Joseph was now twenty-three years old, and his life up to this time had been in a sense only a preparation for his work. He had held the plates for a year and a half and though...

The departure from Nauvoo was the beginning of the end. The brethren reached Carthage about midnight, and found the mob awaiting them. As they came up a flood of threats and cur...

When the brethren had set out on their mission to the West, Joseph busied himself in his work at Fayette. Men were coming to him from time to time to learn what the Lord desired...

For some time previous to the year 1837 there was a fever raging over the United States. It was not a sickness that hurt the body, but the fever to buy for little and sell for m...

On the sixth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty, was organized at the home of Peter Whitmer in Fayette, Seneca county, New York, the Church of Jesus Christ of...

When Joseph and his two counselors, Sidney and Hyrum, who formed the First Presidency of the Church, were thrown into prison, the Saints, though in great trouble, were not witho...

While these important things were going on in England, Joseph, with Sidney Rigdon and Thomas B. Marsh, left Kirtland for a visit to the Saints in Canada. When they reached Paine...

The spirit of lying, robbery, and murder is awful when it comes upon men, for it makes them seek to destroy the truth and to hinder the work of God. Mobs filled with this spirit...

For many centuries no person on earth had asserted that he had seen and spoken with heavenly beings. People had almost forgotten that visions and the ministering of angels had a...

Joseph and Martin worked together until the translation covered one hundred and sixteen pages of foolscap paper. Martin Harris was not a patient man, and it occurred to him that...

Joseph was fourteen years old at the time of the revival. He was large for his age and inclined to be serious in his thoughts. With the other members of his family he took great...

Joseph went to work with his father that morning as if nothing had happened. He did not speak of the vision, though that doubtless was uppermost in his mind. Perhaps he thought...

PRISONERS IN LIBERTY JAIL SEEK THEIR LIBERTY--TAKEN TO GALLATIN FOR TRIAL--ORDERED TO BE TAKEN TO BOONE COUNTY--THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE GUARDS--CONFERENCE AT FAR WEST--A PROPHECY...

For two years after this second great vision, Joseph labored at ordinary work, sometimes on his father's farm, other times as hired help away from home. His father and brothers...

It was two days before Christmas in the year eighteen hundred and five, and cold winter had already set in. The Green Mountains of Vermont were white with the snow that had fall...

Two days later he organized a High Council in Clay county, for the Saints in Missouri. This was formed like the Council at Kirtland, only David Whitmer and two counselors presid...

Joseph and Companions Depart for the National Capital--The Prophet's act of Heroism--Visits President Van Buren--The Latter's Cowardice--Apostle Hyde's Mission to Jerusalem--Bog...

The Plot of an Apostate--The Publication of the Nauvoo "Expositor"--Declared a Nuisance and Abated as such--Joseph's Last Public Speech--He and his Brother Hyrum leave Nauvoo--R...

Hinkle Betrays Joseph and Brethren to Mob-Militia--Court-Martial Orders them to be Shot--Soldiers Sack Far West--Joseph Preaches in Independence--Brethren taken to Richmond for...

Mob Attacks De Witt--Joseph Tries in Vain to Save the Town--Mob Driven Away from Adam-ondi-Ahman--Apostle Patten Killed in Battle of Crooked River--Extermination Begins at Haun'...

The Prophet a Model of Perfect Manhood--Apostasy of Men who had been his Friends--Christmas Day--The Prophet a Candidate for the Presidency of the United States--Prediction Conc...

Prisoners in Liberty Jail Seek their Liberty--Taken to Gallatin for Trial--Ordered to be Taken to Boone County--Their Escape from the Guards--Conference at Far West--A Prophecy...