Essentials in Church History. Joseph Fielding Smith

The Japanese Mission

       Death of President Snow

       Chapter 53

       The Presidency Re-organized

       A Special Conference

       President Joseph F. Smith

       The Bureau of Information

       The Reed Smoot Case

       Protest of Citizens

       Senator Smoot Makes Reply

       The Case Before the Senate

       The Case Decided

       The “American Party”

       President Smith’s Attitude

       The Case of John W. Taylor and M. F. Cowley

       Official Statement of President Smith

       President Smith Visits Europe

       The Address to the World

       Changes in the Presidency

       The Saints in Mexico

       The World War

       The Fulfilment of Prophecy

       A Period of Prosperity

       The Passing of President Smith

       Chapter 54

       President Heber J. Grant

       The General Conference Postponed

       Passing of President Lund—Changes in the Presidency

       Conclusion

       Appendix: The Auxiliary Organizations of the Church

       The National Woman’s Relief Society

       The Deseret Sunday School Union

       The Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations

       The Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association

       The Primary Association

       The Religion Classes

       The Genealogical Society of Utah

       Appendix: General Authorities of the Church

       Presidents of the Church

       First Counselors in the First Presidency

       Second Counselors in the First Presidency

       The Apostles of the Church

       Presiding Patriarchs

       First Seven Presidents of Seventies

       Presiding Bishops

       Appendix: Stakes of Zion

       Appendix: Church Publications

       Appendix: List of Authorities and Books of Reference

      Preface

       Table of Contents

      The need of a history of the Church in one volume that can be used for general reading, and at the same time meet the requirements of a text-book in the priesthood quorums, Church schools and auxiliary organizations, for a long time has been recognized. In the preparation of this volume, all these requirements have been given thoughtful consideration. As the title of the book, Essentials in Church History, implies, the vital and essential points of history and doctrine have been selected, and as far as possible, arranged in chronological order. The doctrines and revelations given to the Prophet Joseph Smith have been interwoven with the main story of the history in a manner, it is hoped, that will prove to be both interesting and instructive to the casual reader, as well as to the careful student. Moreover, the work has been prepared with the desire that the arrangement of the material will stimulate in the reader a zeal for further research and study of other and more extensive histories, particularly the Documentary History of the Church, in six volumes, which covers the period of the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

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