Essentials in Church History. Joseph Fielding Smith

detail all the important incidents in the history of the Church. However, this volume is sent forth on its mission with the hope that it will answer fully the purpose for which it was written.

      Grateful appreciation is hereby acknowledged for invaluable assistance given by Dr. John A. Widtsoe, of the council of the twelve, in the preparation of the manuscript. I also desire to express sincere thanks to Elders Edward H. Anderson, J. M. Sjodahl, Andrew Jenson, August William Lund and others, who have so willingly and cheerfully assisted in the preparation of the work.

      Joseph Fielding Smith

Part One—Introductory: The Gospel in Ancient and Mediaeval Times

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      Chapter 1. Antiquity of the Gospel

      Chapter 2. The Falling Away

      Chapter 3. The Protestant Revolution

Part Two—Opening of the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times

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      Chapter 4. Necessity for a Restoration

      Chapter 5. The Ancestry of Joseph Smith

      Chapter 6. Boyhood of Joseph Smith

      Chapter 7. The Vision

      Chapter 8. The Visitation of Moroni

      Chapter 9. Joseph Smith Receives the Record—The Priesthood Restored

      Chapter 10. The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon

      Chapter 11. Revelation on Doctrine and Church Government

      Chapter 12. Organization of the Church

      Chapter 13. Beginning of the Public Ministry of the Church

      Chapter 14. The Public Ministry of the Church (2)

Part Three—The Ohio and Missouri Period

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      Chapter 15. Removal of the Church in New York to Ohio

      Chapter 16. The Land of Zion—Its Dedication

      Chapter 17. The Book of Commandments—The Vision of the Glories—The Hiram Mobbing

      Chapter 18. Organization of the First Presidency—Important Revelations

      Chapter 19. Expulsion from Jackson County

      Chapter 20. The Patriarchal Priesthood—Zion’s Camp

      Chapter 21. Choosing of the Twelve and Seventy—Dedication of the Kirtland Temple

      Chapter 22. Clay County Rejects the Saints—Apostasy and Sorrow

      Chapter 23. The Presidency Move to Missouri—Excommunication of Oliver Cowdery and Others

      Chapter 24. Difficulties in Missouri—Governor Boggs’ Order of Extermination

      Chapter 25. Persecutions of the Saints

      Chapter 26. The Expulsion from Missouri

Part Four—The Nauvoo Period

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      Chapter 27. The Founding of Nauvoo

      Chapter 28. Foreign Missionary Labors

      Chapter 29. Appeal to Washington for Redress—Further Missouri Persecutions

      Chapter 30. The Nauvoo Temple and Ordinances Therein—Important Events

      Chapter 31. Joseph Smith Accused as Accessory to Assault on Boggs

      Chapter 32. Doctrinal Development and Prophecy

      Chapter 33. Missouri’s Third Attempt to Capture Joseph Smith

      Chapter 34. Joseph Smith’s Candidacy for President—Nauvoo Conspiracy

      Chapter 35. The Martyrdom

      Chapter 36. The Succession of the Twelve Apostles—Preparation to Leave Nauvoo

Part Five—The Settlement in the Rocky Mountains

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      Chapter 37. The Exodus from Nauvoo

      Chapter 38. The Mormon Battalion

      Chapter 39. The Pioneers

      Chapter 40. In “the Land of Promise”

      Chapter 41. Organization of the Presidency—Church Activities

      Chapter 42. Church Activities

      Chapter 43. “The Utah War”

      Chapter 44. The Mountain Meadows Massacre

      Chapter 45. The Army in Utah

      Chapter 46. A Period of Strife and Bitterness

      Chapter 47. The Mission of Governor Shaffer and Judge McKean

      Chapter 48. Church Colonization and Progress

Part Six—Recent Development

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      Chapter 49. The Second Period of Apostolic Presidency

      Chapter 50. The Administration of President John Taylor

      Chapter 51. The Administration of President Wilford Woodruff

      Chapter 52. The Administration of President Lorenzo Snow

      Chapter 53. The Administration of President Joseph F. Smith

      Chapter 54. The Administration of President Heber J. Grant

Appendix

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      The Auxiliary Organizations of the Church

      General Authorities of the Church

      Stakes of Zion

      Church Publications

      List of Authorities and Books of Reference

      Part One

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Introductory: The Gospel in Ancient and Mediaeval Times

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      Chapter 1

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      Antiquity of the Gospel

The Gospel