A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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[Illustration: JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET.]

[Illustration: HYRUM SMITH, THE PATRIARCH.]




A Young Folks' History

OF THE

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

By NEPHI ANDERSON


    "_We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
    what Work thou didst in their days, in the time of old_"--_Psalm
    xliv:1_.

Published by the
DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
Salt Lake City. Utah
1916

_Copyright, 1889,
By Nephi Anderson

Copyright, 1916,
By Joseph F. Smith,
For the Deseret Sunday School Union_.




To Parents and Teachers.


Studying the history of our country creates patriotism and engenders
loyalty. For the same reason, a study of the history of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints will implant in our boys and girls a love for
its heroes, a loyalty to its principles, and an appreciation of its
achievements. By a knowledge of the history of the Church, our young people
will prize more highly that heritage given them of God and preserved for
them by the sweat and blood of their fathers.

The teacher using this little book will understand that it is not
exhaustive, but rather suggestive. The teacher should be in possession of
much more history than is given here. He should fill in much of the
undercurrent of heroism, faith, and devotion exhibited by the characters of
the history, very little of which can be given in the text. The importance
of this larger knowledge on the part of the teacher will be understood by
an examination of the review and questions at the end of each chapter. The
aim in these questions is not only to review the facts of the lesson, but
by suggestions and reference to bring out more fully deductions and
principles.

It is believed that by combining the topical and the question methods the
best results may be obtained. The topics are to be assigned certain pupils
for treatment. Questions should not be limited to those in the book. The
teacher should find many more to ask.

Special attention is called to the maps. Have pupils locate each important
place. Quite a number of dates are found in the text. It is not intended
that the pupils should memorize them all. Most of them should be used
merely in fixing the relative time between events. It is suggested that the
pupils be encouraged to refer to the Church works and other books mentioned
in the text.

For further preparation the teacher is referred to "The History of the
Church," "Cannon's Life of Joseph Smith," "Whitney's History of Utah." The
"Faith Promoting Series," Evan's "Hundred Years of Mormonism," etc., will
give much interesting and valuable information.




CONTENTS


To Parents and Teachers

CHAPTER I.
A Parable

CHAPTER II.
The First Vision

CHAPTER III.
The Angel Moroni

CHAPTER IV.
The Sacred Plates

CHAPTER V.
The Book of Mormon

CHAPTER VI.
The Three Witnesses

CHAPTER VII.
The Priesthood Restored

CHAPTER VIII.
Organization of the Church

CHAPTER IX.
Persecution of Joseph

CHAPTER X.
The Mission to the Indians

CHAPTER XI.
Removal to Ohio

CHAPTER XII.
The Land of Zion

CHAPTER XIII.
Persecution in Jackson County

CHAPTER XIV.
Expulsion from Jackson County

CHAPTER XV.
Zion's Camp

CHAPTER XVI.
The Church at Kirtland

CHAPTER XVII.
The Twelve Apostles--The Seventies--Kirtland Temple

CHAPTER XVIII.
The Mission to England

CHAPTER XIX.
Far West

CHAPTER XX.
Haun's Mill Massacre

CHAPTER XXI.
Driven from Missouri

CHAPTER XXII.
In Missouri Prisons

CHAPTER XXIII.
Nauvoo

CHAPTER XXIV.
The Martyrdom

CHAPTER XXV.
Expulsion from Illinois

CHAPTER XXVI.
The Battle of Nauvoo

CHAPTER XXVII.
Westward

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Mormon Battalion

CHAPTER XXIX.
The Pioneers

CHAPTER XXX.
Great Salt Lake City

CHAPTER XXXI.
Growth of Utah and the Church

CHAPTER XXXII.
The "Utah War"

CHAPTER XXXIII.
The "Utah War" (Concluded)

CHAPTER XXXIV.
Prosperity

CHAPTER XXXV.
The "Crusade"

CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Presidency of Wilford Woodruff

CHAPTER XXXVII.
Temple Building

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Presidency of Lorenzo Snow

CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Presidency of Joseph F. Smith

APPENDIX.

First Presidencies of the Church
List of Twelve Apostles

MAPS.
Fayette and Kirtland
Missouri and Illinois
Routes of Mormon Battalion and Pioneers

ILLUSTRATIONS.
Joseph Smith, the Prophet
Hyrum Smith the Patriarch
Brigham Young
The Hill Cumorah
The Three Witnesses
Sidney Rigdon
President Brigham Young
The Kirtland Temple
President Heber C. Kimball
Haun's Mill
The Nauvoo House
The Nauvoo Mansion
Carthage Jail
A Pioneer Train
Salt Lake Valley in 1847
The Old Fort
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Interior)
Salt