Joseph Smith

The Prophet Joseph Smith was the single-most important voice on earth since New Testament times. John Taylor, who survived the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum, was inspired to say “Joseph Smith…has done more save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it.” Every word preserved of his life and teachings is important, of which this book is a major contribution.

Be with the prophet as he organizes the Church in its first General Conference then leads his group of followers through four states in the fourteen years as its first president. Witness the unleashing of all Hell upon him and his followers. Watch as he struggles against insurmountable odds to build two temples and breaks ground for a third. Attend General Conference with him as angels make known their presence in the Kirtland Temple. Also included as a part of General Conference was the review of the Nauvoo Legion and the firing of cannon just prior to the laying of the Nauvoo Temple cornerstone. Subsequent conferences were then held in the unfinished temple or on the grounds thereof. 

Walk with the prophet as he goes door to door healing the sick in Montrose very similar to when the Savior did the same thing in His day. Experience the “peculiar” clearness and transparency in his face as the Lord gives him new revelations. Of special interest in this volume are four revelations not found in the Doctrine and Covenants—three of which were lost for over a century. No LDS home should be without this valuable book.

Know what the Lord had Joseph Smith tell the Saints that is not in The Doctrine and Covenants:

• Abel was sent as a messenger to Paul.
• Angels are seen entering the room in Kirtland Temple dedication.
• Baptism for the healing of the body performed.
• Beasts inhabit heaven.
• Children who die in childhood remain as until resurrection.
• Enoch visited with Jude as a ministering angel.
• Instructions given with respect to the ordinance of washing the feet.
• God was once crucified as was Christ.
• Governments to be sustained if protected in inalienable rights.
• In Hell a man is his own tormentor and condemner.
• The practice of shaking of the dust of one’s shoes when missionaries rejected, noted.
• The practice of polygamy condemned.
• No part of our body becomes a part of another in the resurrection.
• Doctrine of translated beings explained.
• Comments regarding the Second Coming of Christ.
• The Soul is not created. It has no beginning and no end.
• Return of the Lost Ten Tribes described.
• All revelation comes to the spirit as though we had no body.
• Zion is to include the whole of America.
• The Church was first named The Church of Christ.