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Series
Banner is unfurled volume 2
Publisher
Covenant
Language
English
Description
Even when they are in the same house, Ezekiel Johnson feels as far away from his wife, Julia, as he does his children, who are scattered across the young nation. Perhaps his plan to sell their land and move what's left of his family to Fort Dearborn will purge them of the strong influence of Joseph Smith's new church. However, either the religious persecution of her neighbors nor the harsh words of her husband can keep Julia Johnson from following...
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 3
Language
English
Description
Covering the years 1836 to 1838, this volume finds the Steeds involved in both remarkable and turbulent events in Church history. Nathan accompanies Parley P. Pratt on a challenging mission to Upper Canada. Jessica, Joshua's ex-wife, feels compelled to return to Missouri, where the Church seeks a new haven in an area known as Far West. Meanwhile, Joshua - ever restless and ambitious, yet haunted by the misdeeds of his past - travels to Savannah, Georgia,...
3) Documents
Author
Series
Publisher
The Church Historian's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When complete, the Documents series will publish more than a thousand documents created, authorized, or owned by Joseph Smith, including each of his revelations in its earliest form, reports of his discourses, and correspondence....Among the contents of this volume are more than five dozen revelations that were presented in the first-person voice of Jesus Christ, including texts later published in the Doctrine and Covenants, the expansive "visions...
Author
Series
[Williams family chronicles] volume 4
Publisher
Deseret
Pub. Date
c1988.
Language
English
Description
Ruth is torn as to whether she will join her family in Nauvoo or stay in Quincy Illinois.
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 5
Language
English
Description
Volume 5 is a season of rejuvenation for the Mormons as, after the horrors of the Missouri persecutions, they find refuge across the Mississippi River in Illinois, where they establish the city of Nauvoo. Despite ongoing trials, they feel that God has granted them this season of relief, hope and joy.
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 6
Language
English
Description
Praise to the Man follows the story of the restored Church and the Steed family from the summer of 1841 to the summer of 1844.
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 4
Language
English
Description
This installment finds the Steeds (all but their daughter Melissa and her family) happily reunited in Far West, Missouri, only to be thrown into a maelstrom of intense and tragic events: the election-day battle at Gallatin; the siege of DeWitt; the Battle of Crooked River; the issuing of Governor Bogg's extermination order; the Haun's Mill massacre; the fall of Far West, the incarceration of the Prophet Joseph Smith; and the expulsion from Missouri....
Author
Language
English
Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 2
Language
English
Description
Swept up in the great drama as the infant Mormon Church expands and spreads westward into Ohio and Missouri, the Steeds become eyewitnesses of miracles as well as of the horrors of mob mayhem. Nathan and Lydia begin their married life, meeting new challenges and facing crises that test both their faith and their love; Mary Ann struggles with her feelings over her husband Benjamin's continued lack of spiritual response to the Restoration message; Jessica...
Author
Series
Eyewitness history of the church volume 3
Publisher
CFI
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Author
Series
Eyewitness history of the church volume 2
Publisher
CFI
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Eyewitness History of the Church: Volume Two draws together hundreds of first-person, eyewitness accounts covering the period of growth and testing that followed the restoration of the Church. Each chapter in this innovative book consists of eyewitness narratives of central events. . . . This firsthand approach to learning about Church history will touch your heart, stir your imagination, expand your knowledge, and strengthen your testimony.
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 9
Language
English
Description
As this volume opens, the Steeds have been scattered and the family is only split up further as the story unfolds. Will and Alice's voyage aboard the Brooklyn nears its end as the ship approaches the California shore. Peter and Kathryn continue their journey westward in the Donner-Reed party. In Nauvoo, Melissa and Carl find their situation growing increasingly dangerous and their marriage more and more strained. Other Steed family members...
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 7
Language
English
Description
Picking up the story shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, No Unhallowed Hand volume 7 in the series The Work and the Glory takes the saga of the Restoration the the fictional Steed family from the end of June 1844 to February 1846. As this volume opens, it is a time of great sadness and of uncertainty. Having lost their beloved prophet, the Saints witness a series of power plays by those who would use the opportunity...
Author
Series
Work and the glory volume 1
Language
English
Description
The saga of the Benjamin Steed family begins in the fall of 1826 with their move from Vermont to Palmyra Township in upstate New York in search of better farmland. In Palmyra, they meet a young man named Joseph Smith and are caught up in the controversy that swirls around him.
Author
Publisher
Covenant
Pub. Date
c1991.
Language
English
Description
In 1833, Lydia Dawson is living on the Illinois frontier when she hears an unusual doctrine preached by a traveling minister from Ohio. The message of the gospel suggests answers to questions Lydia privately harbors. Lydia's heart is stirred, but she is forbidden by her family to have anything to do with this new found religion called Mormonism. Christian King is facing persecution because of his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ. How these...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1856, three companies of handcarts were outfitted and sent west from Iowa to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. All went well, and they arrived without undue incident. But two additional companies - one captained by James G. Willie, and the other by Edward Martin - left England late in the season. When they arrived at Iowa City, they were long past the time for safe departure across the plains. By the time they left Florence, Nebraska,...
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