16 April 1843 Easter Sunday Sermon I have labored hard & sought evry way to try to prepare this people to comprehend the things that God is unfolding to me In speaking of the resurrection I would say that God hath shown unto me a vission of the resurrection of the dead & I saw […]
Tunbridge is known for covered bridges still standing and used.Joseph Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont but the history of the Smith family in Vermont has been much earlier than that. Tunbridge is also the ancestral homeland to Brigham Young and many other of the early leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter […]
All of Their Descendants Share the Same Heritage Emma and Joseph shared a common Heritage, being descended from no less than seven passengers on the historic ship, Mayflower. These Mayflower passengers are: John Tilley, Joan Hurst Tilley, Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland, Edward Fuller, Mrs. John Fuller, Samuel Fuller. “In sundrie of thee stormes the winds were […]
An Introduction to assist readers of this article, “An Hour in the Grove,” better understand the historical context which makes this article significant to us in our day. by Gracia N. Jones, Historian for JSEHS Historical Society— When I found a printed copy of this article in my files, it struck me that […]
It began in 1839. The Prophet Joseph Smith, finally free after more than four months of imprisonment in Liberty, Missouri, had settled in Illinois, and the Saints had begun building what would become the city of Nauvoo. With the Missouri persecutions fresh in their minds, the Saints sought redress for the grievances they had suffered, but […]
Below was written in the hand of Orson Hyde, March 1844: We, the undersigned, do hereby solemnly, sincerely, and truly testify before God, Angels, and men, unto all people unto whom this certificate may come, that we were present at a Council in the latter part of the Month of March last, held in the […]
Sermon read by W.W. Phelps before the Deseret Theological Institute on Wednesday evening Jun 13th 1855, and being as near as could be remembered by him, a copy of the one delivered by him at the Funeral of Joseph Smith As the hearse bearing the “bodies” of Joseph and Hyrum Smith (actually sandbagged coffins) passed […]
An address delivered at the funeral of Joseph Smith Sen. Late Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by R. B. Thompson, September 15, 1840. The occasion which has brought us together this day, is one of no ordinary importance, for not only has a single family to mourn and sorrow on […]
Joseph Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont on the 23rdday of December 1805. While members of the Church worship the Savior as the Redeemer of the world, their hearts also reverence the man Joseph, the Prophet and Seer, who did “more for the salvation of men in this world, save Jesus only.” You are invited […]
Written by Kyle Walker taken from 2012 John Whitmer Journal At the October 1845 conference of the church held in the Nauvoo Temple, which had only days before been opened for congregational worship, Lucy Mack Smith requested to speak to the thousands of Saints who had gathered. Church authorities who were present on the occasion […]
