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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 33 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 113801 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 74 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 God 28 Lord 23 Church 21 saint 20 Christ 19 Smith 19 Joseph 17 Jesus 15 John 14 Prophet 14 New 14 Mormon 13 Spirit 13 Mr. 13 Holy 11 Father 11 Elder 11 Brother 10 Priesthood 10 Gospel 8 President 8 Nauvoo 8 Missouri 8 Ghost 8 CHAPTER 7 sidenote 7 Zion 7 William 7 Book 6 Young 6 Utah 6 United 6 Son 6 Kirtland 6 England 6 Bible 5 States 5 Rigdon 5 Pratt 5 Lake 5 June 5 Jerusalem 5 Israel 5 Governor 5 General 5 Footnote 5 City 5 Brigham 4 man 4 Savior Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 13524 man 9081 day 8048 time 7423 people 5500 thing 4856 saint 4587 power 4280 earth 4219 brother 4126 hand 3962 law 3922 land 3906 word 3751 world 3749 work 3706 year 3572 place 3358 life 3342 house 3255 faith 3051 name 3024 city 2919 child 2902 state 2849 revelation 2821 church 2620 spirit 2606 part 2595 county 2588 order 2564 truth 2540 way 2407 authority 2369 heart 2190 prophet 2174 person 2172 family 2138 father 2045 body 2025 other 2012 sin 1943 death 1910 nation 1864 kingdom 1848 doctrine 1786 meeting 1768 testimony 1721 member 1720 letter 1666 mind Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 19611 _ 15172 God 8825 Lord 7063 Church 6664 Smith 6008 Joseph 5260 Christ 4029 John 3866 Jesus 3823 Prophet 3251 ye 3121 Nephi 2948 Elder 2878 Mormon 2868 President 2832 Nauvoo 2788 Father 2713 Missouri 2605 Mr. 2545 Gospel 2376 Alma 2220 Holy 2070 Brother 2023 heaven 1978 Zion 1957 Spirit 1786 New 1766 Young 1638 Book 1576 Kirtland 1525 Ghost 1510 W. 1485 William 1450 Son 1412 Council 1393 thou 1372 Latter 1366 Governor 1360 Elders 1356 Priesthood 1342 City 1313 States 1289 Israel 1284 General 1196 Illinois 1183 Brigham 1174 yea 1171 Hyrum 1164 United 1149 C. 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"How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2125 most 72 well 50 least 5 q.--do 5 lest 3 highest 2 gospel.--his 2 day.--very 1 worst 1 walkest 1 soon 1 sittest 1 sayest 1 near 1 infest 1 hearest 1 hard 1 farthest 1 comest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 mormontextsproject.org 2 bencrowder.net 1 www.josephsmithpapers.org 1 archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 10 http://mormontextsproject.org/ 5 http://mormontextsproject.org 2 http://bencrowder.net/books/mtp 1 http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/13 1 http://archive.org/details/anthonlskanchybr00skan Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 tomnysetvold@gmail.com 1 mormontextsproject@gmail.com Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 god is not 33 ye do not 32 ye are not 29 things are true 25 ye have not 24 man is not 24 ye be not 22 god came down 22 things are not 21 works is dead 20 god does not 20 ye receive not 19 god has not 18 men made perfect 17 men are not 16 lord is near 16 smith was not 15 lord did not 14 jesus did not 14 people called mormons 12 christ did not 12 christ is god 12 time is not 12 work is true 11 time has fully 10 god did not 10 god is intelligence 10 house are many 10 law does not 10 saints are not 10 saints do not 10 time is near 9 _ are _ 9 _ know _ 9 _ was not 9 jesus was not 9 men are dead 9 people were not 9 time has now 9 ye do always 8 god is eternal 8 god is light 8 man came also 8 man came death 8 men do not 8 people are not 8 people did not 8 smith did not 7 _ believe _ 7 _ called _ Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ye be not partakers 6 time is not far 5 god is no respecter 4 saints have not too 4 things are not so 4 things are not true 4 time is no longer 4 world was not worthy 4 ye be not soon 3 day had not yet 3 day is not far 3 god is not content 3 lord is not well 3 time is not yet 3 works are not essential 3 ye are no more 3 ye are not able 3 ye are not mine 2 _ be no more 2 _ is not again 2 _ was not originally 2 god is not _ 2 jesus was not yet 2 lord was not then 2 people are not that 2 people were not willing 2 power is not necessary 2 smith held no office 2 time has not yet 2 work is not yet 2 ye have no hope 2 ye have no promise 2 ye have not as 2 ye have not faith 1 _ are no sheep 1 _ are not true 1 _ are not unheard 1 _ did not _ 1 _ has no other 1 _ is not difficult 1 _ was not _ 1 brethren were no less 1 brother made no reply 1 christ did not many 1 christ is no exception 1 christ is no manifestation 1 christ is not prevalent 1 christ were not enough 1 church are not only 1 church had no silver A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 36791 author = Beers, R. W. title = The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It date = keywords = Book; Brigham; Church; City; God; Government; Joseph; Lake; Mormon; Mormonism; Nauvoo; New; Salt; Smith; States; United; Utah; Young; american; christian; saint summary = the official organ of the Mormon Church, the _Deseret News_, in its issue Published, and Mormon Church Established--Smith''s First Alleged the fact is that the great mass of Mormons do not practise polygamy, and than two years ago, the official Mormon Church paper states that "of Alleged origin of Mormonism--Joseph Smith''s early life--Finding the Alleged origin of Mormonism--Joseph Smith''s early life--Finding the growth of the Mormon Church--Brigham Young and other missionaries sent persecution on the minds of Mormons at the present time--_Nauvoo_--Its Mormon population--Value of their property in Utah--Public schools--A in Utah, for the vast wealth of the Mormon Church in the control of the proposed act to place the control of the Mormon Church property into hands Mormon leaders take great pains to keep their people in ignorance. dollars a year for every man, woman, and child in the Mormon Church is id = 47091 author = Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 date = keywords = Bishop; Book; Brother; Christ; Church; Covenants; Cowdery; Elders; Father; God; Gospel; Holy; Jackson; Jesus; John; Joseph; June; Kirtland; Lord; Missouri; Mormon; Mr.; New; Oliver; Priesthood; Prophet; Rigdon; Sidney; Smith; Son; Spirit; Whitmer; Zion; saint; sidenote summary = bear our testimony to all the world, unto whom these words shall come, given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children God at the time he was eight days old unto this power to overthrow the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass unto their God kings and priests--"and we shall reign on the earth." [29] It God shall be taken from you, and given unto a nation bringing forth shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the receive this work; but behold, the Lord said unto me, I will not suffer But, behold, I say unto you, that before this great day shall And thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of said unto the Lord, Surely Zion shall dwell in safety forever. And the servant said unto his lord, When shall these things be? id = 46208 author = Hyde, Orson title = A Voice from Jerusalem Or, A Sketch of the Travels and Ministry of Elder Orson Hyde date = keywords = Beyrout; England; God; Jerusalem; Jews; Lord; Mr.; Saviour; american summary = the vision of the Lord, like clouds of light, burst upon my view. the great day of the Lord comes not upon them unawares as a thief. place to make thy land desolate, and thy cities shall be laid waste "To all people unto whom these presents shall come, GREETING. that a letter from your unworthy brother, in the Lord, will be received answer, that Jesus formerly said to the people, "according to thy faith when the dead, small and great, shall stand before God. Jerusalem at this time contains about twenty thousand inhabitants; the eye of a needle, or a rich man enter into the kingdom of God. But on the land of Joseph, far in the west, where the spread eagle God shall bid their sleeping dust arise, and come forth to receive the Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast preserved thy servant from id = 49386 author = Parry, Edwin F. title = Sketches of Missionary Life date = keywords = Brother; CHAPTER; Gospel; Lord; elder; missionary; saint summary = Generally when called, these young men are given only a short time for A few years ago a young man was called to fulfill a mission and had A young man who lately returned from the mission field related that he had before heard, and at the time the missionary called at his house man and his wife gladly accepted; and soon the Elders were made to feel Many years ago a gentleman heard a Latter-day Saint missionary time he believed the Elder was indeed a servant of God. The man did not Two young Elders laboring in Southern Illinois after holding a meeting Some Elders laboring in the Scandinavian mission several years ago Some time ago an Elder laboring in England, in a part where he had may labor, the Latter-day Saint missionaries meet with those who Many times have missionaries received contributions of money from id = 46974 author = Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William) title = Rays of Living Light on the One Way of Salvation date = keywords = Christ; Church; Father; Ghost; God; Holy; Jesus; Lord; Spirit summary = essential feature of acceptance with God, faith in Jesus Christ. peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). Faith in God, the Father, and in Jesus Christ, the Son, and in the true God and Jesus Christ, whom he hath sent, is to gain eternal of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the that day received the gospel of Jesus Christ, and were baptized for "Paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, come to the unity of the faith and a knowledge of the Son of God. The absence of that divine authority, and of the gift of the Holy Christ and his apostles required first, faith in God and Jesus know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of id = 56700 author = Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William) title = "Mormon" Doctrine Plain and Simple; Or, Leaves from the Tree of Life date = keywords = Christ; Church; Father; Ghost; God; Holy; Jesus; LEAF; Priesthood summary = of the restored Church of Christ are called Latter-day Saints to wherein redeemed man is exalted and the eternal God is glorified. Race--Personality of God--The Great Lawgiver Governs Himself by Law Race--Personality of God--The Great Lawgiver Governs Himself by Law. There is nothing more valuable than truth. Man must have faith in God in order to become exalted into His spirit of truth, arouses faith in the soul of man, and by its force Death came by Adam, life comes by Christ. of God, whether that is viewed in the light of the Church on earth or This delegated power from God to man is called the Priesthood. man till he reaches the actual presence of the Eternal God, and shines God. The body without the spirit is dead and can neither believe, Order is maintained in all the works and ways of God. Knowledge that is needful concerning the spiritual sphere will come id = 46243 author = Pratt, Orson title = Divine Authority; Or, the Question: Was Joseph Smith Sent of God? date = keywords = God; Joseph; Lord; Mr.; Smith summary = you think clearly prove the divine mission of Joseph Smith, and send if the New Testament be true, that they cannot be the church of God. But the Latter-day Saints profess to have all these officers and gifts In ancient times, many great prophets were sent of God, and we have no evidence of _Joseph Smith''s divine mission?_ Such a correctness upon The professed record of Joseph, brought to light by Mr. Smith, testifies in the most positive language, that this is the age that day when the book shall be delivered unto the man of whom I have behold it, by the power of God, besides him to whom the book shall be it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will deliver again the book evidence to establish the _divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith!_ that God has _revealed_ unto them the truth of the Book of Mormon, id = 46244 author = Pratt, Orson title = The Kingdom of God, Part 1 date = keywords = God; Holy; Spirit summary = The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine called or anointed a king or a prince by the God of heaven--not one of The true God exists both in time and in space, and has as much relation even in two places at the same instant; but God the Holy Spirit is of God. When _new revelation_ ceases to be given, officers cease to attain to an office in the kingdom of God; it matters not how great of the Holy Spirit, would have more power and authority, and could The first officers placed in the kingdom of God are apostles. a different thing from the power to build up the kingdom of God; the God." Now as no man can be saved out of the kingdom, it is necessary after the apostles and prophets of the kingdom of God, and receive id = 44896 author = Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker) title = The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels date = keywords = Book; Brother; CHAPTER; Christ; Church; County; Elder; England; General; God; Governor; Holy; Illinois; Jesus; John; Joseph; Kirtland; Lake; Lord; Missouri; Mormon; Mr.; New; Orson; Pratt; President; River; Smith; Spirit; State; Taylor; York; Young; saint summary = Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, having Prison:--Evening of a Public Day:--Song:--Obstinate Coffee Pot:--Order and Appointments:--Return to New York:--Meet with my Family:--Visit CHAPTER XLIV.--An Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter-Day days, from morning till night, without a house or fire, wading in wonders, showing the near approach of the coming of the Son of God. All our goods, were left behind; but I obtained some of them After a journey of near one thousand miles, we arrived at New people waxed strong in the faith and in the gifts and power of God. I also labored with my hands with all diligence, when time would of truth that he opened his house for stated meetings, which I held should arrive in time to meet me before I should return home; for attendance and spirited preaching on this day three times. id = 35556 author = Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry) title = Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints date = keywords = Church; Footnote; God; Joseph; Lord; Mr.; Nauvoo; President; Rigdon; Smith; William summary = time of the martyrdom of Presidents Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Sidney prophet; that no man could be a successor to Joseph; that the church Joseph presided over the Church by the voice of the people. Joseph to succeed to the office of President of the church after the right the President of the church founded, under God, by his father. Joseph the prophet to be the President of the church, and to possess Following Mr. Smith''s acceptance of the church at the hands of Mr. Gurley, he was ordained to the office of President of the high Joseph" to be the President of the church is the following: give the Presidency of the church to young Joseph, when the latter ordaining "young Joseph" to be President of the church. to the Presidency of the church since the death of the prophet Joseph. As I have said, Joseph Smith organized the Church. id = 45464 author = Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry) title = The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God date = keywords = Bible; Christ; Der; Donckt; Father; Footnote; Ghost; God; Gods; Holy; Jesus; John; Lord; Mormon; Moses; Mr.; Son; Spirit; Van; saint summary = First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man''s; I believe in God, the Father, Almighty; and in Jesus Christ, his Speaking of man being formed in the image and likeness of God, he says: therefore, Jesus Christ, or God was not man before that specified time. Jesus, a personage of flesh and bone and spirit, there exists God, formed upon the passage that says God created man in his own image God''s face; "for," said the Lord, "there shall no man see me and live." Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was flesh and bone from all eternity. the positive word of the Father that Jesus, the Son, is God; for he God Revealed to the World in the Person of Jesus Christ. God Revealed to the World in the Person of Jesus Christ. tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said unto id = 48668 author = Skanchy, Anthon L. (Anthon Lornsen) title = Anthon L. Skanchy A Brief Autobiographical Sketch of the Missionary Labors of a Valiant Soldier for Christ date = keywords = Christiania; Church; Logan; Lord; Norway; Trondhjem; saint summary = From the time I was eight years old, I had to work and earn something After three years of school work I was confirmed, with a very good a house where meetings could be held, the missionaries secured the "A man who has walked over the mountain alone at this time of these facts because this great mission field is little known, even now, became surrounded by a great light and a voice said to me, "Be of good my mission up among the people of northern Norway, in the days of my [Image captioned "LATTER-DAY SAINTS'' MISSION HOUSE, CHRISTIANA, MISSION HOUSE, CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY."] [Image captioned "MISSION HOUSE OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, AT I rented a small log house, in the Logan Fifth ward, and began to work Our meeting place, at that time, was on what was known At the time that we erected our mission houses in these countries, id = 45054 author = Smith, Joseph Fielding title = Essentials in Church History A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away" date = keywords = April; Brigham; Christ; Church; City; County; Cowdery; Elder; God; Gospel; Governor; John; Joseph; June; Kirtland; Lake; Lord; Missouri; Mormon; Nauvoo; New; October; Oliver; Pratt; President; Priesthood; Prophet; Rigdon; Salt; Smith; States; United; Utah; William; Young; Zion; saint summary = said the Lord, "shall be given unto the elders of my Church, that every members of the Church were commanded to keep the law the Lord had given of the Church, Joseph Smith was acknowledged by the Saints in Zion as presidency, and at a later day Hyrum Smith, the Prophet''s brother, and officers in Missouri, until the coming of Presidents Joseph Smith and the Church held in October, 1840, President Joseph Smith spoke of the brother, Patriarch Hyrum Smith, President Brigham Young, Elders Heber President Joseph Smith had been presented to United States District Joseph Smith and the Presidency of the United States in authority with the First Presidency, and Joseph Smith stated that Two days later in a discourse before the Saints, President Young said: President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where and instruction given by President Joseph Smith at the time of the id = 52840 author = Smith, Joseph Fielding title = Salvation Universal date = keywords = Christ; Footnote; God; Lord; saint summary = Begotten Son of the Father to come to redeem the world from Adam''s First: Faith in God the Father, in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy This vicarious salvation for the dead is not a new doctrine. Joseph Smith, the prophet, informs us that salvation for the dead was of salvation for the dead when he said, "And saviors shall come upon this time your baptisms [i.e. outside of a temple] shall be acceptable your baptisms for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me [i. as a Church, with your dead, saith the Lord your God. neither build temples nor perform the ordinances for the dead, wherein failure, but the work of the Lord shall go on and increase from day to spent one day each month in the temples saving our dead, just twelve more work than we are now doing for the salvation of the dead. id = 17 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = The Book of Mormon An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi date = keywords = Alma; Ammon; Behold; Christ; Father; God; Holy; Israel; Jerusalem; Jesus; Lamanites; Lord; Moroni; Nephi; Nephites; Spirit; Yea summary = 1 For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my 7 And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign, 21 And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth 8 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou 52 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said many things unto my 53 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation. 30 And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make 19 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God will yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men. the land unto his people, that the word of God might have no id = 47192 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2 date = keywords = Bishop; Brother; Christ; Church; Council; Cowdery; Elder; God; Gospel; High; Jackson; Jesus; John; Joseph; June; Kirtland; Lord; Missouri; New; Oliver; Orson; Phelps; Pratt; President; Priesthood; Prophet; Rigdon; Smith; Sylvester; Whitmer; William; Zion; saint; sidenote summary = Minutes of a High Council held in the Lord''s House, in Kirtland. Greeting of President Joseph Smith to John Corrill and the Whole Church The High Council of the Church also met this day at my house for the After calling the meeting to order, President Joseph Smith spoke him as a man of God. But he said he heard President Joseph Smith of an Elder in said Church of the Latter-day Saints, till he President Joseph Smith, Jun., and the High Council in Kirtland, by in the year of our Lord 1835, the Prophet Joseph Smith called Elders following officers of the Church, viz: Presidents Joseph Smith, Elder John Smith, taking the lead of the High Council in Kirtland, This day a Council of High Priests and Elders of the Church of An insult offered to the presiding Elder of said Church shall id = 47707 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 date = keywords = Adam; Brother; Caldwell; Christ; Church; Clark; Council; Daviess; Elder; Far; General; George; God; Governor; Jackson; Jesus; John; Joseph; Judge; June; Kirtland; Lord; Missouri; Mormons; Mr.; President; Prophet; Richmond; Rigdon; Smith; West; William; Zion; saint; sidenote summary = western counties of Missouri, where the Latter-day Saints had suffered day, my family and I arrived safe in the city of Far West, having Latter-day Saints, and to transact Church business, Joseph Smith, Conference of the Church of Latter-day Saints, at Far West, on the said He, it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or Far West the same day in company with Brother Hyrum Smith and fifteen This day the citizens of Caldwell county assembled at Far West, and carry on their farms out of the cities, according to the order of God. President Rigdon and Brother Hyrum Smith spoke upon the same subject. Church of Latter-day Saints; and further, said informant stated county, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, In this state of affairs, General Parks arrived in Daviess county, In this state of affairs, General Parks arrived in Daviess county, id = 56684 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = The Lectures on Faith date = keywords = Father; God; Lord summary = And the Lord God, said unto Adam, ''Who told you that you were And I, the Lord God, said unto the woman, What is this thing which the father of Noah, was 56 years old when Adam died; Methuselah, 243; Jared, and Moses, they shall obtain faith in God, and power with him to any rational and intelligent being may exercise faith in God unto life glory of God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. exercise of faith in God, so as to obtain life and salvation? Q. Could man exercise faith in God so as to obtain eternal life unless exercise faith in God so as to obtain eternal life. the exercise of faith in God unto life and salvation, the foundation, power to exercise faith in him unto life and salvation, but that and, having power by faith to obtain the knowledge of God, they could id = 60708 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 4 date = keywords = Brigham; Brother; Christ; Church; City; Council; Elder; England; General; George; God; Gospel; High; Hyde; Illinois; James; Jesus; John; Joseph; Kimball; Lord; Missouri; Mormon; Mr.; Nauvoo; New; Orson; Pratt; President; Priesthood; Prophet; Richards; Smith; Taylor; William; Woodruff; York; Young; saint; sidenote summary = Affairs of the Saints before United States Senate--General Conference of the Church at the Prophet, his Son. The Discourse of Elder Thompson at the Funeral of Joseph Smith, Sen. CHAPTER XI. _Voted_, to finish the office of President Joseph Smith, Jun. _Voted_, that the recommends drawn by Elder Sherwood, recommending, Brigham Young anointed Elder John Taylor in the House of the Lord, and Church of Mormons or Latter-day Saints; but witnessed the following Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Nauvoo, December 8, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at Nauvoo. There was a conference in New York City, Elder Orson Hyde presiding. been visited by the Elders of the Church of Latter-day Saints, _Letter from Elder Orson Hyde to President Joseph Smith--Recounting _Letter from Elder Orson Hyde to President Joseph Smith--Recounting ordained an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, id = 60736 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5 date = keywords = Bennett; Boggs; Brigham; Brother; Christ; Church; Elder; Emma; General; George; God; Governor; Hyrum; Illinois; James; Jesus; John; Joseph; Judge; Law; Lord; Missouri; Mormon; Mr.; Nauvoo; New; Pratt; Prophet; Reynolds; Richards; Smith; States; Temple; United; William; Wilson; Young; saint; sidenote summary = Affidavit of William Law. Letter of Governor Carlin to Joseph Smith Anent the Foregoing Letter of Wilson Law to Joseph Smith--Advising that the Prophet Secret Governor Carlin''s Letter to Emma Smith--Nauvoo Charter and the Writ of State of Illinois, city of Nauvoo, personally appeared before me, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--said if the people has said that I have stated that General Joseph Smith has given stated that General Joseph Smith has given me authority to hold stated that General Joseph Smith has given me authority to hold for the city of Nauvoo, in said county, this 22nd day of July, 1842. _Letter of Wilson Law to Joseph Smith--Advising that the Prophet for the said Joseph Smith to have been at any place in the state I, Joseph Smith, recorder in and for the said city of Nauvoo, seal of said court, at the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, this third day id = 60758 author = Smith, Joseph, Jr. title = History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6 date = keywords = Church; City; Council; Court; Dr.; Elder; Expositor; Ford; Foster; General; God; Governor; Higbee; Hyrum; Illinois; John; Joseph; June; Law; Legion; Lord; Mayor; Missouri; Mr.; Nauvoo; President; Prophet; Richards; Smith; States; Taylor; Temple; United; William; carthage; saint; sidenote summary = Letter: Joseph Smith to Isaac Morley--Instructions on Resisting Mob. Minutes of a Public Meeting at Nauvoo. Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Defending the Action of the City Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Explaining his Return to Nauvoo. Elder John Taylor''s Account of Governor Ford''s and President Smith''s President Joseph Smith, and the Nauvoo city council appreciated the Joseph Smith, mayor of said city; and after being duly sworn, Joseph Smith, mayor of said city; and after being duly sworn, Joseph Smith, mayor of said city; and after being duly sworn, Assembled,_ that Joseph Smith, of the city of Nauvoo, in the State of the United States; neither shall the said Joseph Smith, as a _Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Explaining Action of City _Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Explaining Action of City _Letter: The Prophet to Emma Smith--Governor Ford Going to Nauvoo_. _Letter: The Prophet to Emma Smith--Governor Ford Going to Nauvoo_. id = 47708 author = Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) title = Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints date = keywords = Box; Brigham; Brother; CHAPTER; Christ; Church; City; Co.; County; Elder; England; Father; Ghost; God; Gospel; Holy; Israel; Italy; Jesus; John; Joseph; Lake; London; Lord; Lorenzo; Mormon; Mr.; Nauvoo; New; Ohio; President; Priesthood; Prophet; Salt; Smith; Snow; Spirit; St.; State; Temple; United; Utah; Young; Zion; saint summary = After visiting the Saints in Great Salt Lake City, I traveled north, and holy calling unto which God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, had thousand people (Saints of God) are daily offered up for my prosperity. Moved by Elder Snow, that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Elder Snow followed, calling upon the God of our fathers, in mighty people by the power of God. Having now finished the business for which we assembled, we felt thousands of Latter-day Saints, men and women in private life, can the Latter-day Saint Elders abroad on missions were called home, and Discourse by Elder Lorenzo Snow, delivered in a meeting of the St. George Stake of Zion, in the Temple, April 5th, 1877; reported by Discourse by Elder Lorenzo Snow, delivered in a meeting of the St. George Stake of Zion, in the Temple, April 5th, 1877; reported by id = 45846 author = Spencer, Orson title = Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints date = keywords = Abraham; Bible; Christ; Church; Father; Ghost; God; Holy; Jesus; John; Joseph; LETTER; Lord; Moses; New; Smith; Son; Spirit; earth; man; saint summary = that repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, are revelation of John, but believe that wherever God has a true church, apostles in ancient time, no man can _begin_ to know God, neither can that the spirit takes of the things of God, and shows them unto men: spirit of revelation from God out of heaven; and in order to end all revelation to know the only true God and Jesus Christ. Says the scripture, "no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, can call authority, doctrine, or mission of a prophet or true minister of God. For if no _one_ man can know a minister of God without revelation, then No man, in this day, can know that God ever revealed himself could know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he had sent. It was the faith of Christ to receive the revelations of God his father id = 42238 author = Talmage, James E. (James Edward) title = The Articles of Faith A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints date = keywords = Adam; Bible; Book; Christ; Church; Cov; Divine; Doc; Father; Ghost; God; Great; Holy; III; Israel; Jerusalem; Jesus; Jews; John; Joseph; LECTURE; Lehi; Lord; Mormon; Moses; Nephi; New; Old; Paul; Peter; Price; Savior; Smith; Son; Spirit; Testament; Zion; note; saint summary = Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." These Father and Christ the Son.[76] His testimony of the existence of God direct revelation from God unto men in ancient and modern times. God the Eternal Father; (2) His Son, Jesus Christ; and (3) the Holy the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Behold, I Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have no personal authority through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have will and purposes known unto man:--"Surely the Lord God will do words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things forth =18.= Hear further the word of the Lord unto the people of His Church God when the Lord set His hand the first time to lead His people to id = 49327 author = Various title = Labors in the Vineyard Twelfth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints. date = keywords = Brother; CHAPTER; Church; England; God; Lord; Mormon; New; Switzerland; Zurich; elder; saint; time summary = as a Travelling Elder--Prayers Answered--Called to Preside During that day I had asked the Lord many times to give me one soul as I would stop at his house on a certain day when on my way to that town. work of God. Up to the time they presented me with means to return home The Elders in modern times, like those of ancient days, have generally in bringing into the light and influence of the Spirit of God. The Elders engaged in the British mission did not covet a foreign As the time passed, Elder Mayer was busy visiting and preaching to the one day the jailor came in at an unusual time and said, "Mr. Budge, you We next went to a city called Picton, and, by this time, the Lord had we started out on our labors for the day, an officer with six men came id = 46635 author = Ward, J. H. (Joseph Harvey) title = Gospel Philosophy Showing the Absurdities of Infidelity, and the Harmony of the Gospel with Science and History date = keywords = Acts; Bible; CHAPTER; Christ; Christians; Egypt; God; Jews; John; Moses; New; Paul; Rome; Savior; Testament; earth; great; illustration; jewish; man; roman; science; time summary = Even at the present time, in the noon-day of modern science and says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The that the earth is a thousand million years older than the time when flood of water because the wickedness of man was great upon the earth. progress of the nations depends upon the revelations of God. Thousands of years ago, Solomon perceived this fact. in the existence of an "unknown God." It is in the very nature of man The world has accepted God''s symbols thousands of years ago, and it the earth." Science admits that there was a "Great First Cause." The And God called the light day, and the darkness dark body of the earth was the means by which God divided the light the record given by Moses: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth id = 35562 author = Widtsoe, John Andreas title = A Rational Theology, as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints date = keywords = Adam; CHAPTER; Church; Doctrine; God; Gospel; Great; Jesus; Plan; Priesthood; man summary = Increasing Complexity of the Universe--Man and the Great Law--The Man Helped by God on Earth--The Plan of Salvation for All-offers the entire plan of life in the universe; and man may engage for The doctrine that God made the earth or man from nothing becomes, **Man''s Help to God.** The progress of intelligent beings is a mutual In God''s Plan for life on earth, is a system of laws, The Great Plan provided that man should come upon earth with the man''s origin and destiny and the meaning and duties of the earth-life. **Man Helped by God on Earth.** It was not intended, in the plan of to work out their mutual salvation under the settled authority of God. The purpose of the Great Plan can not be wholly fulfilled until all Church, and the work differs greatly, for man''s life is complex. the least, the progress of man under the Great law. man''s earth-life. id = 59993 author = Widtsoe, Osborne J. P. title = The Restoration of the Gospel date = keywords = Book; Christ; Church; Footnote; God; Gospel; Holy; Jesus; Joseph; Lord; Mormon; Oliver; Priesthood; Prophet; Smith; history summary = these kingdoms, said the prophet Daniel, "shall the God of heaven set "For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your restored by an angel to a divinely chosen prophet of God. Then the priesthood is to be revealed to Joseph Smith by the hand of truths:--a great work is appointed for the young man, Joseph Smith, Christ, to the Prophet Joseph Smith; but that glorious vision bore and second elders of the Church.[K] In after years, the Prophet Joseph Lord gave in addition a revelation to Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and bearing witness that Joseph Smith received divine authority and special known to the Prophet Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, of the Prophet Joseph Smith have been restored to man all the spiritual all--are revelations from the Lord through the Prophet Joseph Smith As the Prophet Joseph Smith revealed the condition of man in the life id = 51730 author = Wilson, Lycurgus A. (Lycurgus Arnold) title = Life of David W. Patten, the First Apostolic Martyr date = keywords = David; God; Joseph; Kirtland; Lord; Patten; Prophet; Zion summary = Two days after his baptism David was ordained an Elder under the hands Soon after the return of the Prophet Joseph Smith, David W. given, from you it must be preached unto them, that they shall repent the faithful who are called of God in the church unto the ministry,) that fall, David commended himself into the hands of the Lord and went Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, And the servant said unto his lord, When shall these things be? "William Pratt and David Patten took their journey to the land of Zion, David made known to the Prophet that he had asked the Lord to let day when my work shall commence among all people, unto the restoring of by his hand by the power of the Father, shall bring my people unto "David Patten I have taken unto myself; behold, his Priesthood no man id = 46028 author = Woodruff, Wilford title = Leaves from My Journal: Third Book of the Faith-Promoting Series Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints date = keywords = Brother; CHAPTER; Christ; Church; Elder; God; Joseph; Lord; Mr.; Prophet; Smith; Spirit; saint summary = Evil Spirit Enters her Child--Commence Baptizing--The Lord Makes Known first time in my life, an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of On the following day I preached at the house of Brother Henry Thomas, according to the word of God. We walked thirty miles to visit another branch of the Saints at Leeds, time I visited among the people, held twelve meetings and baptized islands many days, the Spirit of God was working among the people, I spent this New Year''s Day visiting the Saints and their neighbors, This was the first time a Latter-day Saint Elder I spent four days with the Saints visiting them, holding meetings and A DAY OF GOD''S POWER WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH--A GREAT NUMBER OF A DAY OF GOD''S POWER WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH--A GREAT NUMBER OF day of God''s power with the Prophet Joseph. Elder of the Latter-day Saints had visited. id = 49739 author = nan title = Gems of Reminiscence Seventeenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints date = keywords = Anson; Brother; Brown; CHAPTER; Church; Elder; England; Ernest; God; Lake; Lord; Mormon; Nauvoo; Parkin; Prophet; Salt; Smith; Spirit; Utah; saint summary = having placed benefits within the reach of young Latter-day Saints that and be an honor to yourself and to the Church and Kingdom of God. Although men will seek your life, you shall be spared and return to the For years after Brother Parkin arrived in Utah he worked land on Brother Parkin resumed work, but a few days later, after being given the Elder turned and, pointing to him, said, "You are the man, for I am Ernest succeeded in finding a chance to return home by working his One day Elder West felt impressed to remove his friend from I believe you have joined that church." The young man smiled and said When Anson was seven years old his father''s family removed to Geauga, work in that land." Pointing to Brother Call, he said "There is Anson; young man of great promise, and his death was keenly felt by his family id = 54298 author = nan title = Scrap Book of Mormon Literature, Volume 2 (of 2). Religious Tracts date = keywords = Acts; America; Bible; Book; Christ; Church; Father; Ghost; God; Gospel; Holy; Israel; Jerusalem; Jesus; Jews; John; Joseph; Kingdom; Lord; Luke; Mark; Mormon; New; Paul; Peter; Priesthood; Prophet; Savior; Smith; Son; Spirit; Utah; apostle; christian; faith; man; saint; scripture summary = THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: Its Religion, History, 1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ, Gospel are: First, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; of Christ, and come unto God their Eternal Father in humility, in God, and in Jesus Christ His Son, repentance of all sin, baptism by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in charge of the "Mormon" apostles preached: Faith in God the Eternal Father, in His Son Jesus believers exist in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gospel of the Son of God. We claim that the Church of Jesus Christ of The World:--Do you believe that God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son, The World:--You say, Faith in God and in His Son Jesus Christ is the God. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance of all sins, baptism id = 60056 author = nan title = Scrap Book of Mormon Literature (Vol. 1 of 2) Religious Tracts date = keywords = Acts; Bible; Book; Christ; Church; Elder; Father; Footnote; Ghost; God; Gospel; Holy; Isaiah; Israel; Jerusalem; Jesus; John; Joseph; Lord; Matt; Mormon; Mr.; New; Paul; Peter; Priesthood; Prophet; Savior; Smith; Son; Spirit; States; Testament; United; Utah; apostle; christian; saint; sidenote summary = This embraces faith in God the Father and in his son Jesus Christ and I will direct your attention to a few passages from the word of God. Jesus, when he sent the Apostles to preach in the first place, said comes from God through His Son Jesus Christ, and is given in baptism; Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." This is the word of God and remember, Faith in God the Father and in Jesus Christ, the Son, and in the Holy (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ, and We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ, and who know not God, AND OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." who know not God, AND OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."