In this episode we talk about the history of the place we now call Nauvoo, the reason so many died there when the saints first arrived, and a glorious revelation that followed regarding those who have died without baptism. What were the two names for Nauvoo before it was Nauvoo? Why did the saints buy […]
As the latter-day saints were running for their lives from Missouri, following the Extermination Order, east to Illinois, the town they came to was Quincy, just over the Mississippi River. What makes Quincy remarkable is the kindness of the people there, who took in more than triple their population and, in contrast to people they
We take a moment in our account to talk about a great friend to the saints and a remarkable man – Alexander Doniphan. While others in positions of influence were seeking to harm the saints Doniphan, a lawyer, stood up for them and stood up for justice, showing an integrity seemingly lacking in others at
As we discussed last time, Joseph Smith and others were taken prisoners in Far West on Oct 31 of 1838. A death sentence was passed on them, but they were effectively saved from execution by Alexander Doniphan. While their lives were spared, they were incarcerated for the next five months. Why were they taken prisoners
Learn about the events that led up to the infamous Extermination Order by Governor Boggs of Missouri in 1838. It reads in part, “the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description”. What made Governor Boggs, and
This is a video-only episode (except the little explanation version I do separately). For the video go to: https://youtu.be/9ModX2-auQo (YouTube). If you happen to be listening on Spotify then click the little switch to go to the video version. In this episode I take you on location to Independence, Missouri! We believe this is the
After the saints got kicked out of Independence, Missouri, fleeing north over the river to Clay County (Missouri – mostly Liberty), and had been there a couple of years, it became apparent that the local residents there didn’t want the saints among them any more than did their cousins in Jackson county, and legal and
From the last episode we learned why around 1200 saints had moved from Kirtland, OH to Independence, MO, with more on the way. In this episode we learn about how the locals, who were largely frontiersmen and former southerners, didn’t love the idea of the northerner religious saints moving in and kind of taking over
The Lord revealed the “center place” for the gathering of the saints in the last days, and the place of Zion, the New Jerusalem, in 1831 to Joseph Smith. The place was Independence, Missouri – a city at that time on the western boundary of the United States (west of that was all Indian territory).
In this episode Susan does a study on the lives of several of the men who knew the prophet Joseph, to see how their faithfulness over the years affected their blessings. (Susan has studied EVERY person who knew the prophet Joseph.) Here we talk about Heber C. Kimball, James E. Talmage (who was not contemporary
