Description
This volume is the third of three on Church History and the Doctrine and Covenants. It covers Church history during the administration of all of its Prophet-Prophets since Joseph Smith. It begins with the succession of the Apostles after Joseph Smith’s martyrdom, the building of the Nauvoo Temple, and the trek to the west of the Latter-day Saint pioneers. We follow them through Iowa, Winter Quarters, and on to Utah. We witness the colonization of the state of Deseret, while the rest of the country suffered from Civil War. Then we follow events through the administrations of all of the 19th-Century, 20th-Century, and 21st-Century prophets from John Taylor to Thomas S. Monson.
We become familiar with the early lives, missions, marriages, and callings of each of these prophets, seeing how the Lord prepared them for the particular time that they led the Church. We finish with a look toward the future as we await the Second Coming of our Lord.
The cover features a beautiful photograph of the Salt Lake Temple, taken at dusk during the Christmas season from the roof of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Table of Contents:
Ch. Title (Scripture Refs)
THE BRIGHAM YOUNG ERA
33. Priesthood Keys & Succession; Nauvoo Temple (1846) (D&C 107)
34. Iowa Trek, Mormon Battalion, Winter Quarters (1847) (D&C 136)
35. Trek to Utah & Place of Refuge (1847–48)
36a. Colonization & Handcart Pioneers (1848–57)
36b. The Utah War & Civil War (1857–67)
36c. Brigham Young’s Final Decade (1867–77)
LATE 19TH CENTURY PROPHETS
37. John Taylor: Faithfulness in Persecution (1877–87)
38. Wilford Woodruff: Time of Reconciliation (1887–98) (Official Declaration 1)
39. Lorenzo Snow: Tithing & Turn of the Century (1898–1901)
20TH CENTURY PROPHETS
40. Joseph F. Smith: Link with the Past; Spirit World (1901–18) (D&C 138)
41. Heber J. Grant: Perseverance, Welfare, & War (1918–45)
42. George Albert Smith: Forgiveness & Healing (1945–51)
43. David O. McKay: A Worldwide Church (1951–70)
44. Joseph Fielding Smith: Doctrine & Innovation (1970–72)
45. Harold B. Lee: Correlation & Consolidation (1972–73)
46. Spencer W. Kimball: Strides & Priesthood (1973–85) (Official Declaration 2)
47. Ezra Taft Benson: Liberty, Pride, Bk of Mormon (1985–94)
48. Howard W. Hunter: Following Christ & Worthiness (1994–95)
49a. Gordon B. Hinckley: Families & Media Mgmt (1995–99) (The Family Proclamation)
PROPHETS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
49b. Gordon B. Hinckley: Temples & Perpetual Ed (2000–08)
50. Thomas S. Monson: Charity, Growth, & Destiny (2008– )
