The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836
- ISBN-10
- 0842523162
- ISBN-13
- 9780842523165
- Category
- Latter Day Saint churches
- Pages
- 520
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- William Earl McLellin
Description
"For years, William E. McLellin (1806-1883) has been a mystery to Mormon historians. Converted in 1831, he served missions with Hyrum Smith, Samuel Smith, Parley Pratt, and others. He was also ordained one of the twelve original Latter-day Saint Apostles in 1835. Yet seeds of doubt and difficulty were already evident in his brief period of excommunication in 1832 and in various points of tension and later conflict with Church leaders." "In the early 1980s, the fabled McLellin journals were reportedly located by the infamous document forger, Mark Hofmann. Little did anyone know that they were soon to be found in the holdings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which had acquired the journals in 1908." "These six detailed and fascinating journals, written from 1831 to 1836 during McLellin's most faithful years, now shed new light on the nature of early Mormon worship and doctrine, as well as on religious attitudes in America in the 1830s. They document his daily travels, meetings, preachings, healings, sufferings, and feelings. They offer many clues toward solving the mystery of McLellin in early Mormon history."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Get the book
Similar books
-
The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880
By William Earl McLellinThe LDS hierarchy was divided in 1837 over the militarization of the church in Missouri. Many in the leadership eventually reconciled, but one of the twelve apostles, William E. McLellin,...
-
Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants
By The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836, ed. Jan Shipps and John W. Welch (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 44–45; see also “Minutes, 25–26 October 1831,” in Minute Book 2, 10, josephsmithpapers.org. 2.
-
Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students
By The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsDoctrine and Covenants 66 The Lord counsels William E.McLellin to continue faithful tothe end. WilliamE. McLellin hadprayedin secret ... Welch,eds., The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836 [1994], 57). Inserting Your Namein the ...
-
A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870
By Laurel Thatcher UlrichGender and Society 4 (1991): 495–5io; Marion Tinling, “Bloomerism Comes to California,” California History 61 (Spring 1982): 18–25; Gayle V. Fischer, Pantaloons and Power: A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States (Kent, ...
-
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days: The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846
By The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Standard of Truth is the first book in Saints, a new, four-volume narrative history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
By Richard Lyman BushmanCampbell condemned visionary religion, but shared the desire for a more pure and powerful religion based on the New Testament. Visionaries sought spiritual gifts; Campbell sought exact conformity to New Testament organization and ...
-
Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 16 (2015)
By Daniel C. Peterson, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Daniel OswaldThe editor, W. W. Phelps, considered it “good testimony” for the Book of Mormon. He also suggested that “should ... See also Mitchell K. Schaefer, ed., William E. McLellin's Lost Manuscript (Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2012), 168–69.
-
In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death
By Samuel Morris Brown... eds., The Journals of William E. McLellin: 1831–1836 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1994), 131. The practice recapitulated on a small scale the translation of Enoch's city Zion: NewT, 104–5 [Moses 7:18–23].
-
Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream
By Jonathan D. SarnaSee , for example , Lewis A. Hart , A Jewish Reply to Christian Evangelists ( New York : Bloch Publishing , 1906 ) ; Arthur U. Michelson , From Judaism and Law to Christ and Grace ( Los Angeles : Jewish Hope Publishing House , 1934 ) ...
-
The Chance of Salvation
By Lincoln A. MullenWilliam E. McLellin, The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836, ed. Jan Shipps and John W. Welch (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 29. 47. McLellin, Journals, 33; cf. 1 Cor. 12:10; 1 John 4:1. 48. McLellin, Journals ...