by Keith L. Brown | Jun 1, 2016 | Joseph Smith
Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! Joseph Smith was the prophet of the restoration. He was told in a vision from the angel Moroni “that God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or...
by Guest Author | Oct 19, 2015 | Joseph Smith's Family
This article was written by Jannalee Rosner and published by LDS Living.com. Of the many hardships Joseph Smith Jr. and his wife Emma endured, the one that was perhaps the most difficult, especially for Emma, was losing so many of her precious babies. Only 5 of her 11...
by Keith L. Brown | Mar 12, 2015 | Joseph Smith's Family
There are many phenomena which seem to defy reasonable explanation. Such is the case, for example, of the year 1816 which is known in history as the “Year without a summer” because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by...
by Keith L. Brown | Feb 26, 2015 | Joseph Smith's Family
Joseph Smith, Jr. was born on 23 December 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph Smith, Sr. (1771-1848) and Lucy Mack Smith (1775-1856). He had ten siblings, including an unnamed brother who died at birth in 1797, and was the fifth oldest. Of those siblings, five of his...
by dwhite | Nov 5, 2013 | Joseph Smith
Dr. Nathan Smith Nathan Smith was born on September 30, 1762, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He first began practicing surgery in Chester, Vermont, at age 21. In 1790, he earned his MB from Harvard College’s medical department, only the third person to do so. From...
by paulah | Nov 5, 2013 | Joseph Smith
In an angelic visitation, the Prophet Joseph Smith, the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly called the Mormon Church), was told that God had a work for him to do and that his “name should be had for good and evil among...
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