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  Chapter 1: Introduction (pages 1-5)   Chapter 2: 1806-1828 Early life of Joseph Smith (pages 6-22)   Chapter 3: 1828-1829 Translation, Aaronic priesthood (pages 23-40)   Chapter 4: 1829 Witnesses to the Book of Mormon (pages 41-58)   Chapter 5: 1829 Comments on priesthood ordination (pages 59-66)   Chapter 6: 1830 Organization of the Church (pages 67-93)   Chapter 7: 1830 Persecutions (pages 94-127)   Chapter 8: 1830 Missionaries sent to the West (pages 128-155)   Chapter 9: 1830-1831 Move to Kirtland (pages 156-200)   Chapter 10: 1831-1832 Journey to the Land of Zion (pages 201-257)   Chapter 11: 1832-1833 Church organization (pages 258-288)   Chapter 12: 1833 Persecution in Missouri (pages 289-367)   Chapter 13: 1833 Missionary work (pages 368-388)   Chapter 14: 1833 Missouri troubles (pages 389-398)   Chapter 15: 1834 Appeal to President Jackson (pages 399-423)   Chapter 16: 1834 Organization of High Council (pages 424-457)   Chapter 17: 1834 Zion's Camp (pages 458-487)   Chapter 18: 1834 Activities in Missouri (pages 488-517)   Chapter 19: 1834 Activities in Kirtland (pages 518-530)   Chapter 20: 1834 High Council in Missouri (pages 531-536)   Chapter 21: 1835 Choosing of Twelve and Seventy (pages 537-571)   Chapter 22: 1835 Acceptance of Doctrine and Covenants (pages 572-582)   Chapter 23: 1835 Various historical items (pages 583-628)   Chapter 24: Biographical - First Presidency (pages 629-642)   Chapter 25: Biographical - Twelve (pages 643-659)   Chapter 26: Biographical - Bishopric (pages 660-666)
  Chapter 1: 1836 Events in Kirtland (pages 1-32)   Chapter 2: 1836 Dedication of Kirtland Temple (pages 33-50)   Chapter 3: 1835-1836 Troubles in Missouri (pages 51-79)   Chapter 4: 1836 Mission activities (pages 80-88)   Chapter 5: 1837 Kirtland Bank problems (pages 89-97)   Chapter 6: 1837 Various church activities (pages 98-110)   Chapter 7: 1837 Church at Far West (pages 111-120)   Chapter 8: 1837-1838 Missionary work in England (pages 121-135)   Chapter 9: 1838 Troubles at Far West (pages 136-177)   Chapter 10: 1838 Seventies move to Far West (pages 178-184)   Chapter 11: 1838 Mob action against the Saints (pages 185-208)   Chapter 12: 1838 Saints ordered to leave Missouri (pages 209-223)   Chapter 13: 1838 Haun's Mill Massacre (pages 224-254)   Chapter 14: 1838 Joseph and others imprisoned (pages 255-284)   Chapter 15: 1838-1839 Liberty Jail (pages 285-309)   Chapter 16: 1839 Escape from Missouri to Illinois (pages 310-335)   Chapter 17: 1838-1839 Accounts of persecution (pages 336-351)   Chapter 18: 1839 Various events in the church (pages 352-375)   Chapter 19: 1839-1840 Appeals in Washington (pages 376-422)   Chapter 20: 1839-1840 Affidavits concerning Missouri (pages 423-445)   Chapter 21: 1840 Events in Nauvoo (pages 446-481)   Chapter 22: 1837-1840 Missions of the Twelve (pages 482-501)   Chapter 23: 1841 Events in Nauvoo (pages 501-531)   Chapter 24: 1841 Nauvoo Temple (pages 532-567)   Chapter 25: 1842 Conditions in Nauvoo (pages 568-583)   Chapter 26: 1842 John C. Bennett and Marriage Law (pages 584-598)   Chapter 27: 1842 Political situation (pages 599-606)   Chapter 28: 1842 Joseph Smith arrested (pages 607-637)   Chapter 29: 1843 Activities in Nauvoo (pages 638-655)   Chapter 30: 1843 Joseph Smith arrested again (pages 656-707)   Chapter 31: 1843-1844 Bid for Presidential nomination (pages 708-728)   Chapter 32: 1844 Polygamy accusations opposed (pages 729-740)   Chapter 33: 1844 Joseph and Hyrum slain (pages 741-775)   Chapter 34: Biographical - Hyrum Smith, Wm. Law (pages 776-777)   Chapter 35: Biographical - Taylor, Page, Woodruff, et.al. (pages 778-791)   Chapter 36: Biographical - Bishop George Miller (pages 792-794)
  Chapter 1: Rigdon and Young's claims to authority (pages 1-28)   Chapter 2: William Smith, Wight, Strang, et. al. (pages 29-91)   Chapter 3: Society Islands (pages 92-109)   Chapter 4: Twelve assume control (pages 110-121)   Chapter 5: 1845 Events in Nauvoo (pages 122-132)   Chapter 6: 1844-1845 Persecution increases (pages 133-158)   Chapter 7: 1846 Exodus from Nauvoo (pages 159-179)   Chapter 8: 1846-1849 Brannan's expedition (pages 180-194)   Chapter 9: 1844-1852 Factions, Reorganization begins (pages 195-213)   Chapter 10: 1853-1857 Conferences and revelations (pages 214-234)   Chapter 11: 1858-1859 Reorganization continues (pages 235-241)   Chapter 12: 1860 Conference at Amboy, Joseph III ordained (pages 242-273)   Chapter 13: 1860 Special conference (pages 274-281)   Chapter 14: 1861 Mission activities (pages 282-301)   Chapter 15: 1862 Conference events (pages 302-314)   Chapter 16: 1863 News from Europe (pages 315-335)   Chapter 17: 1864 Various resolutions (pages 336-344)   Chapter 18: Various factions, Utah church (pages 345-368)   Chapter 19: 1863-1864 Mission to Utah (pages 369-379)   Chapter 20: 1862-1863 Mission in England (pages 380-396)   Chapter 21: 1864 (pages 397-406)   Chapter 22: 1865 (pages 407-425)   Chapter 23: 1866 (pages 426-459)   Chapter 24: 1867 (pages 460-477)   Chapter 25: 1867 continued (pages 478-488)   Chapter 26: 1868 (pages 489-498)   Chapter 27: 1868 continued (pages 499-514)   Chapter 28: 1869 (pages 515-530)   Chapter 29: 1869 continued (pages 531-560)   Chapter 30: 1870 (pages 561-589)   Chapter 31: 1870 continued (pages 590-604)   Chapter 32: 1871 (pages 605-621)   Chapter 33: 1871 continued (pages 622-645)   Chapter 34: 1871-1872 (pages 646-686)   Chapter 35: 1872 (pages 687-702)   Chapter 36: 1872 continued (pages 703-720)   Chapter 37: Biographical - Wm. Marks, Wm. Blair (pages 721-731)   Chapter 38: Biographical - Deam, J. Briggs, Gurley, et.al. (pages 732-752)   Chapter 39: Biographical (pages 753-775)   Chapter 40: Biographical: I.L. Rogers, Lucy Smith (pages 776-786)
  Chapter 1: 1873 Missionary activity (pages 1-17)   Chapter 2: 1873 Various Church activities (pages 18-37)   Chapter 3: 1873-1874 Missionaries in South Seas (pages 38-55)   Chapter 4: 1874 (pages 56-70)   Chapter 5: 1874 continued (pages 71-89)   Chapter 6: 1875 (pages 90-106)   Chapter 7: 1875 continued (pages 107-121)   Chapter 8: 1876 (pages 122-139)   Chapter 9: 1876 continued (140-151)   Chapter 10: 1876 Joseph Smith III trip to the West (pages 152-164)   Chapter 11: 1877 (pages 165-178)   Chapter 12: 1877 continued (pages 179-204)   Chapter 13: 1878 (pages 205-231)   Chapter 14: 1878 continued (pages 232-247)   Chapter 15: 1879 (pages 248-273)   Chapter 16: 1879 continued (pages 274-294)   Chapter 17: 1880 Kirtland Temple Suit (pages 295-314)   Chapter 18: 1880 continued (pages 315-329)   Chapter 19: 1881 (pages 330-362)   Chapter 20: 1881 continued (pages 363-375)   Chapter 21: 1882 (pages 376-396)   Chapter 22: 1882 continued (pages 397-407)   Chapter 23: 1883 (pages 408-426)   Chapter 24: 1883 continued (pages 427-435)   Chapter 25: 1884 (pages 436-454)   Chapter 26: 1884 continued (pages 455-468)   Chapter 27: 1885 (pages 469-485)   Chapter 28: 1885 continued (pages 486-510)   Chapter 29: 1886 (pages 511-545)   Chapter 30: 1886 continued (pages 546-553)   Chapter 31: 1887 (pages 554-574)   Chapter 32: 1887 continued (pages 575-582)   Chapter 33: 1888 (pages 583-604)   Chapter 34: 1888 continued (pages 605-615)   Chapter 35: 1889 (pages 616-628)   Chapter 36: 1889 continued (pages 629-639)   Chapter 37: 1890 (pages 640-656)   Chapter 38: 1890 continued (pages 657-669)   Chapter 39: Biographical - David H. & Alexander Smith (pages 670-677)   Chapter 40: Biographical - W.H. Kelley, Z. Gurley, et.al. (pages 678-704)   Chapter 41: Biographical - Heman Smith, Joseph Luff, et.al. (pages 705-722)   Chapter 42: Biographical - G.A. Blakeslee, E.L. Kelley (pages 723-732)
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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 16 Page: 335 (~1838-1839)

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335 was commenced and a tragedy the most dreadful was enacted, by a large portion of the inhabitants of one of those free and independent States which comprise this vast republic; and a deadly blow was struck at the institutions for which our fathers had fought many a hard battle, and for which many a patriot had shed his blood; and suddenly was heard amidst the voice of joy and gratitude for our national liberty, the voice of mourning, lamentation, and woe. Yes! in this land, a mob, regardless of those laws for which so much blood has been spilled, dead to every feeling of virtue and patriotism which animated the bosom of freemen, fell upon a people whose religious faith was different from their own, and not only destroyed their homes, drove them away, and carried off their property, but murdered many a freeborn son of America-a tragedy which has no parallel in modern and hardly in ancient times; even the face of the Red Man would be ready to turn pale at the recital of it. It would have been some consolation if the authorities of the State had been innocent in this affair; but they are involved in the guilt thereof, and the blood of innocence, even of children, cries for vengeance upon them.

"I ask the citizens of this vast republic whether such a state of things is to be suffered to pass unnoticed, and the hearts of widows, orphans, and patriots to be broken and their wrongs left without redress No! I invoke the genius of our Constitution. I appeal to the patriotism of Americans to stop this unlawful and unholy procedure; and pray that God may defend this nation from the dreadful effects of such outrages.

"Is there not virtue in the body politic? Will not the people rise up in their majesty and with that promptitude and zeal which is so characteristic of them discountenance such proceedings by bringing the offenders to that punishment which they so richly deserve, and save the nation from that disgrace and ultimate ruin which otherwise must inevitably fall upon it?

"Joseph Smith, Jr."

-Millennial Star, vol. 17, pp. 148-151.

(page 335)
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