A collection of essays using a Mormon perspective to view such topics as family life, dating, living the Word of Wisdom, and relationships.
The Deseret Bookshelf version is enhanced with video. Yes, life is a great adventure, but it's also a great challenge. And the weather forecast for the latter days is grim: hail, mighty winds, and shafts in the whirlwind. Question: Where are you going to build your foundation?An…
Between April 1834 and September 1835, Joseph Smith and the church he led faced tumultuous times. The documents in this volume of The Joseph Smith Papers highlight Joseph Smith's struggle for Zion's redemption during this period, whether through the calling of the Camp of Israel…
The fifth volume of the Documents series, to be published in spring 2017, contains revelations, discourses, prayers, legal documents, personal letters, a map, and banknotes, among other documents. The volume chronicles a period in Joseph Smith's life marked by both exuberance an…
Volume 2 of the Histories series, published in 2012, presents four histories written by church historians by assignment from Joseph Smith. The volume includes works by two men, John Whitmer and John Corrill, who both distanced themselves from the church before finishing their hi…
Volume 1 of the Histories series, published in 2012, presents the six personal and church histories written, dictated, or closely supervised by Joseph Smith. This volume includes accounts of Joseph Smith's foundational spiritual experiences, including his first vision of Deity, …
Volume 2 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Smith Papers features the first Nauvoo, Illinois, journal of Joseph Smith as well as part of the second.
Journals
by Ashurst-McGee, Mark, Jensen, Richard L., Smith, Joseph,, Jr
fromJoseph Smith Papers: Journals
Although the journal entries capture in detail the words and actions of Joseph Smith, Jr., he neither wrote nor dictated them. They are actually the work of several companions who acted as his scribes or private secretaries, among them Willard Richards and William Clayton.
