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Essentials in Church History

by Joseph Fielding Smith

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  1. 1Note — Preface
  2. 2Part One — Introductory: The Gospel in Ancient and Mediaeval Times
  3. 3Chapter 2 — The Falling Away
  4. 4Chapter 3 — The Protestant Revolution
  5. 5Part Two — Opening of the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times
  6. 6Chapter 5 — The Ancestry of Joseph Smith
  7. 7Chapter 6 — Boyhood of Joseph Smith
  8. 8Chapter 7 — The Vision
  9. 9Chapter 8 — The Visitation of Moroni
  10. 10Chapter 9 — Joseph Smith Receives the Record — The Priesthood Restored
  11. 11Chapter 10 — The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
  12. 12Chapter 11 — Revelation on Doctrine and Church Government
  13. 13Chapter 12 — Organization of the Church
  14. 14Chapter 13 — Beginning of the Public Ministry of the Church
  15. 15Chapter 14 — The Public Ministry of the Church (2)
  16. 16Part Three — The Ohio and Missouri Period
  17. 17Chapter 16 — The Land of Zion — Its Dedication
  18. 18Chapter 17 — The Book of Commandments — The Vision of the Glories —…
  19. 19Chapter 18 — Organization of the First Presidency — Important Revel…
  20. 20Chapter 19 — Expulsion From Jackson County
  21. 21Chapter 20 — The Patriarchal Priesthood — Zion’s Camp
  22. 22Chapter 21 — Choosing of the Twelve and Seventy — Dedication of the…
  23. 23Chapter 22 — Clay County Rejects the Saints — Apostasy and Sorrow
  24. 24Chapter 23 — The Presidency Move to Missouri — Excommunication of O…
  25. 25Chapter 24 — Difficulties in Missouri — Governor Boggs’ Order of Ex…
  26. 26Chapter 25 — Persecutions of the Saints
  27. 27Chapter 26 — The Expulsion From Missouri
  28. 28Part Four — The Nauvoo Period
  29. 29Chapter 28 — Foreign Missionary Labors
  30. 30Chapter 29 — Appeal to Washington for Redress — Further Missouri Pe…
  31. 31Chapter 30 — The Nauvoo Temple and Ordinances Therein — Important E…
  32. 32Chapter 31 — Joseph Smith Accused as Accessory to Assault on Boggs
  33. 33Chapter 32 — Doctrinal Development and Prophecy
  34. 34Chapter 33 — Missouri’s Third Attempt to Capture Joseph Smith
  35. 35Chapter 34 — Joseph Smith’s Candidacy for President — Nauvoo Conspi…
  36. 36Chapter 35 — The Martyrdom
  37. 37Chapter 36 — The Succession of the Twelve Apostles — Preparation to…
  38. 38Part Five — The Settlement in the Rocky Mountains
  39. 39Chapter 38 — The Mormon Battalion
  40. 40Chapter 39 — The Pioneers
  41. 41Chapter 40 — In “The Land of Promise”
  42. 42Chapter 41 — Organization of the Presidency — Church Activities
  43. 43Chapter 42 — Church Activities
  44. 44Chapter 43 — “The Utah War”
  45. 45Chapter 44 — The Mountain Meadows Massacre
  46. 46Chapter 45 — The Army in Utah
  47. 47Chapter 46 — A Period of Strife and Bitterness
  48. 48Chapter 47 — The Mission of Governor Shaffer and Judge McKean
  49. 49Chapter 48 — Church Colonization and Progress
  50. 50Part Six — Recent Development
  51. 51Chapter 50 — The Administration of President John Taylor
  52. 52Chapter 51 — The Administration of President Wilford Woodruff
  53. 53Chapter 52 — The Administration of President Lorenzo Snow
  54. 54Chapter 53 — The Administration of President Joseph F. Smith
  55. 55Chapter 54 — The Administration of President Heber J. Grant
  56. 56Appendix: The Auxiliary Organizations of the Church
  57. 57Appendix: General Authorities of the Church
  58. 58Appendix: Stakes of Zion
  59. 59Appendix: Church Publications
  60. 60Appendix: List of Authorities and Books of Reference

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