Joseph Smith, Jr.

Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Sharon, Vermont on December 23, 1805. Smith was characterized as being literate, but far from well-educated. His family's rough existence led them across Vermont and eventually to Rochester, New York. It was here, in the spring of 1820, that Joseph Smith retired to a secluded grove of trees behind his house and said a prayer for guidance about whether to join the Presbyterians as his mother demanded, or whether to join the credo of the Baptists, take up the faith of

life gave him the insight to create the writings and lectures that touched people’s hearts. Like Joseph Smith, Jr. Ralph Waldo Emerson lost a lot of family due to illnesses. Charles, Emerson’s brother fell ill and his lungs began to betray him and he suddenly died. His death was the fifth to take from Emerson a loved one in the five years since the tragic loss of Ellen, deaths which included Ellen’s mother and sister; his best friend; George Sampson; and his brother Edward (York and Spaulding 76)

is technically considered a type of Christian religion. Mainly this is because they believe in God and his son Jesus Christ. Beyond that their beliefs differ and the LDS follow different religious leaders. There are many prophets of God, such as Joseph Smith that the church looks to for guidance. These prophets also

History books have called Joseph Smith an American religious leader who founded the modern day Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). This religious institution is based on Smiths visions and the followers of the LDS church are called Mormon’s. His vision was for the restoration of the early Christian church and a new way of life to live by. While Smith visions and ethics have been controversial at times, millions still follow his teachings and the religious culture he started in 1830

On, April 6, 1830, a then 24-year-old young man named Joseph Smith Jr. gathered in a small room along with six other people to organize a Church that would change American history. Since the age of 14, Joseph Smith had always been a source of contentment and ridicule by people of all social classes and religions. Ten years earlier, in the spring of 1820, this young boy declared that he had seen a vision, that he had been visited by both God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. This vision is a cornerstone

History and Analysis of Mormonism in America Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was officially organized by Joseph Smith in Western New York on April 6, 1830, and by 1978, spread to more than seventy nations. One uniqueness of the Mormon religion is that it was the first church to have begun in the United States. Following the revivals of the 1800's, religion entered a temporary decline in Western New York, reawakened in 1807-1808, then declined again because of the military excitement

It is uncertain whether Joseph Smith was killed by the Masons for revealing their secrets, as William Butler had been, or if he was killed for destroying the Nauvoo Expositor press machines. Perhaps both reasons were in play at the time. It seems obvious that when Joseph Smith was killed he was in the act of crying out “O Lord my God…” This is the first part of the Masons plea for help and assistance, the entire plea is “O Lord my God, is there no help for the widows son?” He must have felt those

restoration church originally created by the Saviour Jesus Christ and He chose the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. to restore it (Hughes, 2014). From that day, Joseph labored in God’s service, working to establish The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to build up God’s kingdom on earth in the latter days. Jesus directs His Church today through revelation to a prophet on the earth, and Joseph Smith was that such prophet.

About the Mormons The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called the Mormon church) was founded at Fayette, New York, on April 6, 1830, by Joseph Smith, Jr. Smith, the recipient of dreams and heavenly manifestations in the 1820s, dictated to scribes the translated text of a holy book he said had been engraved on gold plates by an American Indian historian about a.d. 400. The six-hundred-page Book of Mormon was published in the spring of 1830. The

organize the survivors. Joseph Smith said he received a revelation on April 7, 1842 calling for the establishment of an organization called the Living Constitution, or later the Council of Fifty. This would serve as the foundation for the establishment of Christ's Millennial government. The organization was formally established by Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois on March 11, 1844. The "clerk of the Kingdom", William Clayton, recorded that exactly one month later, Joseph Smith was "chosen as our