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Episode 5: Peace Be Unto Thy Soul 1836-1839
Scholars from Brigham Young University and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints investigate the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. This episode examines the Kirtland apostasy, the move of the Saints to Missouri, Joseph's arrest at Far West, the Saints expulsion from Missouri, and Joseph's imprisonment in Liberty Jail.
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Kirtland Safety Society
“The Kirtland Safety Society: The Stock Ledger Book and the Bank Failure” - D. Paul Sampson and Larry T. Wimmer, BYU Studies 1972
“A Warning from Kirtland” - Milton V. Backman, Jr., Ensign, Apr. 1989, 26
“The Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society” - Scott H. Partridge, BYU Studies 1972
“The Kirtland Economy Revisited: A Market Critique of Sectarian Economics” - Marvin S. Hill, C. Keith Rooker, and Larry T. Wimmer, BYU Studies 1977
“Kirtland: The Crucial Years” - Milton V. Backman Jr., Ensign, Jan. 1979, 24
The Kirtland Apostasy - Keith Perkins
Aftermath of Fall of the Kirtland Safety Society - Reid Neilson
Exodus of Kirtland Saints to Missouri - Milton Backman
Establishment of Caldwell, Davies Counties in Missouri
Formation of Caldwell and Davises Counties in Missouri - Alexander Baugh
“From High Hopes to Despair: The Missouri Period, 1831-39” - Alexander L. Baugh, Ensign, July 2001, 44
“Independence: Living in Zion” - Shanna Butler, New Era, May 2005, 29
“Adam-ondi-Ahman: A Brief Historical Survey” - Leland H. Gentry, BYU Studies 2001
“The Wentworth Letter” - Tambuli, June 1978, 42
“Establishing Zion in Missouri, The Early Years in Missouri” - Our Heritage, 4:37
Salt Sermon and the Missouri Apostasy
“Sidney Rigdon’s Missouri Speeches” - F. Mark McKiernan, BYU Studies 1971
“To Hear or Not to Hear” - Dale S. Cox, Ensign, Jan. 1993, 44
“Lessons from the Experience” - Max H. Parkin, Ensign, July 2001, 52
“Mormon Literature Sampler: The Missouri Persecutions: - B. H. Roberts
“Missouri’s Impact on the Church” - Max H. Parkin, Ensign, Apr 1979, 57
Revelations in Far West
“The Law of Tithing” - Earl C. Tingey, Ensign, May 2002, 10
“The Divine Law of Tithing” - Robert D. Hales, Ensign, Dec. 1986, 14
“The Sacred Law of Tithing” - Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, Dec. 1989, 2
“Thus Shall My Church Be Called” - Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, May, 1990, 16
“We, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” - Marion G. Romney, Ensign, May 1979, 50
Extermination Order, Haun’s Mill, Arrest and Trial of Joseph
Exodus of Saints from Missouri
The Twelve Apostles Leave for Mission to England from Far West - Alexander Baugh
Liberty Jail, Section 121 - Steven Harper
“’Like God Seven Times Purified’: Early Saints in Missouri” - Lavina Fielding Anderson, Ensign, Apr. 1979, 51
“Brigham Young in England” - Ronald K. Esplin, Ensign, June 1987, 28
“The Willard Richards and Brigham Young 5 September 1840 Letter from England to Nauvoo” - Ronald W. Walker, BYU Studies, 1978
“Sickness and Faith, Nauvoo Letters” - Ronald K. Esplin, BYU Studies
“Departure of the Twelve for England—Manifestation of God’s Power in Healing the Sick at Commerce” - History of the Church 4:1, BYU Studies
Liberty Jail
“Church Leaders in Liberty Jail” - Leonard J. Arrington, BYU Studies 1972
“Revelations in Context, Joseph Smith’s Letter from Liberty Jail, March 20, 1839” - Dean C. Jessee and John W. Welch, BYU Studies, 2000
“’I Was with My Family’: Joseph Smith—Devoted Husband, Father, Son, and Brother,” - Ensign, Aug. 1991, 22
“The Elect Lady: Emma Hale Smith” - Valeen Tippetts Aver and Linda King Newell, Ensign, Sept. 1979, 65
“The Prophet’s Epistle to the Church, Written in Liberty Prison” - Joseph Smith Jr., Liberty Jail, March 1839
The Saints Exodus from Missouri to Quincy - Richard Bennett
"When Christmas Hurts" - Tamara Smith Allred, Ensign, Dec. 2005, 18
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