Impressions of a Prophet: Joseph Smith

• 25: The Road to Carthage

  William Law and the Nauvoo Expositor call for Nauvoo city charter to be revoked, after lengthy deliberation city council resolves to destroy press, Sheriff John P. Greene carries out order with overabundance of volunteers, Law and other proprietors later set fire to building, citizens extinguish fire, arrest warrants are issued to Joseph & Hyrum for rioting in streets and destruction of press, for first two warrants Joseph is able to stand trial before friendly judge, line of aggression is set up by enemies of the Church between Carthage and Nauvoo, Nauvoo placed under lockdown, Governor Ford arrives in Carthage despite invitations to come to Nauvoo, 3rd arrest warrant is issued with no recourse to stand before friendly judge, Joseph immediately sends for remaining ten of twelve out on political missions, Joseph and Hyrum temporarily go across river to Iowa, then after encouragement from friends and Emma it is resolved for he and Hyrum to submit to warrant and go to Carthage despite Joseph's predictions, Joseph and Hyrum say goodbye to families, Joseph tells Emma to write out a blessing that he will then sign, Joseph makes statements on his way to Carthage early in the morning that foreshadow his death... Song today is The Unknown Grave, by David Hyrum Smith - Joseph and Emma's (at this time unborn) son. Almost done! YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Music Website Facebook Instagram Susan Easton Black on Amazon Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book Clayton Pixton on Spotify Clayton Pixton on Apple Music

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• 24: The Relief Society – A Monument to Women

  In this episode Susan tells us the story of the origins of the largest female organization in the world, the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The original idea from some women in Nauvoo was to create a benevolent society (common in that time). Eliza R. Snow was asked to write up a constitution for it, which she did and then took to Joseph Smith to review. He responded by saying the Lord had something better for them, that would be organized not as a society of man (women), but under the priesthood itself and after its pattern. Susan then tells us the story of and takes us through the largest memorial to women in the world, the Women Memorial Garden in Nauvoo. We hope you'll follow us through this amazing account and gain from the lessons Susan draws from the story and the memorial garden. Thanks for being with us! YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Music Website Facebook Instagram Susan Easton Black on Amazon Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book Clayton Pixton on Spotify Clayton Pixton on Apple Music

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• 23: Joseph Smith for President

  Leading up to the presidential election of 1844, Joseph Smith and other church leaders counseled about who should get their vote. None of the alternatives seeming desirable, it was finally proposed that General Joseph Smith run himself. This he did, eventually finding a running mate in Sidney Rigdon. Neither of them were known to ever actively campaign. But Brigham Young, then kind of leading the newly organized Council of Fifty, gets Joseph to agree to let him ask for political volunteers to campaign for Joseph. These include, then, the likes of Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, Orson and Parley Pratt, Orson Hyde, and William Smith, who go to various parts of the country to campaign for Joseph and his presidential platform. What was included in that platform? What was the Council of Fifty about? Who did Joseph say couldn't go campaign and why? Who did Joseph find was conspiring to thwart his campaign? What ultimately happened with that? Who ended up winning the election and what did they do relating to Manifest Destiny? What does all this teach us about how we should act in relation to our own country? Get the answers to these questions and more, also an original arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner, on this episode. Good to have you back! YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Music Website Facebook Instagram Susan Easton Black on Amazon Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book Clayton Pixton on Spotify Clayton Pixton on Apple Music

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• 22: The Nauvoo Temple – Past and Present

  In this episode Susan talks about a central focus of the prophet and the saints in Nauvoo - the temple. We know from a previous episode that Joseph had received revelation and instituted baptisms for the dead, and a font was built for that purpose on the site of the Nauvoo temple, sheltered by a wooden structure with a pitched roof. Around that structure the temple was built, much of the time with armed guards to protect it and its workmen. Where was the endowment first given (it wasn't in the temple), and to whom? What was the temple built out of? Who was the architect and who directed him? What other temples had been built before or had at least cornerstones laid, in our dispensation? Who donated the land for the temple and then became a member of the Church? Who made the first temple clothing? Did the progress on the temple halt when Joseph Smith was martyred? (No.) Why did Brigham Young finish the temple before leaving the town and going west, even though he knew it would immediately fall out of their hands? What happened to the temple? How was the property later aquired by the Church in the 1930s? Which modern prophet announced its reconstruction? All these questions and more are brilliantly answered in this episode. Enjoy! YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Music Website Facebook Instagram Susan Easton Black on Amazon Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book Clayton Pixton on Spotify Clayton Pixton on Apple Music

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• 21: Nauvoo, the City Beautiful

  If you visit Nauvoo today (2020s), you'll see a small agrarian town. But in its heyday when it was the gathering place for the saints, it was a thriving center of religious, civic, business and cultural life, whose population briefly rivaled that of Chicago. In this episode Susan tells us some fascinating facts about life in Nauvoo at this time. Some quick facts: Nauvoo is largely the result of the vision of Joseph Smith, who wanted it to be a "light unto the world". Typical houses often had their own garden and included a shop of some kind. Many people lived out in farming communities in the farming months and returned in between. The Lord called the stake of Nauvoo "a cornerstone of Zion". Wards were invented in Nauvoo, named after political wards. Saints in the outside farming communities would come into town to go to General Conference, bury their dead, go to the temple, and shop (which the men did). There were no banks. And more... Glad you can join us! YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music YouTube Music Website Facebook Instagram Susan Easton Black on Amazon Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book Clayton Pixton on Spotify Clayton Pixton on Apple Music

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