Secrets Mormons Don't Want You To Know (15 page)

139
) Smith,
History of the Church
, vol. 4, p. 461.

140
) LeGrand Richards,
Marvelous Work and a Wonder,
1979 edition, pp. 67-68.

141
) Pratt,
The Seer,
p. 215.

142
) Orson Pratt,
Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon,
pp. 1-2.

143
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 670.

144
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 6, p. 24.

145
) Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, pp. 164-165

146
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 136-138.

147
) Kimball,
The Miracle of Forgiveness,
p. 6.

148
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 331, 334.

149
) Marion Romney (LDS First Presidency), Conference Report, April, 1961, p. 119.

150
) Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith History, 1:14-17.

151
) Edward Bonney,
Banditti of the Prairies,
1963, pp. 20-24.

152
) Smith,
History of The Church,
vol. 6, pp. 617-618, vol. 7, pp. 102-103.

153
) Ibid., vol. 7, pp. 102-103.

154
) Emma Hale Smith,
Mormon Enigma
, pp. 146-147; Todd Compton,
In Sacred Loneliness
, p. 499); quoted at: www.mormonthink.com/lying.htm

155
)
The Young Woman’s Journal,
vol. 3, p. 263.

156
)
The History of Oliver B. Huntington,
p. 10, typed copy, Marriott

Library, University of Utah.

157
) Stephen W. Gibson,
One-Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions
, p. 80.

158
) Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith History, 1:14-20.

159
) Smith,
History of the Church,
vol. 4, p. 581.

160
) Ibid., vol. 7, p. 287.

161
) Smith,
History of the Church,
vol. 6, pp. 408-409.

162
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 6, p. 5.

163
) Smith,
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
, p. 339.

164
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 670.

165
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 1, pp. 188,190.

166
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 396.

167
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 7, p. 289.

168
) Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142, 1988.

169
) Smith,
History of the Church,
vol. 7, p. 287.

170
) D. Michael Quinn,
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View,
p. 59.

171
) D. Michael Quinn,
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View,
p. 59.

172
) David Martin,
Mormon Miscellaneous,
1975, vol. 1, pp. 14-15.

173
) Affidavit of Isaac Hale, in the New York Baptist Register, June 13, 1834.

174
) Book of Commandments 7:3, 1833 printing.

175
) Doctrines and Covenants 8:6-7.

176
) Ibid.

177
) David Whitmer,
An Address To All Believers In Christ,
p. 12.

178
) Emma Smith Letter, The Saints’ Herald, May 19, 1888, p. 310.

179
) Affidavit of Isaac Hale dated March 20, 1834, cited in Rodger I. Anderson,
Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reexamined,
(Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990), pp. 126-128.

180
) W.W. Blair interview with Michael Morse, Saints’ Herald, vol. 26, no. 12 (June 15, 1879), pp. 190-91.

181
) Smith,
History of the Church,
vol. 2, p. 236.

182
)
William Mulder, A. Russell Mortensen,
Among the Mormons
, pp. 136-137.

183
) The Book of the Dead, Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet, London, 1899, p. 33.

184
) Joseph Smith Jr., as a Translator, pp. 26-27.

185
) Salt Lake Tribune, May 4, 1970.

186
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 6, p. 5.

187
) Weber Stake Ward Teacher’s Lesson for January, 1922.

188
) Smith,
History of the Church
, vol. 2, p. 182.

189
) Doctrine and Covenants 84:1-3.

190
) Ibid. 84:2-5,31.

191
) Doctrine and Covenants 87:1-3.

192
) Ibid. 88:87.

193
) Smith,
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,
p. 286.

194
)
Documentary History of the Church
, vol. 5, p. 394.

195
) Millennial Star, vol. 22, p. 455.

196
) Recorded in the
Nauvoo Neighbor,
June 19, 1844.

197
) Doctrine and Covenants 84:114-115.

198
) Ibid. 112:1-11.

199
) Doctrines and Covenants 104:1.

200
) Whitmer,
An Address To All Believers In Christ,
1887, pp. 30-31.

201
) Doctrine and Covenants 114:1-2.

202
) Smith,
History of the Church
, vol. 3, p. 171

203
) Ibid., vol. 1, pp. 315-316.

204
) Ibid.

205
)
Journal of Discourses
vol. 4, pp. 40-41.

206
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine,
1966 edition, 1979 printing, p. 114.

207
) Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5:21-22

208
) Book of Mormon, Alma 3:6

209
)
Journal of Discourses,
vol. 7, p. 290.

210
) Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5:25.

211
) Joseph Fielding Smith,
The Way to Perfection
, pp. 101-102.

212
)
Journal of Discourses,
vol. 7. pp. 290-291.

213
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, 1958 edition, p. 527.

214
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 2, pp. 142-143.

215
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, 1958 edition, p. 109.

216
) Smith,
The Way to Perfection
, pp. 102.

217
) John J. Stewart,
Mormonism and the Negro
, 1960, pp. 46-47.

218
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 10, p. 110.

219
) Brigham Young Address, Ms d 1234, Box 48, folder 3.

220
) Roger O. Porter, from article “Educator Cites McKay Statement of No Negro Bias in LDS Tenets” Salt Lake Tribune, January 15, 1970.

221
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 527.

222
) N. Eldon Tanner,
Seattle Magazine
, Dec. 1967, p. 60.

223
) Official Declaration–2. Salt Lake City, Utah, September 30, 1978.

224
) www.meetmormonmissionaries.org/88/african_american

225
) Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 5:21.

226
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine,
1986 printing, p. 616.

227
) Joseph Fielding Smith, Message from the First Presidency: Salvation Universal, Ensign, Feb 1971, 2.

228
) Joseph Fielding Smith, Message from the First Presidency: Salvation Universal. Ensign, Feb 1971, 2.

229
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 2, pp. 146-149.

230
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 6, p. 163.

231
) Article of Faith #4.

232
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 70.

233
) Ibid., p. 295.

234
) Ibid., p. 101.

235
) LeGrand Richards,
A Marvelous Work and A Wonder
, p. 107.

236
) Hunter,
The Gospel Through the Ages
, p. 196.

237
) Ibid., p. 215.

238
) Doctrine and Covenants 82:7.

239
) Kimball,
The Miracle of Forgiveness,
p. 170.

240
) Doctrine and Covenants 68:27.

241
) Richards,
A Marvelous Work and A Wonder,
p. 99.

242
) Joseph Fielding Smith,
The Way to Perfection,
pp. 153-154.

243
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 2, p. 141.

244
) Hunter,
The Gospel Through the Ages,
p. 223.

245
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 73, 673.

246
) Doctrine and Covenants 128:15,18.

247
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 70.

248
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 1, pp. 74-75.

249
) Pearl of Great Price, Moses 5:9.

250
) Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:22-23, 25.

251
) Joseph Fielding Smith,
Answers to Gospel Questions,
vol. 1, p. 6.

252
) Pearl of Great Price, Moses 5:10-11.

253
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 1 pp. 114-115.

254
) Sterling W. Sill (assistant to the council of the Twelve Apostles),

Deseret News Church Section, July 31, 1965, p. 7.

255
) Hunter,
The Gospel Through the Ages
, p. 15.

256
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 192-193. See also Pearl of Great Price, Moses 4:1-3.

257
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 6, p. 8.

258
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 192-193.

259
) John A. Widtsoe,
Joseph Smith–Seeker After Truth,
pp. 177-178.

260
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine,
p. 757.

261
) Mormon historian B.H. Roberts,
Outlines of Ecclesiastical History
, p. 408).

262
) Smith,
Doctrines of Salvation,
vol. 2, p. 160.

263
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, p. 755.

264
) Doctrine and Covenants 19:6.

265
) Doctrine and Covenants 19:6.

266
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 349-350.

267
) John Morgan,
The Plan of Salvation,
p. 30.

268
) The First Presidency letter, Nov. 5, 1996.

269
)
Journal of Discourses,
vol. 1, pp. 50-51.

270
)
Journal of Discourses,
vol. 1, pp. 50-51.

271
) McConkie,
Mormon Doctrine
, pp. 16-18.

272
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 5, p. 331.

273
)
Desert News
, June 18, 1873.

274
)
Church New
s, October 9, 1976.

275
) Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, speech given at the BYU

Marriott Center, June 1, 1980.

276
)
Journal of Discourses
, vol. 14, pp. 71-72.