Joseph Smith, a Prophet of God—Joseph Called and Directed by God—The Development of the Prophet—What Joseph Taught—Results of the Prophet's Labors—Persecutions of the Prophet—The Prophet Harassed by Law-suits—Joseph of Good Character—Why the Prophet was Killed—Joseph's Work in the Spirit World—Nature of the Prophet and His Family—The Twelve, the Successors of the Prophet—Some Sayings of the Prophet
THE SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST
The Journey Across the Plains—The Mormon Battalion—Settlement in the Great Salt Lake Valley
Discourses of Brigham Young
CHAPTER I
THE GOSPEL DEFINED
Composed of Eternal Laws—The Gospel of the Son of God that has been revealed is a plan or system of laws and ordinances, by strict obedience to which the people who inhabit this earth are assured that they may return again into the presence of the Father and the Son. 13:233[A]
[Footnote A: The numbers at the end of each excerpt refer to the volume and page of the Journal of Discourses. Where the excerpt occurs thus, 13:233, it means Journal of Discourses, volume 13, page 233.]