The restoration of priesthood authority was a key event in the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Smith in 1830, as is well known. Much less familiar is the fascinating process of continuing revelation and administrative brilliance that has unfolded over the last two centuries as priesthood offices and quorums have gone into action.

My Fellow Servants: Essays on the History of the Priesthood

William G. Hartley

Brigham Distributing

They Are My Friends: A History Of The Joseph Knight Family, 1825-1850

Grandin Book Company

Another Kind of Gold - The Life of Albert King Thurber - A Utah Pioneer, Explorer, and Community Builder

C. L. Dalton Enterprises

In Nauvoo, the Prophet Joseph Smith reflected on the course of the Restoration and paid tribute to Joseph Knight's family, who had stood by him loyally. "They are my friends," he wrote. Regarded by many as the "second family of the Restoration," the Knight family participated in many of the events of the early Church. Joseph Smith used Brother Knight's wagon to retrieve the plates from the hill Cumorah, and the family was in the first group the Prophet sent to settle Jackson County, Missouri. The Knights endured and stayed faithful throughout their many trials and moved west with the Saints to settle the Salt Lake Valley. William G. Hartley, a highly regarded historian, has carefully researched a multitude of sources and woven a story that is both readable and reliable. This book illustrates the faithfulness of the Joseph Knight family and bears stirring testimony of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith.

Stand by My Servant Joseph: Story of the Joseph Knight Family and the Restoration

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Joseph Fielding Smith Institut

The ideal companion for Church history tours to Iowa and Nebraska 
The culmination of more than twenty-five years of research and study, Sacred Places brings Church history to life for students, scholars, and early days of the Restoration. Iowa and Nebraska, the fifth volume in the series, takes readers to important locations such as Montrose, Garden Grove, Mt. Pisgah, Winter Quarters, Fort Kearney, Chimney Rock, and Scotts Bluff. The useful reference work will help Church members discover the sites, stories, and people that marked the Church’s fascinating early days.

Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to LDS Historical Sites, Volume 5: Iowa and Nebraska

A. Gary Anderson

Deseret Book Company

The culmination of more than twenty-five years of research, Deseret Book's travel series, Sacred Places, brings Church history to life for families, students, and scholars-anyone interested in seeing the sties and reliving the events of the Restoration. In helping guide Saints to places mad sacred by those who have gone before, the authors gathered the best and most current information available. Volume 6 takes readers to sites at the heart of Church History and the trek west- Chimney Rock, Scott's Bluff, Fort Laramie, Devil's Gate, Rocky Ridge, Martin's Cove and East Canyon- as well as lesser known sites that tell the story of the Church's early years and early leaders.

Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites - Vol. 6: Wyoming and Utah

and A. Gary Anderson LaMar C. Berrett

In Nauvoo, the Prophet Joseph Smith reflected on the course of the Restoration and paid tribute to Joseph Knight's family, who had stood by him loyally. 'They are my friends,' he wrote. Regarded by many as the 'second family of the Restoration,' the Knight family participated in many of the events of the early Church. Joseph Smith used Brother Knight's wagon to retrieve the plates from the hill Cumorah, and the family was in the first group the Prophet sent to settle Jackson County, Missouri. The Knights endured and stayed faithful throughout their many trials and moved west with the Saints to settle the Salt Lake Valley. William G. Hartley, a highly regarded historian, has carefully researched a multitude of sources and woven a story that is both readable and reliable. This book illustrates the faithfulness of the Joseph Knight family and bears stirring testimony of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith.

STAND BY MY SERVANT JOSEPH - The Story of the Joseph Knight Family and the Restoration.

Deseret Book

The first volume of the Documents series, the backbone series of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. This series allows readers to trace Joseph Smith's activities month by month in chronological order through his life.
When complete, the Documents series will publish more than a thousand documents created, authorized, or owned by Joseph Smith, including each of his revelations in its earliest form, reports of his discourses, and correspondence. Also found in the series are articles and editorials he wrote for newspapers, minutes of meetings in which he participated, and records of his ecclesiastical administration. 
This first volume of the Documents series consists of documents written from July 1828 to June 1831. Among the contents of this volume are more than five dozen revelations that were presented in the first-person voice of Jesus Christ, including texts later published in the Doctrine and Covenants, the expansive visions of Moses (now found in the Pearl of Great Price), and revelations never canonized. In addition, several documents in this volume trace the process of translating and printing the Book of Mormon, as well as early efforts to evangelize using the book and its message.
These texts provide the earliest textual insights into Joseph Smith and the founding of what was then called the Church of Christ. They offer glimpses into the religious leader's thoughts, concerns, and initiatives in a crucial early period of the religious movement he started. This book allows the reader not only to study Joseph Smith but also to gain a greater understanding of his followers and the millenarian movement they participated in during the Second Great Awakening.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 1: July 1828-June 1831

Robert J. Woodford

MIchael Hubbard Mackay

Gerrit J. Dirkmaat

Grant Underwood

History

Church Historian's Press

Winner of the Mormon History Association Best Documentary History/Bibliography Award, 2014. This second volume of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers opens in the summer of 1831 with the designation of Jackson County, Missouri, as the location of Zion and follows a period of administrative growth and doctrinal development in the church Joseph Smith founded. The volume contains revelations, correspondence, minutes of meetings in which Joseph Smith participated, and licenses provided to church officers. It documents the creation of the United Firm, the decision to print Joseph Smith's revelations, and the first meeting of the School of the Prophets. The volume also illuminates Joseph Smith's family life through two poignant letters from Joseph to his wife Emma.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Volume 2: July 1831-January 1833

Matthew C. Godfrey

Mark Ashurst-McGee

Become more personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and early Church history through the engrossing volumes of the Documents series. Each volume contains reproductions of 75 to 100 revelations, letters, and other papers presented in chronological order. Historical introductions to each document explain where, when, and why it was created. From revelations to sermons to newspaper editorials to personal correspondence, the documents of this series allow you to see through the eyes of Joseph as early Church history unfolded. A primary focus of the time period covered in Volume 3 is the effort to build temples and develop Zion in Missouri. Volume 3 also documents the challenges Joseph Smith faced as the population of the Church grew in both Ohio and Missouri and as the violent persecution of the Saints in Jackson County intensified. As with the first two volumes, this volume includes many revelations, including the Word of Wisdom (D&amp;C 89), that were later published in the Doctr

Joseph Smith Papers: Documents: February 1833 - March 1834

Religion & Spirituality

Brent M. Rogers

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