Category: Violence
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Joseph Smith’s Death
Did Joseph Smith meet his death “like a lamb,” as he described, or by inciting justifiable anger and fighting against the results?
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Joseph Smith’s Death — (History of the Church excerpt)
The following account of Joseph Smith’s death is excerpted from Joseph Smith’s History of the Church, Vol. 6, chapters 33-34, pp. 602-622 [page 602] CHAPTER XXXIII THE DAY OF MARTYRDOM—THREATS—REPEATED WARNINGS OF THE PRISONERS’ DANGER GIVEN TO GOVERNOR FORD—THE CARTHAGE GREYS AS GUARDS. Tuesday, 27, 5 a. m.—John P. Greene and William W. Phelps called…
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Review: Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
Dr. Ronald Huggins reviews the book, “Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy,” noting that its defense of Brigham Young ultimately deflates what could have been the more candid approach that was anticipated.
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 3)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) [page 4, column 2] THE MORMONS. We last week gave some account of the dissensions and…
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 2)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) [page 2, column 5] THE EXPOSITOR. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1844 SYLVESTER EMMONS, Editor. INTRODUCTORY. In greeting…
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 1)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) NAUVOO EXPOSITOR —THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.— NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE…
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Will You Love that Man or Woman Well Enough to Shed Their Blood?
Brigham Young’s Culture of Violence and the Murders at Mountain Meadows By Will Bagley A paper presented at International Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions in Salt Lake City and Provo (Utah), June 20-23, 2002, Salt Lake City & Provo. Preliminary version. Used with permission. In 1845, the Mormon apostles issued a…
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Mountain Meadows Massacre — 150 Years Later
By Sandra Tanner “Halt! Do your duty!” With that command scores of zealous LDS priesthood leaders and followers, along with a few Indians, from the Cedar City, Utah, area fired on at least 140 unarmed, non-Mormon men, women and children. The killings were over in a matter of minutes, sparing only 17 or 18 children…
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One of My Family’s Best Kept Secrets (Mountain Meadows Massacre)
As a child I grew up thinking that it was the greatest blessing to be a great-great-granddaughter of Mormon Prophet Brigham Young. However, my LDS family was careful to only mention the most favorable aspects of Young’s life and early Mormonism.
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Brigham Young Sermon: Blood Atonement (1)
Brigham Young teaches that for those who willfully break their covenants with God, spilling their blood is not only deserved but in fact is necessary beyond Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice to atone for their sin. As printed in Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, pp. 243-49 (typescript, original spelling preserved) [page 243] INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BISHOPS—MEN JUDGED…