The Seven Prophets of the Latter Days
By Pamela Price

The saints of one hundred years ago were familiar with Elder Joseph Burton's dream and vision which indicated that there would be seven prophets of the Church in the latter days. Brother Burton's experiences are important to the saints of today for they indicate that there will be only one more prophet of the Church in the line of succession.

Brother Burton, who was one of the most successful missionaries the Church has ever known, had a dream concerning the prophets who would preside over the Church in succession. Later, while awake, he had a vision which confirmed the dream. His devoted wife, Emma, and all the saints of the Jefferson Branch where they attended near San Benito, California, were also given confirmation that Brother Burton's dream of the seven prophets was of God.

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The Gathering of Latter Day Israel
By Oliver Cowdery
Reprinted from the Messenger and Advocate1:79–80; 109–112

Some of the first writings about the history of the Church were recorded by Oliver Cowdery in the form of letters to the editor of the Messenger and Advocate—which was the Church's paper published at Kirtland, Ohio. Brother Cowdery's letters are valuable today because they reveal the doctrinal understandings of the founders of the Church, which they had received firsthand from the Lord and angels. In the following article, Oliver discusses part of the message given to Joseph Smith by the Angel Moroni during the second vision, September 21–22, 1827. Oliver then continues to explain that Israel shall be returned and restored to Palestine. He also explains that the righteous among Gentiles shall be gathered to Zion before the great destruction among the remainder of the earth's population (which is to occur after the sign is given—when the sun is darkened), before the Millennium begins.

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From the Death of Joseph Smith, Jr. to the Reorganization
How God Cleansed His Church and Set it in Order

"And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end, they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be" (Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 3:187–189).

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A False Version of How
Polygamy Entered the Church

The Mormon Church has published that the doctrine of plural marriage was introduced into the Church by the visitation of an angel to Joseph Smith, which is similar to the angel visits surrounding the introduction of the Book of Mormon and the restoring of the Gospel. Joseph testified of the angel visitations at Palmyra, but he made no claim of an angel commanding him to practice polygamy. Those claims were made by others, not him.

In May 1887, nearly forty-three years after Joseph Smith's death, the Mormon Church published sixteen pages of affidavits and testimonies in the Historical Record. In some of the affidavits an attempt was made to promote the belief that polygamy was introduced into the Church by an angel.

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Joseph Smith Endured Two
Conspiracies at the Same Time

The authors asserted in the preface of Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, Volume 1, that a conspiracy existed at Nauvoo against Joseph the Prophet to falsely charge him with practicing polygamy and introducing it as a doctrine into the Church. The authors stated in the preface:

It can be proven that men nearest the Prophet entered into a conspiracy against Joseph and Hyrum and attached polygamy to Joseph's name in order to justify their own crimes of practicing it. The polygamous doctrines promoted by this conspiracy are still the basis of the Mormon Church's theology.

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The Seven Prophets of the Latter Days By Pamela Price

The Gathering of Latter Day Israel By Oliver Cowdery Reprinted from the Messenger and Advocate1:79–80; 109–112

From the Death of Joseph Smith, Jr. to the Reorganization How God Cleansed His Church and Set it in Order

A False Version of How Polygamy Entered the Church

Joseph Smith Endured Two Conspiracies at the Same Time

The Seven Prophets of the Latter Days
By Pamela Price

The Gathering of Latter Day Israel
By Oliver Cowdery
Reprinted from the Messenger and Advocate1:79–80; 109–112

From the Death of Joseph Smith, Jr. to the Reorganization
How God Cleansed His Church and Set it in Order

A False Version of How
Polygamy Entered the Church

Joseph Smith Endured Two
Conspiracies at the Same Time