Chapter IX

The Return of a Prodigal--Conditions in Kirtland--Progress of the Work in Great Britain--The Coming of John C. Bennett--Australian Mission.

Extract of a Letter from Elder William Barratt.

The Prophet's Letter to William W. Phelps--Welcoming him back into the Church.

Credentials of Elders Samuel Bent and George W. Harris.

The Prophet's Letter to Oliver Granger--Dealing Chiefly with affairs at Kirtland.

Letter of John C. Bennett to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon--Announcing his Intention to Join the Saints.

Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon--Making Further Tender of his Services to the Church.

Letter of the Prophet to Horace R. Hotchkiss--Rock River Lands and the White Purchase.

Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon--Expressing Anxiety to be with the Saints.

A Voice from the Holy City--Rebuilding the Temple of Solomon--Recall of the People of God to the Land of Judah.

Circular.

Extract of a Letter from Wilford Woodruff to the Editor of the _Millennial Star_--Reporting Labors.

The Prophet's Letter to John C. Bennett--Bidding him Welcome to Nauvoo, to partake of--Poverty.

Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon--Announcing that he will soon be in Nauvoo. {VIII}

CHAPTER X.

A Missouri Kidnapping--Continued Development of the Work in Great Britain--The Death of Joseph Smith, Sen., First Patriarch of the Church.

Settlement of a Difficulty.

The Kidnapping of Benjamin Boyce, Mr. Brown, _et al_.

The Beginning of Open-air Meetings.

The Electric Telegraph.

An Address by the First Presidency to the Church.

Minutes of the High Council Meeting, at the Office of Joseph Smith, Jun., Nauvoo, September 5th, 1840.

The Generosity of John Benbow.

Earthquake at Mount Ararat.

The Death of Joseph Smith, Sen.

Biography of Joseph Smith, Sen., Presiding Patriarch of the Church, by the Prophet, his Son.

The Discourse of Elder Thompson at the Funeral of Joseph Smith, Sen.

CHAPTER XI.

Threatening Portents in the Actions of Missouri--General Conferences in Nauvoo and England--The Doctrine of Priesthood.

Letter of Samuel Bent and George W. Harris to the Presidency--Reporting Labors.

Letter of John E. Page to the Presidency, Reporting Progress of Palestine Mission.

Extracts from Orson Hyde's Letter--Signs in the Heavens.

Elder Heber C. Kimball's Dream.

Minutes of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in Nauvoo, October 3d, 1840.

Report of the Presidency.

Minutes of a General Conference in England.

Minutes of a Council of the Twelve in England.

CHAPTER XII.

Progress of the Work in Great Britain--The Saints at Kirtland Reproved for Their Course During the Missouri Persecutions--The Prophet's Address to the Twelve and Saints in Great Britain.

Charge against Oliver Walker.

Minutes of the High Council.

Letter of Heber C. Kimball et al. to Messrs. Ebenezer {IX} Robinson and Don Carlos Smith--Reporting Affairs in the British Mission.

"Remarkable Visions" by Orson Pratt.

Letter of Joseph and Hyrum Smith to the Saints in Kirtland--Reproving the Saints for Neglect of their Brethren and Sisters During the Missouri Persecutions.

An Epistle of the Prophet to the Twelve.

CHAPTER XIII.

Introduction of the Gospel in the Isle of Man--The Nauvoo Charter.

Mormonism in the Isle of Man.

Opposition to the Work in England.

Excommunication of Sidney Roberts.

Letter of Brigham Young to the Presidency, Detailing Movements of the Mission in England.

Elder Taylor's Defense of the Work.

An Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo.

Of the Legislative Powers of the City Council.

Letter of John C. Bennett to the _Times and Seasons_--Announcing the Passage of the Act Incorporating Nauvoo.

CHAPTER XIV.

Vale 1840--Enter 1841--List of Publications for and Against the Church--Whereabouts of the Twelve Apostles--"Election and Reprobation"--Proclamation to the Saints.

The Acquittal of R. D. Foster.

An Objector Put Down.

Brigham Young's Letter to the Prophet--Reporting Labors in England.

Election and Reprobation--by Brigham Young and Willard Richards.

A Proclamation of the First Presidency of the Church to the Saints Scattered Abroad, Greeting.