Chapter XXVI

Affairs in Kirtland and Nauvoo--Epistle of the Twelve to the Saints in the British Islands--Orson Hyde's Prayer on the Mount of Olives, Dedicating the Holy Land Preparatory to the Return of the Tribes of Israel.

Extract from Orson Hyde's Letter.

Minutes of Conference held at Lima.

Extract of a Letter from Parley P. Pratt--Emigration of Saints, and Status of the Work in England.

Copy of a Letter of Attorney from Joseph Smith, "Sole Trustee-in-Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," to Reuben McBride, of Kirtland, Ohio.

Excerpt of Hyrum Smith's Letter to the Saints in Kirtland--Disapproving of Certain Plans for Building up Kirtland.

The Nuisance.

Reproof of William O. Clark.

Dedication of the Baptismal Font.

An Ordinance Concerning Vagrants and Disorderly Persons.

An Epistle of the Twelve Apostles to the Saints Scattered Abroad in England, {XIV} Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Isle of Man, and the Eastern Continent, Greeting.

Minutes of a Meeting at Ramus, Illinois--Alanson Brown et al., Disfellowshiped.

Baptisms for the Dead.

Elder Orson Hyde's Letter--His Prayer of Dedication on the Mount of Olives.

Prayer of Orson Hyde on the Mount of Olives.

CHAPTER XXVII.

Official Denunciation of Thieves at Nauvoo--The Moral Law of the Church--Abandonment of Ramus as a Stake of Zion--Baptism for the Dead, an Epistle.

Affidavit of Hyrum Smith--Denouncing Theft.

The Prophet's Estimate of the Book of Mormon.

The Prophet's Denunciation of Thieves.

Conference in New York.

Warning of the Twelve Apostles against Thieves.

Thieves.

Revelation.

Conference at Ramus.

The Prophet Proof Reads Book of Mormon.

Letter of the Prophet to Esquires Browning and Bushness--Payment of Notes.

The Prophet's Letter to Mr. Hotchkiss--Commerce Lands.

The Prophet's Difficulties in Writing the Annals of the Church.

Anti-Mormonism at Warsaw.

Further Trouble at Warsaw.

Baptism for the Dead. An Epistle of the Twelve Apostles to the Saints of the Last Days.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Kirtland vs. Nauvoo--Political Attitude of the People of Nauvoo Declared--Publications Mormon and Anti-Mormon For 1841--Close of the Year.

Decision in the Case of Almon W. Babbitt and Kirtland.

Affairs at Ramus.

Expressions of Gratitude to James Gordon Bennett and the _New York Herald_.

Minutes of a Meeting of the Twelve in the House of the Prophet.

The Prophet on the Attitude of the Saints in Politics.

The Prophet's Letter to Edward Hunter--Business Affairs at Nauvoo.

Revelation to John Snyder and Amos B. Fuller.

Revelation.

Work on Proclamation to Kings of the Earth.

Emigration Agency to England.

Xmas at Nauvoo, 1841.

Conference Minutes--New York and Maine.

Purpose of the Gift of Tongues.

Instructions to the Twelve.

Warren and Warsaw Affairs.

A Prophecy Respecting Warsaw.

Mormon Literature (_pro et con_) 1841.

CHAPTER XXIX.

The Opening of the Year 1842--Whereabouts of the Twelve Apostles--Correspondence of Elder Hyde From Trieste--Report of High Council on Affairs in Nauvoo--Events and Conditions in the British Mission.

Sundry Labors of the Prophet.

The Prophet's Letter to Edward Hunter--Reports Opening of the New Store.

Rejoicing of the Prophet.

Tithing and Consecrations for the Temple of the Lord.

Book of Mormon Corrections.

Meeting with the Twelve.

Highly Interesting from Jerusalem.

Excerpts from Elder Hyde's Letters.

The Prophet's Letter to Isaac Galland--On Settlement of Accounts.

Isaac Galland Affair.

Seventies' Quorum Affairs.

Revelation.

Report of High Council Committee.

Letter of G. Walker to Elder Brigham Young et al.--Affairs in England Since Departure of the Apostles.

CHAPTER XXX.

Emigration of the Saints From England to Nauvoo--The Book of Abraham

Emigration.

Death of Laura Phelps.

Debates in Nauvoo.

Vindication of Daniel Wood.

Letter of Alfred Cordon to Joseph Smith--Reporting Affairs in England.

Confidence in the Nauvoo Charter.

Announcement of the Trustee-in-Trust for the Church Respecting Work on the Temple.

An Additional Word from the Twelve.

Letter of the Prophet to an Unknown Brother on Tithing.

Note of Robert Pierce--Expressing Satisfaction at Financial Settlement.

The Book of Abraham.

CHAPTER XXXI.

The Wentworth Letter.