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A Ministry of Meetings
Meetings of the Quorum of the Twelve are closed to outsiders, but apostles once kept detailed personal notes. Clawson, for instance, tells of weekly prayers around an altar, dressed in robes; a sacrament of wine; and animated discussions. President Joseph F. Smith decided in 1902 that it would not be "wise and prudent to show our hand in (financial) matters, " saying it excited "covetousness and criticism, " while Clawson noted dryly that the previous year's "appropriations to church authorities" had exceeded the funds "appropriated for the poor." The most volatile disagreements centered on polygamy. In 1903 one senior apostle "bore testimony to the truth of the principle ... and said that t...
Prisoner for Polygamy
Rudger Clawson (1857–1943) was the first Mormon convicted of being in violation of the Edmund–Tucker Act, which outlawed polygamy. Born into a polygamous family, Clawson married Florence Dinwoodey in August 1882, Lydia Spencer is March 1883, and eventually entered into a “post-Manifesto union” with Pearl Udall in 1904. Clawson, a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served in the LDS Church as missionary, stake president, apostle, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and counselor in the First Presidency. This book delves into Clawson’s time as a “cohab” in the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, as well as a unique look at this time in Utah’s history. These prison memoirs and letters reflect the pride felt by Mormon polygamists imprisoned “for conscience sake” and include Mormon doctrinal discussions, details of their prison life, personal accounts of prison escape attempts, and the sense of frustration felt by the men as a result of being separated from their families. In addition, these memoirs show Clawson’s talent for storytelling and include select love letters written by Clawson to his plural wife, Lydia.
The Making of a Mormon Apostle
Rudger Clawson (1857-1943) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Hiram Bradley Clawson and Margaret Gay Clawson. He grew up in a wealthy and prominent Mormon family and went on a misssion to the southern states in 1879. He was the companion of Elder Joseph Standing when he was murdered by a mob. After his mission, Rudger married first Florence Ann Dinwoodey and then Lydia Elizabeth Spencer in polygamy. In 1884 he was convicted for practicing plural marriage and spent three years in prison. In 1898 he became an apostle in the LDS Church. In 1904 he married Pearl Udall as a plural wife. He was the father of ten children.
Apostolic Succession in the Restoration
This unique chronology of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints follows the Lord's chosen representatives as they were called and released as members of the Quarum of the Twelve Apostles. Beginning with Joseph Smith's ordination in 1829 to the present day, the life of every man who has served in these presiding quorums is illustrated in the brief narratives of this informative and well-written volume. ; ; Now is the perfect time to learn the gospel with your family and discover the humble beginnings of the Lord's Church in these latter days. This work honors the noble men who sacrificed their time and talents to unselfishly serve those around them. It is an excelllent reference for anyone looking to study Church history and the apostolic governing bodies of the Church.; ; Understand the order of succession to the presidency and see firsthand the challenges these quorums faced as they learned "line upon line" the Lord's will in fulfilling their sacred callings.
Solemn Covenant
In his famous Manifesto of 1890, Mormon church president Wilford Woodruff called for an end to the more than fifty-year practice of polygamy. Fifteen years later, two men were dramatically expelled from the Quorum of Twelve Apostles for having taken post-Manifesto plural wives and encouraged the step by others. Evidence reveals, however, that hundreds of Mormons (including several apostles) were given approval to enter such relationships after they supposedly were banned. Why would Mormon leaders endanger agreements allowing Utah to become a state and risk their church's reputation by engaging in such activities--all the while denying the fact to the world? This book seeks to find the answer...
The Mormon Delusion. Volume 3. Discarded Doctrines and Nonsense Revelations.
This is the third in a series of books exposing the truth behind Mormonism. In this volume, we review doctrines that have been discarded. To early Mormons, Adam was God and blood atonement was a stark reality. These were accepted doctrines which survived for several decades throughout the leadership of several successive prophets. Today, the Church denies they even existed. The origin of the Mormon temple ceremony is established and explained. An analysis of changes over the years shows that the rites now enacted bear no resemblance to the original ceremonies Joseph Smith lifted from late eighteenth century Masonic ritual, claiming they were restored from the time of Solomon. The psychology of a Mormon testimony is explored and explained. Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants are exposed as completely unfulfilled nonsense that Mormons simply cannot see through as long as blind faith precludes rational thinking. Visit www.themormondelusion.com for further information on this and other volumes.
Praying with One Eye Open
In 1878, Elder Joseph Standing traveled into the Appalachian mountains of North Georgia, seeking converts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sixteen months later, he was dead, murdered by a group of twelve men. The church refused to bury the missionary in Georgia soil; instead, he was laid to rest in Salt Lake City beneath a monument that declared, ?There is no law in Georgia for the Mormons.? Most accounts of this event have linked Standing's murder to the virulent nineteenth-century anti-Mormonism that also took the life of prophet Joseph Smith and to an enduring southern tradition of extralegal violence. In these writings, the stories of the men who took Standing's life ...
The Mormon Jesus
The nineteenth-century Mormon prophet Joseph Smith published a new scripture dominated by the figure of Jesus Christ, dictated revelations presented as the words of the Christian savior, spoke of encountering Jesus in visions, and told his followers that their messiah and king would soon return to the earth. From the author of the definitive life of Brigham Young comes a biography of the Mormon Jesus that revises and enriches our understanding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the past two hundred years, Jesus has connected the Latter-day Saints to broader currents of Christianity, even while particular Mormon beliefs and practices have been points of differentiation a...
The Mormon Question
From the Mormon Church's public announcement of its sanction of polygamy in 1852 until its formal decision to abandon the practice in 1890, people on both sides of the "Mormon question" debated central questions of constitutional law. Did principles of religious freedom and local self-government protect Mormons' claim to a distinct, religiously based legal order? Or was polygamy, as its opponents claimed, a new form of slavery--this time for white women in Utah? And did constitutional principles dictate that democracy and true liberty were founded on separation of church and state? As Sarah Barringer Gordon shows, the answers to these questions finally yielded an apparent victory for antipol...
