http://beardall2000.com/gospdoct.shtml
http://www.neumanninstitute.org/
http://www.gospeldoctrine.com/
Monday, March 30, 2009
Research Paper Prospectus
Research Paper Prospectus
Moroni, an ancient Book of Mormon prophet, appeared to Joseph Smith and gave him many instructions relative to events to come. Joseph quotes Moroni who said, "that God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that it should be both good and evil spoken of among all people" (Joseph Smith History 1:30, 33). The fulfillment of Moroni’s words is clearly seen through the reactions of many to Joseph Smith's prophecy, of the Civil War, given nearly twenty-nine years before the war commenced. History is replete with explicit evidence of its fulfillment and yet there are many who ignore or attempt to discredit this evidence in an effort to refute the irrefutable. I will navigate the reader back through time to just prior to December 25, 1832 when the prophecy was given and from there examine the highs and lows encompassing this nation and the world as told by history. The ride will not entirely end there for the depth and amplitude of this prophecy is yet untold by history but is unequivocally foretold by God.
Although this prophecy is only eight verses, equaling only 293 words, its impact is immensely potent. The Lord through Joseph Smith provided a fragmented and yet encompassing blueprint of the great destruction that has already come and will come upon the earth starting with the rebellion of South Carolina which led to the Civil War and ending with the consumption decree and end of all nations. The Lord also prepared in this blueprint a few beams of light in this ever gloomy array of war and death that can protect and strengthen all those that heed His words. Throughout the journey through time this paper will not only provide irrefutable data of the historical fulfillment of the Lords prophecy given through Joseph Smith but also look at what may be forth coming that all may learn from the past and with a little effort pave the road to a brighter future.
Website:
Joseph Smith; Prophet of God (1805-1844)
This Web site is the most comprehensive scholar site about the Prophet Joseph Smith. This site seems to pull everything together encompassing his history, historic documents, time lines, photographs, maps, witnesses, quotes, and a large link database. This site will be extremely helpful for anyone wanting to gain a greater knowledge of this great prophet. It is so encompassing that I am unsure anyone could read everything contained in this website.
Sources:
"The Doctrine and Covenants." The Official Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2006. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 11 Feb. 2009
"The Old Testament." The Official Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2006. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 11 Feb. 2009
Roberts, Brigham H. A Comprehensive Hisroty of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, century I. The Church, Brigham Young University Press, 1965.
Long, E. B. The Saints and the Union: Utah Territory during the Civil War. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Bradley, James. L. The Eternal Perspective of Zions Camp. James L. Bradley, 2004.
“Joseph Smith; Prophet of God (1805-1844)” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2008. Intellectual Reserve, Inc.. 11 Feb. 2009
“The Joseph Smith Papers.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2008. Intellectual Reserve, Inc.. 11 Feb. 2009 < http://josephsmithpapers.org>.
http://www2.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/awaron.htmhttp://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/FQ_prophecies.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_casualties_of_war
Joseph Smith : rough stone rolling Bushman, Richard L.
ISBN:
1400042704
Personal Author:
Bushman, Richard L.
Title:
Joseph Smith : rough stone rolling / Richard Lyman Bushman, with the assistance of Jed Woodworth.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication info:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Physical descrip:
xxiv, 740 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [667]-717) and index.
Personal subject:
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844.
Subject term:
Mormons--United States--Biography.
Added author:
Woodworth, Jed.
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ISBN:
1400042704
Personal Author:
Bushman, Richard L.
Title:
Joseph Smith : rough stone rolling / Richard Lyman Bushman, with the assistance of Jed Woodworth.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication info:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Physical descrip:
xxiv, 740 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [667]-717) and index.
Personal subject:
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844.
Subject term:
Mormons--United States--Biography.
Added author:
Woodworth, Jed.
Holdings
Call number
Copies
Material
Location
BX8670.2 .B964J 2005
2
Book
Checked Out Library Locations Map
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sites and Articles from BYU Studies
the saints and the union utah territory during the civil war
http://byustudies.byu.edu/shop/pdfsrc/22.4Campbell.pdf?zoom_highlight=civil+war#search=%22civil%20war%22
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http://byustudies.byu.edu/shop/pdfsrc/22.4Campbell.pdf?zoom_highlight=civil+war#search=%22civil%20war%22
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Joseph Smith Links
History of the church
http://byustudies.byu.edu/hc/hcpgs/hc.aspx?HC=/hc/1/24.html&A=301
Book of Mormon Charts
http://byustudies.byu.edu/januarybomcharts/charts/2.html
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
http://www.lib.byu.edu/Macmillan/
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http://byustudies.byu.edu/hc/hcpgs/hc.aspx?HC=/hc/1/24.html&A=301
Book of Mormon Charts
http://byustudies.byu.edu/januarybomcharts/charts/2.html
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
http://www.lib.byu.edu/Macmillan/
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who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Romans 11
34 For who hath known the amind of the Lord? or who hath been his bcounsellor?
1 Corinthians 2
14 But the anatural man breceiveth not the things of the cSpirit of God: for they are dfoolishness unto him: neither can he eknow them, because they are fspiritually gdiscerned.
John 8
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot ahear my word.
Jeremiah 5
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they aknow not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
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34 For who hath known the amind of the Lord? or who hath been his bcounsellor?
1 Corinthians 2
14 But the anatural man breceiveth not the things of the cSpirit of God: for they are dfoolishness unto him: neither can he eknow them, because they are fspiritually gdiscerned.
John 8
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot ahear my word.
Jeremiah 5
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they aknow not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
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Jacob 4 - no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jacob/4/8-13#8
8 Behold, great and marvelous are the aworks of the Lord. How bunsearchable are the depths of the cmysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man dknoweth of his eways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the frevelations of God.
8 Behold, great and marvelous are the aworks of the Lord. How bunsearchable are the depths of the cmysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man dknoweth of his eways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the frevelations of God.
9 For behold, by the power of his aword bman came upon the face of the earth, which earth was ccreated by the power of his word. Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the dearth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?
11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be areconciled unto him through the batonement of Christ, his cOnly Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a dresurrection, according to the epower of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the ffirst-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.
12 And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things; for why not aspeak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and the world to come?
13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the aSpirit speaketh the btruth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really care, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us dplainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also espake them unto prophets of old.
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United States casualties of war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_casualties_of_war
Wars ranked by total deaths
Rank  | War | Years | Deaths | Deaths per Day | Deaths per Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Civil War | 1861–1865 | 625,000 | 599 | 1.988% (1860) |
| 2 | World War II | 1941–1945 | 405,399 | 416 | 0.307% (1940) |
| 3 | World War I | 1917–1918 | 116,516 | 279 | 0.110% (1920) |
| 4 | Vietnam War | 1964–1973 | 58,151 | 26 | 0.003% (1970) |
| 5 | Korean War | 1950–1953 | 36,516 | 45 | 0.002% (1950) |
| 6 | American Revolutionary War | 1775–1783 | 25,000 | 11 | 0.899% (1780) |
| 7 | War of 1812 | 1812–1815 | 20,000 | 31 | 0.345% (1810) |
| 8 | Mexican–American War | 1846–1848 | 13,283 | 29 | 0.057% (1850) |
| 9 | Iraq War | 2003–present | 4,221 | 2.15 | 0.001% (2007) |
| 10 | Philippine–American War | 1899–1902 | 4,196 | 5 | 0.006% (1900) |
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Links from my docs file
Joseph Smith and the Civil War
some good links
http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/FQ_prophecies.shtml
http://www2.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/awaron.htm
Henry Hopkins Sibley Mormons
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=Henry+Hopkins+Sibley+mormons&spell=1
Good site on background motives for recruiting in Utah for confederate troops
http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/copy-of-battleofglorietta.htm
Great Britain's involvement
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13789/13789-h/13789-h.htm
CIVIL War Sites
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some good links
http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/FQ_prophecies.shtml
http://www2.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/awaron.htm
Henry Hopkins Sibley Mormons
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=Henry+Hopkins+Sibley+mormons&spell=1
Good site on background motives for recruiting in Utah for confederate troops
http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/copy-of-battleofglorietta.htm
Great Britain's involvement
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13789/13789-h/13789-h.htm
CIVIL War Sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/cw.htm
http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1861_timeline.html
Great index of sites http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm
Very detailed site http://www.civilwarhome.com/ftpillow.htm
http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1861_timeline.html
Great index of sites http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm
Very detailed site http://www.civilwarhome.com/ftpillow.htm
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
All about civil war (links all included)
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/Civil_War.htm
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were key in getting Abraham Lincoln noticed by the Republican Party. Learn all about the Lincoln-Douglas debates with this article from your About.com Guide.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were key in getting Abraham Lincoln noticed by the Republican Party. Learn all about the Lincoln-Douglas debates with this article from your About.com Guide.
Events that Led to Civil War
What were the major events that led to secession and the beginning of the Civil War? Here is a list of the top nine events that led progressively towards the Civil War. They are listed in chronological order.
What were the major events that led to secession and the beginning of the Civil War? Here is a list of the top nine events that led progressively towards the Civil War. They are listed in chronological order.
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Monday, February 9, 2009
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