Mormons
Joseph Smith founded the Mormons other wise know as Latter-day Saints in 1830 at Fayette, N.Y. Joseph Smith was born in 1805 and died in 1844. As a child he went through many hardships and poverty on a rough frontier. He had documented later in his life that he had seen visions when he was a child of the existence of secret records. In 1827 the records were revealed to him. A couple of authors came together and transcribed the records. In 1829 the book of Mormons was published. More revelations led him to find a new religion and then founded the church of Later-day Saints. His neighbors in Fayette, N.Y forced him to move the head quarters to Kirtland, Ohio. In Kirtland he embarked on extensive affairs with the help of Sidney Rigdon and others. They had to mover further west to Missouri due to "The panic of 1837". There were problems in Missouri and they moved again to Illinois. In Illinois things were looking good and he published a newspaper called "Expositor" whic!h he got criticized severely for. In the newspaper he put down non-Mormons this is the reason people attacked him. In 1844 he announced himself as candidate for the presidency of the United States. Him and his brother were arrested for treason and consp
After his death the Later-day Saints under Brigham Young moved to Salt Lake City. Down the gray and white birds swooped in hundreds, then in thousands, uttering shrill . All our people stood in wonderment! Our prayers were answered" (quoted in Grant, p. Frost killed some of the crops and a drought killed more of them. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression. "We were fearfully alarmed, for all of a sudden, circling above our . They ate crickets until all the crickets were gone. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
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