IndexLucy Mack Smith, 194, 226, 256, 261, 508
favoritism of, 56
helped prepare Joseph for his role, 49–50, 154
observations of, 154, 159–60, 383
on the morning of the First Visitation, 189
prepared to support Joseph Jr. in his role, 51
relationship with, 139, 146, 256–7, 298, 306
truth not disclosed to, 152
Samuel Smith, 58, 305–6, 312, 572
Sophronia Smith, 56, 57
weren't told the real truth by Joseph Jr., 256
William Smith, 75
Fanny Alger and, 670
First Visitation to, 1, 6, 8–10, 12, 14, See also First
Visitation and Christ
critics of, 163
events following, 204, 223, 227
never revealed even a hundredth part of, 9
years later J. began to doubt his worthiness, 221
fullness of the Gospel and. See this biography!
gold plates and, 207, 228, 256, 269, 301, 307
first possession of, 256–7, 260, 274, 296
he made them, 134
hill they were hidden in, 225
J. informed of their existence, 224, 595
provided motivation to translate, 132, 134,
294, 297
reason for, 224–6
three witnesses to, 276, 279, 294, 296, 299, 306
translation of, 297, 600, 616
Governor Lilburn Boggs and, 472, 538
Governor Thomas Ford and, 570–1
Heber C. Kimball and
J. sealed Heber to S. Noon, 668
reprimanded for his immoral affairs, 538, 667
history of, 1, 3, 5, 26, 156, 261, 553, See also history of
the Church
as portrayed by Lucy Mack, 83–4, 91, 96
known only by himself, 25, 83
relevance to U.S and world history, 3
revised by Brigham Young, 24, 84–5, 221, 319, 321
words taken out of context, 252, 365, 381, 403
written by LDS church (DHC), 2
written/revised after his death, 665
incarnations of, 129–30, 132–3, 136
Ether, 130
Isaiah, 136
Mohammed, 130, 132
Mormon, 132, 134, 224–5, 555, 608, 629
parallels with life of, 405, 461, 473–4
Nephi, 132–3
influence of, directly affects almost one-half of the
earth's population, 132
Isaac Hale and, 260, 300
Jacob Cochran and, 639–42
James J. Strang and, 568
Jesse Gause and, 343
John C. Bennett and, 506, 509, 525, 534
J. knew from the beginning, 533
Joseph as an advanced human being, 5, 85–6, 569
appeared to Christopher, 8, 41, 690
assigned task to translating TSP, 691
comments on creating revelations as stumbling
blocks, 329
comments on Oliver Cowdery, 613
current residence of, 42
describes his own mission and purpose, 584–5
feelings on his mortal family, 573–4
interviewed for this biography, 584
message to LDS/Mormon people, 629
perspective on LDS/Mormon genealogy and
temple work, 692
perspective on LDS/Mormon missionaries, 692
thoughts concerning those who mistook/forsook
him, 571–5
Kinderhook plates and, 553
King Follett discourse and, 577–8
Kirtland Temple and, 430
LDS/Mormons/Saints and Joseph Jr., 219, 277, 631
condemned by Joseph, 6, 406, 530, 644
gave them the lesser portion, 8
J. gave authority to the people over their own
Church, 324, 328, 431, 449
Brigham Young and, 473, 480–1, 488, 493
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 416,
621–2, 626
sustaining of leaders, 430
they chose their own leaders, 344, 348, 402, 448
they defined their Priesthood, 365, 600–1
they ran/controlled the church, 441–2, 444, 550
J. gave them clues about the real truth, 14, 22, 165,
363, 512
hidden in "revelations", 513, 527
in the King Follett discourse, 577
in the Temple Endowment, 314
J. discusses as an advanced human being, 585
J. openly mocked, 517
J. took control of Church matters outside of the
High Councils, 537
knew J. wasn't telling them everything, 533
noticed a change in the teachings of J., 552
leaders of, J. distanced himself from, 516
prophesied of their spiritual destruction, 382, 470
realized J. was hiding the real truth, 551
spoke to them in parabolic prose, 495, 517
temporal affairs of the Church, 517
urged them to focus on the poor and needy, 384
urged them to not fight enemies, 7
Lectures on Faith and, 442
listed as LDS/Mormon great intellectual, 680
Lucinda Harris and, 140
mandates of, 359, 466, 495
a man must "ask and knock" first to help J., 342
allow the people their free will, 23, 59, 71, 219, 526
concerning U&T, 297, 299