The Rise of the Latter-Day Saints: The Journals And Histories of Newel Knight Edited By Michael Hubbard MacKay and William G. Hartley
The Rise of the Latter-Day Saints: The Journals And Histories of Newel Knight Edited By Michael Hubbard MacKay and William G. Hartley
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For the foundational years of the Church, first-persona records are not numerous, and extensive accounts like Newel Knight's are rare. He was one of a few members to write about the earliest events in Latter-day Saint history, with direct experience with some of the most foundational events.
In this volume, Newel Knight's journals are presented in five parts in mostly chronological periods. Each part begins with a brief biographical summary about Knight and the corresponding period of Latter-day Saint history.
The Knight family first became acquainted with Joseph Smith and the Church in New York, later following the Church to Ohio, then to Missouri.
After local residents drove the Saints out of Jackson County in the fall and winter of 1833, Newel Knight and his wife Sally found temporary quarters in Clay County. Newel was appointed to the high council in Far West, Missouri. He would serve on three more high councils. Then Sally died in September 1834. Knight went to Kirtland, Ohio, to help with temple construction and to be "endowed with power from on high." While there, he married Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey on November 24, 1835. Theirs was the first marriage Joseph Smith performed by priesthood authority.
As attested to in his history, he and Lydia participate in the Kirtland Temple dedication events. One day in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, in his private journal, paid tribute to Newel for being one of his loyal friends from the beginning of the Restoration. Heartbroken when mobs stormed Carthage Jail and killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Newel accepted the Twelve Apostles as the successors. Newel, Lydia, and their family left Nauvoo during the 1846 year, assigned as Brigham Yong's representative and head of a high council, Knight gave spiritual leadership to those at George Miller's Ponca Encampment above Winter Quarters, in what today is northern Nebraska. Knight died there on January 11, 1847. His widow, Lydia, and their children went west to Utah in 1850, taking Newel's journals and diaries with them. That history was infrequently cited, in part because several versions were in existence. This volume brings together five versions of Newel Knight's history into one, offering a way to cite and use his history more precisely.
Hard Cover.
In this volume, Newel Knight's journals are presented in five parts in mostly chronological periods. Each part begins with a brief biographical summary about Knight and the corresponding period of Latter-day Saint history.
The Knight family first became acquainted with Joseph Smith and the Church in New York, later following the Church to Ohio, then to Missouri.
After local residents drove the Saints out of Jackson County in the fall and winter of 1833, Newel Knight and his wife Sally found temporary quarters in Clay County. Newel was appointed to the high council in Far West, Missouri. He would serve on three more high councils. Then Sally died in September 1834. Knight went to Kirtland, Ohio, to help with temple construction and to be "endowed with power from on high." While there, he married Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey on November 24, 1835. Theirs was the first marriage Joseph Smith performed by priesthood authority.
As attested to in his history, he and Lydia participate in the Kirtland Temple dedication events. One day in Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, in his private journal, paid tribute to Newel for being one of his loyal friends from the beginning of the Restoration. Heartbroken when mobs stormed Carthage Jail and killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Newel accepted the Twelve Apostles as the successors. Newel, Lydia, and their family left Nauvoo during the 1846 year, assigned as Brigham Yong's representative and head of a high council, Knight gave spiritual leadership to those at George Miller's Ponca Encampment above Winter Quarters, in what today is northern Nebraska. Knight died there on January 11, 1847. His widow, Lydia, and their children went west to Utah in 1850, taking Newel's journals and diaries with them. That history was infrequently cited, in part because several versions were in existence. This volume brings together five versions of Newel Knight's history into one, offering a way to cite and use his history more precisely.
Hard Cover.