V2 E5: Bowed Down to the Grave

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V2 E5: Bowed Down to the Grave

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Jan 23, 2020

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In today’s episode Mark Staker helps illuminate the history of early African-American members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Jan 23, 2020

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Each week the Saints podcast features interviews with historians, General Authorities, writers, researchers, and others involved with the new history of the Church, Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days.

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V1 E13: After Much Tribulation: From the steadfast faithfulness of Edward Partridge to the skepticism of Ezra Booth; the events discussed in this chapter detail the challenges of establishing the Church in a backwater trading post known as Independence, Missouri. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E14: The Gift Has Returned: Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and William McLellin attempt to write a preface to The Book of Commandments. Their unsuccessful efforts, along with the subsequent revelation the Lord gives Joseph Smith are discussed. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E3: Hear Him: In this episode, Historian Steven C. Harper discusses several of the accounts Joseph left throughout his lifetime of the event that ushered in the beginning of the Restoration. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E2: Ask in Faith: Saints begins with the 1815 explosion of the volcano Mt. Tambora in faraway Indonesia. With this fiery beginning, Historian Lisa Olsen Tait discusses how an eruption, half-way around the world, plays an important part in the restoration. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E34: Endowed with Power: The Nauvoo Charter is repealed leaving the saints with no official government or police force. Sydney Rigdon is excommunicated. Faced with uncertainty the Lord gives direction through Brigham Young, “Stay and finish the Temple.” by Saints Podcast
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V1 E8: Fellow Servants: Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery pray to learn about baptism. In answer to their prayer, John the Baptist appears and restores the Aaronic priesthood. by Saints Podcast
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V2 E14: Hard to Be Separated: In this week’s episode we explore the experiences of Jacob and Ann Eliza Secrist. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E22: The Missouri, “Mormon War”: Tensions between the citizens of Missouri and the newly located Saints reach tragic conclusions at the Battle of Crooked River and Hawn’s Mill. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E11: Gathered In: The gathering begins. Missionaries arrive in Ohio and introduce Isaac Morely, Sydney Rigdon and Edward Partridge to the restored gospel. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E18: The Kirtland Temple and the Twelve Apostles: The Saints sacrifice to build the Kirtland Temple. The first Twelve Apostles of the Restoration are chosen by the three witnesses. Joseph Smith and his brother William resolve a difficult personal conflict. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E1: Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days: Historian Steven C. Harper shares an insider’s peek into the groundbreaking new series, Saints. Steve is the managing historian of Saints. His rare perspective brings fascinating insights to the telling of this remarkable story. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E7: The Gift and Power of God: What did the translation process of the Book of Mormon look like? In this episode of “Saints” story editor Angela Hallstrom explains what we know about how the Book of Mormon was translated. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E9: The Rise of the Church of Christ: The Book of Mormon is published and the Church is officially organized. These monumental events put into historical perspective by Women’s History Specialist Brittany Chapman Nash of the Church History Library. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E19: The Spirit of God: After much work and sacrifice the Kirtland Temple is dedicated. The Saints are endowed with power not shared since the days of God’s ancient prophets. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E5: Be Watchful: 20-year old Joseph Smith meets Emma Hale. The story of how they meet and their courtship is just one of the events discussed. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E16: Holy Places: Joseph Smith and Brigham Young meet for the first time. Joseph prophecies of the Civil War. The School of the Prophets is organized. The revelation known as the Word of Wisdom is received. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E27: Incline Them to Gather: In England, newlywed Mary Davis loses her husband to mob violence but courageously sets sail for Nauvoo on her own. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E20: The Kirtland Safety Society Bank: Church members organize the Kirtland Safety Society bank which ultimately fails. Mary Fielding joins the Church in Canada and moves to Kirtland where she marries Hyrum Smith. Missionaries are sent to England and find great success. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E12: Ye Shall Receive My Law: Joseph Smith teaches the Saints the proper use of spiritual gifts. Lucy Mack Smith uses her faith to lead 80 Saints along the Erie Canal from New York to Ohio. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E25: Build up a City: The Saints move to Commerce, Illinois. Sickness envelops the settlers. Joseph travels to Washington, D.C. seeking restitution from President Martin Van Buren for the losses in Missouri. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E4: Plates of Gold: The visit of the Angel Moroni, the discovery of the Gold Plates, the meaning and usage of seer stones - These are just three topics Scott A. Hales discusses in this episode. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E10: Come Life or Come Death: Emma Smith is baptized. Joseph Smith miraculously heals Newel Knight. Oliver Cowdery brings the message of the Book of Mormon to the American Indians. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E23: How Will This End: Missouri Militia General refuses to kill innocent Latter-day Saint Men. Joseph Smith rebukes the vile guards in the Richmond Prison. Amanda Barnes Smith sees her son miraculously healed from the wound he received at Hawn’s Mill. by Saints Podcast
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V2 E25: The Dignity of Our Calling: In this episode we also explore the events leading up to the Great Indignation Meeting that protested anti-polygamy legislation. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E15: Visions and Nightmares: Insights regarding “The Vision” given to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. Early Saints had questions about this new and unfamiliar doctrine. Their seeking for understanding is an example of how to address questions today. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E24: O God, Where are Thou: Joseph Smith is imprisoned in Liberty Jail, accused of treason. In this low point in his life and in the lives of the faithful Saints, the Lord shares a personal yet universal message of comfort. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E6: All is Lost by Saints Podcast
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Season 2: No Unhallowed Hand: Welcome to Season 2 of the Saints podcast. We are excited to be back! In our inaugural episode we talk with Church Historian and Recorder, Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. about the reception of Saints volume 1 and what to expect in volume 2. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E30: Plural Marriage in Nauvoo: Plural Marriage in Nauvoo tests the faith of Church members and leaders including Joseph Smith’s wife Emma Hale Smith and his brother Hyrum. by Saints Podcast
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V1 E21: The Church Grows from Missouri to Great Britain: While Joseph Smith reveals the place in Missouri where Adam gathered his posterity, Heber C. Kimball and others preach in Britain. A British convert, Janetta Richards meets Willard Richards who proposes marriage. by Saints Podcast
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V3-E 41 Podcast Survey Promo: Please take a survey to share with us what you think of the podcasts from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. podcastsurvey.churchofjesuschrist.org by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E40: Season Finale: Jed Woodworth, managing historian of the Saints project, Scott Hales, the literary editor of the volume, and Lisa Olsen Tait, a general editor for this volume, join us to look back over volume 3 and to reflect on its production. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E39: A New Era: Historian Ray Kuehne, and Christian Fingerle, the Europe Area Church History Manager, join us to discuss the significance of the Swiss Temple and the improving situation that the Church found itself in Europe ten years after the Second World War. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E38: More Power, More Light: As church members prepare for a temple in Europe church leaders deal with practical concerns. Virginia Pearce Cowley, and Christian Euvrard join us to discuss the Church in Europe and Gordon B. Hinckley's efforts to open the Swiss Temple. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E37: With Real Intent: In the 1950s, German Latter-day Saint Henry Burkhardt must navigate numerous pressures as he interacts with the German Democratic Republic as a Church leader. Joining us today is Historian Matt Heiss, and Tobias Burkhardt, the son of Henry Burkhardt. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E36: Carefully and Prayerfully: Alan Parrish joins us from BYU, as well as Melissa Inouye. We discuss Clemencia Pivaral's journey to the Mesa Arizona Temple from her native home in Guatemala. We then talk about John A. Widtsoe, and his role in facilitating a temple for Europe. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E35: We Cannot Fail: James Miller joins us today to discuss the rising tensions in Eastern Europe especially in Czechoslovakia. We also have Laura Paulsen-Howe, from the Church History Museum, who shares insights into the Book of Mormon art created by Arnold Friberg. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E34: Go and See: Angela Hallstrom, a writer and former member of the Saints team, and Melissa Inouye, a historian in the Church History Department, join us to discuss the lives of two Latter-day Saint women in the years after the Second World War. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E33: Our Father's Hand by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E32: Brothers and Sisters: Matt McBride, Director of Publications in the Church History Department, joins us this week to provide some further details about Pieter Vlam's involvement in the Dutch Potatoes project and Elder Ezra Taft Benson's mission to Europe to provide relief by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E31: The Right Track: Europe was devastated after years of fighting. In today's episode we explore what the Church did to relieve the suffering of Latter-day Saints and others. Richard E. Turley Jr. a historian and founder of the Saints project joins us to share by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E30: Such Grief: The final stages of the Second World War saw fierce fighting across the world. Cory Maxwell, a son of Neal A. Maxwell, and Bob Freeman, a Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, join us in this episode by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E29: 'Tis Eventide: The Second World War changed the Church and the lives of Latter-day Saints across the world. Nathan Waite, the Editorial Manager of the Saints project, joins us to discuss the role of language in the Church in Brazil and the ways members adapted by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E28: Our United Efforts: Matt Heiss, a manager in the Church History Department, joins us this week to discuss the efforts of Dutch Latter-day Saint Pieter Vlam to share the gospel after he is taken prisoner during the Second World War. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E27: God Is at the Helm: Ryan Saltzgiver, a historian in the Church History Department, joins us to discuss the story of Helmuth Hübener and his friends in Nazi Germany as they sought to resist Nazi propoganda. We also talk about the Church's attitude towards the war by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E26: War's Foul Brood: Joining us this week is Petra Javadi-Evans, an Assistant Editor for the Saints project, and James Miller, a Church History Specialist, both from the Church History Department. In today's episode we address the Second World War by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E25: No Time to Lose: Angela Hallstrom, a writer and former member of the Saints project who is also a General Editor of volume 3, talks to us about Emmy Cziep and her escape from Czechoslovakia as World War 2 began. Angela shares insights into the researching by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E24: The Aim of the Church: Tensions were high amongst Mexican Saints in the 1930s and 1/3 of the membership left the Church. James Goldberg, a writer and historian and Elisa Pulido, a Visiting Scholar at Claremont Graduate University, join us to talk about the state by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E23: All That Is Necessary: Harold B. Lee saw himself as an "inexperienced farm boy from a small town in Idaho." In this episode Brian Cannon, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, and Jeff Anderson, an archivist in the Church History Department by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E22: Eternal Reward: Tarienne Mitchell, a professional archivist, and Scott Hales, the lead writer and a General Editor of Saints Volume three, join us in this episode to discuss marginalized Latter-day Saints and the ways in which they lived the gospel. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E21: A Keener Understanding: In this episode we discuss William and Clara Daniels who found a way to serve in the Church while Black Latter-day Saints experienced prejudice and were restricted from holding the Priesthood. Matt McBride and Ben Spackman join us by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E20: Hard Times: The Great Depression in the 1930s had a global impact with significant impacts for the Church and its members. Jill Mulvay Derr and Joseph Darowski join us to discuss the financial crisis and the ways that the Church leaders responded by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E19: The Gospel of the Master: German Latter-day Saint Helga Meiszus is one of the characters we follow through much of the book. In this episode Lark Evans-Galli, a folklorist and biographer of Helga joins us with Jed Woodworth, the managing historian of the Saints project by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E18: Any Place on Earth: Scott Hales, the lead writer and a General Editor of Saints, Volume 3, joins us to discuss the Church's efforts to expand its operations in South America. We also talk about German Latter-day Saint Otto Schulzke and the changing leadership role by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E17: Spared for Each Other: Church education undergoes some major changes in the 1920s. Kenneth Godfrey and Casey Paul Griffiths, scholars and authors on the subject of religious education, share their insights into the challenges facing Church Education by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E16: Written in Heaven: Scholars Frederick Williams and Jeremy Talmage join the podcast this week to talk about the genesis of the Church in South America and the efforts of Church leaders to start the work. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E15: No Greater Reward: Joining us this week is Emily Utt, a curator in the Church History Department, and James Goldberg, a writer and historian. In this episode we explore the exodus of Latter-day Saints from the Ottomon Empire to Aleppo and the trials they faced by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E14: Fountains of Light and Hope: In this episode we discuss church leaders adjusting to life after the war. Melanie Riwai-Couch, the Pacific Area Church History Manager for the Church History Department, and Jed Woodworth, the managing historian of the Saints project. by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E13: Heirs of Salvation: George Tate, an emeritus professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University, and Jonathan Stapely, a historian and scientist, join the podcast this week to discuss section 138 of the Doctrine and Covenants by Saints Podcast
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V3 - E12: This Terrible War: How did Latter-day Saints respond to the First World War? Edgar Wolferts, grandson of Paul Schwarz, joins us to discuss this question and to share his family's experiences of the war in their native Germany. by Saints Podcast
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V2 E5: Bowed Down to the Grave

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