Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Class Main Page

Sharing our Links to the Past
By Wally and Frances Gray
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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Class Main Page

These links mainly relate to our lessons in the Gospel Doctrine Class for 2001 which studies the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History. However, other articles are also included. Most link to my web site. Where indicated, some link to other web sites and in order to return to this page you will need to use the Back button.

This page will link you to the following topics:

Class Schedule for 2001

Kirtland Temple (This site will also link you to a current Temple List)

The Law of Tithing and of the Fast (Includes an EOM* article)

Gifts of the Spirit

The Law of Consecration (EOM* Goes directly to outside web site)

The Visions of Joseph Smith (EOM* Goes directly to outside web site)

Doctrines and Scriptures Restored Through the Prophet Joseph Smith

LaVell Edwards Tells Students to Dress in the Full Armor of God (D&C 27:15) (Goes directly to outside site)

The Wentworth Letter (Goes directly to outside web site.) This letter by Joseph Smith includes an account of the First Vision. It is the first place the Articles of Faith appears. It includes "The Standard of Truth."

"But when I saw a man without eloquence. . . ." This is a portion of the sermon given by Brigham Young in 1852 regarding his testimony of the Book of Mormon. The part covered in the video we have seen in class is in italics.

The Growth of the Church, an Update (Goes directly to outside web site)

History of the Tabernacle Choir through January 2001. (Goes directly to web site.) Includes pictures of the first bowery and the first or "Old Tabernacle." See also "The Tabernacle through the Years." (Goes directly to web site.)

Official Name of Church Re-emphasized (Goes directly to outside web site)

"The Mormons" by Thomas L. Kane (Goes directly to outside web site)
Thomas L. Kane (1822-83), a non-Mormon, is revered by the Mormon people for his defense of the Mormon cause. Early and late a friend of the Mormons, he wrote and lectured sympathetically about the Mormon persecutions, as this discourse demonstrates.

The Vision. (Goes directly to outside web site.)
This poetical rendering of Doctrine and Covenants 76, published in Nauvoo in 1843, is the only poem extant supposed to have been written by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Close textual comparisons, however, lead one to suspect that W. W. Phelps was the author. For a long period Phelps served as a personal scribe for Joseph. The poem is a response to Phelps' "Vade Mecum" (Goes directly to ouytside web site.)

Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879), First President of the Relief Society (Goes directly to outside web site)

Emma Hale Smith (EOM* Goes directly to outside web site)

Roles and Functions of the Holy Ghost (Contributed by Brandon Reader)

Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood (EOM*: Goes directly to outside web site)

Latter-day Prophets and Leaders Discuss Revelation

Calling and Description of the Quorum of the Twelve (New Testament Church)

Reading Assignments by Brother Beardall

"I Will Not Burn the Book!" By Vincenzo di Francesca

Moroni's Promise by Elder Gene Cook (excerpted)

A Challenge to Read the Scriptures Daily (By Scott Proctor of Meridian Magazine)

Triple Combination Vocabulary Guide (Gems)

"The Constitution," (by President J. Reuben Clark)