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Prescription For Peace In Response To Oliver Powdery's Letter

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Ella Reynolds Professor Griffiths REL C 225 Sec 017 March 19 2024 Prescription for Peace In August of 1833, Joseph Smith wrote a letter in response to Oliver Cowdery’s letter of concern regarding the rising troubles for the Saints in Missouri. The letter contained revelations from God that would help the Saints in their time of strife. During the time this revelation was given, the Saints were being persecuted and threatened by their neighbors in Jackson County. This included Bishop Partridge being tarred and feathered, the press being destroyed, and many threats to remove the Saints forcibly if needed (The Missouri Persecutions). It was a trying time for the Saints, and between talking back and forth through letters with church leaders in …show more content…

Cannon & Sons, 1900. Volume 1: Chapter 23, pages 341-349. Missouri Persecutions | Book of Mormon Central Roberts, B.H.. The Missouri Persecutions. 2Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833, p. 1, The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed March 19, 2024, https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-church-leaders-in-jackson-county-missouri-10-august-1833/1#source-note. 3The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Doctrine and Covenants 98 (churchofjesuschrist.org) 4The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Doctrine and Covenants 122 (churchofjesuschrist.org) 5The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Matthew 5 (churchofjesuschrist.org) 6Personal Peace in Challenging Times October 2021 general conference By Elder Quentin L. Cook Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Personal Peace in Challenging Times (churchofjesuschrist.org) 7Love Your Enemies October 2020 General Conference By President Dallin H. Oaks First Counselor in the First Presidency. Love Your Enemies (churchofjesuschrist.org) 8God among Us April 2021 General Conference By Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. God among Us

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