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Title: A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Author: Nephi Anderson
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[Illustration: JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET.]
[Illustration: HYRUM SMITH, THE PATRIARCH.]

A Young Folks' History
OF THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
By NEPHI ANDERSON
"_We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what Work thou didst in their days, in the time of old_"--_Psalm xliv:1_.
Published by the DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION Salt Lake City. Utah 1916
_Copyright, 1889, By Nephi Anderson
Copyright, 1916, By Joseph F. Smith, For the Deseret Sunday School Union_.

To Parents and Teachers.
Studying the history of our country creates patriotism and engenders loyalty. For the same reason, a study of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will implant in our boys and girls a love for its heroes, a loyalty to its principles, and an appreciation of its achievements. By a knowledge of the history of the Church, our young people will prize more highly that heritage given them of God and preserved for them by the sweat and blood of their fathers.
The teacher using this little book will understand that it is not exhaustive, but rather suggestive. The teacher should be in possession of much more history than is given here. He should fill in much of the undercurrent of heroism, faith, and devotion exhibited by the characters of the history, very little of which can be given in the text. The importance of this larger knowledge on the part of the teacher will be understood by an examination of the review and questions at the end of each chapter. The aim in these questions is not only to review the facts of the lesson, but by suggestions and reference to bring out more fully deductions and principles.
It is believed that by combining the topical and the question methods the best results may be obtained. The topics are to be assigned certain pupils for treatment. Questions should not be limited to those in the book. The teacher should find many more to ask.
Special attention is called to the maps. Have pupils locate each important place. Quite a number of dates are found in the text. It is not intended that the pupils should memorize them all. Most of them should be used merely in fixing the relative time between events. It is suggested that the pupils be encouraged to refer to the Church works and other books mentioned in the text.
For further preparation the teacher is referred to "The History of the Church," "Cannon's Life of Joseph Smith," "Whitney's History of Utah." The "Faith Promoting Series," Evan's "Hundred Years of Mormonism," etc., will give much interesting and valuable information.

CONTENTS
To Parents and Teachers
CHAPTER I.
A Parable
CHAPTER II.
The First Vision
CHAPTER III.
The Angel Moroni
CHAPTER IV.
The Sacred Plates
CHAPTER V.
The Book of Mormon
CHAPTER VI.
The Three Witnesses
CHAPTER VII.
The Priesthood Restored
CHAPTER VIII.
Organization of the Church
CHAPTER IX.
Persecution of Joseph
CHAPTER X.
The Mission to the Indians
CHAPTER XI.
Removal to Ohio
CHAPTER XII.
The Land of Zion
CHAPTER XIII.
Persecution in Jackson County
CHAPTER XIV.
Expulsion from Jackson County
CHAPTER XV.
Zion's Camp
CHAPTER XVI.
The Church at Kirtland
CHAPTER XVII.
The Twelve Apostles--The Seventies--Kirtland Temple
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Mission to England
CHAPTER XIX.
Far West
CHAPTER XX.
Haun's Mill Massacre
CHAPTER XXI.
Driven from Missouri
CHAPTER XXII.
In Missouri Prisons
CHAPTER XXIII.
Nauvoo
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Martyrdom
CHAPTER XXV.
Expulsion from Illinois
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Battle of Nauvoo
CHAPTER XXVII.
Westward
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Mormon Battalion
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Pioneers
CHAPTER XXX.
Great Salt Lake City
CHAPTER XXXI.
Growth of Utah and the Church
CHAPTER XXXII.
The "Utah War"
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The "Utah War" (Concluded)
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Prosperity
CHAPTER XXXV.
The "Crusade"
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Presidency of Wilford Woodruff
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Temple Building
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Presidency of Lorenzo Snow
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Presidency of Joseph F. Smith
APPENDIX.
First Presidencies of the Church List of Twelve Apostles
MAPS. Fayette and Kirtland Missouri and Illinois Routes of Mormon Battalion and Pioneers
ILLUSTRATIONS. Joseph Smith, the Prophet Hyrum Smith the Patriarch Brigham Young The Hill Cumorah The Three Witnesses Sidney Rigdon President Brigham Young The Kirtland Temple President Heber C. Kimball Haun's Mill The Nauvoo House The Nauvoo Mansion Carthage Jail A Pioneer Train Salt Lake Valley in 1847 The Old Fort Salt Lake Tabernacle (Interior) Salt Lake Tabernacle (Exterior) President John Taylor President Wilford Woodruff The Pioneer Monument Salt Lake Temple and Grounds President Lorenzo Snow The First Presidency, 1916