The Work and the Glory by Gerald N. Lund

Author:Gerald N. Lund [Lund, Gerald N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, History
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2012-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Notes

The details of the passage across the Atlantic on the Rochester are accurately portrayed here, including the loss of a sail, the chaos below decks, and the prayer by the Apostles. The good weather did not last for all the remainder of the trip, but the winds did blow in the right direction thereafter. (See MWM, p. 304.)

Brigham’s memories of his early years, his feelings about religion, and his eventual conversion to Mormonism are described in detail by himself. Many of the words he uses here with Will come from his own recollections of that time in his life. (See American Moses, pp. 27–30.)

Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and John Taylor were the first Apostles to return to Nauvoo, arriving on 1 July 1841. George A. Smith arrived on 14 July; Orson Pratt also sometime in mid-July. Willard and Jennetta Richards visited family in the East and did not arrive in Nauvoo until 16 August. Phoebe Woodruff had gone east to visit her family, and after meeting Wilford there, they spent a long time visiting family and preaching the gospel. They did not return to Illinois until 6 October 1841. Orson Hyde went on to Palestine, an incredible story in and of itself, where on 24 October 1841 he dedicated the Holy Land for the return of the Jews. He came home by way of Egypt and Europe, taking more than a year to make the trip. He returned to Nauvoo in December 1842. Parley Pratt remained in England until late October 1842; then he and his family, sailing with another group of emigrants, left for America. Parley arrived in Nauvoo during the first week of February 1843, making him the last of the Apostles to return home from the British Mission. (See MWM, pp. 304–8.)

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