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The story of Joseph Smith's last journey to Carthage and the horse that carried him. A deeply moving ride through Mormon history. Tells the story of the martyrdom from the viewpoint of absolute innocence. One of the lowliest figures in Mormon history, the black stallion named Old Charlie was Joseph Smith's favorite riding horse. With Joseph and Emma from the early 1830's in Kirtland through the martyrdom in the Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844, Charlie was an eyewitness to early Church history. Last Ride to Carthage is an unforgettable ride through the backdrop of sweeping historical events....

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormons") sing with ringing conviction the words, "There's surely somewhere a lowly place in earth's harvest fields so wide, where I may labor through life's short day for Jesus the Crucified." In this collection of essays and stories about missionary work and miracles in lowly places, father and son coauthors Francis M. Gibbons and Daniel Bay Gibbons have captured the essence of serving in "the nethermost part of the vineyard." They draw upon their personal experiences of serving for over a dozen years in missionary and...

This book of personal reminiscences about President Spencer W. Kimball (1895 to 1985), the twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of one of the most beloved personalities in modern Church history. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes and insights about the Prophet which are nowhere else available. Spencer Woolley Kimball is the third volume in a seven-part work entitled...

For nearly a half a century, Francis M. Gibbons has been personally acquainted with each of the last seven presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For sixteen of those years, Brother Gibbons worked with the Prophets on a daily basis in his role as secretary to the First Presidency.

This book of personal reminiscences about Presidents Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee, Spencer W. Kimball, Ezra Taft Benson, Howard W. Hunter, Gordon B. Hinckley, and Thomas S. Monson is based upon a decade of interviews given by Brother Gibbons. As the most prolific biographer...

This book of personal reminiscences about President Howard W. Hunter (1907 to 1995), the fourteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of one of the Prophet and the man. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes and insights about the Prophet which are nowhere else available.

Howard W. Hunter is the fifth volume in a seven-part work entitled Remembering Seven...

This book of personal reminiscences about President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876 to 1972), the tenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of the Prophet and the man. President Smith was personally acquainted with fourteen of the sixteen Presidents of the Church and thus represents a sort of welding link for almost 200 years of Church history. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes,...

This book of personal reminiscences about President Harold B. Lee (1899 to 1973), the eleventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of the Prophet and the man. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes, and insights about the Prophet that are nowhere else available.

Harold B. Lee is the second volume in a seven-part work entitled Remembering Seven...

This book of personal reminiscences about President Ezra Taft Benson (1899 to 1994), the thirteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greatly enhances our understanding of one of the Prophet and the man. Based upon a decade of interviews given by Francis M. Gibbons, President Kimball's trusted scribe and secretary to the First Presidency, this book offers a multitude of unique stories, anecdotes and insights about the Prophet which are nowhere else available.

Ezra Taft Benson is the fourth volume in a seven-part work entitled Remembering...

Conflicts of Devotion reshapes our understanding of the role that poetry played in the re-formation of English community, and shows us that understanding both the poetics of liturgy and the liturgical character of poetry is essential to comprehending the deep shifts in English spiritual attitudes and practices that occurred during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The story of the Prophet's last journey to Carthage and the horse that carried him. A deeply moving ride through Mormon history. Tells the story of the martyrdom from the viewpoint of absolute innocence. One of the lowliest figures in Mormon history, the black stallion named Old Charlie was Joseph Smith's favorite riding horse. With Joseph and Emma from the early 1830's in Kirtland through the martyrdom in the Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844, Charlie was an eyewitness to early Church history. Last Ride to Carthage is an unforgettable ride through the backdrop of sweeping historical events....

At midnight on January 13, 1838, Joseph Smith rode out of Kirtland, Ohio, pursued by armed men. The horse the Prophet rode was his favorite--a twelve-year old black stallion called Old Charlie. Neither Joseph nor Charlie would ever see Kirtland again. Over the coming months they would travel eight hundred miles with the Prophet's family through snow and bitter cold, and finally across the frozen Mississippi River, to a new home in the place called Far West.

One of the lowliest figures in Mormon history, Old Charlie was an eyewitness to most of the pivotal events in early Church...