Thirteenth Apostle: The Diaries of Amasa M. Lyman, 1832-1877
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Originally from New Hampshire, Amasa Mason Lyman converted to Mormonism over the objection of his family at age nineteen. Compelled to leave home with a total of eleven dollars in his pocket, he ventured some 700 miles east to Ohio, where Joseph Smith told him to return east and serve a mission despite his unfamiliarity with the church’s doctrines and procedures.
Ten years later Lyman temporarily replaced Orson Pratt in the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. This made him a kind of fifth wheel (thirteenth apostle) when Pratt was reinstated. Lyman would nevertheless regain his position in the quorum two years later and serve faithfully until his expulsion in 1867 for denying the divinity of Jesus. He then gravitated toward the anti-Brighamite spiritualist movement in Utah. Tracing the arc of this transformation from firm believer to prominent heretic, Lyman’s diaries are a window into the thinking of pioneer Mormons and the idealogical issues that sometimes divided them. This is the first in an anticipated multi-volume collection of historic diaries that will comprise the Signature Legacy Series.
Related to Thirteenth Apostle
Related ebooks
A Concise History of Kirtland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden History of Helena, Montana Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Intimate Chronicle: The Journals of William Clayton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoseph Morris: and the Saga of the Morrisites Revisited Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrowing Up in the City of the Saints: Glimpses of America in Salt Lake City During the 1950s and 60s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat's True in Mormon Folklore?: The Contribution of Folklore to Mormon Studies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBinding Earth and Heaven: Patriarchal Blessings in the Prophetic Development of Early Mormonism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProof the Book of Mormon Lands Are Not in Central America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Volume Iii a Divided Mormon Zion: Northeastern Ohio or Western Missouri? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevelation, Resistance, and Mormon Polygamy: The Introduction and Implementation of the Principle, 1830–1853 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Most Correct Book on Earth: The Doctrinal Harmony between the Book of Mormon and the Bible Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Bull Trains to Deadwood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Works of Jenkins Lloyd Jones Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Saints and the State: The Mormon Troubles in Illinois Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trail to Cave Spring, GA Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEccentric Tales of Boring, Oregon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJews of Tampa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAssassination, The Murders of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Hyrum Smith Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5History of the Prophet Joseph, by His Mother: Biography of the Mormon Leader & Founder Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Junius And Joseph: Presidential Politics and the Assassination of the First Mormon Prophet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCould You Write a Book Comparable to the Book of Mormon?: A List of Requirements That Must Be Met Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMount Rushmore: Myths, Legends, and Facts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mormon Contradiction:: In Their Own Words Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Historical Biographies For You
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coreyography: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer: An Edgar Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil and Harper Lee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Moveable Feast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twelve Years a Slave (Illustrated) (Two Pence books) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Rediscovered Books): A Triumph Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The 1619 Project: by Nikole Hannah-Jones - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anne Frank Remembered Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leonardo da Vinci Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Thirteenth Apostle
0 ratings0 reviews