Ministry.
Labors of the Patriarch Joseph Smith, Sen.
Movements of the Saints in Missouri.
Organization of Kirtland Safety Society.
Licenses.
Organization of Caldwell County.
Minutes of a Conference held in the House of the Lord at Kirtland on the 22nd of December, 1836.
Baptism of Doctor Richard.
Minutes of a Meeting of the Members of the "Kirtland Safety Society."
The Prophet's Remarks on the Kirtland Safety Society Company.

Chapter XXXIII.

Meetings of the Quorums of Priesthood in the Kirtland Temple—The Prophet's Instructions on Priesthood.

The Arrangements for Classes and Meetings in Kirtland Temple.
Gathering of Saints in Missouri.
Firm of Cowdery and Co. Dissolved.
Notice of a Solemn Assembly.
Washing of Feet.
Regulation of the Seventies.
The Prophet on the Subject of Priesthood.
The High Priests.
Bishops.
The Dignity of the Lesser Officers.
Necessity for Occasional Reproofs.
Pecuniary Embarrassments of the Presidency.
Remarks of Hyrum Smith.
Oliver Cowdery's Instruction to Elders.
Sidney Rigdon's Remarks on Church Debts.
The Sacrament, Use of Water in.

Chapter XXXIV.

Affairs in Zion—Apostasy at Kirtland—Appointment of the British Mission—Its Departure for England.

Minutes of High Council at Far West.
Charges Against Lyman Wight.
Complaint against J. M. Patten.
Case of John Patten.
James Emmett Disfellowshiped.
Actions in Relation to the Word of Wisdom.
Literary Firm Sustained.
Minutes of a High Council held in the Lord's House, in Kirtland.
Transfer of the "Messenger and Advocate."
Conditions in Kirtland.
The British Mission Projected.
Licenses.
Church Conference in Upper Canada.
Minutes of a High Council Meeting in Missouri.
The Prophet's Instructions to the British Missionaries.
Willard Richards Added to the British Mission.
Illness of the Prophet.
Employment of Supplementary Means for Healing the Sick.
Dastardly Suggestions of Apostates.
Progress of the British Mission.
Arrival of British Mission in New York.
Kindness of Elijah Fordham.
Warning to New York Ministers, Departure for England.

Chapter XXXV.

Financial Conditions in Various Nations—Progress of the British Mission—Conferences at Far West and Kirtland.

Extract of Letter from W. W. Phelps to the Brethren in Kirtland.
The Prophet Resigns His Office in the "Safety Society."
Status of Various Nations.
Landing of the British Mission.
"Truth Will Prevail."
Kindness of Rev. James Fielding.
Revelation to Thomas B. Marsh Concerning the Twelve.
Baptism of Albert P. Rockwood.
Progress of the British Mission.
Vexations Law Suits at Painesville.
Second Start for Canada.
The British Mission Attacked by Evil Spirits.
Spread of the Work in England.
Affairs at Far West.
Opening of the Work in Bedford.
First Confirmation in England.
Affairs in Far West—Building the Lord's House.
Goodson's Violation of Instructions.
The "Elder's Journal."
Confirmation at Preston.
The Work in Walkerfold.
The Failure of Mr. Matthews.
Charles C. Rich Made President of High Priests in Missouri.
Opening in the Fox Islands.
Caution.
The Alston Branch.
The Prophet's Work in Canada.
Greeting of President Joseph Smith to John Corrill and the Whole Church in Zion.
Minutes of Conference in Committee of the Whole Church at Kirtland, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1837.
Announcement Concerning Oliver Cowdery.
Revelation Making Known the Transgression of John Whitmer and William W. Phelps.
Minutes of a Meeting in the Kirtland Temple.

Chapter XXXVI.

The Gathering Saints—Increase in the Number of Stakes Contemplated—Councils in Zion and Kirtland—Close of the Volume.

Bishop's Agent Appointed.
The Church Recorder.
The Bishop's Memorial.
The Prophet on the Gathering.
Other Stakes of Zion to be Appointed.
Arrangements for Preaching the Gospel.
Greeting from Bishop of Kirtland and Counselors to Saints Scattered Abroad.
The Voice of Warning.
The Prophet's Departure for Missouri.
President of the High Council Elected.
Death of Hyrum Smith's Wife.
Minutes of High Council.
Twenty-two Disfellowshiped.
Minutes of High Council.
Confessions.
Norris Brewster.
More Confessions.
Action Against Loungers.
The Egyptian Records.
Arrival of the Prophet at Far West.
The Settlement of Difficulties.
Minutes of High Council at Kirtland.
Minutes of Conference at Far West, Mo., Nov. 7, 1837.
Minutes of High Council at Kirtland.
Reuben Hedlock Chosen President of Elders.
Excommunication of Roger Orton.
A Question of Compensation.
Various Appointments.
Bishop Partridge's Report.
Apostasy in Kirtland.
Last Paper Printed in Kirtland.
The Work in England.
Progress of the British Mission.
Flight of Brigham Young from Kirtland.
Close of the Year 1837.

Footnotes

1. By typographical error there are two chapters numbered xiii.

INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II

Summary Review of Volume One.

The events which make up the first volume of the History of the Church moved forward from the back ground of successive dispensations of the Gospel which preceded the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. That volume covered the period from the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 1805, to the close of the year 1833, and included as its chief events: the birth of the Prophet; his first vision of the father and the Son; the coming forth of the Book of Mormon; the organization of the Church, April 6th, 1830; the mission to the Lamanites; the gathering of the people from the state of New York, first to Kirtland, Ohio, and subsequently the gathering of many of them to Jackson county, Missouri; the location of the site of the future city of Zion and its temple; the introduction of the doctrine of consecration and stewardship; the experience of the Elders of Israel in their movements back and forth between Kirtland and Zion; the spread of the work throughout the states of the American Union and Canada; the Prophet's own mission to the latter place; the founding of the first Church periodical, The Evening and Morning Star; the selection of a number of the revelations of God for publication under the title, "The Book of Commandments;" the establishment of the Mercantile and Literary firms of Zion and Kirtland; the laying of the corner stones of the Kirtland Temple; the planting of a number of settlements in Jackson county, Missouri; the awakening