Revelations in Context Title Page Preface An Angel and a Promise The Contributions of Martin Harris Joseph Smith’s Support at Home Oliver Cowdery’s Gift The Knight and Whitmer Families The Experience of the Three Witnesses “Build Up My Church” “Thou Art an Elect Lady” The Journey of the Colesville Branch A Mission to the Lamanites “All Things Must Be Done in Order” The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh Ezra Thayer: From Skeptic to Believer Orson Pratt’s Call to Serve “Go to the Ohio” James Covel and the “Cares of the World” “A Bishop unto the Church” “I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries The Law Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation Religious Enthusiasm among Early Ohio Converts The Book of John Whitmer Leman Copley and the Shakers The Center Place Ezra Booth and Isaac Morley William McLellin’s Five Questions Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm “The Vision” Jesse Gause: Counselor to the Prophet Peace and War “A House for Our God” A School and an Endowment The Word of Wisdom “Man Was Also in the Beginning with God” Waiting for the Word of the Lord A Mission to Canada Restoring the Ancient Order The Acceptable Offering of Zion’s Camp Warren Cowdery “Wrought Upon” to Seek a Revelation More Treasures Than One Far West and Adam-ondi-Ahman “Take Special Care of Your Family” “The Tithing of My People” Within the Walls of Liberty Jail Organizing the Church in Nauvoo Letters on Baptism for the Dead “Our Hearts Rejoiced to Hear Him Speak” Mercy Thompson and the Revelation on Marriage Of Governments and Laws Remembering the Martyrdom “This Shall Be Our Covenant” Susa Young Gates and the Vision of the Redemption of the Dead The Messenger and the Manifesto Witnessing the Faithfulness Index by Section Number