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	FOREWORD	vii
	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
	INTRODUCTION	xi

I	BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE, FOR HE IS MINE Evaluation Non-Mormon Statement	1
II	HIS HOUSE WAS BUILT UPON A ROCK Formative Influences Influence of Ancestors	15
III	GOD MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY From Vermont to New York Move to Palmyra	31
IV	O YE THAT EMBARK The Restoration Seeking to Know His Duty A Witness Persecutions	47
V	HE SHALL SIT IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PATRIARCHS The Law and Order of Patriarchal Lineage Joseph Smith, Sr., First Patriarch to the Church Successors to Father Smith Doctrine of the Patriarchal Office	77
VI	IF YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL Blessings and Their Fulfillment Members of His Family Blessing of Edward Stevenson Blessing of Benjamin F. Johnson Blessing of Frederick G. Williams and Wife Blessing of Lorenzo Snow Blessing of Wilford Woodruff Blessing of Lydia Knight Blessing of Others	117
VII	WITH AN EYE SINGLE TO MY GLORY Service in the Church Missionary Work Member of the First High Council Kirtland Temple Service Other Activities	139
VIII	HE SHALL SEE THE AFFLICTION OF HIS CHILDREN Trials and Tribulations Ohio Trials Missouri Tribulations Illinois Afflictions	167
IX	A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN HAS FALLEN IN ISRAEL Final Benedictions Death and Burial	203
X	LET HIS NAME PRAISE HIM	215

	Contributions APPENDIX
I	HIGHLIGHTS IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH, SR.	221
II	VISIONS OF JOSEPH SMITH, SR.	227
III	THE DISCOURSE OF ELDER ROBERT B. THOMPSON AT THE FUNERAL OF JOSEPH SMITH, SR.	233
IV	ELEGY	241

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