Episode 32: A Public Nuisance

William Law and others conspire to kill Joseph Smith. Joseph reveals new doctrine about the potential of humankind in a funeral sermon for King Follett. The Nauvoo Expositor press is destroyed after one edition is published. Nathan Waite, editor with Saints and the Joseph Smith Papers, shares his insights to these events leading to the martyrdom of the Prophet.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 43: A Public Nuisance

Associated Church History Topics:

• Council of Fifty

• Dissent in the Church

• Female Relief Society of Nauvoo

• King Follett Discourse

• Nauvoo Expositor

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